Publications (13)
Nature of the MHD and kinetic scale turbulence in the magnetosheath of Saturn: Cassini observations
L. Z. Hadid, F. Sahraoui, K. H. Kiyani +5
Low frequency turbulence in Saturn's magnetosheath is investigated using in-situ measurements of the Cassini spacecraft. Focus is put on the magnetic energy spectra computed in the…
Quasiperpendicular high Mach number Shocks
A. H. Sulaiman, A. Masters, M. K. Dougherty +3
Shock waves exist throughout the universe and are fundamental to understanding the nature of collisionless plasmas. Reformation is a process, driven by microphysics, which typicall…
The Castalia Mission to Main Belt Comet 133P/Elst-Pizarro
C. Snodgrass, G. H. Jones, H. Boehnhardt +41
We describe Castalia, a proposed mission to rendezvous with a Main Belt Comet (MBC), 133P/Elst-Pizarro. MBCs are a recently discovered population of apparently icy bodies within th…
An in situ comparison of electron acceleration at collisionless shocks under differing upstream magnetic field orientations
A. Masters, A. H. Sulaiman, Å. Stawarz +6
A leading explanation for the origin of Galactic cosmic rays is acceleration at high-Mach number shock waves in the collisionless plasma surrounding young supernova remnants. Evide…
Electron acceleration to relativistic energies at a strong quasi-parallel shock wave
A. Masters, L. Stawarz, M. Fujimoto +9
Electrons can be accelerated to ultrarelativistic energies at strong (high-Mach number) collisionless shock waves that form when stellar debris rapidly expands after a supernova. C…
Investigating Mercury's Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission
A. Milillo, M. Fujimoto, G. Murakami +76
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission will provide simultaneous measurements from two spacecraft, offering an unprecedented opportunity to investigate magnetospheric and exospheric dyna…
Ice Giants Pre-Decadal Survey Mission Study Report
M. Hofstadter, A. Simon, K. Reh +26
The Ice Giants Study was commissioned by NASA to take a fresh look (as of 2017) at science priorities and concepts for missions to the Uranus and Neptune systems in preparation for…
In Search of Subsurface Oceans within the Uranian Moons
C. J. Cochrane, S. D. Vance, T. A. Nordheim +3
The Galileo mission to Jupiter discovered magnetic signatures associated with hidden sub-surface oceans at the moons Europa and Callisto using the phenomenon of magnetic induction.…
Suprathermal electrons at Saturn's bow shock
A. Masters, A. H. Sulaiman, N. Sergis +4
The leading explanation for the origin of galactic cosmic rays is particle acceleration at the shocks surrounding young supernova remnants (SNRs), although crucial aspects of the a…
Characterization of Saturn's bow shock: Magnetic field observations of quasi-perpendicular shocks
A. H. Sulaiman, A. Masters, M. K. Dougherty
Collisionless shocks vary drastically from terrestrial to astrophysical regimes resulting in radically different characteristics. This poses two complexities. Firstly, separating t…
Ice Giant System Exploration in the 2020s: An Introduction
L. N. Fletcher, A. A. Simon, M. D. Hofstadter +5
The international planetary science community met in London in January 2020, united in the goal of realising the first dedicated robotic mission to the distant Ice Giants, Uranus a…
The magnetic structure of Saturn's magnetosheath
A. H. Sulaiman, A. Masters, M. K. Dougherty +1
A planet's magnetosheath extends from downstream of its bow shock up to the magnetopause where the solar wind flow is deflected around the magnetosphere and the solar wind embedded…
Moonraker -- Enceladus Multiple Flyby Mission
O. Mousis, A. Bouquet, Y. Langevin +50
Enceladus, an icy moon of Saturn, possesses an internal water ocean and jets expelling ocean material into space. Cassini investigations indicated that the subsurface ocean could b…