7537 Solar and stellar variability; 7594 Instruments and techniques
Abstract :
[en] The Solar Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory will characterize the dynamical evolution of the solar plasma from the chromosphere to the corona, and will follow the connection of plasma dynamics with magnetic activity throughout the solar atmosphere. The AIA consists of 7 high resolution imaging telescopes in the following spectral bandpasses: 1215 \x8F Ly-a, 304 \x8F He II, 629 \x8F OV, 465 \x8F Ne VII, 195 \x8F Fe XII (includes Fe XXIV), 284 \x8F Fe XV, and 335 \x8F Fe XVI. The telescopes are grouped by instrumental approach: the Magritte Filtergraphs (R. Magritte, famous 20th Century Belgian Surrealistic Artist), five multilayer EUV channels with bandpasses ranging from 195 to 1216 \x8F, and the SPECTRE Spectroheliograph with one soft-EUV channel at OV 629 \x8F. They will be simultaneously operated with a 10-second imaging cadence. These two instruments, the electronic boxes and two redundant Guide Telescopes (GT) constitute the AIA suite. They will be mounted and coaligned on a dedicated common optical bench. The GTs will provide pointing jitter information to the whole SHARPP assembly. This poster presents the selected technologies, the different challenges, the trade-offs to be made in phase A, and the model philosophy. From a scientific viewpoint, the unique combination high temporal and spatial resolutions with the simultaneous multi-channel capability will allow Magritte/SPECTRE to explore new domains in the dynamics of the solar atmosphere, in particular the fast small-scale phenomena. We show how the spectral channels of the different instruments were derived to fulfill the AIA scientific objectives, and we outline how this imager array will address key science issues, like the transition region and coronal waves or flare precursors, in coordination with other SDO experiments. We finally describe the real-time solar monitoring products that will be made available for space-weather forecasting applications.
Disciplines :
Aerospace & aeronautics engineering
Author, co-author :
Rochus, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège) - Instrumentation et expérimentation spatiales
Defise, Jean-Marc ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL : Direction générale - Satellites, missions et instruments spatiaux
Mazy, Emmanuel ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CSL (Centre Spatial de Liège)
Jamar, Claude ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Clette, Frédéric; Royal Observatory of Belgium
Cugnon, Pierre; Royal Observatory of Belgium, ROB, Brussels, Brussels, -- 01 Belgium
Berghmans, D.; Royal Observatory of Belgium, ROB, Brussels, Brussels, -- 01 Belgium
Hochedez, Jean-François; Royal Observatory of Belgium, ROB, Brussels, Brussels, -- 01 Belgium
Delaboudiniere, Jean-Pierre; Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, IAS,Orsay, Orsay, -- 01 France
Artzner, G.; Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, IAS,Orsay, Orsay, -- 01 France
Auchere, F.; Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, IAS,Orsay, Orsay, -- 01 France