Dubinin, E.; Fraenz, M.; Paetzold, M.; McFadden, J.; Eparvier, F.; Brain, D.; Jakosky, B.; Andrews, D.; Barabash, S.: Effects of solar irradiance on the upper ionosphere and ion fluxes at Mars, Mars Express and MAVEN observations. 8th MUAN meeting, Leicester, UK (2016)
Huybrighs, H.; Futaana, Y.; Barabash, S.; Wieser, M.; Wurz, P.; Krupp, N.; Roussos, E.; Fränz, M.; Glassmeier, K.-H.; Vermeersen, B.: Feasibility study of the in-situ detectability of Europa's neutral and plasma plumes from a flyby mission. Europa-Enceladus Plumes Workshop, Pasadene, Caltech, USA (2016)
Fränz, M.; Dubinin, E.; Andrews, D.; Nilsson, H.; Barabash, S.; Fedorov, A.: Cold Ion Escape from the Martian Ionosphere. European Planetary Science Congress, Nantes, France (2015)
Barabash, S.; Holmsrtom, M.; Futaana, Y.; Fedorov, A.; Frahm, R.; Fraenz, M.; Dubinin, E.: Phobos-solar wind interaction: Results from Mars Express for the closest-ever fly-by. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria (2014)
Dubinin, E.; Fraenz, M.; Mazelle, C.; Barabash, S.: Large-amplitude coherent structures in plasma near Mars. The 5th Moscow Solar System Symposium (5M-S3), Moscow, Russia (2014)
Dubinin, E.; Fraenz, M.; Zhang, T.-L.; Woch, J.; Wei, Y.: Ionospheric magnetic fields and currents at Venus and Mars. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria (2014)
Dubinin, E.; Fraenz, M.; Zhang, T.-L.; Woch, J.; Wei, Y.: Ionospheric magnetic fields at Venus and Mars and their effect on plasma flow in the near planet wakes. EPSC, Estoril, Portugal (2014)
Dubinin, E.; Fraenz, M.; Zhang, T.-L.; Woch, J.; Wei, Y.; Barabash, S.: Asymmetrical response of the ionospheric magnetization and the plasma sheet formation on the IMF orientation. 6th Alfven Conference: Plasma Interactions with Solar System Objects anticipating Rosetta, MAVEN and Mars Orbiter Mission, London, UK (2014)
Fränz, M.; Krupp, N.; Roussos, E.; Wang, X.-D.: Plasma Energization in the Jovian System. European Planetary Science Congress EPSC, Cascais, Portugal (2014)
Krupp, N.; Roussos, E.; Fränz, M.; Palmaerts, B.; Bagenal, F.; Wilson, R.; Paranicas, C.: Global Flow Patterns in the Jovian Magnetosphere: Galileo/EPD and Galileo/PLS measurements. European Planetary Science Congress EPSC, Cascais, Portugal (2014)
Wei, Y.; Fränz, M.; Dubinin, E.; Wan, W.; Jarvinen, R.; Zhang, T.-L.; Barabash, S.; Lundin, R.: Ablation of Venusian oxygen ions by unshocked solar wind. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2014, Vienna, Austria (2014)
De Oliveira, I.; Echer, E.; Franco, A.; Fränz, M.: Study of Mars' crustal magnetic field displacements due to its interaction with the solar wind. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, Geneva, Switzerland (2019)
Fan, K.; Wei, Y.; Fränz, M.; Dubinin, E. M.; Mcfadden, J.: Efficiency of Solar wind electric field in accelerating planetary ions. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, Geneva, Switzerland (2019)
Fränz, M.; Dubinin, E. M.; Fan, K.; Maes, L.; Halekas, J.; McFadden, J.; Connerney, J.: Mars in the Solar Wind - Simulations and Observations. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2019, Geneva, Switzerland (2019)
Analyzing the high spatial resolution solar Ca II H and K emission data obtained by the SUNRISE mission and building a model of other stars more active than the Sun
The Planetary Plasma Environments group (PPE) has a strong heritage in the exploration of planetary magnetospheres and space plasma interactions throughout the solar system. It has contributed instruments to several past missions that flew-by or orbited Jupiter (Galileo, Cassini, Ulysses). The PPE participates in the JUICE mission by contributing hardware and scientific expertise to the Particle Environment Package (PEP).
The magnetic field in the solar atmosphere exceeds the geomagnetic field strength by four orders of magnitude. It greatly influences the processes of energy transport within the solar atmosphere, and dominates the morphology of the solar chromosphere and corona. Kinetic energy from convective motions in the Sun can be efficiently stored in magnetic fields and subsequently released - to heat the solar corona to several million degrees or to blast off coronal mass ejections.