The Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) onboard the BepiColombo/MMO: First measurement of electric fields, electromagnetic waves, and radio waves around Mercury

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 238-278

  Kasaba, Y ^a   Bougeret, J L ^b   Blomberg, L G ^c   Kojima, H ^d   Yagitani, S ^e   Moncuquet, M ^b   Trotignon, J G ^f   Chanteur, G ^g   Kumamoto, A ^a   Kasahara, Y ^e   Lichtenberger, J ^h   Omura, Y ^d   Ishisaka, K ⁱ   Matsumoto, H ^j  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^g SERVICE D AÉRONOMIE DU CNRS   (France)

^h EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

ⁱ TOYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^j KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Electric field; Electron density and temperature; Magnetosphere; Mercury; Plasma wave; Radio wave

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO; ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON DENSITY AND TEMPERATURE; ENERGY EXCHANGES; ENGINEERING MODELS; FLIGHT MODELS; FREQUENCY RANGES; FREQUENCY SPECTRA; HIGH DYNAMIC PRESSURE; IN-SITU; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS; MAGNETOSPHERIC ORBITERS; MEFISTO; MERCURY; ON-BOARD DATA PROCESSING; WAVE FORMS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRONS; IONOSPHERE; MACHINE DESIGN; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); PLASMA WAVES; RADIO; RADIO WAVES; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR WIND; SPACECRAFT; SPECTROSCOPY;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 74149089623     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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