Objective
The Project is aimed to increase understanding of formation and dynamics of mid- and small-scale solar wind (SW) structures and their interaction with magnetosphere, basing on the available data and via the development of a new experiment. First, we investigate small-scale structures in SW plasma and in magnetosheath (MSH) based on the available high-resolution data (INTERBALL, CLUSTER etc.), proceed with formulating of the requirements for future explorations, and finish with development of the appropriate instrumentation PLASMA-F.
Main scientific objectives are:
(1) small-scale morphology of disturbances in SW and MSH, their propagation and evolution;
(2) impact of sharp changes in SW on geomagnetic activity and magnetospheric boundary structure;
(3) effect of the SW disturbances and turbulence on the energy-mass-momentum transport from interplanetary medium, through out magnetosheath, to magnetosphere.
The PLASMA-F experiment extends resolution of SW plasma and particle measurements by using 6 Faraday cups with different retarding potentials along with high-geometric-factor telescopes for energetic particles. Simultaneous field and wave measurements and high resolution of all parameters of 32Hz will allow to resolve plasma structures of 10-100km, and, therefore, to track the energy and momentum transformations below the scales of ion inertial length and gyroradius. The consortium of teams, participating in this proposal, have a long record of cooperation and a wide experience of plasma field and wave observations onboard the INTERBALL-1 and MAGION-4 satellites and are currently developing the PLASMA-F experiment.
The PLASMA-F (as a payload of opportunity), will be launched onboard the radio-astronomical spacecraft SPECTR-R in late 2007. Its operation will be further and valuable step in the SW exploration, providing both high- resolution measurements and an additional point to any multi-spacecraft campaign in the scope of international space programs in the near Earth's environment. The instrumentation will provide the basis for the high-resolution measurements in future missions aimed at the scales down to electron gydoradius and inertial length.
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Czechia
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