4 papers
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…
Determination of Solar Wind Angular Momentum and Alfvén Radius from Parker Solar Probe Observations
Ying D. Liu, Chong Chen, Michael L. Stevens +1
As fundamental parameters of the Sun, the Alfvén radius and angular momentum loss determine how the solar wind changes from sub-Alfvénic to super-Alfvénic and how the Sun spins dow…
PIC simulations of microinstabilities and waves at near-Sun solar wind perpendicular shocks: Predictions for Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter
Zhongwei Yang, Ying D. Liu, Shuichi Matsukiyo +6
Microinstabilities and waves excited at moderate-Mach-number perpendicular shocks in the near-Sun solar wind are investigated by full particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations. By analyzi…
Kinetic Properties of an Interplanetary Shock Propagating inside a Coronal Mass Ejection
Mingzhe Liu, Ying D. Liu, Zhongwei Yang +2
We investigate the kinetic properties of a typical fast-mode shock inside an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) observed on 1998 August 6 at 1 AU, including particle distr…