Publications of Naoki Bessho

A list of publications authored or co-authored by Naoki Bessho, derived from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS). The number in brackets after each title indicates the number of citations that the paper has received.

Orcid ID: 0000-0002-5431-174X

List of publications ordered by citations
Number of papers: 42 (refereed: 42)
No. of citations: 1070
First author papers: 23 (refereed: 23)

2025

  1. Electron Acceleration in Thinning Nonreconnecting Current Sheets in a Quasi-parallel Shock [0]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Hesse, M., Ng, J., Wilson, L. B., III & Stawarz, J. E., ApJ, 992, 183
  2. Effects of Nonresonant Instability and Magnetic Reconnection on Ion Heating and Acceleration in Quasi-parallel Shock Waves [0]
    Bessho, N., Ng, J., Chen, L.-J., Hesse, M., Wilson, L. B., III & Stawarz, J. E., ApJ, 992, 77
  3. Electron resonances and heating caused by whistler waves along the separatrix in asymmetric magnetic reconnection [1]
    Choi, Seung-Ho & Bessho, Naoki, Physics of Plasmas, 32, 032901
  4. Observation of O+ Characteristics During the Terrestrial Alfvén Wing State Induced by the April 2023 Coronal Mass Ejection [0]
    Liang, Haoming, Chen, Li-Jen, Fuselier, Stephen A., Gomez, Roman G., Burkholder, Brandon, Bessho, Naoki, Gurram, Harsha, Rice, Rachel C., Shuster, Jason & Ardakani, Akhtar S., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 130, e2025JA033915
  5. Electron and Ion Dynamics in Reconnection Diffusion Regions [5]
    Norgren, C., Chen, L.-J., Graham, D. B., Bessho, N., Egedal, J., Richard, L., Khotyaintsev, Yu. V., Shuster, J., Toledo-Redondo, S., Lavraud, B., Hasegawa, H., Eastwood, J. P., Hesse, M., Liu, Y.-H., Holmes, J. C. & Argall, M., Space Science Reviews, 221, 73

2024

  1. On the Effect of Driving Turbulent-like Fluctuations on a Harris Current Sheet Configuration and the Formation of Plasmoids [1]
    Agudelo Rueda, Jeffersson A., Liu, Yi-Hsin, Germaschewski, Kai, Hesse, Michael & Bessho, Naoki, ApJ, 971, 109
  2. Electron Acceleration in Magnetic Islands in Quasi-parallel Shocks [2]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Hesse, M., Ng, J., Wilson, L. B., Stawarz, J. E. & Madanian, H., ApJ, 975, 93
  3. Earth's Alfvén Wings Driven by the April 2023 Coronal Mass Ejection [17]
    Chen, Li-Jen, Gershman, Daniel, Burkholder, Brandon, Chen, Yuxi, Sarantos, Menelaos, Jian, Lan, Drake, James, Dong, Chuanfei, Gurram, Harsha, Shuster, Jason, Graham, Daniel B., Le Contel, Olivier, Schwartz, Steven J., Fuselier, Stephen, Madanian, Hadi, Pollock, Craig, Liang, Haoming, Argall, Matthew, Denton, Richard E., Rice, Rachel, Beedle, Jason, Genestreti, Kevin, Ardakani, Akhtar, Stanier, Adam, Le, Ari, Ng, Jonathan, Bessho, Naoki, Pandya, Megha, Wilder, Frederick, Gabrielse, Christine, Cohen, Ian, Wei, Hanying, Russell, Christopher T., Ergun, Robert, Torbert, Roy & Burch, James, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2024GL108894
  4. Impact of the Out-Of-Plane Flow Shear on Magnetic Reconnection at the Flanks of Earth's Magnetopause [5]
    Liang, Haoming, Chen, Li-Jen, Bessho, Naoki & Ng, Jonathan, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 129, e2024JA033154
  5. Interaction of the Prominence Plasma within the Magnetic Cloud of an Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection with the Earth's Bow Shock [2]
    Madanian, Hadi, Chen, Li-Jen, Ng, Jonathan, Starkey, Michael J., Fuselier, Stephen A., Bessho, Naoki, Gershman, Daniel J. & Liu, Terry Z., ApJ, 976, 219

