This paper describes the design of MEFISTO (Mercury Electric Field In-Situ Tool) and WPT
(Wire Probe Antenna) electric field sensors for Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) on the …

Abstract The Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) aboard the BepiColombo Mio (Mercury
Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO) will enable the first observations of electric fields, plasma …

The BepiColombo Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) spacecraft includes the plasma
and radio wave observation system called Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI). Since the …

MEFISTO, together with the companion instrument WPT, are planning the first-ever in situ
measurements of the electric field in the magnetosphere of planet Mercury. The instruments …

This paper summarizes the specifications and initial evaluation results of Wire Probe
Antenna (WPT) and Electric Field Detector (EFD), the key components for the electric field …

This paper describes the design and performance of the search coil magnetometers (SCM),
which are part of the Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) instrument onboard the …

The thermal component of Mercury's electron population has never been measured. One
scientific objective of the Plasma Wave Investigation consortium, PWI, is to determine the …

Abstract The BepiColombo Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) spacecraft comprises
the plasma and radio wave observation system called Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) …

The future trends of the experimental plasma physics development in outer space demand
more and more exact and sophisticated scientific instrumentation. Moreover, the situation is …

It is explained that the Plasma Wave Instrument (PWI) on Dynamics Explorer-A measures
both plasma wave phenomena and quasi-static electric fields. The quasi-static electric fields …