title: Nonlinear development of streaming instabilities in strongly magnetized plasma.
abstract: The nonlinear development of streaming instabilities in the current layers formed during magnetic reconnection with a guide field is explored. Theory and 3D particle-in-cell simulations reveal two distinct phases. First, the parallel Buneman instability grows and traps low velocity electrons. The remaining electrons then drive two forms of turbulence: the parallel electron-electron two-stream instability and the nearly perpendicular lower-hybrid instability. The high velocity electrons resonate with the turbulence and transfer momentum to the ions and low velocity electrons.
authors.affiliation: IREAP, Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Che
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Drake
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swisdak
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Yoon