My research activities have been related torocket and satellite experiments for the study ofspace plasmas in the ionosphere andmagnetosphere. I have been participated indevelopments of the space-borne instruments forhot plasma and low-energy particle measurements.Based on the obtained data by the rocket andsatellite experiments I have studied elementaryprocesses for transport and acceleration ofcharged particles in the space plasmas and theglobal energetics and electrodynamics of themagnetospheric plasmas.
I am now enjoying analyzing new lunar plasma data nobody has everobserved.The scientific objectives of PACE are 1) tomeasure the ions sputtered from the lunar surfaceand the lunar atmosphere, 2) to measure the magneticanomaly on the lunar surface using two ESAs and amagnetometer onboard SELENE simultaneouslyas an electron reflectometer, 3) to resolve theMoon - solar wind interaction, 4) to resolvethe Moon - Earth's magnetosphere interaction, and5) to observe the Earth's magnetotail.