LATMOS
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations spatiales
Director: P. Keckhut
Location: OVSQ, UPMC
Keywords: Space plasma physics, planetology, numerical simulations, heliosphere.

Group Heliosphere, Planetary Exospheres, Plasmas and Interfaces (HEPPI)
Team leaders: Francois Leblanc and Ronan Modolo
Location: Jussieu and Guyancourt
The activities of the group are based on instrumentation, the exploitation of space observations and numerical modeling/simulation of different objects of the solar system. The major challenges are to understand the dynamic of the external envelopes at the plasma-planet interfaces, conditioning the dynamics of escape of atmospheres which could have play a significant role during their evolutions, and the mechanisms of plasma acceleration/energization. The scientific thematic covered by the team are mainly: 1- solar system plasmas, 2- planetary envelopes, 3- heliosphere.
Collaboration: LPP, LESIA, (IRAP, LPC2E, LPG-Nantes, and several European and international laboratories)