JpGU-AGU Joint Meeting 2017

講演情報

[EJ] ポスター発表

セッション記号 P (宇宙惑星科学) » P-EM 太陽地球系科学・宇宙電磁気学・宇宙環境

[P-EM20] [EJ] Heliosphere and Interplanetary Space

2017年5月24日(水) 15:30 〜 17:00 ポスター会場 (国際展示場 7ホール)

コンビーナ:坪内 健(東京工業大学理学院)、西野 真木(名古屋大学宇宙地球環境研究所)、成行 泰裕(富山大学人間発達科学部)

[PEM20-P01] Introduction to the THOR mission

*Yasuhito Narita1Andris Vaivads2Alessandro Retino3Yuri Khotyaintsev2Jan Soucek4Philippe Escoubet5Francesco Valentini6Christopher H. K. Chen7Andrew Fazakerley8Benoit Lavraud9,10Federica Marcucci11Rami Vainio12Martin Gehler5Arno Wielders5Jens Romstedt5 (1.Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria、2.Swedish Institute of Space Physics Uppsala, Sweden、3.Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, France、4.Insittute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic、5.ESA/European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), The Netherlands、6.Calabria University, Italy、7.Imperial College London, UK、8.Mullard Space Science Laboratory (MSSL), UK、9.University of Toulouse, L'Institut de Recherche en Antrophsique et Planetologie, France、10.Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), L'Institut de Recherche en Antrophsique et Planetologie (IRAP), France、11.Instituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Italy、12.University of Turku, Finland)

キーワード:plasma turbulence, spacecraft mission, solar wind, bow shock

Fundamental plasma processes at kinetic scales such as wave-particle and wave-wave interactions play an important role in the heliosphere and various astrophysical systems. Turbulence Heating ObserveR (THOR) is the first mission under a study for ESA M4 candidate ever flown in space dedicated to understanding the heating process in collisionless plasma turbulence. THOR explores the kinetic plasma processes that determine the fundamental behavior of the majority of baryonic matter in the universe. THOR aims to find answers to the fundamental questions on the turbulent plasma processes by achieving the highest-resolution in the particle and electromagnetic field measurements in the solar wind and the regions around Earth's bow shock. Toward the launch in 2026, the spacecraft design, the instrument design, the orbit plan, and the analysis tools are presented on the THOR mission.