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Plasma Waves in Space: The Importance of Properly Accounting for the Measuring Device by Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole, Moncuquet, Michel

“…Abstract Electric fields are generally measured or calculated using two intuitive assumptions: (1) the electric field equals the voltage divided by the antenna…”
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Force per cross-sectional area from molecules to muscles: a general property of biological motors by Rospars, Jean-Pierre, Meyer-Vernet, Nicole

“…We propose to formally extend the notion of specific tension, i.e. force per cross-sectional area—classically used for muscles, to quantify forces in molecular…”
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Quasi thermal noise spectroscopy in the inner magnetosphere of Saturn with Cassini/RPWS: Electron temperatures and density by Moncuquet, Michel, Lecacheux, Alain, Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole, Cecconi, Baptiste, Kurth, William S.

“…On 1 July 2004, the Cassini spacecraft performed its Saturn orbit insertion, twice crossing the equatorial plane between the G and F rings. The radio HF…”
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Latitudinal structure of outer Io plasma torus by Moncuquet, Michel, Bagenal, Fran, Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole

“…We present a model of the latitudinal structure of the Io plasma torus (IPT), which is able to explain Ulysses results and to reconcile several in situ data…”
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The distribution of interplanetary dust between 0.96 and 1.04 au as inferred from impacts on the STEREO spacecraft observed by the heliospheric imagers by Davis, C. J., Davies, J. A., St Cyr, O. C., Campbell‐Brown, M., Skelt, A., Kaiser, M., Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole, Crothers, S., Lintott, C., Smith, A., Bamford, S., Baeten, E. M. L.

“…ABSTRACT The distribution of dust in the ecliptic plane between 0.96 and 1.04 au has been inferred from impacts on the two Solar Terrestrial Relations…”
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Electron temperature in the solar wind: Generic radial variation from kinetic collisionless models by Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole, Issautier, Karine

“…We calculate analytically the radial profile of the average electron temperature in the solar wind with a kinetic collisionless model. The electron temperature…”
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Solar wind radial and latitudinal structure: Electron density and core temperature from Ulysses thermal noise spectroscopy by Issautier, Karine, Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole, Moncuquet, Michel, Hoang, Sang

“…We present new in situ solar wind plasma measurements obtained during Ulysses fast transit from the south solar pole to the north one, which took place 1 year…”
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Dusty Plasma Effects in Near Earth Space and Interplanetary Medium by Mann, Ingrid, Pellinen-Wannberg, Asta, Murad, Edmond, Popova, Olga, Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Rosenberg, Marlene, Mukai, Tadashi, Czechowski, Andrzej, Mukai, Sonoyo, Safrankova, Jana, Nemecek, Zdenek

“…We review dust and meteoroid fluxes and their dusty plasma effects in the interplanetary medium near Earth orbit and in the Earth’s ionosphere. Aside from…”
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Dust in the planetary system: Dust interactions in space plasmas of the solar system by Mann, Ingrid, Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Czechowski, Andrzej

“…Cosmic dust particles are small solid objects observed in the solar planetary system and in many astronomical objects like the surrounding of stars, the…”
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Quasi-thermal noise in a drifting plasma: Theory and application to solar wind diagnostic on Ulysses by Issautier, Karine, Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole, Moncuquet, Michel, Hoang, Sang, McComas, D. J.

“…The present paper provides the basic principles and analytic expressions of the quasi‐thermal noise spectroscopy extended to measure the plasma bulk speed, as…”
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Nonequilibrium Processes in the Solar Corona, Transition Region, Flares, and Solar Wind (Invited Review) by Dudík, Jaroslav, Dzifčáková, Elena, Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Del Zanna, Giulio, Young, Peter R., Giunta, Alessandra, Sylwester, Barbara, Sylwester, Janusz, Oka, Mitsuo, Mason, Helen E., Vocks, Christian, Matteini, Lorenzo, Krucker, Säm, Williams, David R., Mackovjak, Šimon

“…We review the presence and signatures of the non-equilibrium processes, both non-Maxwellian distributions and non-equilibrium ionization, in the solar…”
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Frequency range of dust detection in space with radio and plasma wave receivers: Theory and application to interplanetary nanodust impacts on Cassini by Meyer‐Vernet, N., Moncuquet, M., Issautier, K., Schippers, P.

“…Wave instruments can detect dust in space via the charges released by impact ionization of fast dust grains. Each hypervelocity dust impact produces an…”
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How fast do living organisms move: Maximum speeds from bacteria to elephants and whales by Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Rospars, Jean-Pierre

“…Despite their variety and complexity, living organisms obey simple scaling laws due to the universality of the laws of physics. In the present paper, we study…”
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Dust observations with antenna measurements and its prospects for observations with Parker Solar Probe and Solar Orbiter by Mann, Ingrid, Nouzák, Libor, Vaverka, Jakub, Antonsen, Tarjei, Fredriksen, Åshild, Issautier, Karine, Malaspina, David, Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Pavlů, Jiří, Sternovsky, Zoltan, Stude, Joan, Ye, Shengyi, Zaslavsky, Arnaud

“…The electric and magnetic field instrument suite FIELDS on board the NASA Parker Solar Probe and the radio and plasma waves instrument RPW on the ESA Solar…”
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Impact ionization double peaks analyzed in high temporal resolution on Solar Orbiter by Kočiščák, Samuel, Kvammen, Andreas, Mann, Ingrid, Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Píša, David, Souček, Jan, Theodorsen, Audun, Vaverka, Jakub, Zaslavsky, Arnaud

“…Solar Orbiter is equipped with electrical antennas performing fast measurements of the surrounding electric field. The antennas register high-velocity dust…”
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Maximum relative speeds of living organisms: Why do bacteria perform as fast as ostriches? by Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Rospars, Jean-Pierre

“…Self-locomotion is central to animal behaviour and survival. It is generally analysed by focusing on preferred speeds and gaits under particular biological and…”
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Detection of Bernstein wave forbidden bands in the Jovian magnetosphere: A new way to measure the electron density by Moncuquet, Michel, Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole, Hoang, Sang, Forsyth, R. J., Canu, P.

“…We analyze the power spectra measured by the radio receiver of the Unified Radio and Plasma Wave experiment on Ulysses during its passage through the Jovian…”
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Nano dust impacts on spacecraft and boom antenna charging by Pantellini, Filippo, Belheouane, Soraya, Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Zaslavsky, Arnaud

“…High rate sampling detectors measuring the potential difference between the main body and boom antennas of interplanetary spacecraft have been shown to be…”
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Aspects of Debye shielding by Meyer‐Vernet, Nicole

“…The Debye shielding is derived in a simple way without assuming Boltzmann’s equilibrium. The conditions under which it applies and some of its consequences are…”
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On the plasma quasi-thermal noise in the outer heliosphere by Meyer-Vernet, Nicole, Lecacheux, Alain

“…Res. Notes AAS 8 92 (2024) The recent paper by Li et al. on electron quasi-thermal noise in the outer heliosphere is flawed. It assumes the plasma drift speed…”
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