Scientific objectives and instrumentation of Mercury Plasma Particle Experiment (MPPE) onboard MMO

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 182-200

  Saito, Y ^a   Sauvaud, J A ^b   Hirahara, M ^c   Barabash, S ^d   Delcourt, D ^e   Takashima, T ^a   Asamura, K ^a  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE OF SPACE PHYSICS   (Sweden)

^e SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Charged particles; Instrumentation; Magnetosphere; Mercury; Plasma

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO; ELECTRON ANALYZER; ENERGETIC NEUTRAL ATOMS; HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES; INSTRUMENTATION; LOW-TO-HIGH; MAGNETOSPHERIC ORBITERS; MASS SPECTRA; MERCURY ION; PLASMA PARTICLES; PLASMA STRUCTURE; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; INSTRUMENTS; IONS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PLASMA SOURCES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACE FLIGHT; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 73749086127     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.003     Document Type: Article

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