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Spectral Properties of ∼0.5-6 kev Energetic Neutral Atoms Measured by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) along the Lines of Sight of Voyager

  • Authors: M. I. Desai, F. A. Allegrini, M. A. Dayeh, B. De Majistre, H. Funsten, J. Heerikhuisen, D. J. McComas, N. Pogorelov, N. A. Schwadron, and G. P. Zank

Desai et al. 2012 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 749 L30.

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Caption: Figure 3.

Predicted energy spectra of ENAs produced as a result of charge exchange between interstellar neutral atoms and different ion populations present in the heliosheath, integrated along the LOS's of (a) Voyager 1 and (b) Voyager 2 (taken from the simulations of Zank et al. 2010). Purple: suprathermal ion tail with a kappa distribution; blue: transmitted solar wind (SW) ions; green: reflected heliosheath pickup ions (PUIs); dashed red: transmitted shell-like distribution of PUIs; dotted red: transmitted Maxwellian distribution of PUIs.

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