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Interplay between Kelvin-Helmholtz and lower-hybrid drift instabilities

Henri, Pierre; Pucci, Francesco; Lavorenti, Federico +3 more

Boundary layers in space and astrophysical plasmas are the location of complex dynamics where different mechanisms coexist and compete, eventually leading to plasma mixing. In this work, we present fully kinetic particle-in-cell simulations of different boundary layers characterized by the following main ingredients: a velocity shear, a density gr…