Mercury Exploration Project: Presentation List
Mar. 2006[2006]
Seki, K., N. Terada, D. C. Delcourt, and T. Ogino, "Dynamics of planetary ions in the Mercury'smagnetosphere: Comparison between ion trajectories in MHD fields and a rescaled analyticalmodel", EGU meeting, Vienna, April 2006.
Seki, K., D.C. Delcourt, N. Terada, F. Leblanc, and T. Ogino, "Electron and ion dynamics in theMercury's magnetosphere: Recent results from systematic trajectory tracings", 2006 AOGS
meeting, Singapore, July 2006.

[2005]
Balogh, A., R. Nakamura, W. Baumjohann: Space weather at Mercury, European Geoscience Union
General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, Apr 2005.
Baumjohann, W., MERMAG-MGF: the magnetometer on the MMO, Workshop on Magnetometer
Measurements on BepiColombo, Noordwijk, Netherlands, Feb 2005.
Baumjohann, W., A. Matsuoka, The Magnetic Field Experiment for BepiColombo MMO, AOGS
2005, Singapore, Singapore, Jun 2005
Baumjohann, W.: From Saturn to Mercury, Solar System Exploration in Austria, Space Day Austria,Salzburg, Austria, Oct 2005.
Blomberg, L. G., H. Matsumoto, J.-L. Bougeret, H. Kojima, S. Yagitani, Y. Kasaba, J. A. Cumnock,M. Moncuquet, Y. Omura, and J.-E. Wahlund, Electric Fields in Mercury’s Environment
Measured by BepiColombo/MMO/PWI - Scientific Case and Planned Instrumentation,
European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Viena, 2005.
Blomberg, L.G., H. Matsumoto, J.-L. Bougeret, H. Kojima, S. Yagitani, Y. Kasaba, J.A. Cumnock, M.
Moncuquet, Y. Omura, J.-E. Wahlund, Electric Fields in Mercury's Environment Measured byBepiColombo/MMO/PWI - Scientific Case and Planned Instrumentation, 2nd Asia OceaniaGeosciences Society, Singapore, June 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, J. G. Trotignon,
MEFISTO - an electric field instrument for BepiColombo/MMO, 2nd Asia Oceania Geosciences
Society Meeting, Singapore, June 2005.
d'Uston, C., J.J. Thocaven, N. Hasebe, G. Klingelhöfer, R. Gellert, A. Chernenko, P. Leleux6, O.
Gasnault, S.Maurice, B. Pirard, P. Mandrou, D. Baratoux, F. Poitrasson, J. Brückner, D.J.
Lawrence, S. Dunkin, M.Grande, M. Kobayashi, M. Fujii, T. Miyachi, E. Shibamura, T. Sugihara,
M. Kato, T. Okada, MANGA, a Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectrometer for the Bepi Colombo
Mission, 36th Annual Lunar Planet. Sci. Conf., March 14-18, Texas(USA), 2005.
Hayakawa, H., Y. Kasaba, T. Mukai, MMO Science Working SubGroup (MMO-SWG),
BepiColombo Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter [MMO]: Scientific Objectives：ISSS7, Kyoto
Univ., Kyoto, March 2005.
Hayakawa, H., H. Yamakawa, H. Ogawa, Y. Kasaba, and T. Mukai, Overview of BepiColombo
MMO, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, Viena, April 2005.
Hayakawa, H., Y. Kasaba, T. Mukai and MMO Science Working Sub-Group (MMO-SWG),
BepiColombo-MMO scientific aspects and system update, 2nd Asia Oceania Geosciences
Society, Singapore, June 2005.
Hikosaka, K. , I.Yoshikawa, A.Yamazaki, H.Nozawa, S.Kameda, and K.Yoshioka, Mercury'sExosphere explored by BepiColombo mission, AGU Fall Meeting, USA, December, 2005.
Hirahara, M., T. Takashima, N. Fujikawa, H. Saito, K. Asamura, Y. Saito, and T. Yanagimachi,High-energy particle instruments for the exploration of the Mercury’s magnetosphere byBepiColombo-MMO, European Geoscience Union Meeting, April, 2005.
Kameda, S., Kagitani, M., Nozawa, H., Yoshikawa, I., Misawa, H., Okano, S., and Nakamura, M.,

