The nonlinear stage of the two-stream instability in a 2D magnetized plasma
produces electron phase-space tubes, the counterpart of phase-space holes
in a 1D plasma. These tubes align primarily perpendicular to the magnetic h
eld Bo and have self-consistent bipolar electric fields parallel to Bu. Suc
h bipolar electric fields have recently been observed in four different reg
ions of the Earth's space plasma environment. Massively parallel 2D kinetic
simulations show the dynamics of tube formation, evolution, and breakup, a
ccompanied by the generation of electrostatic whistler waves. We focus on t
he breakup of the tubes and describe a new numerical study of tube stabilit
y.