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Maps of solar wind plasma precipitation onto Mercury's surface: a geographical perspective
Federico Lavorenti, Elizabeth A. Jensen, Sae Aizawa +7
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun, possesses a weak intrinsic magnetic field and has only a very tenuous atmosphere (exosphere). These three conditions result in a direct co…
Solar-wind electron precipitation on weakly magnetized bodies: the planet Mercury
Federico Lavorenti, Pierre Henri, Francesco Califano +4
Mercury is the archetype of a weakly magnetized, airless, telluric body immersed in the solar wind. Due to the lack of any substantial atmosphere, the solar wind directly precipita…
Electron dynamics in small magnetospheres: insights from global fully-kinetic plasma simulations of planet Mercury
Federico Lavorenti, Pierre Henri, Francesco Califano +4
The planet Mercury possesses a small but highly dynamic magnetosphere in which the role and dynamics of electrons are still largely unknown. We aim at modeling the global dynamics…
Plasma densities, flow and Solar EUV flux at comet 67P - A cross-calibration approach
F. L. Johansson, A. I. Eriksson, E. Vigren +7
During its two-year mission at comet 67P, Rosetta nearly continuously monitored the inner coma plasma environment for gas production rates varying over three orders of magnitude, a…
A charging model for the Rosetta spacecraft
F. L. Johansson, A. I. Eriksson, N. Gilet +5
Context. The electrostatic potential of a spacecraft, VS, is important for the capabilities of in situ plasma measurements. Rosetta has been found to be negatively charged during m…
A Case for Electron-Astrophysics
Daniel Verscharen, Robert T. Wicks, Olga Alexandrova +27
A grand-challenge problem at the forefront of physics is to understand how energy is transported and transformed in plasmas. This fundamental research priority encapsulates the con…