First In Situ Evidence of Electron Pitch Angle Scattering Due to Magnetic Field Line Curvature in the Ion Diffusion Region
Yongcun Zhang1, Chao Shen2, Aurelie Marchaudon3, Zhaojin Rong4, Benoit Lavraud5, Andrew Neil Fazakerley6, Z Yao6, B Mihaljcic7 and Yong Ji8, (1)NSSC National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing, China, (2)HIT Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China, (3)IRAP, Toulouse, France, (4)Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, (5)Laboratoire d'astrophysique de Bordeaux, Pessac, France, (6)University College London, London, United Kingdom, (7)Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Dorking, United Kingdom, (8)Peking University, Beijing, China
