Summary
Adam Masters is a space and planetary scientist with the Space & Atmospheric Physics Group at Imperial. His research focuses on explaining how energy flows through the Solar System via magnetic fields and charged particle motion in space, as well as understanding how different bodies in the Solar System generate magnetic fields in their interiors. His research programme is underpinned by his involvement in spacecraft missions, such as the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan that ended in September 2017, the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer mission currently being built for launch, and ongoing high-level planning of future missions to Uranus and Neptune.
Publications
Journals
Zomerdijk-Russell S, Masters A, Sun WJ, et al., 2023, Does reconnection only occur at points of maximum shear on Mercury’s dayside magnetopause?, Jgr: Space Physics, Vol:128, ISSN:2169-9402
Arridge CS, Xystouris G, Cochrane C, et al., 2023, Fundamental Space Physics in Uranus’ Magnetosphere, Vol. 55, Issue 3 (heliophysics 2024 Decadal Whitepapers)
Montgomery J, Ebert R, Allegrini F, et al., 2023, Investigating the occurrence of Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities at Jupiter’s dawn magnetopause, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol:50, ISSN:0094-8276
Zomerdijk-Russell S, Masters A, Korth H, et al., 2023, Modelling the time-dependent magnetic fields that BepiColombo will use to probe down into Mercury’s mantle, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol:50, ISSN:0094-8276
Masters A, Ioannou C, Rayns N, 2022, Does Uranus’ asymmetric magnetic field produce a relatively weak proton radiation belt?, Geophysical Research Letters, Vol:49, ISSN:0094-8276