Collisionless Plasma Jet Visualization (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Collisionless Plasma Jet Visualization

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This visualization of a general-relativistic collisionless plasma simulation shows the density of positrons near the event horizon of a rotating black hole. Plasma instabilities produce island-like structures in the region of intense electric current.

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Kyle Parfrey et al./Berkeley Lab

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