The Interstellar Heliopause Probe/Heliospheric Explorer: IHP/HEX

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Mar 2010

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TWELFTH INTERNATIONAL SOLAR WIND CONFERENCE. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1216, pp. 655-658 (2010).

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Interstellar Matter, Solar Wind, Spacecraft, Shock Waves, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Interstellar Dust Grains, Diffuse Emission, Infrared Cirrus, Particle Emission, Solar Wind, Spacecraft Sheaths, Wakes, And Charging, Planetary Bow Shocks, Interplanetary Shocks, Magnetohydrodynamics And Plasmas

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The Sun, driving a supersonic solar wind, cuts out of the local interstellar medium a giant plasma bubble, the heliosphere. Dedicated deep-space missions have greatly enhanced our understanding of our immediate neighborhood. Ulysses is the only spacecraft exploring the third, out-of-ecliptic dimension, while SOHO has allowed us to better understand the influence of the Sun and to image the glow of interstellar matter in the heliosphere. Both Voyager spacecraft have recently encountered the innermost boundary of this plasma bubble, the termination shock, and are returning exciting yet puzzling data of this remote region.
The next logical step is to leave the heliosphere and to thereby map out in unprecedented detail the structure of the outer heliosphere and its boundaries, the termination shock, the heliosheath, the heliopause, and, after leaving the heliosphere, to discover the true nature of the hydrogen wall, the bow shock, and the local interstellar medium beyond. This will greatly advance our understanding of the heliosphere that is the best-known example for astrospheres as found around other stars. Thus, IHP/HEX will allow us to discover, explore, and understand fundamental astrophysical processes in the largest accessible plasma laboratory, the heliosphere.

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