Direct Measurement of Diffusion Coefficients: Evidence for Diffusive Stochastic Heating in Collisionless Plasmas
Open questions in collisionless plasma dissipation can be addressed using space based observations in different astrophysical environments, with implications for both astrophysical and laboratory plasma systems. We study a low $β$, highly imbalanced, sub Alfvénic stream observed by Parker Solar Probe (PSP) to identify and distinguish between signatures of stochastic heating (SH) and resonant heating (RH) by parall...