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Exploring the Connections between the Sun, Outer Heliosphere, and Local Interstellar Medium Including First-Light Results from NASA’s IMAP Mission
Exploring the Connections between the Sun, Outer Heliosphere, and Local Interstellar Medium Including First-Light Results from NASA’s IMAP Mission
Session ID#: 248161
Session Description:
NASA’s new Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, scheduled for launch in September 2025, employs a payload of 10 instruments to study the interstellar medium, size and shape of the outer heliosphere, particle acceleration throughout the heliosphere, and how variability of the Sun and solar wind in the inner heliosphere projects outwards and ultimately affects the conditions in the outer heliosphere and beyond into the very local interstellar medium. We welcome abstracts from both inner and outer heliosphere communities, involving theoretical, modeling, as well as data analysis studies (from current or past missions) providing insights into acceleration processes at 1 au and beyond, samples of interstellar material, and processes governing the dynamics of the outer heliosphere. We especially welcome any contributions highlighting new results concerning the nature of the connections between the Sun, outer heliosphere, and local interstellar medium plus any “first-light” results from IMAP.
Index Terms:
7524 Magnetic fields [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7537 Solar and stellar variability [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7599 General or miscellaneous [SOLAR PHYSICS, ASTROPHYSICS, AND ASTRONOMY]
7807 Charged particle motion and acceleration [SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS]
Primary Convener: Drew L Turner, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners: Christina O Lee, University of California Berkeley, Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, United States, Domenico Trotta, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom and Nehpreet Kaur Walia, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Japan
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