2023

  1. Electron Acceleration and Heating during Magnetic Reconnection in the Earth's Quasi-parallel Bow Shock [13]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Hesse, M., Ng, J., Wilson, L. B. & Stawarz, J. E., ApJ, 954, 25
  2. 3D simulation of lower-hybrid drift waves in strong guide field asymmetric reconnection in laboratory experiments [11]
    Ng, J., Yoo, J., Chen, L.-J., Bessho, N. & Ji, H., Physics of Plasmas, 30, 042101
  3. Temporal, Spatial, and Velocity-Space Variations of Electron Phase Space Density Measurements at the Magnetopause [4]
    Shuster, J. R., Gershman, D. J., Giles, B. L., Bessho, N., Sharma, A. S., Dorelli, J. C., Uritsky, V., Schwartz, S. J., Cassak, P. A., Denton, R. E., Chen, L.-J., Gurram, H., Ng, J., Burch, J., Webster, J., Torbert, R., Paterson, W. R., Schiff, C., Viñas, A. F., Avanov, L. A., Stawarz, J., Li, T. C., Liu, Y.-H., Argall, M. R., Afshari, A., Payne, D. S., Farrugia, C. J., Verniero, J., Wilder, F., Genestreti, K. & da Silva, D. E., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 128, e2022JA030949

2022

  1. Strong reconnection electric fields in shock-driven turbulence [27]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Stawarz, J. E., Wang, S., Hesse, M., Wilson, L. B. & Ng, J., Physics of Plasmas, 29, 042304
  2. Whistler waves generated by nongyrotropic and gyrotropic electron beams during asymmetric guide field reconnection [10]
    Choi, Seung, Bessho, Naoki, Wang, Shan, Chen, Li-Jen & Hesse, Michael, Physics of Plasmas, 29, 012903
  3. Electron-Scale Reconnection in Three-Dimensional Shock Turbulence [19]
    Ng, J., Chen, L.-J., Bessho, N., Shuster, J., Burkholder, B. & Yoo, J., Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e99544
  4. Whistler Waves Associated With Electron Beams in Magnetopause Reconnection Diffusion Regions [16]
    Wang, Shan, Bessho, Naoki, Graham, Daniel B., Le Contel, Olivier, Wilder, Frederick D., Khotyaintsev, Yuri V., Genestreti, Kevin J., Lavraud, Benoit, Choi, Seung & Burch, James L., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 127, e30882

2021

  1. Electron-scale temperature gradients in kinetic equilibrium: MMS observations and Vlasov-Maxwell solutions [4]
    Shuster, J. R., Bessho, N., Wang, S. & Ng, J., Physics of Plasmas, 28, 122902
  2. A statistical study of three-second foreshock ULF waves observed by the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission [12]
    Wang, Shan, Chen, Li-Jen, Ng, Jonathan, Bessho, Naoki, Le, Guan, Fung, Shing F., Gershman, Daniel J. & Giles, Barbara L., Physics of Plasmas, 28, 082901
  3. Lower-hybrid drift waves and their interaction with plasmas in a 3D symmetric reconnection simulation with zero guide field [10]
    Wang, Shan, Chen, Li-Jen, Ng, Jonathan, Bessho, Naoki & Hesse, Michael, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 072102

2020

  1. Magnetic reconnection and kinetic waves generated in the Earth's quasi-parallel bow shock [31]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Wang, S., Hesse, M., Wilson, L. B., III & Ng, J., Physics of Plasmas, 27, 092901

2019

  1. Effects of the guide field on electron distribution functions in the diffusion region of asymmetric reconnection [9]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Wang, S. & Hesse, M., Physics of Plasmas, 26, 082310
  2. Magnetic Reconnection in a Quasi-Parallel Shock: Two-Dimensional Local Particle-in-Cell Simulation [41]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Wang, S., Hesse, M. & Wilson, L. B., Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 9352

2018

  1. Effect of the Reconnection Electric Field on Electron Distribution Functions in the Diffusion Region of Magnetotail Reconnection [19]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Wang, S. & Hesse, M., Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 12,142
  2. Energy Conversion and Partition in the Asymmetric Reconnection Diffusion Region [20]
    Wang, Shan, Chen, Li-Jen, Bessho, Naoki, Hesse, Michael, Yoo, Jongsoo, Yamada, Masaaki, Liu, Yi-Hsin, Gershman, Danial J., Giles, Barbara L. & Moore, Thomas E., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 123, 8185

