A charge-neutral pair beam can spontaneously develop a net current via the cavitation instability, and that current drives the Bell instability to amplify the magnetic field.
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A charge-neutral pair beam can spontaneously develop a net current via the cavitation instability, and that current drives the Bell instability to amplify the magnetic field.