Development of a moon-based magnetospheric and coronal imager using a large broadband array

Details Development of a moon-based magnetospheric and coronal imager using a large broadband array Development of a moon-based magnetospheric and coronal imager using a large broadband array

Oct 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991asee.nasaq....l&link_type=abstract

In Alabama Univ., Research Reports: 1991 NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellowship Program 4 p (SEE N92-15850 06-80)

Physics

Antenna Components, Decametric Waves, Earth Magnetosphere, Lunar Surface, Moon, Observatories, Plasmas (Physics), Radio Telescopes, Receivers, Solar Corona, Space Plasmas, Transmitters, Active Galactic Nuclei, Broadband, Low Frequencies, Pulsars, Solar Flares, Supernova Remnants

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The 'Missions to and from Planet Earth' mandated by President Bush in 1989 provide a unique opportunity for magnetospheric and coronal plasma physicists to cooperate with low frequency radio astronomers in the development of an advanced experiment designed for the lunar surface. A large active lunar based array would sound the Earth's magnetosphere at VLF frequencies and the solar corona at decametric wavelengths allowing plasma physicists to map both the Earth's magnetosphere and those regions in the solar corona that trigger precursors to solar flares. With the transmitter silent, the array would become the ideal low frequency radio telescope, examining both geospace emissions such as auroral kilometric radiation and extraterrestrial signals from the planets, pulsars, supernova remnants, and active galactic nuclei. Both experiments satisfy requirements mandated in both 'Mission to Planet Earth' and in 'Mission from Planet Earth.' By proposing a cooperative effort both communities (plasma physicists and radio astronomers) stand to benefit. Jim Green, Director of the NASA Space Science Data Center (NSSDC) at GSFC; Tony Phillips, Research Fellow at California Institute of Technology; T. D. Carr, Director of the University of Florida Radio Observatory (UFRO) and the author are enlisting the cooperation of the scientific community in defining the system specifications. Some components, such as the receivers, will be standard 'off-the-shelf' items, and hence will require little developmental research. However, the individual antenna elements and the phasing and matching networks will require some R&D to satisfy the frequency requirements (20 KHz-40 MHz). By flying the experiment in Earth orbit first, Dr. Green proposes to gather valuable magnetospheric data as well as to prove the principle of the large moon based experiment. He claims that funding for the preliminary ground based studies at the UFRO may be available as early as FY-92.

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