Observations of the step-like accelerating processes of cold ions in the reconnection layer at the dayside

Qinghe Zhang1, Michael Lockwood2, John C Foster3

  • 1Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Astronomy and Solar-Terrestrial Environment, Institute of Space Sciences, Shandong University, Weihai 264209, China.

Science Bulletin
|January 20, 2023
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