Environments, needs and opportunities for future space photovoltaic power generation: A review
A Bermudez-Garcia, P Voarino, O Raccurt - Applied Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims to assess the potential and requirements of photovoltaic arrays to provide
energy for more than 30 mission types to explore 14 celestial bodies in our solar system …
energy for more than 30 mission types to explore 14 celestial bodies in our solar system …
Differentiating between the leading processes for electron radiation belt acceleration
Many spacecraft fly within or through a natural and variable particle accelerator powered by
the coupling between the magnetosphere and the solar wind: the Earth's radiation belts …
the coupling between the magnetosphere and the solar wind: the Earth's radiation belts …
Resolved imaging confirms a radiation belt around an ultracool dwarf
MM Kao, AJ Mioduszewski, J Villadsen, EL Shkolnik - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Radiation belts are present in all large-scale Solar System planetary magnetospheres:
Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. These persistent equatorial zones of relativistic …
Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. These persistent equatorial zones of relativistic …
Evidence for a radiation belt around a brown dwarf
JB Climent, JC Guirado, M Pérez-Torres, JM Marcaide… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Ultracool dwarfs (UCDs) are a category of astronomical objects that includes brown dwarfs
and very-low-mass stars. Radio observations of UCDs have measured their brightness as a …
and very-low-mass stars. Radio observations of UCDs have measured their brightness as a …
First-year wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (wmap)* observations: Beam profiles and window functions
Knowledge of the beam profiles is of critical importance for interpreting data from cosmic
microwave background experiments. In this paper, we present the characterization of the in …
microwave background experiments. In this paper, we present the characterization of the in …
The possible emergence of life and differentiation of a shallow biosphere on irradiated icy worlds: the example of Europa
Irradiated ice-covered ocean worlds with rocky mafic mantles may provide the conditions
needed to drive the emergence and maintenance of life. Alkaline hydrothermal springs …
needed to drive the emergence and maintenance of life. Alkaline hydrothermal springs …
Investigating Europa's radiation environment with the Europa Clipper radiation monitor
We present an overview of the radiation environment monitoring program planned for the
Europa Clipper mission. The harsh radiation environment of Jupiter will be measured by a …
Europa Clipper mission. The harsh radiation environment of Jupiter will be measured by a …
Titan's surface at 2.2-cm wavelength imaged by the Cassini RADAR radiometer: Calibration and first results
MA Janssen, RD Lorenz, R West, F Paganelli… - Icarus, 2009 - Elsevier
The first comprehensive calibration and mapping of the thermal microwave emission from
Titan's surface is reported based on radiometric data obtained at 2.2-cm wavelength by the …
Titan's surface is reported based on radiometric data obtained at 2.2-cm wavelength by the …
Gyro-resonant electron acceleration at Jupiter
According to existing theory, electrons are accelerated up to ultra-relativistic energies inside
Jupiter's magnetic field by betatron and Fermi processes as a result of radial diffusion …
Jupiter's magnetic field by betatron and Fermi processes as a result of radial diffusion …
Acceleration of energetic electrons in Jovian middle magnetosphere by whistler‐mode waves
An abundant multi‐MeV electron population beyond the orbit of Io is required to explain the
intense inner radiation belt (electrons> 50 >50 MeV) at Jupiter and its synchrotron radiation …
intense inner radiation belt (electrons> 50 >50 MeV) at Jupiter and its synchrotron radiation …