The international Rosetta mission was launched in 2004 and consists of the orbiter
spacecraft Rosetta and the lander Philae. The aim of the mission is to map the comet …

We will briefly recapitulate the beginning of modern cometary physic. Then we will assess
the results of the cometary flyby missions previous to ESA's Rosetta rendezvous with comet …

We propose to identify the main sources of ionization of the plasma in the coma of comet
67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko at different locations in the coma and to quantify their relative …

Accessing, visualizing and analyzing heterogeneous plasma datasets has always been a
tedious task that hindered students and senior researchers as well. Offering user friendly …

Context. Strong electron cooling on the neutral gas in cometary comae has been predicted
for a long time, but actual measurements of low electron temperature are scarce. Aims. Our …

Rosetta has followed comet 67P from low activity at more than 3.6 au heliocentric distance to
high activity at perihelion (1.24 au) and then out again. We provide a general overview of the …

The ESA's comet chaser Rosetta has monitored the evolution of the ionized atmosphere of
comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P/CG) and its interaction with the solar wind …

A major point of interest in cometary plasma physics has been the diamagnetic cavity, an
unmagnetized region in the innermost part of the coma. Here we combine Langmuir and …

We use observations from the Ion and Electron Sensor (IES) on board the Rosetta
spacecraft to study the relationship between the cometary suprathermal electrons and the …

Context. The ESA/Rosetta mission made it possible to monitor the plasma environment of a
comet, from near aphelion to perihelion conditions. To understand the complex dynamics …