Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) Onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration Probe (IMAP)

Horányi, Mihály; Tucker, Scott; Sternovsky, Zoltan; Tyagi, Kush; Knappmiller, Scott; Ayari, Ethan; Mikula, Rebecca; Szalay, Jamey R.; Kempf, Sascha; Bollendonk, Chip; Gurnee, Reid; Fisher, Melanie; McCann, Delphine; Coakley, Luisa; Gurst, Scott; Davis, Kristina; Bramer, Shelley; Miller, Marc; Neher, Joel; Newcomb, Gregory; Oberg, Samuel; Sayler, Jeffrey; Wade, Stacy; Deaton, Teresa; Doner, Alex; Fontanese, John; Grün, Eberhard; Miller, Colin; Wing, Robyn; Holguin, Lee; Fowle, Max; Hellickson, Tim; Rhode, Asher; Brennan, Nat; Hansen, Doug; O’Connor, Darren; Kostovny, Alec; Shaver, Sam; Looney, Karen; Turner, Neal J.; Hillier, Jon; Postberg, Frank; Srama, Ralf; Christian, Eric; Gkioulidou, Matina; McComas, David J.; Schwadron, Nathan A.

doi:10.1007/s11214-025-01230-1

Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) Onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration Probe (IMAP)

Title:

Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) Onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration Probe (IMAP)

Author(s):

Horányi, Mihály; Tucker, Scott; Sternovsky, Zoltan; Tyagi, Kush; Knappmiller, Scott; Ayari, Ethan; Mikula, Rebecca; Szalay, Jamey R.; Kempf, Sascha; Bollendonk, Chip; Gurnee, Reid; Fisher, Melanie; McCann, Delphine; Coakley, Luisa; Gurst, Scott; Davis, Kristina; Bramer, Shelley; Miller, Marc; Neher, Joel; Newcomb, Gregory; Oberg, Samuel; Sayler, Jeffrey; Wade, Stacy; Deaton, Teresa; Doner, Alex; Fontanese, John; Grün, Eberhard; Miller, Colin; Wing, Robyn; Holguin, Lee; Fowle, Max; Hellickson, Tim; Rhode, Asher; Brennan, Nat; Hansen, Doug; O’Connor, Darren; Kostovny, Alec; Shaver, Sam; Looney, Karen; Turner, Neal J.; Hillier, Jon; Postberg, Frank; Srama, Ralf; Christian, Eric; Gkioulidou, Matina; McComas, David J.; Schwadron, Nathan A.

Year of publication:

2025

Available Date:

2025-11-03T05:40:08Z

Abstract:

The Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is dedicated to measuring the flux, size distribution, and composition of Interstellar (ISD) and Interplanetary (IDP) Dust Particles while stationed at Lagrange point L1 of the Earth-Sun system. IDEX is an impact ionization Time-of-Flight (TOF) mass spectrometer that measures the elemental and/or molecular and selected isotopic composition of impacting dust particles. Due to its high sensitivity and large detection area, IDEX is expected to detect and analyze approximately 200 ISD and 1250 IDP particles over the first two years of the mission.

Identifier:

https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/50099
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-49824

Part of Identifier:

ISSN (print): 0038-6308
e-ISSN (online): 1572-9672

Language:

English

Keywords:

Astrophysical Dust
Astronomical instrumentation
Computational Astrophysics

DDC-Classification:

520 Astronomie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

Publication Type:

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel