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Using Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) data, we present a statistical analysis revealing characteristics in the frequency spectrum of whistler waves in the vicinity of the diffusion region of magnetopause reconnection. On the magnetosphere side of reconnection, whistler waves are highly centered around the 1/2 electron cyclotron frequency (Ω_e). On the magnetosheath side of reconnection, whistler waves are mainly below 1/2 Ω_e and peaked around 0.2 Ω_e. The electron temperature anisotropy associated with the waves is evaluated. The occurrence rate of the whistler waves is large in the presence of perpendicular electron temperature anisotropy (T_e⊥/T_e‖ > 1). However, a large part of the whistler waves events occurs in association with parallel electron temperature anisotropy (T_e⊥/T_e‖ < 1) on the magnetosheath side of reconnection, reflecting a large number of the total observations with this electron condition. These results shed new lights on the whistler‐related electron kinetic processes near the reconnection diffusion region.

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