The radio waves and thermal electrostatic noise spectroscopy (SORBET) experiment on BEPICOLOMBO/MMO/PWI: Scientific objectives and performance

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 680-685

  Moncuquet, M ^a   Matsumoto, H ^b   Bougeret, J L ^a   Blomberg, L G ^c   Issautier, K ^a   Kasaba, Y ^d   Kojima, H ^b   Maksimovic, M ^a   Meyer Vernet, N ^a   Zarka, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BepiColombo MMO; Mercury magnetosphere; Radio and plasma waves; Spacecraft instrumentation; Thermal noise spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; PLASMA WAVES; RADIO WAVES; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

BEPICOLOMBO/MMO; MERCURY MAGNETOSPHERE; RADIO AND PLASMA WAVES; SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTATION; THERMAL NOISE SPECTROSCOPY;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33750374183     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2006.01.020     Document Type: Article

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