PIC simulations of the self-reformation and surface ripples of the Earth’s bow shock: implications for MMS observations


Zhongwei Yang1, Ying D. Liu1, George K Parks2, Shuichi Matsukiyo3 and Quanming Lu4, (1)NSSC National Space Science Center, CAS, Beijing, China, (2)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, USA, Berkeley, CA, United States, (3)Kyushu University, Department of Advanced Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Fukuoka, Japan, (4)Univ. Sci. & Tech. of China, Hefei, China