R. Srama

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the critical role that synchrotron X-ray and infrared microprobes are playing in the search for interstellar dust in the Stardust Interstellar Dust Collector (SIDC).

TL;DR: The Enceladus Icy Jet Analyzer (ENIJA) as mentioned in this paper is a time-of-flight mass spectrometer for compositional analysis of submicron and micronsized dust particles.

TL;DR: In this paper, a model payload of detectors for measuring the dust flux in the vicinity of the Moon is described, and the authors predict that the flux is sufficient to permit studies of cometary vs. asteroidal dust and their composition, and to sample interstellar dust streams.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the Cosmic Dust Analyser (CDA) to produce time-of-flight mass spectra of cations generated by high-velocity impacts of individual grains onto a metal target.

TL;DR: The Stardust Interstellar Dust Collection tray as discussed by the authors provides the first opportunity for the direct laboratory-based measurement of contemporary interstellar dust, and has already revealed 16 tracks from particle impacts with an orientation consistent with an interstellar origin, and to date four of the particles associated with these tracks have a composition consistent with the extraterrestrial origin.