Interstellar map** and acceleration probe (IMAP): A new NASA mission

DJ McComas, ER Christian, NA Schwadron, N Fox… - Space science …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract The Interstellar Map** and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is a revolutionary mission
that simultaneously investigates two of the most important overarching issues in …

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 …

Local interstellar magnetic field determined from the Interstellar Boundary Explorer ribbon

EJ Zirnstein, J Heerikhuisen, HO Funsten… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
The solar wind emanating from the Sun interacts with the local interstellar medium (LISM),
forming the heliosphere. Hydrogen energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) produced by the solar …

Three-dimensional kinetic-MHD model of the global heliosphere with the heliopause-surface fitting

VV Izmodenov, DB Alexashov - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper provides a detailed description of the latest version of our model of the solar wind
(SW) interaction with the local interstellar medium (LISM). This model has already been …

Local interstellar medium: six years of direct sampling by IBEX

DJ McComas, M Bzowski, SA Fuselier… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) has been directly observing neutral
atoms from the local interstellar medium for the last six years (2009–2014). This paper ties …

Solar cycle of imaging the global heliosphere: Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) observations from 2009–2019

DJ McComas, M Bzowski, MA Dayeh… - The Astrophysical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission has operated in space for a
full solar activity cycle (Solar Cycle 24), and IBEX observations have exposed the global …

The bubble-like shape of the heliosphere observed by Voyager and Cassini

K Dialynas, SM Krimigis, DG Mitchell, RB Decker… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
For more than five decades, the shape and interactions of the heliosphere with the local
interstellar medium have been discussed in the context of two competing models, posited in …

Faltering steps into the galaxy: the boundary regions of the heliosphere

GP Zank - Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The interaction of the heliosphere with the local interstellar medium (LISM) results in a
complicated series of boundary regions. The Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft are exploring …

Separation of the ribbon from globally distributed energetic neutral atom flux using the first five years of IBEX observations

NA Schwadron, E Moebius, SA Fuselier… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) observes the IBEX ribbon, which
stretches across much of the sky observed in energetic neutral atoms (ENAs). The ribbon …