The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus

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Authors

S. D. Bale · University of California, Berkeley

K. Goetz · University of Minnesota

P. Harvey · University of California, Berkeley

P. Turin · University of California, Berkeley

J. W. Bonnell · University of California, Berkeley

T. Dudok de Wit · Université d'Orléans

R. E. Ergun ·

Abstract

NASA's Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission will make the first <i>in situ</i> measurements of the solar corona and the birthplace of the solar wind. The FIELDS instrument suite on SPP will make direct measurements of electric and magnetic fields, the properties of <i>in situ</i> plasma waves, electron density and temperature profiles, and interplanetary radio emissions, amongst other things. Here, we describe the scientific objectives targeted by the SPP/FIELDS instrument, the instrument design itself, and the instrument concept of operations and planned data products.

Topics & Keywords

Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astro and Planetary Science

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Space Science Reviews

Volume 204, Issue 1-4, pp. 49-82

DOI: 10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5

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