Publication Date:
2013-08-31
Description:
A breadboard design to prove the operational feasibility of SAMEX Vector Magnetograph is being developed. Although the breadboard design will not include all of the elements of the original design concept, critical elements such as the large detector array and the high resolution polarimeter will be important parts of the breadboard design to study the data analysis and compression techniques that will be needed in a SAMEX instrument, to study the calibration techniques for systemmatic errors in the polarimeter, and to obtain high resolution vector magnetograms during the next solar maximum. Although the SAMEX polarimeter is not optimum for a ground-based patrol instrument, the design concept can be confirmed with ground-based measurements and direct comparisons with the existing vector magnetograph. The extension of the scientific objectives for this breadboard design is possible if a tunable filter can be acquired.
Keywords:
SOLAR PHYSICS
Type:
NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Max 1991: Flare Research at the Next Solar Maximum. Workshop 1: Scientific Objectives; p 86-96
Format:
application/pdf
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