The spacecraft wake: Interference with electric field observations and a possibility to detect cold ions [PDF]
Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics (2021) , 126,
2021JA029493, 2021 Wakes behind spacecraft caused by supersonic drifting positive ions are common in plasmas and disturb in situ measurements. We review the impact of wakes on observations by the Electric Field and Wave double-probe instruments on the Cluster satellites.
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The azimuthal extent of three flux transfer events [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2008 In early 2006, the Cluster spacecraft crossed the dayside magnetopause twice each orbit with the spacecraft at their largest separation of the entire mission (~10 000 km).
R. C. Fear +5 more
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Statistical behavior of foreshock Langmuir waves observed by the Cluster wideband data plasma wave receiver [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2004 We present the statistics of Langmuir wave amplitudes in the Earth's foreshock using Cluster Wideband Data (WBD) Plasma Wave Receiver electric field waveforms from spacecraft 2, 3 and 4 on 26 March 2002.
K. Sigsbee +5 more
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Research on Transmission Capacity Characteristics of the Cluster Flight Spacecraft Network [PDF]
International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2021 In order to analyze the transmission capacity performance of the cluster flight spacecraft network, there are two different types of outage performance theory which are derived in this paper. First of all, by applying the mean value theorem of integrals, the expression of the outage probability of decode-and-forward relaying is derived.
Li Su, Jian Wu, Jinrong Mo
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Cusp structures: combining multi-spacecraft observations with ground-based observations [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2003 Recent simultaneous observations of cusp structures with Polar, FAST and Interball revealed remarkably similar features at spacecraft crossing the cusp. Such stable cusp structures could be observed up to several hours only during stable solar wind
K. J. Trattner +19 more
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An Integrated Nonlinear Analysis (INA) Software for Space Plasma Turbulence
Earth and Space Science, 2023 We built an integrated nonlinear analysis software (INA)‐designed to study space plasma turbulence and intermittency. The MATLAB programming environment was used for the algorithmic development and implementation of methods for spectral analysis ...
Costel Munteanu +2 more
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Comparison of multi-point measurements of current sheet structure and analytical models [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2008 Current density profiles of 22 thin current sheets, crossed by four Cluster spacecraft in the magnetotail are compared with the self-consistent model of anisotropic 1-D equilibrium, including several species of quasi-adiabatic (transient) ions and ...
A. V. Artemyev +9 more
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A search for Planet Nine with small spacecraft:Three-body, post-Newtonian, non-gravitational, planetary and Kuiper Belt effects [PDF]
Acta Astronautica 225, (2024), Pages 444-453, 2023 A hypothetical gravitating body in the outer Solar System, the so-called Planet Nine, was proposed to explain the unexpected clustering of the Kuiper Belt Objects. As it has not been observed via telescopes, it was conjectured to be a primordial black hole (of the size of a quince) that could be gravitationally detected by laser-launching or solar ...
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Dynamical processes in space: Cluster results [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2013 After 12 years of operations, the Cluster mission continues to successfully fulfil its scientific objectives. The main goal of the Cluster mission, comprised of four identical spacecraft, is to study in three dimensions small-scale plasma structures ...
C. P. Escoubet +6 more
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Spatial and temporal characteristics of poloidal waves in the terrestrial plasmasphere: a CLUSTER case study [PDF]
Annales Geophysicae, 2007 Oscillating magnetic field lines are frequently observed by spacecraft in the terrestrial and other planetary magnetospheres. The CLUSTER mission is a very suitable tool to further study these Alfvén waves as the four CLUSTER spacecraft provide for an
S. Schäfer +5 more
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