Electron acceleration and heating in magnetic reconnection in the transition region of the Earth’s bow shock

Bessho, Naoki

Electron acceleration and heating in magnetic reconnection in the transition region of the Earth’s bow shock

Naoki Bessho^1,2, Li-Jen Chen², Julia E Stawarz³, Shan Wang^1,2, Michael Hesse⁴, Lynn B Wilson III² and Jonathan Ng⁵, (1)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (3)Imperial College London, Space and Atmospheric Physics, London, SW7, United Kingdom, (4)NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, United States, (5)University of Maryland College Park; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, College Park, United States