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Polish participation in the NASA space mission Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX): astronomy of neutral atoms

2012/06/M/ST9/00455

Keywords:

interstellar matter heliosphere IBEX solar wind energetic neutral atoms interplanetary matter interstellar clouds interstellar gas neutral atom astronomy

Descriptors:

  • ST9_1: Solar and interplanetary physics
  • ST9_3: Interstellar medium
  • ST9_18: Observational and satellite techniques, telescopes, detectors

Panel:

ST9 - Astronomy and space science: astrophysics, astrochemistry, astrobiology, solar system, planetary systems, stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, space science, instrumentation

Host institution :

Centrum Badań Kosmicznych PAN

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Maciej Bzowski 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 10

Call: HARMONIA 3 - announced on 2012-06-15

Amount awarded: 797 940 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-03-22

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-03-21

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (30)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (1)
  1. Imaging the heliosphere using neutral atoms from solar wind energy down to 15 eV
    Authors:
    Galli, A., Wurz, P., Fuselier, S.A., McComas, D.J., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, M.A., Möbius, E.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2014, tom: 796, strony: 9), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/796/1/9 - link to the publication
  2. Interstellar flow and temperature determination with IBEX: Robustness and sensitivity to systematic effects
    Authors:
    Möbius, E., Bzowski, M., Frisch, P.C., Fuselier, S.A., Heirtzler, D., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Lee, M.A., Leonard, T., McComas, D.J., Schwadron, N.A., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., Wurz, P.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysicsl Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 24), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/24 - link to the publication
  3. Interstellar neutral helium in the heliosphere from IBEX observations. I. Uncertainties and backgrounds in the data and parameter determination method
    Authors:
    Swaczyna, P., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Sokół, J.M., Fuselier, S.A., Heirtzler, D., Kucharek, H., Leonard, T.W., McComas, D.E., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 26), Wydawca: The American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/26 - link to the publication
  4. Interstellar neutral helium in the heliosphere from IBEX observations. III. Mach number of the flow, velocity vector, and temperature from the first six years of measurements
    Authors:
    Bzowski, M., Swaczyna, P., Kubiak, M.A., Sokół, J.M., Fuselier, S.A, Galli, A., Heirtzler, D., Kucharek, H., Leonard, T.W., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., Wurz, P.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 28), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/28 - link to the publication
  5. Low energy neutral atoms from the heliosheath
    Authors:
    Fuselier, S.A., Allegrini, F., Bzowski, M., Dayeh, M., Desai, M., Funsten, H.O., Galli, A., Heirtzler, D., Janzen, P., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Lewis, W., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Petrinec, S.M., Quinn, M., Schwadron, N., Sokół, J.M., Trattner, K.J., Wood, B.E., Wurz, P.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2014, tom: 784, strony: 89), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/784/2/89 - link to the publication
  6. Revisiting the ISN flow parameters, using a variable IBEX pointing strategy
    Authors:
    Leonard, T.W., Möbius, E., Bzowski, M., Fuselier, S.A., Heirtzler, D., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Lee, M., McComas, D.J., Schwadron, N.A., Wurz, P.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2015, tom: 804, strony: 42), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/42 - link to the publication
  7. Solar photoionization rates for interstellar neutrals in the inner heliosphere: H, He, O, and Ne
    Authors:
    Bochsler, P., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J., Didkovsky, L., Wieman, S.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2014, tom: 210, strony: 12), Wydawca: The American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/00067-0049/210/1/12 - link to the publication
  8. Determination of interstellar He parameters using 5 years of data from IBEX: Beyond closed-form approximations
    Authors:
    Schwadron, N.A., Möbius, E., Leonard, T., Fuselier, S.A., McComas, D.J., Heirtzler, D., Kucharek, H., Rahmanifard, F., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P. Frisch, P.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 25), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/25 - link to the publication
  9. Exploring the possibility of O and Ne contamination in Ulysses observations of interstellar helium
