Neutral atom transport from the termination shock to 1 AU

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2006-04-27

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0604582v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

submitted to Proceedings of the 5-th IGPP Astrophysics Conference, Honolulu HI, March 2006; 6 pages

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.2359335

Dynamics of H, D, and heavy Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENA) between the termination shock and 1 AU is discussed in the context of the forthcoming NASA SMEX mission IBEX. In particular, effects of the velocity-dependent radiation pressure on atomic trajectories are considered and ionization losses between TS and 1 AU are studied. It is shown, among others, that most of the dynamical effects and ionization losses are induced within a few AU from the Sun, which translates to the time domain into $\sim 1 - 3$ solar rotations before detection. This loosens considerably time requirements for tracking the ionization and radiation pressure history to just prior 3 months. ENA seem excellent tracers of the processes within the heliospheric interface, with the transport effects between the termination shock and detector relatively mild and easy to account for.

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