Mercury Exploration Project: Publication List
Mar. 2006[in press]
Blomberg, L.G., J.A. Cumnock, Y. Kasaba, H. Matsumoto, H. Kojima, Y. Omura, M. Moncuquet,and J.-E. Wahlund, Electric fields in the Hermean environment, Adv. Space Res., in press, 2005.
Blomberg, L.G., H.Matsumoto, J.-L. Bougeret, H. Kojima, S. Yagitani, J.A. Cumnock, A.I. Eriksson,
G.T. Marklund, J.-E. Wahlund, L. Bylander, L. Ahlen, J.A. Holtet, K. Ishisaka, E. Kallio, Y.
Kasaba, A. Matsuoka, M. Moncuquet, K. Mursula, Y. Omura, and J. G. Trotignon, MEFISTO an electric field instrument for BepiColombo/MMO, Adv. Space Res., in press, 2005.
Delcourt, D. C., and K. Seki, On the dynamics of charged particles in the magnetosphere of Mercury,
Advances in Geosciences 2005, in press, 2006.
Leblanc, F., E. Chassefière, R. E. Johnson, D. M. Hunten, E. Kallio, D. C. Delcourt, R. M. Killen, J.
G. Luhmann, A. E. Potter, A. Jambon, G. Cremonese, M. Mendillo, N. Yan, and A. L. Sprague,
Mercury's exosphere origins, and relation to its magnetosphere and surface, Planet. Space Sci., inpress, 2006.
Matsumoto, H., J.-L. Bougeret, L. G. Blomberg, H. Kojima, S. Yagitani, Y. Omura, M.
Moncuquet, G. Chanteur, Y. Kasaba, J.-G. Trotignon, Y. Kasahara, BepiColombo MMO PWITeam, Plasma/radio wave observations at Mercury by the BepiColombo MMO spacecraft,
Advances in Geosciences 2005, in press, 2006.
Miyachi, T., M. Fujii, N. Hasebe, M.N. Kobayashi, G. Kuraza, A. Nagashima, Y. Nakamura, K.
Nogami, T. Iwai, S. Sasaki, H. Ohashi, S. Hasegawa, H. Yano, and H. Shibata, Velocity
Dependent Response of a Piezoelectric material to Hypervelocity Microparticles, Adv. SpaceRes., in press, 2006.
Moncuquet, M., H. Matsumoto, J-L Bougeret, L. G. Blomberg, K. Issautier, Y. Kasaba, H. Kojima,
M. Maksimovic, N. Meyer-Vernet and P. Zarka, The Radio Waves & Thermal Electrostatic NoiseSpectroscopy (SORBET) Experiment on BEPICOLOMBO/MMO/PWI: Scientific Objectives
and Performance, Adv. Space Res., in press, 2006.
Mukai, T., H. Yamakawa, H. Hayakawa, Y. Kasaba, and H. Ogawa, Present Status of theBepiColombo / Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, Adv. Space Res., in press, 2006.
Yoshikawa, I., H. Nozawa, S. Kameda, S. Okano, and H. Misawa, Observation of the Sodium
Exosphere from Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, Advance in Space Research, in press.

[2005]
Delcourt, D. C., K. Seki, N. Terada, and Y. Miyoshi, Electron dynamics during substorm
dipolarization in Mercury's magnetosphere, Annales Geophys., vol. 23, p. 3389, 2005.
Milillo, A., S. Orsini, D. C. Delcourt, E. Kallio, R. M. Killen, H. Lammer, F. Leblanc, S. Massetti, A.
Mura, P. Wurz, S. Barabash, G. Cremonese, I. A. Daglis, E. De Angelis, A. M. Di Lellis, S. Livi,and V. Mangano, Surface-exosphere-magnetosphere system of Mercury, Space Sci. Rev., vol. 117,397, 2005.
Miyachi T, Fujii M, Hasebe N, Kobayashi M, Kuraza G, Nagashima A, Nakamura Y, Okudaira O,
Yamashita N, Nogami K, Iwai T, Sasaki S, Ohashi H, Hasegawa S, Yano H, Shibata H, Okada N,Tou T: Response from piezoelectric elements appearing immediately after collisions with silver
particles. J Appl Phys 98: 0141101-0141107, 2005.
Miyachi T, Fujii M, Hasebe N, Kobayashi M, Kuraza G, Nagashima A, Nakamura Y, Nogami K,Iwai T, Sasaki S, Ohashi H, Hasegawa S, Yano H, Shibata H, Gruen E, Srama R, Okada N, Tou
T: Velocity dependent wave forms of piezoelectric elements undergoing collisions with ironparticles ranging from 5 to 63 km/s. J Appl Phys Letters 86: 2341021-2341023, 2005.
Miyachi T, Fujii M, Hasebe N, Kobayashi M, Kuraza G, Nagashima A, Nakamura Y, Nogami K,Iwai T, Sasaki S, Ohashi H, Hasegawa S, Yano H, Shibata H: Velocity dependent response of apiezoelectric element to hypervelocity microparticles. Adv Space Res 35: 1263-1269, 2005.

