Opgenoorth, H. J.; Andrews, D. J.; Fränz, M.; Lester, M.; Edberg, N. J. T.; Morgan, D.; Duru, F.; Witasse, O.; Williams, A. O.: Mars ionospheric response to solar wind variability. Journal Geophysical Research 118 (10), pp. 6558 - 6587 (2013)
Wei, Y.; Fränz, M.; Dubinin, E.; He, M.; Ren, Z.; Zhao, B.; Liu, J.; Wan, W.; Yumoto, K.; Watari, S.et al.; Alex, S.: Can a nightside geomagnetic Delta H observed at the equator manifest a penetration electric field? Journal Geophysical Research 118 (6), pp. 3557 - 3567 (2013)
Bebesi, Z.; Krupp, N.; Szego, K.; Fränz, M.; Nemeth, Z.; Krimigis, S. M.; Mitchell, D. G.; Erdos, G.; Young, D. T.; Dougherty, M. K.: Analysis of energetic electron drop-outs in the upper atmosphere of Titan during flybys in the dayside magnetosphere of Saturn. Icarus 218, pp. 1020 - 1026 (2012)
Dubinin, E.; Fraenz, M.; Woch, J.; Modolo, R.; Chanteur, G.; Duru, F.; Gurnett, D. A.; Barabas, S.; Lundin, R.: Upper ionosphere of Mars is not axially symmetrical. Earth, Planets and Space 64, pp. 113 - 120 (2012)
Dubinin, E.; Fraenz, M.; Woch, J.; Zhang, T.-L.; Wei, J.; Barabash, S.; R., L.: Bursty escape fluxes in plasma sheets of Mars and Venus. Geophysical Research Letters 39, L01104 (2012)
Kronberg, E.; Haaland, S.; Daly, P.; Grigorenko, E.; Kistler, L.; Fränz, M.; Dandouras, I.: Oxygen and hydrogen ion abundance in the near-Earth magnetosphere: Statistical results on the response to the geomagnetic and solar wind activity conditions. Journal Geophysical Research 117, A12208 (2012)
Wei, Y.; Fraenz, M.; Dubinin, E.; Coates, A. J.; Zhang, T. L.; Wan, W.; Feng, L.; Angsmann, A.; Opitz, A.; Woch, J.et al.; Barabash, S.; Lundin, R.: A teardrop-shaped ionosphere at Venus in tenuous solar wind. Planetary and Space Science 73, pp. 254 - 261 (2012)
Wei, Y.; Fraenz, M.; Dubinin, E.; Woch, J.; Lühr, H.; Wan, W.; Zong, Q.-G.; Zhang, T. L.; Pu, Z. Y.; Fu, S. Y.et al.; Barabash, S.; Lundin, R.; Dandouras, I.: Enhanced atmospheric oxygen outflow on Earth and Mars driven by a corotating interaction region. Journal Geophysical Research 117, A03208 (2012)
Wei, Y.; Wan, W.; Zhao, B.; Hong, M.; Ridley, A.; Ren, Z.; Fraenz, M.; Dubinin, E.; He, M.: Solar wind density controlling penetration electric field at the equatorial ionosphere during a saturation of cross polar cap potential. Journal Geophysical Research 117, A09308 (2012)
Wood, A. G.; Pryse, S. E.; Grande, M.; Whittaker, I. C.; Coates, A. J.; Husband, K.; Baumjohann, W.; Zhang, T. L.; Mazelle, C.; Kallio, E.et al.; Fraenz, M.; McKenna-Lawlor, S.; Wurz, P.: The transterminator ion flow at Venus at solar minimum. Planetary and Space Science 73 (1), pp. 341 - 346 (2012)
Angsmann, A.; Fränz, M.; Dubinin, E.; Woch, J.; Barabash, S.; Zhang, T.; Motschmann, U.: Magnetic states of the ionosphere of Venus observed by Venus Express. Planetary and Space Science 59, pp. 327 - 337 (2011)
Borisov, N.; Fränz, M.: Excitation of low frequency oscillations in a planetary magnetosheath by supersonic shear flow. Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 18, pp. 209 - 221 (2011)
Dubinin, E.; Fraenz, M.; Fedorov, A.; Lundin, R.; Edberg, N.; Duru, F.; Vaisberg, O.: Ion Energization and Escape on Mars and Venus. Space Science Reviews 162 (1-4), pp. 173 - 211 (2011)
Korth, A.; Echer, E.; Zong, Q.-G.; Guarnieri, F. L.; Fraenz, M.; Mouikis, C. G.: The response of the polar cusp to a high speed solar wind stream studied by a multispacecraft wavelet analysis. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 73, pp. 52 - 60 (2011)
Williams, A. O.; Edberg, N. J. T.; Milan, S. E.; Lester, M.; Fränz, M.; Davies, J. A.: Tracking corotating interaction regions from the Sun through to the orbit of Mars using ACE, MEX, VEX, and STEREO. Journal Geophysical Research 116, A08103 (2011)
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).
First Light for Sunrise III: the first tests with real sunlight were successful. The balloon-borne solar observatory should be ready for launch at the end of May.