    Authors:
    Wood, B.E, Müller, H.-R., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Möbius, E., Witte, M., McComas, D.J.
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 31), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/31 - link to the publication
  10. IBEX: the first five years (2009 – 2013)
    Authors:
    McComas, D.J., Allegrini, F., Bzowski, M., Dayeh, M.A., DeMajistre, R., Funsten, H.O., Fuselier, S.A., Gruntman, M., Janzen, P.H., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Reisenfeld, D.B., Schwadron, N.A., Sokół, J.M., Tokumaru, M.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2014, tom: 213, strony: 20), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/213/2/20 - link to the publication
  11. Interstellar neutral helium in the heliosphere from IBEX observations. II. The Warsaw Test Particle Model (WTPM)
    Authors:
    Sokół, J.M, Kubiak, M.A., Bzowski, M., Swaczyna, P.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 27), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/27 - link to the publication
  12. Interstellar neutral helium in the heliosphere from IBEX observations. IV. Flow vector, Mach number, and abundance of the Warm Breeze
    Authors:
    Kubiak, M.A, Swaczyna, P., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Fuselier, S.A, Galli, A., Heirtzler, D., Kucharek, H., Leonard, T.W., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., Wurz, P.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2016, tom: 223, strony: 35), Wydawca: American Astronomical Soceity
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/0067-0049/220/2/35 - link to the publication
  13. Warmer Local Interstellar Medium: A possible resolution of the Ulysses-IBEX enigma
    Authors:
    McComas, D.J., Bzowski, M., Frisch, P., Fuselier, S.A., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Leonard, T., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., Witte, M.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2015, tom: 801, strony: 28), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/801/1/28 - link to the publication
  14. Correcting the record on the analysis of IBEX and STEREO data regarding variations in the neutral interstellar wind
    Authors:
    Frisch, P.C., Bzowski, M., Drews, C., Leonard, T., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D.J., Möbius, N. Schwadron, J.M. Sokół
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2015, tom: 801, strony: 61), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/801/1/61 - link to the publication
  15. Reconstruction of helio-latitudinal structure of the solar wind proton speed and density
    Authors:
    Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., Bzowski, M., Tokumaru, M.
    Academic press:
    Solar Physics (rok: 2015, tom: 290, strony: 2589-2616), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s11207-015-0800-2 - link to the publication
  16. Solar wind He pickup ions as source of tens-of-keV/n neutral He atoms observed by the HSTOF/SOHO detector
    Authors:
    Grzędzielski, S., Swaczyna, P., Czechowski, A., Hilchenbach, M.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2014, tom: 563, strony: A134), Wydawca: The European Southern Observatory (ESO)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201322927 - link to the publication
  17. Separation of the Ribbon from globally distributed energetic neutral atom flux using the first 5 years of IBEX observations
    Authors:
    Schwadron, N.A., Möbius, E., Fuselier, S.A., McComas, D.J., Funsten, H.O., Janzen, P., Reisenfeld, D., Kucharek, H., Lee, M.A., Fairchild, K., Allegrini, F., Dayeh, M., Livadiotis, G., Reno, M., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, M.A., Christian, E.R., DeMajistre, R., Frisch, P., Galli, A., Wurz, P., Gruntman, M.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2014, tom: 215, strony: 13), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/215/1/13 - link to the publication
  18. Solar cycle variation of interstellar neutral He, Ne, O density and pick-up ions along the Earth's orbit
    Authors:
    Sokół, J.M., Bzowski, M, Kubiak, M.A., Möbius, E.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2016, tom: 458, strony: 3691-3704), Wydawca: Oxford University Press w imieniu Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnras/stw515 - link to the publication
  19. Symmetry of the IBEX Ribbon of enhanced energetic neutral atom (ENA) flux
    Authors:
    Funsten, H.O., Bzowski, M., Cai, D.M., Dayeh, M., DeMajistre, R., Frisch, P.C., Herrikhuisen, J., Hidgon, D.M., Janzen, P., Larsen, B.A., Livadiotis, G., McComas, D.J., Möbius, E., Reese, C.S., Roelof, E.C., Reisenfeld, D.B., Schwadron, N.A., Zirnstein, E.J.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2015, tom: 799, strony: 68), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/799/1/68 - link to the publication
  20. Why are the magnetic field directions measured by Voyager 1 on both sides of the heliopause so similar?
    Authors:
