Study of electron anisotropy at magnetopause using MMS data

Strangeway, Robert

Study of electron anisotropy at magnetopause using MMS data

Tuesday, 11 July 2017

Furong Room (Cynn Hotel)

Yi Qi¹, Christopher T Russell² and Robert J Strangeway², (1)Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract:

Our understanding of the terrestrial magnetopause has evolved rapidly since the launch of MMS with its close spacing and high time resolution particle and field measurements. One feature we have discovered is highly anisotropic electrons both parallel and antiparallel to the magnetic field in the vicinity of the magnetopause. We examine the conditions under which these electrons appear and the spatial extent of these particles and their energies.