S/WAVES: The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation on the STEREO Mission

Details S/WAVES: The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation on the STEREO Mission S/WAVES: The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation on the STEREO Mission

Apr 2008

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008ssrv..136..487b&link_type=abstract

Space Science Reviews, Volume 136, Issue 1-4, pp. 487-528

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

67

Solar Radioastronomy, Space Instrumentation

Scientific paper

This paper introduces and describes the radio and plasma wave investigation on the STEREO Mission: STEREO/WAVES or S/WAVES. The S/WAVES instrument includes a suite of state-of-the-art experiments that provide comprehensive measurements of the three components of the fluctuating electric field from a fraction of a hertz up to 16 MHz, plus a single frequency channel near 30 MHz. The instrument has a direction finding or goniopolarimetry capability to perform 3D localization and tracking of radio emissions associated with streams of energetic electrons and shock waves associated with Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). The scientific objectives include: (i) remote observation and measurement of radio waves excited by energetic particles throughout the 3D heliosphere that are associated with the CMEs and with solar flare phenomena, and (ii) in-situ measurement of the properties of CMEs and interplanetary shocks, such as their electron density and temperature and the associated plasma waves near 1 Astronomical Unit (AU). Two companion papers provide details on specific aspects of the S/WAVES instrument, namely the electric antenna system (Bale et al., Space Sci. Rev., 2007) and the direction finding technique (Cecconi et al., Space Sci. Rev., 2007).

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

S/WAVES: The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation on the STEREO Mission does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with S/WAVES: The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation on the STEREO Mission, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and S/WAVES: The Radio and Plasma Wave Investigation on the STEREO Mission will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1698935