Structure and Dynamics of Jupiter's Plasma Sheet

该项目将侧重于对与木星磁盘有关的磁场和粒子进行理论建模和航天器观测。这是一片巨大的等离子体，是行星旋转驱动的磁层的中心特征。这个学生将研究木星卫星木卫三上游的磁盘等离子体中物理条件的变化。在此之后，学生将开发新的方法来模拟土星和/或木星的磁盘电流片的磁场。特别是，传统上用于模拟行星内部磁场的方法（使用参数线性的数学模型进行反演）将被研究并适用于当前片场。使用的数据集将来自卡西尼号和/或伽利略/朱诺号飞行任务。

This project will focus on theoretical modelling and spacecraft observations of the fields and particles associated with Jupiter's magnetodisc. This is an enormous sheet of plasma which is a central feature of the planet's rotationally-driven magnetosphere. The student will send study the variability of the physical conditions in the magnetodisc plasma upstream of Jupiter's moon, Ganymede. Following this, the student will develop new methods of modelling the magnetic field of magnetodisc current sheets at Saturn and / or Jupiter. In particular, methods traditionally used for modelling the internal magnetic fields of planets (inversion using a mathematical model linear in its parameters) will be investigated and adapted for the current sheet field. The datasets to be used will come from the Cassini and / or Galileo/Juno missions.