Magnetic induction in context of terrestrial bodies within the solar system
Dynamo simulation
Modelling magnetospheres
Data analysis from space-borne magnetometers
Three most important publications
Heyner, D., Auster, H.U., Fornaçon, K.H., Carr, C., Richter, I., Mieth, J.Z.D., Kolhey, P., Exner, W., Motschmann, U., Baumjohann, W. and Matsuoka, A., 2021. The BepiColombo Planetary Magnetometer MPO-MAG: What Can We Learn from the Hermean Magnetic Field?. Space Science Reviews, 217(4), pp.1-71.
Exner, W., Simon, S., Heyner, D. and Motschmann, U., 2020. Influence of Mercury's Exosphere on the Structure of the Magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 125(7).
Heyner, D., Wicht, J., Gomez-Perez, N., Schmitt, D., Auster, H.-U., Glassmeier, K.-H., 2011, Evidence from Numerical Experiments for a Feedback Dynamo Generating Mercury's Magnetic Field, Science, 334, 1690-1693.
