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Challenges of electron-scale measurements in the solar wind

Authors :
Berthomier, Matthieu
Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP)
Université Paris-Saclay-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-École polytechnique (X)-Observatoire de Paris
Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
Source :
19th EGU General Assembly, 19th EGU General Assembly, Apr 2017, Vienna, Austria. 19, pp.17035, 2017
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
HAL CCSD, 2017.

Abstract

International audience; Acceleration processes in space plasmas are complex because they involve the interaction of particles with electromagnetic fields that may be distributed both in space and time. Understanding these processes in the solar wind requires high-time resolution observations at electron-scale. In this weakly magnetized medium, measuring both the energy spectrum and the 3D pitch-angle electron distribution at high-time resolution remains one of the main challenges of space plasma instrumentation. We both present the scientific challenges of these electron-scale measurements in the solar wind and recent advances in the development of high-time resolution electron spectrometers.

Details

Language :
English
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
19th EGU General Assembly, 19th EGU General Assembly, Apr 2017, Vienna, Austria. 19, pp.17035, 2017
Accession number :
edsair.dedup.wf.001..59b2d1bafa2d96cdc47a533201fbaf92