2017

  1. The effect of reconnection electric field on crescent and U-shaped distribution functions in asymmetric reconnection with no guide field [25]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Hesse, M. & Wang, S., Physics of Plasmas, 24, 072903
  2. Electron diffusion region during magnetopause reconnection with an intermediate guide field: Magnetospheric multiscale observations [64]
    Chen, L.-J., Hesse, M., Wang, S., Gershman, D., Ergun, R. E., Burch, J., Bessho, N., Torbert, R. B., Giles, B., Webster, J., Pollock, C., Dorelli, J., Moore, T., Paterson, W., Lavraud, B., Strangeway, R., Russell, C., Khotyaintsev, Y., Lindqvist, P.-A. & Avanov, L., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 122, 5235
  3. Parallel electron heating in the magnetospheric inflow region [13]
    Wang, Shan, Chen, Li-Jen, Hesse, Michael, Wilson, Lynn B., Bessho, Naoki, Gershman, Daniel J., Ergun, Robert E., Phan, Tai D., Burch, James L., Dorelli, John C., Giles, Barbara, Torbert, Roy B., Pollock, Craig J., Russell, Christopher T., Strangeway, Robert, Avanov, Levon, Lavraud, Benoit & Moore, Thomas E., Geophysical Research Letters, 44, 4384

2016

  1. Electron distribution functions in the diffusion region of asymmetric magnetic reconnection [79]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J. & Hesse, M., Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 1828

2015

  1. Electron acceleration by parallel and perpendicular electric fields during magnetic reconnection without guide field [14]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Germaschewski, K. & Bhattacharjee, A., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 120, 9355

2014

  1. Instability of the current sheet in the Earth's magnetotail with normal magnetic field [37]
    Bessho, N. & Bhattacharjee, A., Physics of Plasmas, 21, 102905
  2. Electron distribution functions in the electron diffusion region of magnetic reconnection: Physics behind the fine structures [65]
    Bessho, N., Chen, L.-J., Shuster, J. R. & Wang, S., Geophysical Research Letters, 41, 8688

2012

  1. Fast Magnetic Reconnection and Particle Acceleration in Relativistic Low-density Electron-Positron Plasmas without Guide Field [91]
    Bessho, Naoki & Bhattacharjee, A., ApJ, 750, 129

2010

  1. Fast magnetic reconnection in low-density electron-positron plasmas [15]
    Bessho, Naoki & Bhattacharjee, A., Physics of Plasmas, 17, 102104

2008

  1. Evidence of an extended electron current sheet and its neighboring magnetic island during magnetotail reconnection [92]
    Chen, L.-J., Bessho, N., Lefebvre, B., Vaith, H., Fazakerley, A., Bhattacharjee, A., Puhl-Quinn, P. A., Runov, A., Khotyaintsev, Y., Vaivads, A., Georgescu, E. & Torbert, R., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 113, A12213

2007

  1. Particle-in-cell simulation study of the impact of ion cyclotron waves on auroral kilometric radiation [7]
    Bessho, N. & Menietti, J. D., Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 112, A10215
  2. Fast collisionless reconnection in electron-positron plasmasa) [79]
    Bessho, Naoki & Bhattacharjee, A., Physics of Plasmas, 14, 056503

2005

  1. Collisionless Reconnection in an Electron-Positron Plasma [109]
    Bessho, N. & Bhattacharjee, A., Physical Review Letters, 95, 245001

2002

  1. Electron acceleration and trapping by an oblique shock wave [36]
    Bessho, Naoki & Ohsawa, Yukiharu, Physics of Plasmas, 9, 979
  2. Shock Structures and Electron Energies in Wave and de Hoffmann-Teller Frames [0]
    Bessho, Naoki, Miyahara, Seiji & Ohsawa, Yukiharu, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 71, 2572

1999

  1. Electron acceleration to ultrarelativistic energies in a collisionless oblique shock wave [58]
    Bessho, Naoki & Ohsawa, Yukiharu, Physics of Plasmas, 6, 3076
  2. Production of Ultrarelativistic Electrons by Oblique Magnetosonic Shock Waves [7]
    Bessho, Naoki, Maruyama, Kentaro & Ohsawa, Yukiharu, Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 68, 1

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