Study of plasma environment of the lunar wake by SELENE data

2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21740359
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Space and upper atmospheric physics
• Research Institution: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
• Principal Investigator: NISHINO Masaki Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 宇宙科学研究所, 開発員 (50466794)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Keywords: 太陽風・惑星間空間 / 月プラズマ科学 / 月・太陽風相互作用

Research Abstract

We analyzed SELENE data to reveal basic processes and wave-particle interactions by which solar wind particles come into the lunar wake. We revealed behaviors of the Earth's bow shock in the lunar wake.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Anomalous deformation of the Earth'sbowshock inthelunar wake : Joint measurement by Chang'E-1 and SELENE. (2011)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Xiao-Dong Wang, Masaki Fujimoto, Hideo Tsunakawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Wei Bian, Chun-Lai Li, Hideo Tsunakawa, Masaki Matsushima, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Journal Title: Planetary and Space Science Pages: 378-386
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Effect of the solar wind proton entry into the deepest lunar wake. (2010)
  • Author(s): M.N.Nishino, M.Fujimoto, Y.Saito, S.Yokota, Y.Kasahara, Y.Omura, Y.Goto, K.Hashimoto, A.Kumamoto, T.Ono, H.Tsunakawa, M.Matsushima, F.Takahashi, H.Shibuya, H.Shimizu, T.Terasawa.
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters 37 Pages: L12106
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Pairwise energy gain-lossfeatureofsolar wind protons in the near-Moon wake. (2009)
  • Author(s): M.N.Nishino, K.Maezawa, M.Fujimoto, Y.Saito, S.Yokota, K.Asamura, T.Tanaka, H.Tsunakawa, M.Matsushima, F.Takahashi, T.Terasawa, H.Shibuya, H.Shimizu.
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters 36 Pages: L12108
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Solar-wind proton access deep into the near-Moon wake (2009)
  • Author(s): M.N.Nishino, M.Fujimoto,K.Maezawa, Y.Saito, S.Yokota, K.Asamura, T.Tanaka, H.Tsunakawa, M.Matsushima, F.Takahashi, T.Terasawa, H.Shibuya, H.Shimizu.
  • Journal Title: Geophysical Research Letters 36 Pages: L16103
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] SELENE MAP Team, Plasma environment of the lunar wake observed by SELENE-MAP. (2009)
  • Author(s): M.N.Nishino, M.Fujimoto, Y.Saito, S.Yokota, K.Asamura, T.Tanaka, H.Tsunakawa, H.Shibuya, M.Matsushima, H.Shimizu, F.Takahashi, T.Terasawa.
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the ISAS lunarandplanetary symposium 41 Pages: AA0064291012
• [Presentation] Anomalous deformation of the Earth'sbowshock inthelunar wake : Joint measurement by Chang'E-1 and SELENE (2011)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Xiao-Dong Wang, Masaki Fujimoto, Hideo Tsunakawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Wei Bian, Chun-Lai Li, Hideo Tsunakawa, Masaki Matsushima, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: The International Symposium on Planetary Science2011
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台市、東北大学
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-09
• [Presentation] Lunar plasma and electromagnetic environment observed by SELENE (including joint measurement with Chang'E-1) (2011)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino
  • Organizer: 月球化學元素與礦物學國際研討會(International Workshop on Lunar Chemical Elements and Mineralogy)
  • Place of Presentation: 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區、澳門科技大學
  • Year and Date: 2011-01-14
• [Presentation] Anomalous deformation of the Earth'sbowshock inthelunar wake : Joint measurement by Chang'E-1 and SELENE (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Xiao-Dong Wang, Masaki Fujimoto, Hideo Tsunakawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Wei Bian, Chun-Lai Li, HideoTsunakawa,Masaki Matsushima, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: AGU Fall meeting 2010
  • Place of Presentation: San Francisco, CA, アメリカ合衆国
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-17
• [Presentation] Enhanced electron releasefromthe lunarnight-side surfaceinduced bysolar-windproton entry into the wake. (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Hideo Tsunakawa, Masaki Matsushima, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会第128回講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄県那覇市、市町村自治会館
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-03
• [Presentation] Anomalous deformation of the Earth'sbowshock inthelunar wake : Joint measurement by Chang'E-1 and SELENE (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Xiao-Dong Wang, Masaki Fujimoto, Hideo Tsunakawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Wei Bian, Chun-Lai Li, HideoTsunakawa,Masaki Matsushima, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会 第128回講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 沖縄県那覇市、市町村自治会館
  • Year and Date: 2010-11-01
• [Presentation] (Invited Presentation) Interaction between the solar wind flow and the lunar magnetic anomalies. (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Yoshifumi Saito, Hideo Tsunakawa, Futoshi Takahashi, Yoshiya Kasahara.
  • Organizer: 5th Alfven Conference
  • Place of Presentation: 札幌市、北海道大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-10-08
• [Presentation] Effect of solar-wind proton entry deep into the lunar wake. (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Yoshiya Kasahara, Yoshiharu Omura, Yoshitaka Goto, Kozo Hashimoto, Atsushi Kumamoto, Takayuki Ono, Hideo Tsunakawa, Masaki Matsushima, Futoshi Takahashi, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: European PlanetaryScience Congress2010
  • Place of Presentation: Rome, Italy
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-23
• [Presentation] (Invited Presentation) Effect of solar-wind proton entry into the lunar wake (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Yoshiya Kasahara, Yoshiharu Omura, Yoshitaka Goto, Kozo Hashimoto, Atsushi Kumamoto, Takayuki Ono, Hideo Tsunakawa, Masaki Matsushima, Futoshi Takahashi, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: 2010 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: 台湾(中華民國), 台北
  • Year and Date: 2010-06-22
