The zodiacal cloud is one of the largest structures in the solar system and strongly governed by meteoroid collisions near the Sun. Collisional erosion occurs throughout the zodiacal cloud, yet it is historically difficult to directly measure and has never been observed for discrete meteoroid streams.
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Monday, Aug 9, 2021
The heliospheric energetic neutral atom spectrum observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) reveals that the heliosheath proton distribution is consistent with a power law. The origin of the spectrum is likely from interstellar pickup ions (PUIs) accelerated at the heliospheric termination shock (HTS).
Monday, Aug 9, 2021
Power spectra of magnetic-field fluctuations near Jupiter have been analyzed since the early days of space exploration with Voyager and Ulysses flyby of Jupiter. Power spectra of velocity and density fluctuations, however, have not been as well studied, due to the lack of high-resolution measurements required to resolve a significant fraction...
Friday, Jul 16, 2021
The observation of numerous magnetic switchbacks and associated plasma jets in Parker Solar Probe (PSP) during its first five orbits, particularly near the Sun, has attracted considerable attention.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
In this study, we extend the prior interstellar pickup ion (PUI) observations from the Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument on New Horizons out to nearly 47 au - essentially halfway to the termination shock in the upwind direction.
Monday, May 17, 2021
Congratulations to Tyler Eddy, Andres Montoya and Alexandros Papamatthaiou as they succesfully graduated as part of the class of 2021.
Tuesday, Apr 27, 2021
Direct sampling of interstellar neutral (ISN) atoms close to the Sun enables studies of the very local interstellar medium (VLISM) around the heliosphere. The primary population of ISN helium atoms has, until now, been assumed to reflect the pristine VLISM conditions at the heliopause.
Publication: Dependence of the IBEX Ribbon Geometry on Pitch-Angle Scattering outside the Heliopause
Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021
Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) observations of the "ribbon" of enhanced energetic neutral atom (ENA) fluxes show that it is a persistent feature that approximately forms a circle in the sky, likely formed from secondary ENAs whose source lies outside the heliopause.
Wednesday, Feb 10, 2021
Properties of the inner heliosheath (IHS) plasma are inferred from energetic neutral atom (ENA) observations by ~1 au spacecraft. However, the Compton–Getting effect due to the plasma velocity relative to the spacecraft is rarely taken into account, even though the plasma speed is a significant fraction of the ENA speed.
Thursday, Jan 21, 2021
Field-aligned proton beams are a systematic and identifiable feature associated with Jupiter's auroral emissions, transporting 3 ± 2 kg s−1 away from Jupiter's ionosphere.
