Electron heating within the earth's bow shock

W. C. Feldman; S. J. Bame; S. P. Gary; J. T. Gosling; D. McComas; M. F. Thomsen; G. Paschmann; N. Sckopke; M. M. Hoppe; C. T. Russell

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.199

Electron heating within the earth's bow shock

W. C. Feldman, S. J. Bame, S. P. Gary, J. T. Gosling, D. McComas, M. F. Thomsen, G. Paschmann, N. Sckopke, M. M. Hoppe, C. T. Russell

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High-temporal-resolution measurements of electron velocity distributions, f(v'), have been obtained for many transits through the Earth's bow shock. Within all oblique shocks studied, the maximum of f(v') is offset with respect to the ion rest frame parallel to B' and directed downstream. These observations indicate that electron thermalization within the bow shock consists first of a downstream acceleration parallel to B' by the macroscopic shock electric field, followed by beam-driven plasma instabilities.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	199-201
Number of pages	3
Journal	Physical review letters
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.199
State	Published - 1982
Externally published	Yes

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