• [Presentation] Effect of solar-wind proton entry into the deepest lunar wake. (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Yoshiya Kasahara, Yoshiharu Omura, Yoshitaka Goto, Kozo Hashimoto, Atsushi Kumamoto, Takayuki Ono, Hideo Tsunakawa, Masaki Matsushima, Futoshi Takahashi, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: 地球惑星科学連合2010 年連合大会
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉市美浜区、幕張メッセ国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-28
• [Presentation] Effect of solar-wind proton entry into the near-Moon wake (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Yoshiya Kasahara, Yoshiharu Omura, Yoshitaka Goto, Kozo Hashimoto, Atsushi Kumamoto, Takayuki Ono, Hideo Tsunakawa, Masaki Matsushima, Futoshi Takahashi, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2009
  • Place of Presentation: Vienna,Austria
  • Year and Date: 2010-05-07
• [Presentation] Effect of the solar wind entry.into the deepest lunar wake. (2010)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto,Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota,Yoshiya Kasahara, Yoshiharu Omura,Yoshitaka Goto, Kozo Hashimoto, Atsushi Kumamoto, Takayuki Ono, Hideo Tsunakawa,Masaki Matsushima, Futoshi Takahashi, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: 第11回惑星圏研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 仙台市・東北大学
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-17
• [Presentation] (Invited Presentation) Intrusion of the solar windprotons into the near-Moonwake revealed by SELENE (KAGUYA) (2009)
  • Author(s): M.N.Nishino, K.Maezawa, M.Fujimoto, Y.Saito, S.Yokota, K.Asamura, T.Tanaka, H.Tsunakawa, H.Shibuya, M.Matsushima, H.Shimizu, F.Takahashi, T.Terasawa.
  • Organizer: AGU Fall Meeting 2009
  • Place of Presentation: アメリカ合衆国, San Francisco, Moscone Convention Center
  • Year and Date: 2009-12-16
• [Presentation] Two mechanisms of solar-wind proton entry deep into the near-Moon wake revealed by SELENE. (2009)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Maezawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Kazushi Asamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Hideo Tsunakawa, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Masaki Matsushima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: The Lunar Plasma Environment Science Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區・澳門科技大學
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-22
• [Presentation] Signatures of electrons and waves in the near-Moon wake. (2009)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, PACE, LMAG, LRS members.
  • Organizer: The Lunar Plasma Environment Science Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: 中華人民共和國澳門特別行政區・澳門科技大學
  • Year and Date: 2009-10-22
• [Presentation] Asymmetric nightside surface charging of the Moon in the solar wind. (2009)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Maezawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Kazushi Asamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Hideo Tsunakawa, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Masaki Matsushima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会第126回講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢市・金沢大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-30
• [Presentation] Solar-windproton access deep into the near-Moon wake observed by SELENE (KAGUYA). (2009)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Maezawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Kazushi Asamura,Takaaki Tanaka, Hideo Tsunakawa, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Masaki Matsushima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: 地球電磁気・地球惑星圏学会第126回講演会
  • Place of Presentation: 金沢市・金沢大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-28
• [Presentation] Two mechanisms of solar-wind proton entry deep into the near-Moon wake revealed bySELENE (KAGUYA). (2009)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Maezawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Kazushi Asamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Hideo Tsunakawa, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Masaki Matsushima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: European Planetary Science Congress2009
  • Place of Presentation: Germany, Potsdam.
  • Year and Date: 2009-09-19
• [Presentation] KAGUYA MAP-PACE Team, KAGUYA MAP-LMAG Team. (2009)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Kiyoshi Maezawa, Masaki Fujimoto, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Kazushi Asamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Hideo Tsunakawa, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Masaki Matsushima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: Intrusion of the solar windprotons into the near-Moonwake observed by SELENE (KAGUYA), AOGS 2009
  • Place of Presentation: Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-13
• [Presentation] Two mechanisms of solar-wind proton entry deep into the near-Moon wake revealed bySELENE (KAGUYA). (2009)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Maezawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Shoichiro Yokota, Kazushi Asamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Hideo Tsunakawa, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Masaki Matsushima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: The 42nd ISAS Lunar and Planetary Symposium
  • Place of Presentation: 相模原市・宇宙科学研究本部
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-06
• [Presentation] Intrusionofthe solar windions into the lunar low-altitude wake observed by SELENE (KAGUYA). (2009)
  • Author(s): Masaki N.Nishino, Masaki Fujimoto, Kiyoshi Maezawa, Yoshifumi Saito, Yokota shoichiro, Kazushi Asamura, Takaaki Tanaka, Hideo Tsunakawa, Hidetoshi Shibuya, Masaki Matsushima, Hisayoshi Shimizu, Futoshi Takahashi, Toshio Terasawa.
  • Organizer: 地球惑星科学連合大会2009
  • Place of Presentation: 千葉市美浜区・幕張メッセ国際会議場
  • Year and Date: 2009-05-18
• [Presentation] Intrusion of the solar wind ions into thelunar low-altitude wake observed by SELENE (KAGUYA). (2009)
  • Author(s): M.N.Nishino, M.Fujimoto, K.Maezawa, Y.Saito, S.Yokota, K.Asamura, T.Tanaka, H.Tsunakawa, H.Shibuya, M.Matsushima, H.Shimizu, F.Takahashi, T.Terasawa.
  • Organizer: European Geophysical Union General Assembly 2009
  • Place of Presentation: Austria, Vienna
  • Year and Date: 2009-04-23