3 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
BepiColombo at Mercury: Three flybys, three magnetospheres
Hayley N. Williamson, Stas Barabash, Hans Nilsson +14
We examine the first three BepiColombo Mercury flybys Using data from the Miniature Ion Precipitation Analyzer (MIPA), an ion mass analyzer in the Search for Exospheric Refilling a…
physics.space-ph2025
Kinetic-Scale Physics of a Multi-Species Solar Wind
Anja Moeslinger, Herbert Gunell, Gabriella Stenberg Wieser +2
The solar wind affects the plasma environment around all solar system bodies. A strong solar wind dynamic pressure pushes plasma boundaries closer to these objects. For small objec…
astro-ph.EP2024
Cometary ion drift energy and temperature at comet 67P-Churyumov/Gerasimeko
Hayley N. Williamson, Annie Johansson, Romain Canu-Blot +4
The Ion Composition Analyzer (ICA) on the Rosetta spacecraft observed both the solar wind and the cometary ionosphere around comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko for nearly two years. H…