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Whistler-mode waves in Mercury’s magnetosphere observed by BepiColombo/Mio
Whistler-mode chorus waves are natural electromagnetic emissions known to play a key role in electron acceleration and loss mechanisms via...
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Wave Processes in Dusty Plasma near the Mercury’s Surface
AbstractWave processes in dusty plasma near the surface of Mercury are discussed. The near-surface layers of Mercury’s exosphere have a number of...
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On Anomalous Dissipation in Plasma of Dusty Mercury’s Exosphere
AbstractThe anomalous dissipation related to the effect of charging of dust particles that gives rise to new physical phenomena, effects, and...
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Mio—First Comprehensive Exploration of Mercury’s Space Environment: Mission Overview
Mercury has a unique and complex space environment with its weak global magnetic field, intense solar wind, tenuous exosphere, and magnetospheric...
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Investigating Mercury’s Environment with the Two-Spacecraft BepiColombo Mission
The ESA-JAXA BepiColombo mission will provide simultaneous measurements from two spacecraft, offering an unprecedented opportunity to investigate...
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Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury’s Surface and Composition
BepiColombo has a larger and in many ways more capable suite of instruments relevant for determination of the topographic, physical, chemical and...
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The BepiColombo Environment Radiation Monitor, BERM
The BepiColombo Environment Radiation Monitor (BERM) on board the European Space Agency’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), is designed to measure the...
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The BepiColombo Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer
The Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) and Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer (SIXS) on board the BepiColombo mission are due to...
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The BepiColombo Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer
The Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer (MIXS) and Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer (SIXS) on board the BepiColombo mission are due to...
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The Exosphere as a Boundary: Origin and Evolution of Airless Bodies in the Inner Solar System and Beyond Including Planets with Silicate Atmospheres
In this review we discuss all the relevant solar/stellar radiation and plasma parameters and processes that act together in the formation and...
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Geodesy, Geophysics and Fundamental Physics Investigations of the BepiColombo Mission
In preparation for the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury, thematic working groups had been established for coordinating the activities within...
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Future Directions for the Investigation of Surface-Bounded Exospheres in the Inner Solar System
Surface-bounded exospheres result from complex interactions between the planetary environment and the rocky body’s surface. Different drivers...
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Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation
The Mercury Orbiter Radio Science Experiment (MORE) of the ESA mission BepiColombo will provide an accurate estimation of Mercury’s gravity field and...
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The BepiColombo Mercury Imaging X-Ray Spectrometer: Science Goals, Instrument Performance and Operations
The Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer is a highly novel instrument that is designed to map Mercury’s elemental composition from orbit at two angular...
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BepiColombo - Mission Overview and Science Goals
BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency, ESA, and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, to perform a...
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Solar Intensity X-Ray and Particle Spectrometer SIXS: Instrument Design and First Results
The Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer (SIXS) on the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (“Bepi”) measures the direct solar X-rays,...
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Early terrestrial planet formation by torque-driven convergent migration of planetary embryos
The massive cores of the giant planets are thought to have formed in a gas disk by the accretion of pebble-sized particles whose accretional...
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Geodesy and geophysics of Mercury: Prospects in view of the BepiColombo mission
The BepiColombo mission, which is a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), was launched...
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