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Planetary Radio Interferometry and Doppler Experiment (PRIDE) is a multi-purpose experimental technique aimed at enhancing the science return of planetary missions. The technique exploits the science payload and spacecraft service systems…

We present the first PSP-observed CME that hits a second spacecraft before the end of the PSP encounter, providing an excellent opportunity to study short-term CME evolution. The CME was launched from the Sun on 10 October 2019 and was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-11 Reka M. Winslow , Noé Lugaz , Camilla Scolini , Antoinette B. Galvin

A unique test of general relativity is possible with the space radio telescope RadioAstron. The ultra-stable on-board hydrogen maser frequency standard and the highly eccentric orbit make RadioAstron an ideal instrument for probing the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-03-13 D. Litvinov , N. Bartel , K. Belousov , M. Bietenholz , A. Biriukov , A. Fionov , A. Gusev , V. Kauts , A. Kovalenko , V. Kulagin , N. Poraiko , V. Rudenko

Future Cosmic Microwave Background experiments together with upcoming galaxy and 21-cm surveys will provide extremely accurate measurements of different cosmological observables located at different epochs of the cosmic history. The new…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 Maria Archidiacono , Thejs Brinckmann , Julien Lesgourgues , Vivian Poulin

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) can pose hazardous radiation risks to both humans and spacecraft electronics in space. Numerical modeling based on first principles offers valuable insights into the underlying physics of SEPs and provides…

We have made timing observations of binary pulsar PSR B1534+12 with radio telescopes at Arecibo, Green Bank, and Jodrell Bank. By combining our new observations with data collected up to seven years earlier, we obtain a significantly…

We present a detailed evaluation of the expected rate of joint gravitational-wave and short gamma-ray burst (GRB) observations over the coming years. We begin by evaluating the improvement in distance sensitivity of the gravitational wave…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-09-14 J. Clark , H. Evans , S. Fairhurst , I. W. Harry , E. Macdonald , D. Macleod , P. J. Sutton , A. R. Williamson

We present a major update to the 3D coronal rope ejection (3DCORE) technique for modeling coronal mass ejection flux ropes in conjunction with an Approximate Bayesian Computation (ABC) algorithm that is used for fitting the model to in situ…

The aim of this study is to simulate the interaction of the solar wind with the Hermean magnetosphere when the interplanetary magnetic field is weak, performing a parametric study for all the range of hydrodynamic values of the solar wind…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 J. Varela , F. Pantellini , M. Moncuquet

Magnetic cycles of solar-like stars influence their internal physics. Thus, the frequency, amplitude, excitation rate, and damping of the acoustic oscillation modes (p-modes) vary with the cycle over time. We need to understand the impact…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-08 E. Panetier , S. N. Breton , R. A. García , A. Jiménez , T. Foglizzo

Stellar variability strongly impacts the search for low-mass exoplanets with radial velocity techniques. Two types of planet-free time series can be used to quantify this impact: models and direct solar observations after a subtraction of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-20 Nadège Meunier , Anne-Marie Lagrange , Xavier Dumusque , Sophia Sulis

To study the variations in the solar wind velocity during inferior conjunctions of Mercury and Earth, we analyzed 54 events in the period 1995 to 2012 by the superimposed epoch method. We have found a noticeable increase in the velocity…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 Igor F. Nikulin

Increasingly one interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) structure can propagate across more than one spacecraft in the solar wind. This usually happens when two or more spacecraft are nearly radially aligned with a relatively small…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-06 Qiang Hu , Wen He , Yu Chen

The Saturn Kilometric Radiation (SKR) was observed for the first time during the flyby of Saturn by the Voyager spacecraft in 1980. These radio emissions, in the range of a few kHz to 1 MHz, are emitted by electrons travelling around…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-18 Baptiste Cecconi , Olivier Witasse , Caitriona M. Jackman , Beatriz Sánchez-Cano , M. Leila Mays

The objective of a SEE mission is to support development of unification theory by carrying out sensitive gravitational tests capable of determining whether various alternative theories are compatible with nature. Gravitation is a key…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-21 Alvin J. Sanders , George T. Gillies

The year 1996 will mark the initiation of a number of new space missions to the planet Mars from which we expect to obtain a rich set of data, including spacecraft radio tracking data. Anticipating these events, we have analyzed the…

The solar corona and young solar wind may be characterized by critical surfaces -- the sonic, Alfv\'en, and first plasma-$\beta$ unity surfaces -- that demarcate regions where the solar wind flow undergoes certain crucial transformations.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-20 Rohit Chhiber , Arcadi V. Usmanov , William H. Matthaeus , Melvyn L. Goldstein

More than 635 000 positional observations (mostly radiotechnical) of planets and spacecraft (1961-2010), have been used for estimating possible changes of the gravitation constant, the solar mass, and semi-major axes of planets, as well as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 E. V. Pitjeva , N. P. Pitjev

We report the first results from observations of the solar corona by the ASPIICS coronagraph aboard the Proba-3 mission. ASPIICS (Association of Spacecraft for Polarimetric and Imaging Investigation of the Corona of the Sun) is a giant…