Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) Onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration Probe (IMAP)

Mihály Horányi; Scott Tucker; Zoltan Sternovsky; Kush Tyagi; Scott Knappmiller; Ethan Ayari; Rebecca Mikula; Jamey R. Szalay; Sascha Kempf; Chip Bollendonk; Reid Gurnee; Melanie Fisher; Delphine McCann; Luisa Coakley; Scott Gurst; Kristina Davis; Shelley Bramer; Marc Miller; Joel Neher; Gregory Newcomb; Samuel Oberg; Jeffrey Sayler; Stacy Wade; Teresa Deaton; Alex Doner; John Fontanese; Eberhard Grün; Colin Miller; Robyn Wing; Lee Holguin; Max Fowle; Tim Hellickson; Asher Rhode; Nat Brennan; Doug Hansen; Darren O’Connor; Alec Kostovny; Sam Shaver; Karen Looney; Neal J. Turner; Jon Hillier; Frank Postberg; Ralf Srama; Eric Christian; Matina Gkioulidou; David J. McComas; Nathan A. Schwadron

doi:10.1007/s11214-025-01230-1

Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) Onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration Probe (IMAP)

Mihály Horányi
, Scott Tucker
, Zoltan Sternovsky
, Kush Tyagi
, Scott Knappmiller
, Ethan Ayari
, Rebecca Mikula
, Jamey R. Szalay
, Sascha Kempf
, Chip Bollendonk
, Reid Gurnee
, Melanie Fisher
, Delphine McCann
, Luisa Coakley
, Scott Gurst
, Kristina Davis
, Shelley Bramer
, Marc Miller
, Joel Neher
, Gregory Newcomb

Samuel Oberg, Jeffrey Sayler, Stacy Wade, Teresa Deaton, Alex Doner, John Fontanese, Eberhard Grün, Colin Miller, Robyn Wing, Lee Holguin, Max Fowle, Tim Hellickson, Asher Rhode, Nat Brennan, Doug Hansen, Darren O’Connor, Alec Kostovny, Sam Shaver, Karen Looney, Neal J. Turner, Jon Hillier, Frank Postberg, Ralf Srama, Eric Christian, Matina Gkioulidou, David J. McComas, Nathan A. Schwadron

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The Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) is dedicated to measuring the flux, size distribution, and composition of Interstellar (ISD) and Interplanetary (IDP) Dust Particles while stationed at Lagrange point L1 of the Earth-Sun system. IDEX is an impact ionization Time-of-Flight (TOF) mass spectrometer that measures the elemental and/or molecular and selected isotopic composition of impacting dust particles. Due to its high sensitivity and large detection area, IDEX is expected to detect and analyze approximately 200 ISD and 1250 IDP particles over the first two years of the mission.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	102
Journal	Space Science Reviews
Volume	221
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01230-1
State	Published - Dec 2025

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Horányi, M., Tucker, S., Sternovsky, Z., Tyagi, K., Knappmiller, S., Ayari, E., Mikula, R., Szalay, J. R., Kempf, S., Bollendonk, C., Gurnee, R., Fisher, M., McCann, D., Coakley, L., Gurst, S., Davis, K., Bramer, S., Miller, M., Neher, J., ... Schwadron, N. A. (2025). Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) Onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration Probe (IMAP). Space Science Reviews, 221(8), Article 102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-025-01230-1

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Interstellar Dust Experiment (IDEX) Onboard NASA’s Interstellar Mapping And Acceleration Probe (IMAP)

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