Research

Martin Archer’s research interests lie in space physics, in particular Earth’s magnetosphere: our invisible shield from deadly solar wind particle radiation.

The focus of Martin’s PhD is in understanding how structures and waves within the solar wind interact with the different boundary layers of the magnetosphere and travel through the system from the solar wind in space to the ground. Such space weather effects could have impacts on both space-based and terrestrial technology.

Martin will be working on the upcoming TRIO-CINEMA mission, one of the first cubesat missions for science purposes, which is due to launch summer this year.

Publications

M. O. Archer, T. S. Horbury, J. P. Eastwood (2012) Magnetosheath pressure pulses: Generation downstream of the bow shock from solar wind discontinuities J. Geophys Res, in press (doi)

M. Archer, T. S. Horbury, E. A. Lucek, C. Mazelle, A. Balogh & I. Dandouras (2005), Size and shape of ULF waves in the terrestrial foreshock, J. Geophys Res, 110, A05208 (doi)