Ground-based observation of sodium in Mercury's exosphere, AOGS 2nd Annual Meeting,Singapore, June, 2005.
Kameda, S., Kagitani, M., Nozawa, H., Yoshikawa, I., Misawa, H., and Okano, S., Latitudinal
distribution of sodium in Mercury's exosphere, AGU Fall Meeting, USA, December, 2005.
Kasaba, Y., Electric Field, Plasma Waves,and Radio Waves Observations from Space: JAXA Space
Science Projects, 3rd KAGI21 International Symposium, Wuhan, China, November 2005.
Matsumoto, H., J.-L. Bougeret, L. Blomberg, H. Kojima, S. Yagitani, Y. Omura, M. Moncuquet, G.
Chanteur, Y. Kasaba, J.-G. Trotignon, Y. Kasahara, Plasma Wave Investigation (PWI) onboard
BepiColombo Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), 2nd Asia Oceania Geosciences Society,Singapore, June 2005.
Miyachi T, Fujii M, Hasebe N, Kuraza G, Nogami K, Iwai T, Sasaki S, Ohashi H, Hasegawa S, Yano
H, Shibata H, Gruen E, Srama R, Okada N, Tou T: Empirical formulae for hypervelocity impact
with a piezoelectric element and their application to a new real time dust detector. IEEE
NSS-MIC 2005, Puerto Rico, 2005,10.
Nogami K, Miyachi T, Ohashi H, Sasaki S, Fujii M: Development of Mercury dust detector using aPZT sensor onboard BepiColombo MMO mission. The 2nd Asia Oceania Geosciences Society,Singapore,2005,6.
Nogami K, Miyachi T, Fujii M, Nagashima A, Kuraza G, Ohashi H, Sasaki S, Yano H, Iwai T,
Takechi S, Minami S, Gruen E, Srama R: Interplanetary and Mercurian dust observation by
Mercury dust monitor (MDM) on board BepiColombo MMO. IAU Symposium No.229,
Asteroids Comets Meteors, Rio de Janeiro,2005,8.
Ohashi H, Sasaki S, Nogami K, Muranaga T, Shibata H: New developments in in-situ dust
experiments. The 2nd Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Singapore,2005,6.
Yamakawa, H., H. Ogawa, Y. Sone, H. Hayakawa, Y. Kasaba, T. Takashima, T. Mukai, T. Tanaka,and M. Adachi, BepiColombo Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, IAA International Conference
on Low-Cost Planetary Missions (ICLCPM), Kyoto, October 2005.
Yamakawa, H., H. Ogawa, Y. Sone, H. Hayakawa, Y. Kasaba, T. Takashima, T. Mukai,
BEPICOLOMBO MERCURY MAGNETOSPHERIC ORBITER DESIGN, 56th International
Astronautical Congress (IAC), Fukuoka, October 2005
Yoshioka,K., I.Yoshikawa, A.Yamazaki, H.Nozawa, T.Murachi, and K.Hikosaka, Development ofVUV Detector For BepiColombo Mission, AGU Fall Meeting, USA, December, 2005.

[2004]
Baumjohann, W.: Hermean magnetospheric physics (Invited), EGU General Assembly, Nice, Apr
2004.
Baumjohann, W.: The magnetosphere of Mercury and its solar wind environment (Invited), 35th
COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Paris, Jul 2004.
Baumjohann, W., et al.: The magnetic field experiment (MERMAG-M/MGF) for Bepi-Colombo
MMO, 11th IAGA Workshop on Geomagnetism, Kakioka, Nov 2004.
Baumjohann, W., W. Magnes, A. Matsuoka, H.-U. Auster, k.-H. Glasseier: The magnetic field
experiment (MERMAG-M /MGF) for BepiColombo MMO, XIth IAGA workshop on
geomagnetic observatory instruments, data acquisition and processing, Tsukuba, Nov 2004.
d'Uston, C., J. Brückner, N. Hasebe, O. Gasnault, S. Maurice, Chemical Composition of the Surfaceof Mercury Using Orbital Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectroscopy, Geophysical Research
Abstracts, Vol. 6, 05910, 2004.
Hayakawa, H., Y. Kasaba, Y. Yamakawa, H. Ogawa, T. Mukai, Mercury Exploration WG,
BepiColombo-MMO: Scientific Aspects and Payload Update, AOGS 1st annual meeting,Singapore, July 2004.
Mukai, T., H. Hayakawa, Y. Yamakawa, H. Ogawa, and Y. Kasaba, Present Status of the
BepiColombo/Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, European Geophysical Union Meeting, Nice,
April 2004.
Mukai, T., H. Yamakawa, H. Hayakawa, Y. Kasaba, H. Ogawa, Present Status of the
BepiColombo/Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, 35th Scientific Assembly of COSPAR, Paris,July 2004.

