The Mars 2020 mission will seek the signs of ancient life on Mars and will identify, prepare,
document, and cache a set of samples for possible return to Earth by a follow-on mission …

BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency, ESA, and the
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, to perform a comprehensive exploration of …

Whistler-mode chorus waves are natural electromagnetic emissions known to play a key
role in electron acceleration and loss mechanisms via wave–particle interactions in …

Aims. We aim to establish the boundaries of Mercury's magnetosphere through a
comparison of the drops and rises of the electron density revealed by PWI/SORBET, during …

Context. The Mutual Impedance Probe (MIP) of the Rosetta Plasma Consortium (RPC)
onboard the Rosetta orbiter which was in operation for more than two years, between …

Plasma diagnostic instruments are carried into space by satellites to measure in situ the
properties of space plasmas. However, due to spacecraft charging, satellites perturb the …

Context. Density inhomogeneities are ubiquitous in space and astrophysical plasmas,
particularly at contact boundaries between different media. They often correspond to regions …

Remotely sensed interplanetary scintillation (IPS) data from the Institute for Space-Earth
Environmental Research (ISEE), Japan, allows a determination of solar-wind parameters …

Mercury has a large loss cone difference in its two hemispheres due to the northward shifted
magnetic dipole. The precipitation difference of energetic electrons in both hemispheres is …

Abstract Quasi‐Thermal Noise (QTN) spectroscopy is a reliable diagnostic routinely used for
measuring electron density and temperature in space plasmas. The observed spectrum …