2D fully kinetic simulations establish that reconnection in current sheets during nonlinear KHI drives localized anisotropic electron energization with suprathermal tails.
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Hybrid simulations of tearing reconnection show magnetic energy converts to ion bulk flows and heating in the nonlinear phase, with island contraction driving parallel ion temperature anisotropy that firehose instabilities regulate by redistributing energy to the perpendicular direction.
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Reconnection-induced electron energization in magnetospheric Kelvin-Helmholtz dynamics
2D fully kinetic simulations establish that reconnection in current sheets during nonlinear KHI drives localized anisotropic electron energization with suprathermal tails.
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Tearing Driven Reconnection: Energy Conversion Involving Firehose Kinetic Instabilities (2D Hybrid M\"obius Simulations)
Hybrid simulations of tearing reconnection show magnetic energy converts to ion bulk flows and heating in the nonlinear phase, with island contraction driving parallel ion temperature anisotropy that firehose instabilities regulate by redistributing energy to the perpendicular direction.