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André Balogh Réjean Grard Sean C. Solomon Rita Schulz Yves Langevin Yasumasa Kasaba Masaki Fujimoto 《Space Science Reviews》2007,132(2-4):611-645
Mercury is a very difficult planet to observe from the Earth, and space missions that target Mercury are essential for a comprehensive
understanding of the planet. At the same time, it is also difficult to orbit because it is deep inside the Sun’s gravitational
well. Only one mission has visited Mercury; that was Mariner 10 in the 1970s. This paper provides a brief history of Mariner
10 and the numerous imaginative but unsuccessful mission proposals since the 1970s for another Mercury mission. In the late
1990s, two missions—MESSENGER and BepiColombo—received the go-ahead; MESSENGER is on its way to its first encounter with Mercury
in January 2008. The history, scientific objectives, mission designs, and payloads of both these missions are described in
detail. 相似文献
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We study the solar cycle, radial, and latitudinal dependence of the characteristics of magnetic field irregularities in the
Heliosphere. The frequency of magnetic field discontinuities is determined, using high time resolution magnetic field observations
by Ulysses, covering the time interval from 1992 to 2000. The quasi-linear scattering mean free path of particles is also calculated.
These investigations aim at understanding/exploring transport properties of energetic charged particles in the Heliosphere.
We find that the travel time of solar wind plasma from the Sun to the observer is the key parameter of the process, by controling
the decay of the irregularities.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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At solar maximum, the large-scale structure of the heliospheric magnetic field (HMF) reflects the complexity of the Sun's
coronal magnetic fields. The corona is characterised by mostly closed magnetic structures and short-lived, small coronal holes.
The axis of the Sun's dipole field is close to the solar equator; there are also important contributions from the higher order
terms. This complex and variable coronal magnetic configuration leads to a much increased variability in the HMF on all time
scales, at all latitudes. The transition from solar minimum to solar maximum conditions, as reflected in the HMF, is described,
as observed by Ulysses during its passage to high southern heliolatitudes. The magnetic signatures associated with the interaction regions generated
by short-lived fast solar wind streams are presented, together with the highly disordered period in mid-1999 when there was
a considerable reorganisation in coronal structures. The magnetic sector structure at high heliolatitudes shows, from mid-1999,
a recognisable two-sector structure, corresponding to a highly inclined Heliospheric Current Sheet. A preliminary investigation
of the radial component of the magnetic field indicates that it remains, on average, constant as a function of heliolatitude.
Intervals of highly Alfvénic fluctuations in the rarefaction regions trailing the interaction regions have been, even if intermittently,
identified even close to solar maximum.
This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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André Balogh 《Space Science Reviews》2010,152(1-4):23-97
The nature and diversity of the magnetic properties of the planets have been investigated by a large number of space missions over the past 50 years. It is clear that without the magnetic field measurements that have been carried out in the vicinity of all the planets, the state of their interior and their evolution since their formation would not be understood even though questions remain about how the different planetary dynamos (in six of the eight planets) work. This paper describes the motivation for making magnetic field measurements, the instrumentation that has been used and many of the missions that carried out the pioneering observations. Emphasis is given to the historically important early missions even if the results from these have been in some cases bettered by later missions. 相似文献
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Nicholas Achilleos Nicolas André Xochitl Blanco-Cano Pontus C. Brandt Peter A. Delamere Robert Winglee 《Space Science Reviews》2015,187(1-4):229-299
The rapid rotation of the gas giant planets, Jupiter and Saturn, leads to the formation of magnetodisc regions in their magnetospheric environments. In these regions, relatively cold plasma is confined towards the equatorial regions, and the magnetic field generated by the azimuthal (ring) current adds to the planetary dipole, forming radially distended field lines near the equatorial plane. The ensuing force balance in the equatorial magnetodisc is strongly influenced by centrifugal stress and by the thermal pressure of hot ion populations, whose thermal energy is large compared to the magnitude of their centrifugal potential energy. The sources of plasma for the Jovian and Kronian magnetospheres are the respective satellites Io (a volcanic moon) and Enceladus (an icy moon). The plasma produced by these sources is globally transported outwards through the respective magnetosphere, and ultimately lost from the system. One of the most studied mechanisms for this transport is flux tube interchange, a plasma instability which displaces mass but does not displace magnetic flux—an important observational constraint for any transport process. Pressure anisotropy is likely to play a role in the loss of plasma from these magnetospheres. This is especially the case for the Jovian system, which can harbour strong parallel pressures at the equatorial segments of rotating, expanding flux tubes, leading to these regions becoming unstable, blowing open and releasing their plasma. Plasma mass loss is also associated with magnetic reconnection events in the magnetotail regions. In this overview, we summarise some important observational and theoretical concepts associated with the production and transport of plasma in giant planet magnetodiscs. We begin by considering aspects of force balance in these systems, and their coupling with the ionospheres of their parent planets. We then describe the role of the interaction between neutral and ionized species, and how it determines the rate at which plasma mass and momentum are added to the magnetodisc. Following this, we describe the observational properties of plasma injections, and the consequent implications for the nature of global plasma transport and magnetodisc stability. The theory of the flux tube interchange instability is reviewed, and the influences of gravity and magnetic curvature on the instability are described. The interaction between simulated interchange plasma structures and Saturn’s moon Titan is discussed, and its relationship to observed periodic phenomena at Saturn is described. Finally, the observation, generation and evolution of plasma waves associated with mass loading in the magnetodisc regions is reviewed. 相似文献
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Magnetic reconnection is a universal phenomenon where energy is efficiently converted from the magnetic field to charged particles
as a result of global magnetic topology changes during which earlier separated plasma regions become magnetically connected.
