The Structure of the Global Heliosphere as Seen by In-Situ Ions from the Voyagers and Remotely Sensed ENAs from Cassini
Krimigis, Stamatios M.; Mitchell, Donald G.; Hilchenbach, Martin; Dialynas, Konstantinos; Decker, Robert B.; Hill, Matthew; Hsieh, Ke Chiang; Czechowski, Andrzej
Greece, United States, Germany, Poland
Abstract
The exploration of interplanetary space and our solar bubble, the heliosphere, has made a big leap over the past two decades, due to the path-breaking observations of the two Voyager spacecraft, launched more than 44 years ago. Their in-situ particle and fields measurements were complemented by remote observations of 5.2 to 55 keV Energetic Neutral Atoms (ENA) from the Cassini mission (Ion and Neutral Camera-INCA), revealing a number of previously unanticipated heliospheric structures such as the "Belt", a region of enhanced particle pressure inside the heliosheath. The Suprathermal Time Of Flight (HSTOF) instrument on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) also provided information of 58-88 keV ENAs from the heliosphere. In this chapter we provide a brief discussion for the contribution of the Voyager 1 and 2 Low Energy Charged Particle (LECP) observations that provided "ground truth" to the ENA images from Cassini/INCA towards addressing fundamental questions for the heliosphere's interaction with the Very Local Interstellar Medium.