Thor, R.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.; Gläser, P.; Stark, A.; Steinbrügge, G.; Oberst, J.: Determination of the lunar body tide from global laser altimetry data. Journal of Geodesy 95 (1), 4 (2021)
Stenzel, O. J.; Thor, R.; Hilchenbach, M.: Error identification in orbital laser altimeter data by machine learning. EGU General Assembly , online (2021)
Thor, R.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.; Stark, A.; Steinbrügge, G.; Di Ruscio, A.; Cappuccio, P.; Iess, L.; Hussmann, H.; Oberst, J.: Expected retrieval accuracy of the Love number h2 from the BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA). 19th BepiColombo Science Working Team Meeting , Noordwijk, Netherlands (2019)
Thor, R. N.: Constraints on Mercury’s interior from laser altimetry: Expected insights from BepiColombo. Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany (2019)
Thor, R.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.; Gläser, P.; Stark, A.; Steinbrügge, G.; Oberst, J.: Combined retrieval of the lunar body tide and a global topographic grid from LOLA data. European Planetary Science Congress, Berlin, Germany (2018)
Thor, R.; Kallenbach, R.; Gläser, P.; Christensen, U. R.; Oberst, J.; Stark, A.; Steinbrügge, G.: Simultaneous retrieval of the h2 tidal Love number and the global shape of the Moon from laser altimetry. Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) 15th Annual Meeting , Honolulu, Hawaii (2018)
Thor, R.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.; Oberst, J.: Algorithm for the retrieval of h2 from laser altimetry. BepiColombo SWT meeting, Braunschweig, Germany (2018)
Thor, R. N.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.; Oberst, J.; Stark, A.; Steinbrügge, G.: Improved algorithms for the retrieval of the h2 Love number of Mercury from laser altimetry data. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria (2017)
Thor, R.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.; Gläser, P.; Stark, A.; Steinbrügge, G.; Oberst, J.: Simultaneous retrieval of the lunar solid body tide and topography from laser altimetry. AGU Fall Meeting , online (2020)
Thor, R.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.; Gläser, P.; Stark, A.; Steinbrügge, G.; Oberst, J.: Simultaneous retrieval of the lunar solid body tide and topography from laser altimetry. EGU General Assembly , online (2020)
Thor, R.; Kallenbach, R.; Christensen, U. R.; Stark, A.; Steinbrügge, G.; Ruscio, A. D.; Cappuccio, P.; Iess, L.; Hussmann, H.; Oberst, J.: Prospects for the Measurement of Mercury's Solid Body Tides with the BepiColombo Laser Altimeter. 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, online (2020)
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.