    Grygorczuk, J., Czechowski, A., Grzedzielski, S.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Letters (rok: 2014, tom: 789, strony: L43), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/2041-8205/789/2/L43 - link to the publication
  21. Assessment of energetic neutral He atom intensities expected from the IBEX Ribbon
    Authors:
    Swaczyna, P., Grzedzielski, P., Bzowski, M.
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2014, tom: 782, strony: 106), Wydawca: The American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/782/2/106 - link to the publication
  22. Can IBEX detect interstellar neutral helium or oxygen from anti-ram directions?
    Authors:
    Galli, A., Wurz, P., Park, J., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Schwadron, N.A., Sokół, J.M., Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Swaczyna, P., Fuselier, S.A., McComas, D.J
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 30), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/30 - link to the publication
  23. Energetic neutral atoms measured by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX): Evidence for multiple heliosheath populations
    Authors:
    Desai, M.I., Allegrini, F.A., Bzowski, M., Dayeh, M.A., Funsten, H., Fuselier, S., Heerikhuisen, J., Kubiak, M.A., McComas, D.J., Pogorelov, N.V., Schwadron, N.A., Sokół, J.M., Zank, G.P., Zirnstein, E.J.
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2014, tom: 780, strony: 98), Wydawca: The American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/780/1/98 - link to the publication
  24. Heliospheric plasma flow at Voyager 2 is almost coplanar with the hydrogen deflection plane
    Authors:
    Grygorczuk, J., Czechowski, A., Grzedzielski, S.
    Academic press:
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (rok: 2015, tom: 450, strony: L76-L79), Wydawca: Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/mnrasl/slv050 - link to the publication
  25. Local interstellar medium: six years of direct sampling by IBEX
    Authors:
    McComas, D.J., Bzowski, M., Fuselier, S.A., Frisch, P.C., Galli, A., Izmodenov, V.V., Katushkina, O.A., Kubiak, M.A., Lee, M.A., Leonard, T.W., Möbius, E., Park, J., Schwadron, N.A., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., Wood, B.E., Wurz, P.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 22), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/22 - link to the publication
  26. Neutral interstellar He parameters In front of the heliosphere 1994—2007
    Authors:
    Bzowski, M., Kubiak, M.A., Hłond, M., Sokół, M.A., Banszkiewicz, M., Witte, M.
    Academic press:
    Astronomy & Astrophysics (rok: 2014, tom: 569, strony: A8), Wydawca: The European Southern Observatory (ESO)
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1051/0004-6361/201424127 - link to the publication
  27. The Ne to O abundance ratio of the interstellar medium from the IBEX-Lo observations
    Authors:
    Park, J., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Leonard, T., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, M.A., Fuselier, S.A., McComas D.J.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2014, tom: 795, strony: 97), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0004-637X/795/1/97 - link to the publication
  28. The interstellar neutral He haze in the heliosphere: what can we learn?
    Authors:
    Sokół, J.M., Bzowski, M, Kubiak, M.A., Swaczyna, P., Galli, P., Wurz, P., Möbius, M., Kucharek, H., Fuselier, S.A., McComas, D.J.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2015, tom: 220, strony: 29), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/220/2/29 - link to the publication
  29. The roll-over of heliospheric neutral hydrogen below 100 eV: observations and implications
    Authors:
    Galli, A., Wurz, P., Schwadron, N.A., Kucharek, H., Möbius, E., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Kubiak, M.A., Funsten, H.O., Fuselier, S.A., McComas, D.J.
    Academic press:
    The Astrophysical Journal (rok: 2016, tom: 821, strony: 107), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.3847/0004-637X/821/2/107 - link to the publication
  30. Warm Breeze from the starboard bow: a new population of neutral helium in the heliosphere
    Authors:
    Kubiak, M.A., Bzowski, M., Sokół, J.M., Swaczyna, P., Grzedzielski, S., Alexashov, D.B., Izmodenov, V.V., Möbius, E., Leonard, T., Fuselier, T., Wurz, P., McComas, D.J.
    Academic press:
    Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series (rok: 2014, tom: 213, strony: 29), Wydawca: American Astronomical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1088/0067-0049/212/2/29 - link to the publication
  1. Interstellar gas flow vector and temperature determination over 5 years of IBEX observations
    Authors:
    Möbius, E., Bzowski, M., Fuselier, S.A., Heirtzler, D., Kubiak, M.A., Kucharek, H., Lee, M.A., Leonard, T., McComas, D.J., Schwadron, N., Sokół, J.M., Wurz
    Conference:
    13-th Annual International Astrophysics Conference: Voyager, IBEX, and the Interstellar Medium (rok: 2015, ), Wydawca: IOP Science
    Data:
    konferencja 10-14.03.2014
    Status:
    Published