Benjamin Palmaerts

Dr. Benjamin Palmaerts

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Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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12 March 2018 in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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DGDenis Grodent
Denis Grodent
BBB. Bonfond
B. Bonfond
Zhonghua YaoZhonghua Yao
Zhonghua Yao
JGJ.‐C. Gérard
J.‐C. Gérard
ARA. Radioti
A. Radioti
PVP. Valek
P. Valek
A large set of observations of Jupiter's ultraviolet aurora was collected with the Hubble Space Telescope concurrently with the NASA‐Juno mission, during an eight‐month period, from 30 November 2016 to 18 July 2017. These Hubble observations cover Juno orbits 3 to 7 during which Juno in situ and remote sensing instruments, as well as other observatories, obtained a wealth of unprecedented information on Jupiter's magnetosphere and the connection with its auroral ionosphere. Jupiter's ultraviolet aurora is known to vary rapidly, with timescales ranging from seconds to one Jovian rotation. The main objective of the present study is to provide a simplified description of the global ultraviolet auroral morphology that can be used for comparison with other quantities, such as those obtained with Juno. This represents an entirely new approach from which logical connections between different morphologies may be inferred. For that purpose, we define three auroral subregions in which we evaluate the auroral emitted power as a function of time. In parallel, we define six auroral morphology families that allow us to quantify the variations of the spatial distribution of the auroral emission. These variations are associated with changes in the state of the Jovian magnetosphere, possibly influenced by Io and the Io plasma torus and by the conditions prevailing in the upstream interplanetary medium. This study shows that the auroral morphology evolved differently during the five ~2 week periods bracketing the times of Juno perijove (PJ03 to PJ07), suggesting that during these periods, the Jovian magnetosphere adopted various states.

16 March 2021 in AGU Advances
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BBB. Bonfond
B. Bonfond
Zhonghua YaoZhonghua Yao
Zhonghua Yao
GGG. R. Gladstone
G. R. Gladstone
DGD. Grodent
D. Grodent
JGJ.‐C. Gérard
J.‐C. Gérard
SBS. J. Bolton
S. J. Bolton
Dawn storms are among the brightest events in the Jovian aurorae. Up to now, they had only been observed from Earth‐based observatories, only showing the Sun‐facing side of the planet. Here, we show for the first time global views of the phenomenon, from its initiation to its end and from the nightside of the aurora onto the dayside. Based on Juno's first 20 orbits, some patterns now emerge. Small short‐lived spots are often seen a couple of hours before the main emission starts to brighten and evolve from a straight arc to a more irregular one in the midnight sector. As the whole feature rotates dawn‐ward, the arc then separates into two arcs with a central initially void region that is progressively filled with emissions. A gap in longitude then often forms before the whole feature dims. Finally, it transforms into an equatorward‐moving patch of auroral emissions associated with plasma injection signatures. Some dawn storms remain weak and never fully develop. We also found cases of successive dawn storms within a few hours. Dawn storms thus share many fundamental features with the auroral signatures of the substorms at Earth, despite the substantial differences between the dynamics of the magnetosphere at the two planets.

5 November 2019 in Geophysical Research Letters
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Zhonghua YaoZhonghua Yao
Zhonghua Yao
DGD. Grodent
D. Grodent
WKW. S. Kurth
W. S. Kurth
GCG. Clark
G. Clark
BMB. H. Mauk
B. H. Mauk
SLS. M. Levin
S. M. Levin
We present simultaneous observations of aurorae at Jupiter from the Hubble Space Telescope and Hisaki, in combination with the in situ measurements of magnetic field, particles, and radio waves from the Juno Spacecraft in the outer magnetosphere, from ~ 80RJ to 60RJ during 17 to 22 March 2017. Two cycles of accumulation and release of magnetic flux, named magnetic loading/unloading, were identified during this period, which correlate well with electron energization and auroral intensifications. Magnetic reconnection events are identified during both the loading and unloading periods, indicating that reconnection and unloading are independent processes. These results show that the dynamics in the middle magnetosphere are coupled with auroral variability.

5 October 2018 in Science
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ERE. Roussos
E. Roussos
PKP. Kollmann
P. Kollmann
NKN. Krupp
N. Krupp
AKA. Kotova
A. Kotova
LRL. Regoli
L. Regoli
HSH. T. Smith
H. T. Smith
Cassini's final phase of exploration: The Cassini spacecraft spent 13 years orbiting Saturn; as it ran low on fuel, the trajectory was changed to sample regions it had not yet visited. A series of orbits close to the rings was followed by a Grand Finale orbit, which took the spacecraft through the gap between Saturn and its rings before the spacecraft was destroyed when it entered the planet's upper atmosphere. Six papers in this issue report results from these final phases of the Cassini mission. Dougherty et al. measured the magnetic field close to Saturn, which implies a complex multilayer dynamo process inside the planet. Roussos et al. detected an additional radiation belt trapped within the rings, sustained by the radioactive decay of free neutrons. Lamy et al. present plasma measurements taken as Cassini flew through regions emitting kilometric radiation, connected to the planet's aurorae. Hsu et al. determined the composition of large, solid dust particles falling from the rings into the planet, whereas Mitchell et al. investigated the smaller dust nanograins and show how they interact with the planet's upper atmosphere. Finally, Waite et al. identified molecules in the infalling material and directly measured the composition of Saturn's atmosphere. Science , this issue p. eaat5434 , p. eaat1962 , p. eaat2027 , p. eaat3185 , p. eaat2236 , p. eaat2382

29 September 2022 in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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Zhonghua YaoZhonghua Yao
Zhonghua Yao
BBB. Bonfond
B. Bonfond
DGD. Grodent
D. Grodent
ECE. Chané
E. Chané
WDW. R. Dunn
W. R. Dunn
SBS. J. Bolton
S. J. Bolton

1 June 2016 in Icarus
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BPBenjamin Palmaerts
Benjamin Palmaerts
ERE. Roussos
E. Roussos
NKN. Krupp
N. Krupp
WKW.S. Kurth
W.S. Kurth
DMD.G. Mitchell
D.G. Mitchell
JYJ.N. Yates
J.N. Yates