IBEX—Interstellar Boundary Explorer

J. McComas, D.; Allegrini, F.; Bochsler, P.; Bzowski, M.; R. Collier, M.; J. Fahr, H.; Fichtner, H.; C. Frisch, P.; O. Funsten, H.; A. Fuselier, S.; Gloeckler, G.; Gruntman, M.; Izmodenov, V.; H. Knappenberger, P.; Lee, M.; Livi, S.; G. Mitchell, D.; Möbius, E.; E. Moore, T.; Pope, S.; B. Reisenfeld, D.; C. Roelof, E.; Scherrer, J.; A. Schwadron, N.; T. Tyler, Robert; Wieser, Martin; Witte, M.; Wurz, P.; P. Zank, G.

doi:10.1007/s11214-009-9499-4

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IBEX—Interstellar Boundary Explorer

Published in Space Science Reviews • Apr 17, 2009

Authors:

D. J. McComas

F. Allegrini

P. Bochsler

Abstract

The Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) is a small explorer mission that launched on 19 October 2008 with the sole, focused science objective to discover the global interaction between the solar wind and the interstellar medium . IBEX is designed to achieve this objective by answering four fundame...

Subject

Heliosphere

Physics

Energetic neutral atom

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