Miho Janvier

    Solar physicist on the Solar Orbiter mission

     

    Main Research Fields

    Miho Janvier is a solar and space physicist at the European Space Agency (ESA/ESTEC, NL), seconded from the Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (France). While her doctorate degree is in plasma physics and applications to nuclear fusion science, her current work focuses on the understanding of when solar flares occur, how solar storms travel in space and how they impact planetary environments in the solar system.  

    In a nutshell, she works towards a better prediction of "space weather", with a goal of better understanding the influence of the Sun's activity on human societies. She uses data from space missions from NASA, ESA and JAXA as well as analyse and develop with her team and collaborators 3D computer models of solar eruptions.

    ​Miho is also the deputy project scientist on the instrument SPICE as well as a scientific co-Investigator on the instrument EUI on board Solar Orbiter, the ESA/NASA mission to explore the Sun and its close neighbourhood. The mission was launched in February 2020 from Cape Canaveral, (FL, USA) and is currently orbiting the Sun. 


    Keywords

    • Solar physics
    • Space physics
    • Plasma physics
    • Solar flares
    • Active regions on the Sun
    • Coronal mass ejections
    • Sun-Earth interaction
    • Planetary space environment
    • Outreach project developments

    Publications

    2023

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    A multiple spacecraft detection of the 2 April 2022 M-class flare and filament eruption during the first close Solar Orbiter perihelion

    M. Janvier, S. Mzerguat, P. R. Young, É. Buchlin, et al.

    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Forthcoming article (2023), paper here

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    Slow Solar Wind Connection Science during Solar Orbiter's First Close Perihelion Passage

    S. L. Yardley, C. J. Owen, D. M. Long, D. Baker, et al.

    The Astrophysical Journal Supp. Series, Volume 267, 11 (2023), paper here

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    Observational Evidence of S-web Source of the Slow Solar Wind

    D. Baker, P. Démoulin, S. L. Yardley, T. Mihailescu, et al.

    The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 950, 1 (2023), paper here

     

    EUV fine structure and variability associated with coronal rain revealed by Solar Orbiter/EUI HRIEUV and SPICE

    P. Antolin, A. Dolliou, F. Auchère, L. P. Chitta, S. Parenti, D. Berghmans, et al.

    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Forthcoming article (2023), paper here

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    ​Statistical Analysis of Interplanetary Shocks from Mercury to Jupiter​

    C. A. Pérez-Alanis, M. Janvier, T. Nieves-Chinchilla, E. Aguilar-Rodríguez, P. Démoulin, P. Corona-Romero

    Solar Physics, Volume 298, 60 (2023), paper here

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    Eruption and propagation of twisted flux ropes from the base of the solar corona to 1 au

    F. Regnault, A. Strugarek, M. Janvier, F. Auchère, N. Lugaz and N. Al-Haddad

    Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 670, A14 (2023), paper here

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    First Perihelion of EUI on the Solar Orbiter mission

    D. Berghmans, P. Antolin, F. Auchère, R. Aznar Cuadrado, et al.

    Astronomy and Astrophysics, Forthcoming article (2023), paper here

     

    For a complete list of publications, please look at: https://www.mihojanvier.org/publications

    Project/mission at ESA

    Solar Orbiter

    Other Info

    Miho's passion for astrophysics and science communication has led her to develop several science communication projects, and has set up a non-profit organisation called SpaceTravelVR (www.spacetravelvr.com). She partnered with the movie production company TreeHouse Digital Ltd to develop a 360 degrees experience of a solar storm using science data and VFX, and is currently working with the French  national space agency CNES and ESA to develop a project showcasing the Solar Orbiter mission in Virtual Reality. She is also a public speaker, as well as a keen communicator and is involved in several NPOs dedicated to engage the public in difficult situations (e.g. hospitals and prisons).