HelioSwarm: a multipoint, multiscale mission to characterize turbulence

KG Klein, H Spence, O Alexandrova, M Argall… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
HelioSwarm (HS) is a NASA Medium-Class Explorer mission of the Heliophysics Division
designed to explore the dynamic three-dimensional mechanisms controlling the physics of …

The structure of the large-scale heliosphere as seen by current models

J Kleimann, K Dialynas, F Fraternale, A Galli… - Space science …, 2022 - Springer
This review summarizes the current state of research aiming at a description of the global
heliosphere using both analytical and numerical modeling efforts, particularly in view of the …

Modules for experiments in stellar astrophysics (MESA): pulsating variable stars, rotation, convective boundaries, and energy conservation

B Paxton, R Smolec, J Schwab… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We update the capabilities of the open-knowledge software instrument Modules for
Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA). RSP is a new functionality in MESAstar that …

Physics and applications of dusty plasmas: The Perspectives 2023

J Beckers, J Berndt, D Block, M Bonitz… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Dusty plasmas are electrically quasi-neutral media that, along with electrons, ions, neutral
gas, radiation, and electric and/or magnetic fields, also contain solid or liquid particles with …

How to identify cell material in a single ice grain emitted from Enceladus or Europa

F Klenner, J Bönigk, M Napoleoni, J Hillier… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Icy moons like Enceladus, and perhaps Europa, emit material sourced from their subsurface
oceans into space via plumes of ice grains and gas. Both moons are prime targets for …

A Quarter Century of Wind Spacecraft Discoveries

LB Wilson III, AL Brosius, N Gopalswamy… - 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The Wind spacecraft, launched on November 1, 1994, is a critical element in NASA's
Heliophysics System Observatory (HSO)—a fleet of spacecraft created to understand the …

Turbulence in space plasmas: Who needs it?

WH Matthaeus - Physics of Plasmas, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
The complex nonlinear dynamical phenomenon described as turbulence, is known to have
a great impact on fluids, magnetohydrodynamic systems, and on plasmas. This paper …

Density of neutral hydrogen in the sun's interstellar neighborhood

P Swaczyna, DJ McComas, EJ Zirnstein… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Interstellar neutral atoms, unlike charged particles, freely penetrate the heliosphere,
allowing us to sample the physical state of the interstellar matter directly. Most interstellar …

Preliminary trajectory design for NASA's Solar Cruiser: A technology demonstration mission

JB Pezent, R Sood, A Heaton, K Miller, L Johnson - Acta Astronautica, 2021 - Elsevier
This investigation outlines preliminary trajectory design for NASA's sail-based Solar Cruiser
spacecraft, selected on December 3, 2020, to be a secondary payload launched with the …

A small and round heliosphere suggested by magnetohydrodynamic modelling of pick-up ions

M Opher, A Loeb, J Drake, G Toth - Nature Astronomy, 2020 - nature.com
As the Sun moves through the surrounding partially ionized medium, neutral hydrogen
atoms penetrate the heliosphere, and through charge exchange with the supersonic solar …