Computer Science – Sound
Scientific paper
May 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000spd....31.0299d&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, SPD Meeting #31, #02.99; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.828
Computer Science
Sound
Scientific paper
A major focus of solar physics is the measurement of the temporal and spatial variability of solar magnetic fields from the photosphere into the lower corona, together with the study of how their behavior produces the dynamic phenomena in this region such as flares and CMEs. Considerable success has been achieved in the characterization of the full vector field in the photosphere, where β , the ratio of the gas pressure to the magnetic pressure, is gtrsim1. At higher levels in the atmosphere where β <<1, the magnetic field (through the Lorentz force) controls the structure and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, and rapid changes in structure with release of energy become possible. However, observations of the field at these higher levels have proven to be difficult, placing a serious limitation on our understanding of the physical processes occurring there. This poster will discuss the Solar Ultraviolet Magnetograph Investigation (SUMI), a hardware development study for an instrument capable of measuring the polarization in ultraviolet lines of C IV and Mg II formed in the transition region and upper chromosphere. We are currently developing optical technologies necessary to build an instrument that will achieve a major advance in performance over that of earlier attempts (e.g., SMM/UVSP). Initially configured as a sounding rocket payload, such a UV magnetograph would allow us to make exploratory measurements extending the observation of solar magnetic fields into new and dynamic regimes. This work is supported by NASA through the SEC Program in Solar Physics and the program for Technology Development for Explorer Missions and Sofia.
Davila Jose Manuel
Davis Mark J.
Gary Gilmer A.
Porter Jason G.
Rabin Douglas M.
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