The objective of this network is to share resources and to co-ordinate efforts in all domains related to the interaction of Spacecraft with the space plasma. The creation of this network and its primary objectives have been decided during a Round Table held on 24-2-2000 at ESTEC. SPINE stands for Spacecraft Plasma Interactions Network in […]
The SPINE community is an open, peaceful and non-profits scientific and industrial community, dedicated to the study and the modelling of the interactions between space plasma and space systems, including spacecraft, payloads, scientific instruments, natural space objects. Spacecraft-plasma interactions include: spacecraft charging, in surface (i.e. surface charging) the computation of the electrostatic sheath structures and […]
Developed tools and SPINE related activities have led to numerous scientific publications and communications.
Hilgers, A., S. Clucas, B. Thiébault, J.-F.s Roussel, J.-C. Matéo-Vélez, J. Forest, and D. Rodgers, Modeling of Plasma Probe Interactions With a PIC Code Using an Unstructured Mesh, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci, Vol 36, No5 Part2, pp 2319-2323, DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2008.2003360, Oct 2008.
Roussel, J.-F., Rogier F., Dufour G., Matéo-Vélez J.-C., Forest J., Hilgers A., Rodgers D., Girard L., and D. Payan, SPIS modelling capabilities, achievements and prospects, IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, Vol 18, No5, Oct 2008.
Pedersen, A., B. Lybekk, M. André, A. Eriksson, P.-A. Lindqvist F. Mozer, P. M. E. Décréau, A. Masson, H. Laakso, H. Rème, J.-A. Sauvaud, A. Fazakerley, K. Svenes, G. Paschmann, K. Torkar and E. Whipple, Electron density estimations derived from spacecraft potential measurements on Cluster in tenuous plasma regions, J. Geophys. Res., in press, 2008, doi:10.1029/2007JA012636
Cully, C. M., R. E. Ergun, and A. I. Eriksson, Electrostatic structure around spacecraft in tenuous plasmas, J. Geophys. Res., 112, A09211, doi:10.1029/2007JA012269 13 September 2007
The SPINE community organises regularly meetings and events. SPINE meetings are open to all participants and, in most of the cases, without registration fee.
SPIS, for Spacecraft Plasma Interaction Software, is a rich and advanced 3D modelling tool for the spacecraft-plasma interactions, able to model a large set of phenomenon relative to spacecraft charging. SPIS includes an advanced 3D electrostatic plasma solver based on a unstructured mesh and able to dynamically model detailed sheath structures around complex and realistic […]