While the reconnection affects large volumes in space most of the topology changes and of the energization occur within small
localized regions. Regions of special importance are the X-region and the separatrix region. The understanding of the microphysics
of these regions is crucial for the overall understanding of the reconnection. The Earth magnetosphere is the best environment
where the details of these regions can be studied in situ. We summarize their main properties and discuss recent spacecraft observations. 相似文献
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Artificial gravity: a possible countermeasure for post-flight orthostatic intolerance 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Moore ST Diedrich A Biaggioni I Kaufmann H Raphan T Cohen B 《Acta Astronautica》2005,56(9-12):867-876
Four payload crewmembers were exposed to sustained linear acceleration in a centrifuge during the Neurolab (STS-90) flight. In contrast to previous studies, otolith–ocular reflexes were preserved during and after flight. This raised the possibility that artificial gravity may have acted as a countermeasure to the deconditioning of otolith–ocular reflexes. None of the astronauts who were centrifuged had orthostatic intolerance when tested with head-up passive tilt after flight. Thus, centrifugation may also have helped maintain post-flight hemodynamic responses to orthostasis by preserving the gain of the otolith–sympathetic reflex. A comparison with two fellow Neurolab orbiter crewmembers not exposed to artificial gravity provided some support for this hypothesis. One of the two had hemodynamic changes in response to post-flight tilt similar to orthostatically intolerant subjects from previous missions. More data is necessary to evaluate this hypothesis, but if it were proven correct, in-flight short-radius centrifugation may help counteract orthostatic intolerance after space flight. 相似文献
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Cottin H Guan YY Noblet A Poch O Saiagh K Cloix M Macari F Jérome M Coll P Raulin F Stalport F Szopa C Bertrand M Chabin A Westall F Chaput D Demets R Brack A 《Astrobiology》2012,12(5):412-425
The PROCESS (PRebiotic Organic ChEmistry on the Space Station) experiment was part of the EXPOSE-E payload outside the European Columbus module of the International Space Station from February 2008 to August 2009. During this interval, organic samples were exposed to space conditions to simulate their evolution in various astrophysical environments. The samples used represent organic species related to the evolution of organic matter on the small bodies of the Solar System (carbonaceous asteroids and comets), the photolysis of methane in the atmosphere of Titan, and the search for organic matter at the surface of Mars. This paper describes the hardware developed for this experiment as well as the results for the glycine solid-phase samples and the gas-phase samples that were used with regard to the atmosphere of Titan. Lessons learned from this experiment are also presented for future low-Earth orbit astrochemistry investigations. 相似文献
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Plasmaspheric Density Structures and Dynamics: Properties Observed by the CLUSTER and IMAGE Missions 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Fabien Darrouzet Dennis L. Gallagher Nicolas André Donald L. Carpenter Iannis Dandouras Pierrette M. E. Décréau Johan De Keyser Richard E. Denton John C. Foster Jerry Goldstein Mark B. Moldwin Bodo W. Reinisch Bill R. Sandel Jiannan Tu 《Space Science Reviews》2009,145(1-2):55-106
Plasmaspheric density structures have been studied since the discovery of the plasmasphere in the late 1950s. But the advent of the Cluster and Image missions in 2000 has added substantially to our knowledge of density structures, thanks to the new capabilities of those missions: global imaging with Image and four-point in situ measurements with Cluster. The study of plasma sources and losses has given new results on refilling rates and erosion processes. Two-dimensional density images of the plasmasphere have been obtained. The spatial gradient of plasmaspheric density has been computed. The ratios between H+, He+ and O+ have been deduced from different ion measurements. Plasmaspheric plumes have been studied in detail with new tools, which provide information on their morphology, dynamics and occurrence. Density structures at smaller scales have been revealed with those missions, structures that could not be clearly distinguished before the global images from Image and the four-point measurements by Cluster became available. New terms have been given to these structures, like “shoulders”, “channels”, “fingers” and “crenulations”. This paper reviews the most relevant new results about the plasmaspheric plasma obtained since the start of the Cluster and Image missions. 相似文献
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