Detector development for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope

先进技术太阳望远镜探测器的开发

• 批准号: ST/L006308/1
• 负责人: Mihalis Mathioudakis
• 金额: $ 252.77万
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ST%2FL006308%2F1
• 关键词: Detector; development; Advanced; Technology; Solar

In recent years, a wealth of observational data from a range of (highly successful) ground- and satellite-based solar facilities has revealed the perplexing and complex nature of the Sun's atmospheric structure and dynamics. This tremendous complexity is a result of the continuous interaction of the plasma motions with the magnetic field. To understand these interactions, we need to observe, model and interpret solar phenomena over a wide range of spatial and temporal scales, and in particular establish the links between the small-scale processes and the large-scale phenomena. Solar physics research is very strong in the UK and an area of high priority in the STFC Roadmap. The commissioning of the Rapid Oscillations in Solar Atmosphere imager in 2009 allowed the UK community to expand both its user base of ground-based solar facilities and its exploitation of data from such facilities, which can provide higher spatial and temporal resolution that their satellite-based counterparts. For the future, the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST), under construction by the US National Solar Observatory with first-light expected in 2019, will be a truly revolutionary facility for ground-based solar physics. It will operate in the optical and near-infrared and be the pre-eminent ground-based solar telescope for the foreseeable future. Key advances in its instrumentation over that currently available include ultra-high spatial (25 km on the solar surface) and temporal (millisecond) resolution, high resolution imaging spectroscopy and coronal magnetometry. The first-light science objectives of the ATST are at the core of UK solar physics research programmes, and it is clearly important for the UK community to have access to the facility to remain competitive. Current UK-led technology has been highlighted as the best option for detectors meeting the science requirements of the ATST. In this proposal we aim to secure UK participation in the ATST and maximise the science return for the UK community at the time of first-light. This will be achieved by a joint programme, funded by STFC, a consortium of UK universities/research institute and industry (Andor Technology plc), on the development of new state-of-the-art detectors for the ATST, plus a set of software tools that will allow the optimal planning of ATST observations and the processing of the resultant datasets.The main academic benefit for the UK will be dedicated observing time on the world-leading ATST facility, which our solar physics community will be in an excellent position to exploit. In terms of non-academic benefit, the proposed detector development will have a significant socio-economic impact and is therefore in line with the STFC strategy for economic growth through innovation. It will open new technological markets and provide growth and diversity in existing detector markets.

近年来，来自一系列（非常成功的）地面和卫星太阳能设施的大量观测数据揭示了太阳大气结构和动力学令人困惑和复杂的本质。这种巨大的复杂性是等离子体运动与磁场持续相互作用的结果。为了理解这些相互作用，我们需要在大范围的空间和时间尺度上观察、模拟和解释太阳现象，特别是建立小尺度过程和大尺度现象之间的联系。太阳物理研究在英国非常强大，也是STFC路线图中高度优先考虑的领域。2009年，太阳大气快速振荡成像仪的投入使用，使英国能够扩大其地面太阳能设施的用户基础，并利用这些设施的数据，这些设施可以提供比卫星上的同类设施更高的空间和时间分辨率。未来，美国国家太阳天文台正在建设的先进技术太阳望远镜（ATST），预计将于2019年首次使用，将成为地面太阳物理学的真正革命性设施。它将在光学和近红外波段工作，并在可预见的未来成为卓越的地面太阳望远镜。目前，其仪器的主要进步包括超高空间（太阳表面25公里）和时间（毫秒）分辨率，高分辨率成像光谱和日冕磁强计。ATST的第一光科学目标是英国太阳物理研究计划的核心，对于英国社区来说，能够使用该设施以保持竞争力显然是很重要的。目前，英国主导的技术已被强调为满足ATST科学要求的探测器的最佳选择。在这个提案中，我们的目标是确保英国参与ATST，并在首次亮相时最大化英国社区的科学回报。这将由英国大学/研究机构和工业界（Andor Technology plc）资助的STFC联合计划实现，该计划将为ATST开发新的最先进的探测器，以及一套软件工具，该软件工具将允许对ATST观测进行最佳规划和处理所得数据集。对英国来说，主要的学术利益将是在世界领先的ATST设施上投入观测时间，我们的太阳物理社区将处于一个很好的位置来利用它。就非学术效益而言，拟议的探测器开发将产生重大的社会经济影响，因此符合STFC通过创新实现经济增长的战略。它将打开新的技术市场，并为现有的探测器市场提供增长和多样性。

项目成果

The National Science Foundation's Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope - Status Update

美国国家科学基金会的 Daniel K. Inouye 太阳望远镜 - 状态更新

• 发表时间: 2021
• 期刊: American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts
• 作者: Rimmele T.

The European Solar Telescope

欧洲太阳望远镜

• DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202243867
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: Astronomy & Astrophysics
• 影响因子: 6.5
• 作者: Quintero Noda C.;Schlichenmaier R.;Bellot Rubio L. R.;他249名;Suematsu Y.;他29名
• 通讯作者: 他29名

Using Transverse Waves to Probe the Plasma Conditions at the Base of the Solar Wind

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/ab7c59
• 发表时间: 2020-05
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: M. Weberg;R. Morton;J. McLaughlin

Critical Science Plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)

• DOI: 10.1007/s11207-021-01789-2
• 发表时间: 2020-08
• 期刊: Solar Physics
• 影响因子: 2.8
• 作者: M. Rast;N. B. Gonz'alez;L. B. Rubio;W. Cao;G. Cauzzi;E. DeLuca;B. Pontieu;L. Fletcher;S. Gibso

An Automated Algorithm for Identifying and Tracking Transverse Waves in Solar Images

• DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa9e4a
• 发表时间: 2018-01
• 期刊: The Astrophysical Journal
• 作者: M. Weberg;R. Morton;J. McLaughlin