Interactions between Mercury's surface and its dynamic space environment

水星表面与其动态空间环境之间的相互作用

• 批准号: 2432262
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Leicester
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2432262
• 关键词: Interactions; between; Mercury; surface; its

The project will have a number of research strands including:The energetic particle populations surrounding Mercury: We will focus on particle and magnetic field measurements taken by MESSENGER in regions magnetically conjugate to previous observations of particleinduced X-ray fluorescence, in order to understand the particle populations responsible for the X-ray emissions.An associated laboratory programme will include the characterisation of X-ray and particle-induced X-rayfluorescence from ground based Mercury surface analogues, using the MIXS ground truth facility. Such analysis is a vital precursor to the BepiColombo mission to ensure maximum science return from the MIXS instrumentThe ULF wave population within Mercury's magnetosphere using MESSENGER data: The damping of thesewaves is determined by their interaction with the insulating planetary surface and highly conducting planetary core, and here we will focus on their use, for the first time, as a diagnostic of crustal electrical properties.

该项目将有多个研究领域，包括：水星周围的高能粒子群：我们将重点关注 MESSENGER 在与先前粒子诱导 X 射线荧光观测结果磁共轭的区域中进行的粒子和磁场测量，以了解负责 X 射线发射的粒子群。相关的实验室计划将包括来自地面水星表面的 X 射线和粒子诱导 X 射线荧光的表征 类似地，使用 MIXS 地面实况设施。这种分析是 BepiColombo 任务的重要前身，旨在确保 MIXS 仪器获得最大科学回报。使用 MESSENGER 数据在水星磁层内的 ULF 波群：这些波的阻尼是由它们与绝缘行星表面和高导电性行星核心的相互作用决定的，在这里，我们将首次重点关注它们作为地壳电特性诊断的用途。