Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 2005
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MODERN TRENDS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH: First International Conference on Modern Trends in Physics Research; MTPR-04. AIP Conference
Physics
Spaceborne And Space Research Instruments, Apparatus, And Components, Particle Emission, Solar Wind, Heliopause And Solar Wind Termination, Magnetosphere Interactions
Scientific paper
The purpose of the paper is to underline the trends of space physics, illustrated with several missions which are to day operating or that will are scheduled in the next future. A first set of sections is devoted to fundamental sciences with the analysis of the interaction between the solar wind and the planets and to planetary exploration. Emphasis is put on the mass and energy transfer between the solar wind and the Earth magnetosphere, and to what has been learned from the multi-spacecraft CLUSTER mission. Then the scientific objectives and the instrumentation of the CASSINI/Huygens mission to Saturn are presented. Turning to Mars and to mercury, several aspects of missions to these planets are outlined. They include the study of the interaction of the solar wind with planetary magnetic environment (Mercury), its interaction with the upper atmosphere and ionosphere (Mars), the electromagnetic sounding of the planetary solid crust (Mars). Finally, turning to the global solar system scale, few words are told on the study of the interaction of the heliosphere with the local interstellar cloud, through the heliopause, the frontier of the solar wind. The last section of the paper presents the consequences of space environment strong events on human activity and the emerging concept of Space Weather, with growing efforts for monitoring the solar activity, the associated changes of the terrestrial ionized environment and for preventing damages to spacecraft and ground based equipments.
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