@article{NishikawaMizunoGomezetal.2019,
  author    = {Nishikawa, Ken-Ichi and Mizuno, Yosuke and Gomez, Jose L. and Duţan, Ioana and Meli, Athina and Niemiec, Jacek and Kobzar, Oleh and Pohl, Martin and Sol, H{\´e}l{\`e}ne and MacDonald, Nicholas and Hartmann, Dieter H.},
  title     = {Relativistic jet simulations of the weibel instability in the slab model to cylindrical jets with helical magnetic fields},
  series = {Galaxies : open access journal},
  volume    = {7},
  journal   = {Galaxies : open access journal},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2075-4434},
  doi       = {10.3390/galaxies7010029},
  pages     = {20},
  year      = {2019},
  abstract  = {The particle-in-cell (PIC) method was developed to investigate microscopic phenomena, and with the advances in computing power, newly developed codes have been used for several fields, such as astrophysical, magnetospheric, and solar plasmas. PIC applications have grown extensively, with large computing powers available on supercomputers such as Pleiades and Blue Waters in the US. For astrophysical plasma research, PIC methods have been utilized for several topics, such as reconnection, pulsar dynamics, non-relativistic shocks, relativistic shocks, and relativistic jets. PIC simulations of relativistic jets have been reviewed with emphasis placed on the physics involved in the simulations. This review summarizes PIC simulations, starting with the Weibel instability in slab models of jets, and then focuses on global jet evolution in helical magnetic field geometry. In particular, we address kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities and mushroom instabilities.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NishikawaMizunoGomezetal.2017,
  author    = {Nishikawa, Ken-Ichi and Mizuno, Yosuke and Gomez, Jose L. and Dutan, Ioana and Meli, Athina and White, Charley and Niemiec, Jacek and Kobzar, Oleh and Pohl, Martin and Frederiksen, Jacob Trier and Nordlund, Ake and Sol, Helene and Hardee, Philip E. and Hartmann, Dieter H.},
  title     = {Microscopic Processes in Global Relativistic Jets Containing Helical Magnetic Fields: Dependence on Jet Radius},
  series = {Galaxies : open access journal},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {Galaxies : open access journal},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2075-4434},
  doi       = {10.3390/galaxies5040058},
  pages     = {7},
  year      = {2017},
  abstract  = {In this study, we investigate the interaction of jets with their environment at a microscopic level, which is a key open question in the study of relativistic jets. Using small simulation systems during past research, we initially studied the evolution of both electron-proton and electron-positron relativistic jets containing helical magnetic fields, by focusing on their interactions with an ambient plasma. Here, using larger jet radii, we have performed simulations of global jets containing helical magnetic fields in order to examine how helical magnetic fields affect kinetic instabilities, such as the Weibel instability, the kinetic Kelvin-Helmholtz instability (kKHI) and the mushroom instability (MI). We found that the evolution of global jets strongly depends on the size of the jet radius. For example, phase bunching of jet electrons, in particular in the electron-proton jet, is mixed with a larger jet radius as a result of the more complicated structures of magnetic fields with excited kinetic instabilities. In our simulation, these kinetic instabilities led to new types of instabilities in global jets. In the electron-proton jet simulation, a modified recollimation occurred, and jet electrons were strongly perturbed. In the electron-positron jet simulation, mixed kinetic instabilities occurred early, followed by a turbulence-like structure. Simulations using much larger (and longer) systems are required in order to further thoroughly investigate the evolution of global jets containing helical magnetic fields.},
  language  = {en}
}