Quantified Plasma Heating and Energy Dissipation in the Earth’s Quasi-perpendicular Bow Shock

The high-speed solar wind decelerates as it travels through the Earth’s bow shock, during which a portion of the incident flow energy is converted into the plasma thermal energy. However, the energy partition of plasma heating among different species, as well as the energy dissipation mechanism, rem...

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Main Authors: G. Y. Lei, M. Zhou, Y. Pang, Z. H. Zhong, X. H. Deng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Astrophysical Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad2faf