Fully kinetic simulations show collisionless Kelvin-Helmholtz instability produces localized plasma mixing mediated by vortex advection and reconnection, with ions mixing more effectively than electrons.
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Plasma Mixing Driven by the Collisionless Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability: Insights from fully kinetic simulation and density-based diagnostics
Fully kinetic simulations show collisionless Kelvin-Helmholtz instability produces localized plasma mixing mediated by vortex advection and reconnection, with ions mixing more effectively than electrons.