2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Searching for an evidence of magnetic reconnection in Jupiter's Magnetosphere from the high-altitude observatory in Hawaii
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20253007
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Space and upper atmospheric physics
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| Research Institution | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
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Principal Investigator |
SATOH Takehiko 独立行政法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 教授 (10297632)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
FUJIMOTO Masaki 独立行政法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, 宇宙科学研究所, 教授 (30242811)
SAKANOI Takeshi 東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 助教 (80271857)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
OKANO Shoichi 東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (10004483)
MISAWA Hiroaki 東北大学, 大学院・理学研究科, 教授 (90219618)
TOKUMARU Munetoshi 名古屋大学, 太陽地球環境研究所, 教授 (60273207)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | オーロラ / リコネクション / 太陽風 / 木星磁気圏 / 赤外線 |
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| Research Abstract |
It is NOT well known how Jupiter's magnetosphere interacts with the solar wind and how magnetic reconnection works. Our plan was to carry out continuous monitoring observations in the infrared atop Mauna Kea, so that the evidence of magnetic reconnection at Jupiter is detected for the first time. We have developed an infrared camera, with a PtSi detector, and exchanged a Memorandum of Understandings with the University of Hawaii, Hilo. Although the data acquisition was delayed, due to a large delay of the telescope installation, our system development has been successfully completed so that the monitoring observations in coming years are in hand.
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