Future Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and Very Local Interstellar Medium by Interstellar Probe

P. C. Brandt; E. Provornikova; S. D. Bale; A. Cocoros; R. DeMajistre; K. Dialynas; H. A. Elliott; S. Eriksson; B. Fields; A. Galli; M. E. Hill; M. Horanyi; T. Horbury; S. Hunziker; P. Kollmann; J. Kinnison; G. Fountain; S. M. Krimigis; W. S. Kurth; J. Linsky; C. M. Lisse; K. E. Mandt; W. Magnes; R. L. McNutt; J. Miller; E. Moebius; P. Mostafavi; M. Opher; L. Paxton; F. Plaschke; A. R. Poppe; E. C. Roelof; K. Runyon; S. Redfield; N. Schwadron; V. Sterken; P. Swaczyna; J. Szalay; D. Turner; H. Vannier; R. Wimmer-Schweingruber; P. Wurz; E. J. Zirnstein

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Future Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and Very Local Interstellar Medium by Interstellar Probe

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Future Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and Very Local Interstellar Medium by Interstellar Probe

P. C. Brandt, E. Provornikova, S. D. Bale, A. Cocoros, R. DeMajistre, K. Dialynas, H. A. Elliott, S. Eriksson, B. Fields, A. Galli, …

Space science reviews, Vol.219(2), pp.18-18

03/01/2023

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-022-00943-x

PMCID: PMC9974711

PMID: 36874191

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A detailed overview of the knowledge gaps in our understanding of the heliospheric interaction with the largely unexplored Very Local Interstellar Medium (VLISM) are provided along with predictions of with the scientific discoveries that await. The new measurements required to make progress in this expanding frontier of space physics are discussed and include in-situ plasma and pick-up ion measurements throughout the heliosheath, direct sampling of the VLISM properties such as elemental and isotopic composition, densities, flows, and temperatures of neutral gas, dust and plasma, and remote energetic neutral atom (ENA) and Lyman-alpha (LYA) imaging from vantage points that can uniquely discern the heliospheric shape and bring new information on the interaction with interstellar hydrogen. The implementation of a pragmatic Interstellar Probe mission with a nominal design life to reach 375 Astronomical Units (au) with likely operation out to 550 au are reported as a result of a 4-year NASA funded mission study.

Interstellar medium

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Title: Subtitle: Future Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and Very Local Interstellar Medium by Interstellar Probe
Creators: P. C. Brandt - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
E. Provornikova - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
S. D. Bale - University of California, Berkeley
A. Cocoros - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
R. DeMajistre - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
K. Dialynas - Academy of Athens
H. A. Elliott - Southwest Research Institute
S. Eriksson - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
B. Fields - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
A. Galli - University of Bern
M. E. Hill - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
M. Horanyi - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
T. Horbury - Imperial College London
S. Hunziker - ETH Zurich
P. Kollmann - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
J. Kinnison - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
G. Fountain - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
S. M. Krimigis - Academy of Athens
W. S. Kurth - University of Iowa
J. Linsky - University of Colorado Boulder
C. M. Lisse - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
K. E. Mandt - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
W. Magnes - Austrian Academy of Sciences
R. L. McNutt - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
J. Miller - Boston University
E. Moebius - University of New Hampshire
P. Mostafavi - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
M. Opher - Boston University
L. Paxton - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
F. Plaschke - Technische Universität Braunschweig
A. R. Poppe - University of California, Berkeley
E. C. Roelof - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
K. Runyon - Planetary Science Institute
S. Redfield - Laurel University
N. Schwadron - University of New Hampshire at Manchester
V. Sterken - ETH Zurich
P. Swaczyna - Princeton University
J. Szalay - Princeton University
D. Turner - Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
H. Vannier - Laurel University
R. Wimmer-Schweingruber - Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
P. Wurz - University of Bern
E. J. Zirnstein - Princeton University
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Space science reviews, Vol.219(2), pp.18-18
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-022-00943-x
PMID: 36874191
PMCID: PMC9974711
NLM abbreviation: Space Sci Rev
ISSN: 0038-6308
eISSN: 1572-9672
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Grant note: ; NNN06AA01C / ; NAS5 97271; NNX07AJ69G; NNN06AA01C; 80NSSC20K0719; 80GSFC19C0027 / ;
Language: English
Date published: 03/01/2023
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984455551102771

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