The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium, 1st ed. 2024 Into the Unknown Space Sciences Series of ISSI Series, Vol. 88

"The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium", the Proceedings of the First ISSI Workshop 6-10 November 1995, Bern, Switzerland, edited by R. von Steiger, R. Lallement, and M.A. Lee and published in 1996, was the first International Space Science Institute (ISSI) book in the Space Sciences Series. This book covers the knowledge gained in the subsequent 27 years that revolutionized our understanding of the interaction of the heliosphere with the very local interstellar medium (VLISM). Entirely new regions of space have been explored! The Voyagers both crossed the termination shock, passed through the heliosheath, crossed the heliopause, and entered the interstellar medium. New Horizons was launched with more modern instrumentation and explores low-latitude regions of the outer heliosphere. Energetic neutral atoms observed by IBEX and CASSINI allowed exploration of the heliosphere over the whole sky. The initial reconnaissance of the heliosphere and VLISM is complete with in situmeasurements, observations of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs), neutral VLISM H and He, UV emissions, and interstellar dust.

This book is a collection reviews from experts in the many aspects of this field that describe the current state of knowledge of the heliosphere?s interaction with the interstellar medium, puzzles yet to be solved, and future plans to continue these studies.

1. Editorial, The Heliosphere in the Local Interstellar Medium: Into the Unknown (Richardson et al.).- 2. The Early History of Heliospheric Science and the Spacecraft That Made It Possible (Zank et al).- 3. Observations of the Outer Heliosphere, Heliosheath, and Interstellar Medium (Richardson et al).- 4. The Structure of the Large-Scale Heliosphere as Seen by Current Models (Kleimann et al ).- 5 Shocks in the Very Local Interstellar Medium (Mostafavi et al).- 6 Backscattered Solar Lyman- Emission as a Tool for the Heliospheric Boundary Exploration (Baliukin et al).- 7 Turbulence in the Outer Heliosphere (Fraternale et al ).- 8 Recent Developments in Particle Acceleration at Shocks: Theory and Observations (Perri et al).- 9. Interstellar Neutrals, Pickup Ions, and Energetic Neutral Atoms Throughout the Heliosphere: Present Theory and Modeling Overview (Sokół et al).- 10. In Situ Observations of Interstellar Pickup Ions from 1 au to the Outer Heliosphere (Zirnstein et al).- 11. The Heliosphere and Local Interstellar Medium from Neutral Atom Observations at Energies Below 10 keV (Galli et al).- 12 The Structure of the Global Heliosphere as Seen by In-Situ Ions from the Voyagers and Remotely Sensed ENAs from Cassini (Dialynas et al).- 13 Galactic Cosmic Rays Throughout the Heliosphere and in the Very Local Interstellar Medium (Rankin et al).- 14 Anomalous Cosmic Rays and Heliospheric Energetic Particles (Giacalone et al).- 15. Theory of Cosmic Ray Transport in the Heliosphere (Engelbrecht et al).- 16. Astrospheres of Planet-Hosting Cool Stars and Beyond ⋅ When Modeling Meets Observations (Herbst et al).- 17 Dust in and Around the Heliosphere and Astrospheres (Sterken et al).- 18. Inhomogeneity in the Local ISM and Its Relation to the Heliosphere (Linsky et al.).- 19 Future Exploration of the Outer Heliosphere and Very Local Interstellar Medium by Interstellar Probe (Brandt et al).

John D. Richardson