Wenqing Ma, Meng Zhou*, Zhihong Zhong, Xiaohua Deng, Electron Acceleration Rate at Dipolarization Fronts, The Astrophysical Journal, 10.3847/1538-4357/abb8cc, 903, 2, (84), 2020.
Man, H. Y., Zhou, M.*, Yi, Y. Y., Zhong, Z. H., Tian, A. M., Deng, X. H., et al., Observations of electron‐only magnetic reconnection associated with macroscopic magnetic flux ropes. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, 19, e2020GL089659. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089659, 2020.
Song, L., Zhou, M.*, Yi, Y., Deng, X., Zhong, Z., & Man, H. (2020). Force and energy balance of the dipolarization front. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125, 9, e2020JA028278.https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028278
Zhong, Z. H., Zhou, M.*, Tang, R. X.*, Deng, X. H., Turner, D. L., Cohen, I. J., ... & Paterson, W. R. Direct Evidence for Electron Acceleration within Ion-Scale Flux Rope. Geophysical Research Letters, 2020, 47(1), e2019GL085141. (Highlight)
Zhong, Z. H., Zhou, M.*, Tang, R. X., Deng, X. H., Khotyaintsev, Y. V., Giles, B. L., ... & Burch, J. L. Extension of the Electron Diffusion Region in a Guide Field Magnetic Reconnection at Magnetopause. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2020, 892(1), L5.
Zhong, Z. H., Deng, X. H., Zhou, M.*, Ma, W. Q., Tang, R. X., Khotyaintsev, Y.V., et al. Energy conversion and dissipation at dipolarization fronts: a statistical overview. Geophysical Research Letters, 46. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085409, 2019.
Zhou, M.*, Man, H. Y., Zhong, Z. H., Deng, X. H., Pang, Y., Huang, S. Y., et al. Sub‐ion‐scale dynamics of the ion diffusion region in the magnetotail: MMS observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JA026817, 2019.
Yi, Y., Zhou, M.*, Song, L., & Deng, X. On the Energy Conversion Rate during Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 883(1), L22, 2019.
Song, L., Zhou, M.*, Yi. Y., et al. Reconnection Front Associated with Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: Particle-in-cell Simulations. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 881(1): L22, 2019.
Zhong, Z. H., Zhou, M.*, Huang, S. Y.,Tang, R. X.*, Deng, X. H., Pang, Y., Chen, H. T. Observations of a kinetic‐scale magnetic hole in a reconnection diffusion region. Geophys. Res. Lett., 46, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082637, 2019.
Huang, J., Zhou, M.*, Li, H. M., Deng, X. H., Liu, J., and Huang, S. Y., Small-scale dipolarization fronts in the Earth's magnetotail. Earth Planet. Phys., 3(4), 358–364. http://doi.org/10.26464/epp2019036, 2019.
Zhou, M.*, J. Huang, H. Y. Man, X. H. Deng, Z. H. Zhong, et al., Electron-scale vertical current sheets in a bursty bulk flow in the terrestrial magnetotail., Astrophys. J. Lett., 872, L26, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ab0424, 2019.
Zhou, M.*, X. H. Deng*, Z. H. Zhong, Y. Pang, R. X. Tang, et al., Observations of an Electron Diffusion Region in Symmetric Reconnection with Weak Guide Field, Astrophys. J., 870, 34, 2019.
Zhou, M.*, El-Alaoui, M., Lapenta, G., Berchem, J., Richard, R. L., Schriver, D., & Walker, R. J. (2018). Suprathermal electron acceleration in a reconnecting magnetotail: Large-scale kinetic simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123. https://doi. org/10.1029/2018JA025502. (Cover paper)
Man, H. Y., Zhou, M.*, Deng, X. H., Fu, H. S., Zhong, Z. H., Chen, Z. Z., et al. (2018). In situ observation of magnetic reconnection between an earthward propagating flux rope and the geomagnetic field. Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 17, p8729-8737, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079778. (Featured article)
Song Fu, Shiyong Huang, Meng Zhou*, Binbin Ni, and Xiaohua Deng (2018), Tripolar electric field Structure in guide field magnetic reconnection, Ann. Geophys., 36, 373–379, https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-373-2018.
