Europlanet Science Congress 2022
Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain
18 – 23 September 2022
Europlanet Science Congress 2022
Palacio de Congresos de Granada, Spain
18 September – 23 September 2022
EPSC Abstracts
Vol. 16, EPSC2022-1002, 2022, updated on 10 Jan 2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-1002
Europlanet Science Congress 2022
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Interstellar dust as a unique and interdisciplinary science case for the Interstellar Probe

Silvan Hunziker1, Veerle Sterken1, and the Interstellar Probe ISD Team*
Silvan Hunziker and Veerle Sterken and the Interstellar Probe ISD Team
  • 1ETH Zurich, Institut for Particle Physics and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Switzerland
  • *A full list of authors appears at the end of the abstract
The Interstellar Probe is a mission concept to investigate (in situ) the heliosphere, its boundaries and its immediate surrounding interstellar space. It is a multi-purpose mission serving compelling science goals in heliosphere science, planetary science and astrophysics. One of the interdisciplinary science investigations on the Interstellar Probe concerns measurements of interstellar (and interplanetary) dust in and outside of the heliosphere. Such measurements will be unique and a major leap forward for interstellar dust research: no spacecraft ever has flown out of the heliosphere with a dedicated dust package before. This is important because the heliosphere filters out the smallest of these particles through their surface charge and coupling to magnetic fields and because the dynamics of submicron dust particles in the heliosphere are influenced by the solar cycle and the large-scale structure and dynamics of the different regions in the heliosphere. The boundary regions of the heliosphere are fairly unexplored. 
In this talk, we present the compelling and interdisciplinary science case of interstellar dust for a mission like the Interstellar Probe. We discuss interstellar dust simulation results and discuss what the mission can expect to measure, depending on different assumptions for the dust size distribution and composition. We use these simulations to illustrate how interstellar dust measurements and simulations can bring us new information about the global structure and dynamics of the heliosphere.  
Interstellar Probe ISD Team:

Peter Strub, Aigen Li, Lennart Robin Baalmann, Pontus Brandt, Hsiang-Wen Hsu, Caitlin Ahrens, Charles Beichmann, Bruce Draine, Priscilla Frisch, Andre Galli, Mihaly Horanyi, Sascha Kempf, Harald Krüger, Rosine Lallement, Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Carey Lisse, Andrew Poppe, Frank Postberg, Mark Perry, William T. Reach, Jonathan Slavin, Ralf Srama, Zoltan Sternovsky, Jamey Szalay, Mike Zemcov

How to cite: Hunziker, S. and Sterken, V. and the Interstellar Probe ISD Team: Interstellar dust as a unique and interdisciplinary science case for the Interstellar Probe, Europlanet Science Congress 2022, Granada, Spain, 18–23 Sep 2022, EPSC2022-1002, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2022-1002, 2022.

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