[2004]
Hayakawa, H., Y. Kasaba, H. Yamakawa, H. Ogawa, and T. Mukai, The BepiColombo/MMO model
payload and operation plan, Adv. Space Res., 33, 12, 2142-2146, 2004.
Miyachi T., N. Hasebe, H. Ito, T. Masumura, H. Okada, H. Yoshioka, K. Nogami, T. Iwai, H. Shibata,Y. Hamabe, S. Sasaki, S. Sugita, S. Hasegawa, H. Yano, H. Ohashi, K. Muranaga, M. Sato, and T.
Tou, Real-time detector for hypervelocity microparticles using piezoelectric material, Adv.
Space Res., 34, 935-938, 2004.
McNutt Jr., R.L., S.C. Solomon, R. Grard, M. Novara, T. Mukai, An international program for
Mercury exploration: Synergy of MESSENGER and BepiColombo, Adv. Space Res., 33, 12,2126-2132, 2004.
Mukai, T.; Ogasawara, K.; Saito, Y., An empirical model of the plasma environment around Mercury,Adv. Space Res., 33, 12, 2166-2171, 2004.
Nishida, A., Driving mechanisms of magnetospheric dynamics of planets and satellites, Adv. SpaceRes., 33, 11, 1848-1858, 2004.
Sasaki, S., and E. Kurahashi, Space weathering on Mercury, Adv. Space Res., 33, 2152-2155, 2004.
Yamakawa, H., H. Ogawa, Y. Kasaba, H. Hayakawa, T. Mukai, and M. Adachi, Current status of theBepiColombo/MMO spacecraft design, Adv. Space Res., 33, 12, 2133-2141, 2004.
Yoshikawa, I., A. Yamazaki, T. Murachi, S. Kameda, H. Sagawa, S. Okano, T. Okada, and M.
Nakamura, Development of an Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer for the BepiColombo
Mission, Adv. Space Res., 33, 12, 2195-2199, 2004..
Yoshikawa, I., A. Yamazaki, T. Murachi, S. Kameda, S. Okano, and M. Nakamura, Development ofan extreme ultraviolet spectrometer for the mercury mission, Proc. SPIE in San Diego, vol.5193,164-171, 2004.

[2003]
Delcourt, D. C., S. Grimald, F. Leblanc, J.-J. Berthelier, A. Millilo, A. Mura, S. Orsini, and T. E.
Moore, A quantitative model of planetary Na+ contribution to Mercury's magnetosphere, Annales
Geophys., vol. 21, p. 1723, 2003.
Leblanc, F., D. C. Delcourt, R. E. Johnson, and M. Liu, Mercury's sodium exosphere :Magnetospheric ion recycling, J. Geophys. Res. (Planets), vol. 108, doi: 10.1029/2003JE002151,2003.
Ogawa, H., H. Yamakawa, and K. Goto, Thermal protection system for BepiColombo/Mercury
Magnetospheric Orbiter, 4th European Workshop on Hot Structure and Thermal Protection
Systems for Space Vehicles, ESA-SP-521, 109-115, 2003.
Sasaki, S., E. Kurahashi, C. Yamanaka, and K. Nakamura, Laboratory simulation of space
weathering: changes of optical properties and TEM/ESR confirmation of nanophase metallic iron,Adv. Space Res., 31, 2537-2542, 2003.

[2002]
Novara, M., The BepiColombo ESA Cornerstone mission to Mercury, Acta Astronautica, 51, 1-9,387-395, 2002.
Yamakawa, H., H. Ogawa, Y. Kasaba, H. Hayakawa, T. Mukai and M. Adachi, ISAS Feasibility
Study On The BepiColombo/MMO Spacecraft Design, Acta Astronautica, 51, 1-9, 397-404,
2002.

[1999]
Yamakawa, H., ISAS Mercury Orbiter Mission Trajectory Design Strategy, RBCM (RevistaBrasileira de Ciencias Mecanicas) – J. Brazilian Soc. Mech. Sci., 21, Special Issue, 270-279,1999.

[1998]
Yamakawa, H., Solar Electric Propulsion Mercury Orbiter Mission Design, J. Space Tech. Sci., 14, 1,1-10, 1998.

[1996]
H.Yamakawa, J. Kawaguchi, K. Uesugi and H. Matsuo, Frequent Access to Mercury in the Early
21st Century: Multiple Mercury Flyby Mission via Electric Propulsion, Acta Astronautica, 39,1-4, 133-142, 1996.

Mercury Exploration Project: Thesis Papers[Master’s Thesis]
永島敦, 圧電(PZT)素子を用いた超高速微粒子のインパルス応答, 早稲田大, 2003.
Takamizawa, H., Distribution of Herman Sodium Atmosphere, Tohoku Univ., 2000.
吉岡秀樹, PZT 素子による超高速微粒子の速度の計測, 修士論文, 早稲田大, 2003.