Zhong, Z. H., R. X. Tang*, M. Zhou*, X. H. Deng* et al., Evidence for Secondary Flux Rope Generated by the Electron Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability in a Magnetic Reconnection Diffusion Region, Phys. Rev. Lett.,120, 075101, 2018.
Zhou, M.*, Berchem, J., Walker, R. J., El-Alaoui,M., Goldstein, M. L., Lapenta, G., et al. (2018). Magnetospheric Multiscale observations of an ion diffusion region with large guide field at the magnetopause: Current system, electron heating, and plasma waves. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 123. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JA024517. (Featured article)
Zhou, M., et al., Coalescence of Macroscopic Flux Ropes at the Subsolar Magnetopause: Magnetospheric Multiscale Observations, Phys. Rev. Lett., 119, 055101, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.055101,2017.
Zhou, M.*, Ashour-Abdalla, M., Deng, X., Pang, Y., Fu, H., Walker, R., G. Lapenta, S.Y. Huang, X.J. Xu, Tang, R., Observation of three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in the terrestrial magnetotail. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122, 9513–9520, 2017.
Zhou, M., et al., Observation of high-frequency electrostatic waves in the vicinity of the reconnection ion diffusion region by the spacecraft of the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, 10,4808-4815, doi:10.1002/2016GL069010, 2016.
Zhou, M., T. Li, X. Deng, Y. Pang, X. Xu, R. Tang, S. Huang, and H. Li, Statistics of energetic electrons in the magnetotail reconnection, J.Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, 4, 3108-3119, doi:10.1002/2015JA022085, 2016.
Zhou, M., Li, T., Deng, X., Huang, S., and Li, H.: Comparisons of electron acceleration efficiency among different structures during magnetic reconnection: a Cluster multicase study, Ann. Geophys., 33, 1469-1478, doi:10.5194/angeo-33-1469-2015, 2015.
Lai X., M. Zhou*, X. Deng, T. Li, S. Huang, How Does the Guide Field Affect the Asymmetry of Hall Magnetic and Electric Fields in Fast Magnetic Reconnection? Chin.Phys.Lett. 32, 9, 095202, 2015.
Wang Y, Zhou M*, Deng X H. Statistical study on the suprathermal electrons properties around dipolarization fronts in the earth’s magnetotail. Sci China Tech Sci, 58: 1-6, doi: 10.1007/s11431-015-5830-3, 2015.
Zhou, M., H. Li, X. Deng, S. Huang, Y. Pang, Z. Yuan, X. Xu, and R. Tang, Characteristic distribution and possible roles of waves around the lower hybrid frequency in the magnetotail reconnection region, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119, 10, 8228–8242, doi:10.1002/2014JA019978, 2014.
Zhou, M., Y. Pang, X. Deng, S. Huang, and X. Lai, Plasma physics of magnetic island coalescence during magnetic reconnection, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119, 8, p6177-6189, doi:10.1002/2013JA019483, 2014.
Li Huimin, Meng Zhou*, Xiaohua Deng, Zhigang Yuan, Shiyong Huang, Electron dynamics and wave activities associated with mirror mode structures in the near-Earth magnetotail, Science China Technological Sciences, 10.1007/s11431-014-5574-5, 2014.
Zhou, M., B. Ni, S. Huang, X. Deng, M. Ashour-Abdalla, Y. Nishimura, Z. Yuan, Y. Pang, and H. Li, Observation of large-amplitude magnetosonic waves at dipolarization fronts, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119, 6, 4335-4347, doi:10.1002/2014JA019796, 2014.
