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Caption: Figure 7.
Top two panels: Evolution of the longitudinal ﹩\left({P}_{xx}\,\rm{, solid lines}\,\right)﹩ and transverse ﹩\left({P}_{\perp \perp }\,\rm{, dashed lines}\,\right)﹩ pressure of plasma ions (green), plasma electrons (cyan), and CRs (red) in the plasma ion rest frame, for the monenergetic (top) and power-law (middle) CRs with a similar ξ ≈ 66. The net magnetic pressure (orange) is PB = B2/8π, where ﹩{B}^{2}={B}_{0}^{2}+{B}_{\perp }^{2}﹩. After saturation, isotropization of CR pressure components for MEI:22 is apparent, whereas they remain anisotropic for PLI:5-400. Bottom panel: CR drift vd in the plasma ion rest frame, normalized to the Alfvén speed vA. After saturation, sub-Alfvénic CR drifts cease further magnetic field growth.
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