Plasma-satellite interaction driven magnetic field perturbations

• Published in: Physics of plasmas Vol. 21; no. 9
• Main Authors: Saeed-ur-Rehman, Marchand, Richard
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Melville American Institute of Physics 01.09.2014
• Subjects: 70 PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY; Aerospace environments; ENVIRONMENT; Geophysics; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; Missions; PERTURBATION THEORY; PLASMA; Satellite-borne instruments; SATELLITES; SENSITIVITY; SPACE; Spacecraft-environment interaction; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION

We report the first fully kinetic quantitative estimate of magnetic field perturbations caused by the interaction of a spacecraft with space environment. Such perturbations could affect measurements of geophysical magnetic fields made with very sensitive magnetometers on-board satellites. Our approa...