Zhou, M., X. Deng, R. Tang, Y. Pang, X. Xu, Z. Yuan, and S. Huang, Evidence of deflected super-Alfvénic electron jet in a reconnection region with weak guide field, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 119, 3, 1541–1548, doi:10.1002/2013JA019556, 2014.
Zhou, M., X. Deng, M. Ashour-Abdalla, R. Walker, Y. Pang, C. Tang, S. Huang, M. El-Alaoui, Z. Yuan and H. Li, Cluster observations of kinetic structures and electron acceleration within a dynamic plasma bubble, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics. 118, 2, 674-684, doi:10.1029/2012JA018323, 2013.
Zhou M., W. Su, X.H. Deng, M. Yao, Anomalous resistivity associated with the secondary islands in the reconnection region, CHIN. PHYS. LETT, Vol. 29, No. 8, 2012.
Zhou M., X.H. Deng, Y. Pang, S.Y. Huang et al., Revealing the sub-structures of the magnetic reconnection separatrix via particle-in-cell simulation, Phys. Plasmas, 19, 072907, 2012.
Zhou, M., X.H. Deng and S.Y. Huang, Electric field structure inside the secondary island in the reconnection diffusion region, Phys. Plasmas 19, 042902,doi: 10.1063/1.3700194, 2012.
ZHOU Meng, HUANG Shiyong, DENG Xiao-Hua, PANG Ye, Observation of Sharp Negative Dipolarization Front in the Reconnection Outflow Region, Chin. Phys. Lett., Vol. 28, No. 10, 109402, 2011.
Zhou, M., Y. Pang, X. H. Deng, Z. G. Yuan, and S. Y. Huang, Density cavity in magnetic reconnection diffusion region in the presence of guide field, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A06222, doi:10.1029/2010JA016324, 2011.
Zhou, M., M. Ashour-Abdalla, X. Deng, M. El-Alaoui, R. L. Richard, and R. J. Walker, Modeling substorm ion injection observed by the THEMIS and LANL spacecraft in the near-Earth magnetotail, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A08222, doi:10.1029/2010JA016391, 2011.
Ashour-Abdalla, M., M. El-Alaoui, M. Goldstein, M. Zhou et al., Observations and Simulations of Nonlocal Acceleration of Electrons in Magnetotail Magnetic Reconnection Events, Nature Physics, 7, 360-365, doi:10.1038/nphys1903, 2011.
S. Y. Huang, M. Zhou*, F. Sahraoui, X. H. Deng, Y. Pang, Z. G. Yuan, Q. Wei, J. F. Wang, and X. M. Zhou, Wave properties in the magnetic reconnection diffusion region with high β: Application of the k‐filtering method to Cluster multispacecraft data, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A12211, doi:10.1029/2010JA015335, 2010.
Deng, X., M. Ashour-Abdalla, M. Zhou, R. Walker, M. El-Alaoui, V. Angelopoulos, R. E. Ergun, and D. Schriver, Wave and Particle Characteristics of Earthward Electron Injections Associated with Dipolarization Fronts, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A09225, doi:10.1029/ 2009JA015107, 2010.
Zhou, M., M. Ashour-Abdalla, X. Deng, D. Schriver, M. El-Alaoui, and Y. Pang, THEMIS observation of multiple dipolarization fronts and associated wave characteristics in the near-Earth magnetotail, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L20107, doi:10.1029/2009GL040663, 2009.
Zhou, M., X.H. Deng, S.Y. Li, Y. Pang et al., Observation of waves near lower hybrid frequency in the reconnection region with thin current sheet, J. Geophys. Res., 114, A02216, doi:10.1029/2008JA013427, 2009.
Zhou, M., X.H. Deng, S. Fu et al., Observation of the lower hybrid waves near the three-dimensional null pair, Sci China Ser G-Phys Mech Astron, vol. 52, No.4, 626-630, 2009.
Zhou, M., X.H. Deng, Y. Pang et al., Two dimensional simulation of amplitude modulated electron plasma waves, J. Adv. Space Res, 41, 1305-1309, 2008.