Dust detection using Antenna Instruments in Space, Lab, and Modeling Perspectives

Mitchell Shen

Electric field instruments on spacecraft complement dedicated dust detectors by registering transient voltage perturbations caused by impact-generated plasma. The signal waveform contains information about the interaction between the impact-generated plasma cloud, ambient plasma environment, and the elements of SC-antenna system. In this talk, we will i) review the dust impact measurements performed by various space missions (e.g., Voyager, Wind, Cassini, STEREO, Juno, MAVEN, MMS, PSP, SolO, etc.); ii) present recent updates of laboratory measurements; and introduce iii) the extended electrostatic model we proposed. These perspectives provide a comprehensive understanding of dust detection through plasma wave instruments, bridging observations, experiments, and theoretical modeling.

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