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Title: The Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration Probe High Energy (IMAP-Hi) Neutral Atom Imager.
Authors: Funsten, H. O.1 (AUTHOR) hfunsten@lanl.gov, Allegrini, F.2,3 (AUTHOR), Reisenfeld, D. B.1 (AUTHOR), Cardarelli, G.4 (AUTHOR), Carpenter, B. C.1 (AUTHOR), Christian, E. R.5 (AUTHOR), Cortinas, S.2 (AUTHOR), Craft, S. P.1 (AUTHOR), Da Rocha, F. D.1 (AUTHOR), Dauson, E. R.1 (AUTHOR), De Los Santos, A.2 (AUTHOR), Dunn, G. F.2 (AUTHOR), Fernandes, P. A.1 (AUTHOR), Fletcher, G.2 (AUTHOR), Ford, K. A.1 (AUTHOR), Ford, J.2 (AUTHOR), Geros, E. G.1 (AUTHOR), Gkioulidou, M.6 (AUTHOR), Grubbs, G.2 (AUTHOR), Guthrie, A. A.1 (AUTHOR)
Source: Space Science Reviews. Jun2026, Vol. 222 Issue 4, p1-40. 40p.
Subjects: Heliosphere, Interstellar medium, United States. National Aeronautics & Space Administration, Sun, Space probes
Abstract: The IMAP-Hi Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Imager on NASA's Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission (McComas et al. 2018a, 2025) is designed to measure ENAs from the global interaction between the heliosphere and the local interstellar medium (LISM). These ENAs are initially plasma ions of solar wind origin that are neutralized by charge exchange with the cold neutral atoms of LISM that freely flow through the heliosphere-LISM interaction region. IMAP-Hi consists of two identical single-pixel sensors, each covering the ENA spectral range from 0.44 keV to 15.6 keV over nine contiguous energy passbands and having an approximately conical field-of-view (FOV) of 4.1o full width at half maximum (FWHM). The Hi-45 sensor points 45o relative to the spacecraft spin axis from the antisunward direction; each spacecraft spin, it measures ENA intensity over a circular swath with half-cone angle 45o centered on the ecliptic plane. The Hi-90 sensor points 90o relative to the spin axis; each spacecraft spin, it measures ENA intensity over a great circle in the sky, sampling both the north and south ecliptic poles. As the IMAP spin vector is re-pointed daily toward the Sun, the ecliptic longitude of the swaths moves daily by ∼1o such that a full sky map is acquired by Hi-90 every six months and a complete low latitude (−45o to +45o) map is acquired by Hi-45 annually. The IMAP-Hi sensor design has direct heritage from the IBEX-Hi imager on the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) mission, with substantial improvements in energy range, energy resolution, angular resolution, signal-to-noise ratio, and, for ecliptic latitudes within ±45o, temporal resolution and exposure time. The global ENA maps acquired by IMAP-Hi partially overlap in energy and viewing with the ENA maps acquired by the IMAP-Lo and IMAP-Ultra ENA imagers, which we combine to answer fundamental questions about the structure and dynamics of the interaction of the heliosphere and the LISM. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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