Cosmic Rays Measurements on an Interstellar Probe: A Bold Approach to Concluding the Second Century of Space Aged Science
Whitepaper #169 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: basic research. Additional topics: outer heliosphere; space-based missions/projects; emerging opportunities.
by Matthew E. Hill, Robert C. Allen, Pontus C. Brandt, Robert B. Decker, Matina Gkioulidou, Stamatios M. Krimigis, Peter Kollmann, Ralph L. McNutt, Jr., Parisa Mostafavi, Romina Nikoukar, Elena Provornikova, Edmond C. Roelof, Drew L. Turner, Alan C. Cummings, Richard A. Leske, Richard A. Mewaldt, Georgia A. de Nolfo, J. Grant Mitchell, Konstantinos Dialynas, Vladimir F. Florinski, Jozsef Kota, Merav Opher, and John D. Richardson
Published onJul 31, 2023
Cosmic Rays Measurements on an Interstellar Probe: A Bold Approach to Concluding the Second Century of Space Aged Science
Flying a capable galactic cosmic ray (GCR) experiment on an Interstellar Probe (ISP) mission that launches around 2036 will provide the measurements needed to resolve the GCR puzzles by the end of the current century, cap-stoning ~200 years of cosmic ray science. The GCR experiment needs to be in the local interstellar medium, the one place where the uniquely revealing low-energy GCRs are found.
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