Short large-amplitude magnetic structures (SLAMS) at Mercury observed by MESSENGER

Karlsson, Tomas; Plaschke, Ferdinand; Glass, Austin N.; Raines, Jim M.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-117-2024

Articles | Volume 42, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-117-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-42-117-2024

© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 42, issue 1

Regular paper

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25 Apr 2024

Regular paper |

| 25 Apr 2024

Short large-amplitude magnetic structures (SLAMS) at Mercury observed by MESSENGER

Tomas Karlsson, Ferdinand Plaschke, Austin N. Glass, and Jim M. Raines

Data sets

Dataset for for manuscript "Short Large-Amplitude Magnetic Structures (SLAMS) at Mercury observed by MESSENGER" Tomas Karlsson et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7750658

MESS-E/V/H/SW-MAG-3-CDR-CALIBRATED-V1.0, MAG CALIBRATED (CDR) DATA E/V/H/SW V1.0, H. Korth and B. J. Anderson https://doi.org/10.17189/1519745

Short summary

The solar wind interacts with the planets in the solar system and creates a supersonic shock in front of them. The upstream region of this shock contains many complicated phenomena. One such phenomenon is small-scale structures of strong magnetic fields (SLAMS). These SLAMS have been observed at Earth and are important in determining the properties of space around the planet. Until now, SLAMS have not been observed at Mercury, but we show for the first time that SLAMS also exist there.