Nogami, K., T. Miyachi, N. Hasebe, M. Fujii, A. Nagashima, H. Ohashi, S. Sasaki, H. Yano, E. Grün,and R. Srama, Interplanetary and interstellar dust observation using PZT detector on board
Bepi-Colombo MMO mission. 35th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Paris, July 2004.
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, H. Shibata, Real-time detector forhypervelocity microparticles using piezoelectric material (II), 35th COSPAR Meeting, Paris,
2004.
Sasaki, S., Dust impacts and spectral change on Mercury, 35th Scientific Assembly of COSPAR,Paris, July 2004.
Terada, N., K. Seki, M. Fujimoto, T. Ogino, and D. C. Delcourt, MHD simulation and dynamics ofsingle-particle trajectories in the Hermean magnetosphere: A comparison with analytical models,the ESF workshop “Modeling of the Mercury Environment: Where are we before
BepiColombo?", Kiruna, Sweden, Aug., 2004.

[2003]
Hayakawa, Y. Kasaba, T. Mukai, H. Yamakawa, and H. Ogawa, Mercury Magnetosphere: Expected
progress by BepiColombo/MMO, Social meeting of International Union of Geodesy andGeophysics, Sapporo, July 2003.
Hayakawa, H. Yamakawa, Y. Kasaba, H. Ogawa, and T. Mukai, BepiColombo/MMO mission: Status
update, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, Apr. 2003.
Miyachi, T., N. Hasebe, H. Ito, T. Masumura, H. Okada, H. Yoshioka, M. Higuchi, T. Matsuyama, K.
Nogami, T. Iwai, H. Shibata, Y. Hamabe, S. Sasaki, S. Sugita, H. Ohashi, S. Hasegawa, H. Yano,M. Sato, and T. Tou, Response of piezoelectric lead-zirconate-titanate to hypervelocity silver
particles: Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 42, 1496-1497, 2003.
Moncuquet, M., H. Matsumoto, J-L Bougeret, L. Blomberg, K. Issautier, Y. Kasaba, H. Kojima, M.
Maksimovic, N. Meyer-Vernet, S Yagitani, and P. Zarka, Thermal electrostatic noise and radio
waves spectroscopy (SORBET) on BepiColombo MMO/PWI, EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly,Nice, France, Apr. 2003.
Saito, Y., M. Hirahara, T. Takashima, K. Asamura, S. Machida, Y. Kasaba, H. Hayakawa, and T.
Mukai, Plasma and charged particle observation by Mercury Magnetospheric orbiter:MMO,EGS-AGU-EUG Joint Assembly, Nice, France, Apr. 2003.
Sasaki S., et al., Voltage condition for an impact ionization dust detector in space, GUCS, Noordwijk,
2003[2002]
Hayakawa, H., Y. Kasaba, H. Yamakawa, H. Ogawa, and T. Mukai, BepiColombo/MMO model
payload and its operation plan, 34the COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World Space
Congress, Houston, USA, 10-19 Oct. 2002.
Hayakawa, H., Y. Kasaba, H. Yamakawa, H. Ogawa, and T. Mukai, BepiColombo/MMO model
payload and its operation plan, 34the COSPAR Scientific Assembly, The Second World SpaceCongress, Houston, USA, 10-19 Oct. 2002.
Matsumoto, H., et al., Plasma wave investigation in Mercury: BepiColombo MMO mission, XXVII
General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science (URSI), Maastricht, Netherlands,
August, 2002.
Matsuoka, A., W. Baumjohann, and the Mermag consortium, The magnetic field experiment for
BepiColomno MMO, EGS, PS3, 2002.
Misawa, H., A. Morioka, S. Okano, and K. Takamizawa, Investigations of distribution characteristicsof Mercury's atmosphere: Studies based on a model calculation and ground-base observation,Proc. 35th ISAS Lunar Planet. Symp., 199-202, 2002.
Mukai, T., H. Hayakawa, H. Yamakawa, H. Ogawa, and Y. Kasaba, BepiColombo/MMO mission
update (Solicited), EGS, PS3, 2002.
Mukai, T., H. Hayakawa, and Y. Kasaba; Oustanding problems in the Mercury's magnetosphere,
COSPAR, D3.3-B0.7 (Abstract only), 2002.
Mukai, T., IAGA, 2002.

