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20172021
most citedStatistical study of particle acceleration in the core of foreshock transients

58 citations · 127 across the 4 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

physics.space-ph2021

Observations of an Electron-cold Ion Component Reconnection at the Edge of an Ion-scale Antiparallel Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause

S. Q. Zhao, H. Zhang, Terry Z. Liu +11

Solar wind parameters play a dominant role in reconnection rate, which controls the solar wind-magnetosphere coupling efficiency at Earth's magnetopause. Besides, low-energy ions f…

physics.space-ph2020

Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) observations of foreshock transients at their very early stage

Terry Z. Liu, Xin An, Hui Zhang +1

Foreshock transients are ion kinetic structures in the ion foreshock. Due to their dynamic pressure perturbations, they can disturb the bow shock and magnetosphere-ionosphere syste…

physics.space-ph202022 cited

Formation of foreshock transients and associated secondary shocks

Xin An, Terry Z. Liu, Jacob Bortnik +2

Upstream of shocks, the foreshock is filled with hot ions. When these ions are concentrated and thermalized around a discontinuity, a diamagnetic cavity bounded by compressional bo…

physics.space-ph2020

Electron acceleration by magnetosheath jet-driven bow waves

Terry Z. Liu, Heli Hietala, Vassilis Angelopoulos +2

Magnetosheath jets are localized fast flows with enhanced dynamic pressure. When they supermagnetosonically compress the ambient magnetosheath plasma, a bow wave or shock can form…

physics.space-ph2020

Statistical study of magnetosheath jet-driven bow waves

Terry Z. Liu, Heli Hietala, Vassilis Angelopoulos +3

When a magnetosheath jet (localized dynamic pressure enhancements) compresses ambient magnetosheath at a (relative) speed faster than the local magnetosonic speed, a bow wave or sh…

physics.space-ph201747 cited

Fermi acceleration of electrons inside foreshock transient cores

Terry Z. Liu, San Lu, Vassilis Angelopoulos +2

Foreshock transients upstream of Earth's bow shock have been recently observed to accelerate electrons to many times their thermal energy. How such acceleration occurs is unknown,…