Prospects for future solar-wind missions.
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to discuss possible activities and future goals for solar-wind research in the post-Soho era. Specifically two major enterprises are addressed which will open up important fields in the future study of the Sun. The first deals with in-situ study of the solar corona. The second will be the setting up of a baseline for the isotopic composition in the solar system by studing a sample from the Sun in detail. In order to achieve these goals, the authors propose to develop advanced composition experiments to investigate the solar wind with enhanced mass resolution, considerably increased geometrical factor, and improved time resolution. Furthermore, they propose to place sophisticated mass/charge-spectrometers, with the ability to investigate both charge and velocity distributions with enhanced time resolution, in the solar-wind acceleration region.
- Publication:
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ESA Special Publication
- Pub Date:
- June 1993
- Bibcode:
- 1993ESASP1157...43B
- Keywords:
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- Solar Wind: Methods of Observation;
- Sun: Methods of Observation;
- Solar Wind: Space Missions;
- Astronomy;
- Isotopes;
- Mass Spectrometers;
- Solar Corona;
- Solar Wind;
- Composition (Property);
- Research;
- Space Missions;
- Spectroscopy;
- Velocity Distribution;
- Solar Physics