High resolution soft X-ray spectroscopy and the quest for the hot (5-10 MK) plasma in solar active regions

no code implementations • 10 Mar 2021 • G. Del Zanna, V. Andretta, P. J. Cargill, A. J. Corso, A. N. Daw, L. Golub, J. A. Klimchuk, H. E. Mason

We discuss the diagnostics available to study the 5-10 MK plasma in the solar corona, which is key to understanding the heating in the cores of solar active regions.

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Magnetic Imaging of the Outer Solar Atmosphere (MImOSA): Unlocking the driver of the dynamics in the upper solar atmosphere

no code implementations • 5 Jan 2021 • H. Peter, E. Alsina Ballester, V. Andretta, F. Auchere, L. Belluzzi, A. Bemporad, D. Berghmans, E. Buchlin, A. Calcines, L. P. Chitta, K. Dalmasse, T. del Pino Aleman, A. Feller, C. Froment, R. Harrison, M. Janvier, S. Matthews, S. Parenti, D. Przybylski, S. K. Solanki, J. Stepan, L. Teriaca, J. Trujillo Bueno

(c) An extreme-UV imaging polarimeter based on a 30 cm telescope that combines high throughput in the extreme UV with polarimetry to connect the magnetic measurements of the other two instruments.

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics