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  • Plasma physics
  • Astrophysics
  • Statistical mechanics

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  • Kappa distributions are observed in space plasmas, deviating from classical thermal equilibrium.
  • Previous work by McComas et al. (2025) explored correlations and collisions in numerical experiments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend numerical experiments on particle correlations and collisions in space plasmas.
  • To investigate the emergence of kappa distributions under varying correlation conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Numerical experiments simulating particle collisions and correlations.
  • Analysis of thermodynamic kappa values under different correlation scenarios (long-range, short-range, multi-particle).

Main Results:

  • Long-range correlations lead to kappa values resembling 'interatomic' potentials.
  • Short-range correlations and clustering sufficiently describe heliospheric plasma kappa values.
  • Multi-particle correlations do not yield stable physical states.
  • An optimal model combines collisions and correlations.

Conclusions:

  • Thermodynamic kappa is determined by the interplay between collisions and correlations.
  • Turning off correlations leads to Maxwell-Boltzmann distributions (infinite kappa).
  • Turning off collisions leads to anti-equilibrium states (-5 power-law).