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Solar physics at ultrahigh resolution from the space station with the Solar Ultraviolet Network (SUN)

  • L. Damé*
  • , L. Acton
  • , M. Bruner
  • , P. Connes
  • , T. Cornwell
  • , B. Foing
  • , J. Heyvaerts
  • , P. Lemaire
  • , M. Martić
  • , R. Muller
  • , T. Roca Cortés
  • , J. Riehl
  • , R. Rutten
  • , A. M. Title
  • , J. C. Vial
  • , H. Visser
  • , G. Weigelt
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Office national d'études et de recherches aérospatiales
  • Service d'Aéronomie
  • Lockheed Martin
  • National Science Foundation
  • European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)
  • Observatoire de Paris
  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Observ. Midi-Pyrénées
  • Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias
  • Utrecht University
  • Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
  • Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy

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Abstract

The SUN experiment is a UV and visible Space Interferometer aimed at ultra-high resolution in the solar atmosphere. It has been proposed to ESA as part of the SIMURIS Mission Proposal which has recently been accepted for an Assessment Study in the framework of the Space Station. The 4 × 20 cm telescopes of the SUN linear array are non-redundantly placed to cover a 2 m baseline, and the instrument makes full use of stabilized interferometry potential, the 4 telescopes being co-aligned and co-phased on a reference field on the sun. After a brief outline of the scientific objectives, the concept of the instrument is described, and its image reconstruction potential is illustrated.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)267-270
Number of pages4
JournalAdvances in Space Research
Volume11
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1991
Externally publishedYes

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