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Large-scale Linear Magnetic Holes with Magnetic Mirror Properties in Hybrid Simulations of Solar Wind Turbulence
Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA..
Univ Pisa, Pisa, Italy..
CNR, Ist Sci & Tecnol Plasmi, Bari, Italy..
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Electrical Engineering, Space and Plasma Physics.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-1270-1616
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2024 (English)In: Astrophysical Journal Letters, ISSN 2041-8205, E-ISSN 2041-8213, Vol. 970, no 1, article id L6Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Magnetic holes (MHs) are coherent magnetic field dips whose size ranges from fluid to kinetic scale, ubiquitously observed in the heliosphere and in planetary environments. Despite the long-standing effort in interpreting the abundance of observations, the origin and properties of MHs are still debated. In this Letter, we investigate the interplay between plasma turbulence and MHs, using a 2D hybrid simulation initialized with solar wind parameters. We show that fully developed turbulence exhibits localized elongated magnetic depressions, whose properties are consistent with linear MHs frequently encountered in space. The observed MHs develop self-consistently from the initial magnetic field perturbations by trapping hot ions with large pitch angles. Ion trapping produces an enhanced perpendicular temperature anisotropy that makes MHs stable for hundreds of ion gyroperiods, despite the surrounding turbulence. We introduce a new quantity, based on local magnetic field and ion temperature values, to measure the efficiency of ion trapping, with potential applications to the detection of MHs in satellite measurements. We complement this method by analyzing the ion velocity distribution functions inside MHs. Our diagnostics reveal the presence of trapped gyrotropic ion populations, whose velocity distribution is consistent with a loss cone, as expected for the motion of particles inside a magnetic mirror. Our results have potential implications for the theoretical and numerical modeling of MHs.

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American Astronomical Society , 2024. Vol. 970, no 1, article id L6
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-351435DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad61daISI: 001275869700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85199680137OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-351435DiVA, id: diva2:1890418
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