Electron energization and mixing observed by MMS in the vicinity of an electron diffusion region during magnetopause reconnection

Abstract Measurements from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission are reported to show distinct features of electron energization and mixing in the diffusion region of the terrestrial magnetopause reconnection. At the ion jet and magnetic field reversals, distribution functions exhibiting signa...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	Li‐Jen Chen, Michael Hesse, Shan Wang, Daniel Gershman, Robert Ergun, Craig Pollock, Roy Torbert, Naoki Bessho, William Daughton, John Dorelli, Barbara Giles, Robert Strangeway, Christopher Russell, Yuri Khotyaintsev, Jim Burch, Thomas Moore, Benoit Lavraud, Tai Phan, Levon Avanov
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2016-06-01
Subjects:	magnetic reconnection particle acceleration plasma heating electron diffusion region
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069215