Ogawa, H., H. Yamakawa, Y. Kobayashi, and M. Nakano, Thermal Feasibility Study on the
Bepicolombo/MMO Spacecraft, Paper 02ICES-236, 32nd International Conference onEnvironmental Systems (ICES), San Antonio, Texas, USA, July 15-18, 2002.
Ogawa, H., H. Yamakawa, Y. Kobayashi, and M. Nakano, Thermal Feasibility Study on the
BepiColombo/MMO Spacecraft, 32rd International Conference on Environmental Systems,2002-ICES-236 (2002).
Yoshikawa, I., S. Okano, M. Nakamura, A. Yamazaki, and E. Chassefiere, The EUV spectrometer for
the BepiColombo mission, EGS, PS3, 2002.

[2001]d'Uston, C., J. Bruekner, W.C. Feldman, O. Gasnault, N. Hasebe, D.J. Lawrence, S. Maurice, andT.H. Prettyman, Measureming the Chemical Compositions of the Surface of Mercury using
Orbital Gamma-ray and Nuetron Spectroscopy, Workshop on Mercury ： Space Environment,
Surface and Interior 2001, Chicago, IIlinois, USA, Oct. 4-5, 2001.
Grard, R., and T. Mukai; The ESA-ISAS BepiColombo mission to Mercury (Slocited), EGS, PS3,
2001.
Kojima, H., S. Yagitani, Y. Omura, and H. Matsumoto; Plasma wave observations of the Mercury
mission, EGS, PS3, 2001.
Mukai, T., and H. Hayakawa; On the model payload for the BepiColombo/MMO spapcecraft(Solicited), EGS, PS3, 2001.
Saito, Y., M. Hiarahara, T. Takashima, K. Asamura, S. Machida, Y. Kasaba, H. Hayakawa and T.
Mukai; Comprehensive instrumentation for plasma and charged particle measurements by
Mercury magnetospheric orbiter: MMO, EGS, PS3, 2001.
Yamakawa, H., T. Mukai, and M. Adachi; ISAS conceptual design of the BepiColombo/MMO
spapcecraft, EGS, PS3, 2001.
Yoshikawa, I., M. Nakamura, K. Yamashita, and W. Miyake, Development of the UV spectrometerfor the Bepi-Colombo mission, EGS, PS3, 2001.

[2000]
Mukai, T., H. Hayakawa, H. Saito, H. Yamakawa, and Y. Kobayashi; ISAS Mercury missin
objectives and feasibility study, EGS, PS2, 2000.
Takamizawa, K., H. Misawa, A. Morioka, and S. Okano, Model calculation of neutral sodium
atmosphere of Mercury, Proc. 33rd ISAS Lunar Planet. Symp., 149-152, 2000.

[1999]
Yamakawa, H., "ISAS Mercury Orbiter Mission Trajectory Design Strategy," 14th International
Symposium on Space Flight Dynamics (ISSFD XIV), Iguassu Falls, Brazil, Feb.8-12, 1999.
Yamakawa, H., H. Saito, S. Sawai, Y. Kobayashi, H. Hayakawa, T. Mukai and H. Matsuo, ISAS
Mercury Orbiter Mission Concept," IAF Specialists Symposium (Novel Concepts for Smaller,
Faster & Better Space Missions), Redondo Beach, CA, USA, April 19-21, 1999.
Yamakawa, H., A New Design Method of Multi-Swingby Trajectory and Its Application to Mercury
Orbiter Mission, Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Astrodynamics and Flight Mechanics,ISAS, July 22-23, 1999.

[1998]
Saito, H., H. Yamakawa, Y. Kobayashi, T. Mukai, Y. Matsufuji and M. Matsui, Mercury Orbiter
Mission with Chemical or Electric Propulsion, IAF-98-Q.2.04, 49th International AstronauticalCongress, Melbourne, Australia, Sept.28-Oct.2, 1998.
Yamakawa, H., H. Saito, J. Kawaguchi, Y. Kobayashi, H. Hayakawa and T. Mukai, Preliminary
ISAS Mercury Orbiter Mission Design, IAA-L98-0102, 3rd IAA International Conference on
Low-Cost Planetary Missions, California, USA, April 27-May 1, 1998.
Yamakawa, H., Preliminary Report of ISAS Mercury Orbiter Mission Trajectory Design,"Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Astrodynamics and Flight Mechanics, ISAS, July.23-24,

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