Imperial College London
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DrAdamMasters

Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics

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@article{Heyner and Auster and Fornacon and Carr:2021:10.1007/s11214-021-00822-x,
author = {Heyner and Auster and Fornacon and Carr, C and Richter and Mieth and Kolhey and Exner and Motschmann and Baumjohann and Matsuoka and Magnes and Berghofer and Fischer and Plaschke and Nakamura and Narita and Delta and Volwerk and Balogh, A and Dougherty, M and Horbury, T and Langlais and Mandea and Masters, A and Oliveira and Sanchez-Cano and Slavin and Vennerstrøm and Vogt and Wicht and Glassmeier},
doi = {10.1007/s11214-021-00822-x},
journal = {Space Science Reviews},
title = {The BepiColombo Planetary Magnetometer MPO-MAG: what can we Learn from the Hermean magnetic field?},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-021-00822-x},
volume = {217},
year = {2021}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The magnetometer instrument MPO-MAG on-board the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) of the BepiColombo mission en-route to Mercury is introduced, with its instrument design, its calibration and scientific targets. The instrument is comprised of two tri-axial fluxgate magnetometers mounted on a 2.9 m boom and are 0.8 m apart. They monitor the magnetic field with up to 128 Hz in a ±2048 nT range. The MPO will be injected into an initial 480×1500 km polar orbit (2.3 h orbital period). At Mercury, we will map the planetary magnetic field and determine the dynamo generated field and constrain the secular variation. In this paper, we also discuss the effect of the instrument calibration on the ability to improve the knowledge on the internal field. Furthermore, the study of induced magnetic fields and field-aligned currents will help to constrain the interior structure in concert with other geophysical instruments. The orbit is also well-suited to study dynamical phenomena at the Hermean magnetopause and magnetospheric cusps. Together with its sister instrument Mio-MGF on-board the second satellite of the BepiColombo mission, the magnetometers at Mercury will study the reaction of the highly dynamic magnetosphere to changes in the solar wind. In the extreme case, the solar wind might even collapse the entire dayside magnetosphere. During cruise, MPO-MAG will contribute to studies of solar wind turbulence and transient phenomena.
AU  - Heyner
AU  - Auster
AU  - Fornacon
AU  - Carr,C
AU  - Richter
AU  - Mieth
AU  - Kolhey
AU  - Exner
AU  - Motschmann
AU  - Baumjohann
AU  - Matsuoka
AU  - Magnes
AU  - Berghofer
AU  - Fischer
AU  - Plaschke
AU  - Nakamura
AU  - Narita
AU  - Delta
AU  - Volwerk
AU  - Balogh,A
AU  - Dougherty,M
AU  - Horbury,T
AU  - Langlais
AU  - Mandea
AU  - Masters,A
AU  - Oliveira
AU  - Sanchez-Cano
AU  - Slavin
AU  - Vennerstrøm
AU  - Vogt
AU  - Wicht
AU  - Glassmeier
DO  - 10.1007/s11214-021-00822-x
PY  - 2021///
SN  - 0038-6308
TI  - The BepiColombo Planetary Magnetometer MPO-MAG: what can we Learn from the Hermean magnetic field?
T2  - Space Science Reviews
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11214-021-00822-x
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/88235
VL  - 217
ER  -
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