Lunar dust and dusty plasmas: Recent developments, advances, and unsolved problems

SI Popel, LM Zelenyi, AY Dubinskii - Planetary and Space Science, 2018 - Elsevier
A renaissance is being observed currently in investigations of the Moon. The Luna-25 and
Luna-27 missions are being prepared in Russia. At the same time, in connection with the …

Dust dynamics in the lunar dusty plasmas: Effects of magnetic fields and dust charge variations

SI Popel, AP Golub, AI Kassem, LM Zelenyi - Physics of Plasmas, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The influence of the magnetic field of the Earth's magnetotail on dusty plasmas above the
sunlit surface of the Moon is studied. For this purpose, a physical-mathematical model for a …

Dusty plasmas above the sunlit surface of Mercury

SI Popel, AP Golub, LM Zelenyi - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Above the sunlit surface of Mercury, the properties and formation of dusty plasmas are
investigated. It is demonstrated that the dusty plasmas are formed for subsolar angles …

Dusty plasma sheath-like structure in the region of lunar terminator

SI Popel, LM Zelenyi, B Atamaniuk - Physics of Plasmas, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
The main properties of the dusty plasma layer near the surface over the illuminated and dark
parts of the Moon are described. They are used to realize dusty plasma behaviour and to …

Dusty plasmas in the vicinity of the moon: Current research and new vistas

SI Popel, AV Zakharov, LM Zelenyi - Plasma Physics Reports, 2023 - Springer
A brief review of recent studies on dusty plasma above the lunar surface at the Space
Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences is presented. The research is related to …

Dusty plasma at the Moon. Challenges of modeling and measurements

LM Zelenyi, SI Popel, AV Zakharov - Plasma Physics Reports, 2020 - Springer
A brief review is given of the dusty plasma near the surface of the Moon. Electrostatic
processes represent an important factor of formation of such plasma. Problems related to …

Impacts of fast meteoroids and the separation of dust particles from the surface of the Moon

SI Popel, AP Golub', EA Lisin, YN Izvekova… - JETP letters, 2016 - Springer
The possibility of the separation of dust particles owing to impacts of micrometeoroids on the
surface of the Moon has been discussed. It has been shown that this effect is significant and …

Plasma sheath around sunlit moon: monotonic and non-monotonic structures

T Sana, SK Mishra - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
An analytical investigation of the sheath formation over sunlit moon under the influence of
observed solar ultraviolet/extreme ultraviolet radiation and solar wind plasma has been …

Wave processes during the interaction of the Earth's magnetotail with dusty plasma near the lunar surface

SI Popel, TI Morozova - Plasma Physics Reports, 2017 - Springer
The wave processes that take place under the interaction of the Earth's magnetosphere with
dusty plasma near the lunar surface are considered. It is shown that the waves can be …

Plasma Sheath around Chandrayaan-3 Landing Site: A Case Study

T Sana, SK Mishra - The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
India's lander-rover mission Chandrayaan-3 is scheduled to be launched in mid-2023. We
have simulated a realistic scenario and investigated the electric potential development over …