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Title: Simulations of a dynamic solar cycle and its effects on the interstellar boundary explorer ribbon and globally distributed energetic neutral atom flux

Abstract

Observations by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) have vastly improved our understanding of the interaction between the solar wind (SW) and local interstellar medium through direct measurements of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs); this informs us about the heliospheric conditions that produced them. An enhanced feature of flux in the sky, the so-called IBEX ribbon, was not predicted by any global models before the first IBEX observations. A dominating theory of the origin of the ribbon, although still under debate, is a secondary charge-exchange process involving secondary ENAs originating from outside the heliopause. According to this mechanism, the evolution of the solar cycle should be visible in the ribbon flux. Therefore, in this paper we simulate a fully time-dependent ribbon flux, as well as globally distributed flux from the inner heliosheath (IHS), using time-dependent SW parameters from Sokol et al. as boundary conditions for our time-dependent heliosphere simulation. After post-processing the results to compute H ENA fluxes, these results show that the secondary ENA ribbon indeed should be time dependent, evolving with a period of approximately 11 yr, with differences depending on the energy and direction. Our results for the IHS flux show little periodic change with the 11 yr solarmore » cycle, but rather with short-term fluctuations in the background plasma. And, while the secondary ENA mechanism appears to emulate several key characteristics of the observed IBEX ribbon, it appears that our simulation does not yet include all of the relevant physics that produces the observed ribbon.« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL (United States). Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research and Dept. of Physics; Southwest Research Inst. (SwRI), San Antonio, TX (United States)
  2. Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL (United States). Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research and Dept. of Space Science
  3. Southwest Research Inst. (SwRI), San Antonio, TX (United States); Univ. of Texas, San Antonio, TX (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  4. Southwest Research Inst. (SwRI), San Antonio, TX (United States)
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Research Org.:
Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
OSTI Identifier:
1326075
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0008334; NNX11AB48G; NNX12AH44G; NNX12AB30G; NNX13AF99G; NNX14AF43G; NNX14AP24G; NNX14AJ53G
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
The Astrophysical Journal (Online)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal (Online); Journal Volume: 804; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1538-4357
Publisher:
Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS; ISM: atoms; methods: numerical; solar wind; Sun: heliosphere

Citation Formats

Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J., and Dayeh, M. A. Simulations of a dynamic solar cycle and its effects on the interstellar boundary explorer ribbon and globally distributed energetic neutral atom flux. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/5.
Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J., & Dayeh, M. A. Simulations of a dynamic solar cycle and its effects on the interstellar boundary explorer ribbon and globally distributed energetic neutral atom flux. United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/5
Zirnstein, E. J., Heerikhuisen, J., Pogorelov, N. V., McComas, D. J., and Dayeh, M. A. Thu . "Simulations of a dynamic solar cycle and its effects on the interstellar boundary explorer ribbon and globally distributed energetic neutral atom flux". United States. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1326075.
@article{osti_1326075,
title = {Simulations of a dynamic solar cycle and its effects on the interstellar boundary explorer ribbon and globally distributed energetic neutral atom flux},
author = {Zirnstein, E. J. and Heerikhuisen, J. and Pogorelov, N. V. and McComas, D. J. and Dayeh, M. A.},
abstractNote = {Observations by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) have vastly improved our understanding of the interaction between the solar wind (SW) and local interstellar medium through direct measurements of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs); this informs us about the heliospheric conditions that produced them. An enhanced feature of flux in the sky, the so-called IBEX ribbon, was not predicted by any global models before the first IBEX observations. A dominating theory of the origin of the ribbon, although still under debate, is a secondary charge-exchange process involving secondary ENAs originating from outside the heliopause. According to this mechanism, the evolution of the solar cycle should be visible in the ribbon flux. Therefore, in this paper we simulate a fully time-dependent ribbon flux, as well as globally distributed flux from the inner heliosheath (IHS), using time-dependent SW parameters from Sokol et al. as boundary conditions for our time-dependent heliosphere simulation. After post-processing the results to compute H ENA fluxes, these results show that the secondary ENA ribbon indeed should be time dependent, evolving with a period of approximately 11 yr, with differences depending on the energy and direction. Our results for the IHS flux show little periodic change with the 11 yr solar cycle, but rather with short-term fluctuations in the background plasma. And, while the secondary ENA mechanism appears to emulate several key characteristics of the observed IBEX ribbon, it appears that our simulation does not yet include all of the relevant physics that produces the observed ribbon.},
doi = {10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/5},
journal = {The Astrophysical Journal (Online)},
number = 1,
volume = 804,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Thu Apr 23 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}

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The Role of Pickup Ion Dynamics Outside of the Heliopause in the Limit of Weak Pitch Angle Scattering: Implications for the Source of the IBEX Ribbon
journal, March 2018

  • Zirnstein, E. J.; Heerikhuisen, J.; Dayeh, M. A.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 855, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaaf6d

The IBEX Ribbon and the Thickness of the Inner Heliosheath
journal, July 2018


Globally Distributed Energetic Neutral Atom Maps for the “Croissant” Heliosphere
journal, September 2018


Magnetic Turbulence Spectra and Intermittency in the Heliosheath and in the Local Interstellar Medium
journal, February 2019

  • Fraternale, Federico; Pogorelov, Nikolai V.; Richardson, John D.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 872, Issue 1
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aafd30

Variability in the Position of the IBEX Ribbon over Nine Years: More Observational Evidence for a Secondary ENA Source
journal, July 2019

  • Dayeh, M. A.; Zirnstein, E. J.; Desai, M. I.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 879, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab21c1

Parallax of the IBEX Ribbon Indicates a Spatially Retained Source
journal, July 2019

  • Zirnstein, E. J.; Swaczyna, P.; McComas, D. J.
  • The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 879, Issue 2
  • DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2633

Turbulence in the Local Interstellar Medium and the IBEX Ribbon
journal, January 2020


Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP): A New NASA Mission
text, January 2018