A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs
The recently published Interstellar Probe (ISP) study report describes a pragmatic mission concept with a launch window that starts in 2036 and is expected to reach several hundreds of astronomical units past the heliopause within a time frame of ≥50 years (https://interstellarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Inter...
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| author | K. Dialynas V. J. Sterken P. C. Brandt L. Burlaga D. B. Berdichevsky D. B. Berdichevsky R. B. Decker S. Della Torre R. DeMajistre A. Galli M. Gkioulidou M. E. Hill S. M. Krimigis S. M. Krimigis M. Kornbleuth W. Kurth B. Lavraud R. McNutt D. G. Mitchell P. S. Mostafavi R. Nikoukar M. Opher E. Provornikova E. C. Roelof P. G. Rancoita J. D. Richardson E. Roussos J. M. Sokół G. La Vacca J. Westlake T. Y. Chen |
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| description | The recently published Interstellar Probe (ISP) study report describes a pragmatic mission concept with a launch window that starts in 2036 and is expected to reach several hundreds of astronomical units past the heliopause within a time frame of ≥50 years (https://interstellarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Interstellar-Probe-MCR.pdf). Following the ISP report, this paper, that will also be accessible from the Bulletin of the AAS (BAAS) in the framework of the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024–2033 (Dialynas et al., A future Interstellar Probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs, 2022a), aims to highlight the importance of studying the physics of the interactions pertaining to the expanding solar wind that meets the plasma, gas and dust flows of the very local interstellar medium, forming the complex and vast region of our astrosphere. We focus on three fundamental open science questions that reveal the dynamical nature of the heliosphere A) Where are the heliosphere boundaries and how thick is the heliosheath B) Is there a “missing” pressure component towards exploring the dynamics of the global heliosheath and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium C) Why does the shape and size of the global heliosphere appear different in different Energetic Neutral Atom energies? We argue that these questions can only be addressed by exploiting a combination of in-situ charged particle, plasma waves and fields measurements with remotely sensed Energetic Neutral Atoms that can be measured simultaneously from the instruments of a future Interstellar Probe mission, along its trajectory from interplanetary space through the heliosheath and out to the very local interstellar medium. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-381509ff5dc6476dabe62880e213ec992023-03-06T10:19:14ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences2296-987X2023-03-011010.3389/fspas.2023.10619691061969A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAsK. Dialynas0V. J. Sterken1P. C. Brandt2L. Burlaga3D. B. Berdichevsky4D. B. Berdichevsky5R. B. Decker6S. Della Torre7R. DeMajistre8A. Galli9M. Gkioulidou10M. E. Hill11S. M. Krimigis12S. M. Krimigis13M. Kornbleuth14W. Kurth15B. Lavraud16R. McNutt17D. G. Mitchell18P. S. Mostafavi19R. Nikoukar20M. Opher21E. Provornikova22E. C. Roelof23P. G. Rancoita24J. D. Richardson25E. Roussos26J. M. Sokół27G. La Vacca28J. Westlake29T. Y. Chen30Office of Space Research and Technology, Academy of Athens, Athens, GreeceInstitute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Zurich, SwitzerlandApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesIFIR/UNR-CONICET, Santa Fe, ArgentinaTRIDENT—BERDICHEVSKY, Greenbelt, MD, United StatesApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesINFN sez Milano-Bicocca, Milano, ItalyApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesPhysics Institute, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesOffice of Space Research and Technology, Academy of Athens, Athens, GreeceApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesAstronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States0Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States1Laboratoire d’ Astrophysique de Bordeaux, University Bordeaux, Pessac, FranceApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesAstronomy Department, Boston University, Boston, MA, United StatesApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United StatesINFN sez Milano-Bicocca, Milano, Italy2Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States3Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Göttingen, Germany4Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, United StatesINFN sez Milano-Bicocca, Milano, ItalyApplied Physics Laboratory, The Johns Hopkins University, Laurel, MD, United States5Columbia University, New York, NY, United StatesThe recently published Interstellar Probe (ISP) study report describes a pragmatic mission concept with a launch window that starts in 2036 and is expected to reach several hundreds of astronomical units past the heliopause within a time frame of ≥50 years (https://interstellarprobe.jhuapl.edu/Interstellar-Probe-MCR.pdf). Following the ISP report, this paper, that will also be accessible from the Bulletin of the AAS (BAAS) in the framework of the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024–2033 (Dialynas et al., A future Interstellar Probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs, 2022a), aims to highlight the importance of studying the physics of the interactions pertaining to the expanding solar wind that meets the plasma, gas and dust flows of the very local interstellar medium, forming the complex and vast region of our astrosphere. We focus on three fundamental open science questions that reveal the dynamical nature of the heliosphere A) Where are the heliosphere boundaries and how thick is the heliosheath B) Is there a “missing” pressure component towards exploring the dynamics of the global heliosheath and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium C) Why does the shape and size of the global heliosphere appear different in different Energetic Neutral Atom energies? We argue that these questions can only be addressed by exploiting a combination of in-situ charged particle, plasma waves and fields measurements with remotely sensed Energetic Neutral Atoms that can be measured simultaneously from the instruments of a future Interstellar Probe mission, along its trajectory from interplanetary space through the heliosheath and out to the very local interstellar medium.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1061969/fullinterstellar probeheliosphereheliosheathVoyagerCassinienergetic neutral atoms |
| spellingShingle | K. Dialynas V. J. Sterken P. C. Brandt L. Burlaga D. B. Berdichevsky D. B. Berdichevsky R. B. Decker S. Della Torre R. DeMajistre A. Galli M. Gkioulidou M. E. Hill S. M. Krimigis S. M. Krimigis M. Kornbleuth W. Kurth B. Lavraud R. McNutt D. G. Mitchell P. S. Mostafavi R. Nikoukar M. Opher E. Provornikova E. C. Roelof P. G. Rancoita J. D. Richardson E. Roussos J. M. Sokół G. La Vacca J. Westlake T. Y. Chen A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences interstellar probe heliosphere heliosheath Voyager Cassini energetic neutral atoms |
| title | A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs |
| title_full | A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs |
| title_fullStr | A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs |
| title_full_unstemmed | A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs |
| title_short | A future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium: In-situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed ENAs |
| title_sort | future interstellar probe on the dynamic heliosphere and its interaction with the very local interstellar medium in situ particle and fields measurements and remotely sensed enas |
| topic | interstellar probe heliosphere heliosheath Voyager Cassini energetic neutral atoms |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fspas.2023.1061969/full |
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