Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP): A New NASA Mission

J. McComas, D.; R. Christian, E.; A. Schwadron, N.; J. Fox, N.; H. Westlake, J.; Allegrini, F.; N. Baker, D.; A. Biesecker, D.; Bzowski, M.; Clark, G.; M. S. Cohen, C.; J. Cohen, I.; A. Dayeh, M.; B. Decker, R.; A. de Nolfo, G.; I. Desai, M.; W. Ebert, R.; A. Elliott, H.; J. Fahr, H.; C. Frisch, P.; O. Funsten, H.; A. Fuselier, S.; Galli, André; B. Galvin, A.; Giacalone, J.; Gkioulidou, M.; Guo, Fan; Horányi, M.; A. Isenberg, Philip; H. Janzen, P.; M. Kistler, L.; E. Korreck, K.; A. Kubiak, M.; Kucharek, H.; Larsen, B.; A. Leske, R.; Lugaz, Noé; G. Luhmann, J.; H. Matthaeus, W.; G. Mitchell, D.; Moebius, E.; Ogasawara, K.; B. Reisenfeld, D.; D. Richardson, J.; T. Russell, C.; M. Sokół, J.; E. Spence, H.; M. Skoug, R.; Sternovsky, Z.; Swaczyna, P.; R. Szalay, J.; Tokumaru, M.; E. Wiedenbeck, M.; Wurz, P.; P. Zank, G.; J. Zirnstein, E.

doi:10.1007/s11214-018-0550-1

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Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP): A New NASA Mission

Published in Space Science Reviews • Oct 22, 2018

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D. J. McComas

E. R. Christian

N. A. Schwadron

Abstract

The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is a revolutionary mission that simultaneously investigates two of the most important overarching issues in Heliophysics today: the acceleration of energetic particles and interaction of the solar wind with the local interstellar medium. While s...

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Heliosphere

Physics

Solar wind

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