Essays about: "solar wind interaction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words solar wind interaction.

1. 1. Juice/JDC ion measurement perturbations caused by spacecraft charging in the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosheath

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för fysik och astronomi

   Author : Derek van Winden; [2024]
   Keywords : Juice; Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer; JDC; Jovian plasma Dynamics and Composition analyzer; Particle Environment Package; PEP; Jupiter; Ganymede; Callisto; Europa; solar wind; magnetosheath; spacecraft charging; Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software; SPIS; charging; plasma; measurement perturbations; perturbation; distortion; particle detector; Institutet för Rymdfysik; IRF; Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies; DIAS; European Space Agency; ESA;

   Abstract :  In July 2031, a new chapter in the exploration of the Jovian system will begin with the arrival of the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) at Jupiter. Launched on April 14 2024 as part of ESA’s Cosmic Vision programme, the mission aims to study Jupiter and its icy Galilean moons Callisto, Europa, and Ganymede. READ MORE

3. 2. Ion and ENA precipitation onto the upper atmosphere of Venus : Estimate of precipitation maps using data from a hybrid model

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Lorenzo Obersnel; [2023]
   Keywords : Eneregetic Neutral Atoms; Venus; Ion precipitation; ENA precipitation; Atomi Neutri Energetici; Venere; precipitazione di ioni; precipitazione di atomi neutri; Energisk Neutral Atom; Venus; Utfällningen joner; Utfällningen Energisk Neutral Atom;

   Abstract : Venus does not have a strong intrinsic magnetic field as the Earth, and its magnetosphere is induced by the interaction of the solar wind with the ionosphere. The near-Venus space environment is characterized by the presence of a bow shock and of an induced magnetic boundary linked to the interplanetary magnetic field orientation. READ MORE

4. 3. SOLAR WIND HEATING OBSERVED BY SOLAR ORBITER

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för fysik och astronomi

   Author : Karan Pal; [2023]
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   Abstract : In this project, we investigate the plasma heating associated with coherent structures, such as current sheets and vortices, in different solar wind conditions: slow solar wind, stream interaction regions, and heliospheric current sheets, observed by the Solar Or- biter mission. To unravel this mystery, we first use the Partial Variance of Increment method [1] to locate these coherent structures. READ MORE

5. 4. Hybrid Simulations of Solar Wind Plasma Interaction with the Lunar Reiner Gamma Magnetic Anomaly

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

   Author : David Frisk Strömberg; [2023]
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   Abstract : The Moon has small scale regions of strong magnetic fields scattered over its surface, known as crustal fields. Coexisting with some of the strongest crustal fields are peculiar markings in the lunar soil, called lunar swirls, which are suggested to be formed by magnetosphere-like interactions between the crustal fields and the solar wind plasma. READ MORE

6. 5. The connection between the bow shock at Mercury and the interplanetary magnetic field

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Erik Sellberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Mercury bow shock; Bow shock - interplanetary magnetic field interaction; MESSENGER; Merkurius bogchock; Växelverkan bogchock interplanetära magnetfältet; MESSENGER;

   Abstract : As the solar wind reaches Mercury it interacts with the planet’s magnetic field slowing down, forming a bow shock in front of the planet and diverting the flow around it. Along with the solar wind comes the interplanetary magnetic field, an extension of the sun’s magnetic field. READ MORE