ADAHELI+: Exploring the fast, dynamic Sun in the X-ray, optical, and near-infrared

DOI: 
10.1117/1.JATIS.1.4.044006
Publication date: 
01/10/2015
Main author: 
Berrilli F.
IAA authors: 
Bellot Rubio, L.R.
Authors: 
Berrilli F., Soffitta P., Velli M., Sabatini P., Bigazzi A., Bellazzini R., Bellot Rubio L.R., Brez A., Carbone V., Cauzzi G., Cavallini F., Consolini G., Curti F., Del Moro D., Di Giorgio A.M., Ermolli I., Fabiani S., Faurobert M., Feller A., Galsgaard K., Gburek S., Giannattasio F., Giovannelli L., Hirzberger J., Jefferies S.M., Madjarska M.S., Manni F., Mazzoni A., Muleri F., Penza V., Peres G., Piazzesi R., Pieralli F., Pietropaolo E., Pillet V.M., Pinchera M., Reale F., Romano P., Romoli A., Romoli M., Rubini A., Rudawy P., Sandri P., Scardigli S., Spandre G., Solanki S.K., Stangalini M., Vecchio A., Zuccarello F.
Journal: 
Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
1
Pages: 
Number: 
044006
Abstract: 
Advanced Astronomy for Heliophysics Plus (ADAHELI+) is a project concept for a small solar and space weather mission with a budget compatible with an European Space Agency (ESA) S-class mission, including launch, and a fast development cycle. ADAHELI+ was submitted to the European Space Agency by a European-wide consortium of solar physics research institutes in response to the Call for a small mission opportunity for a launch in 2017,of March 9, 2012. The ADAHELI+ project builds on the heritage of the former ADAHELI mission, which had successfully completed its phase-A study under the Italian Space Agency 2007 Small Mission Programme, thus proving the soundness and feasibility of its innovative low-budget design. ADAHELI+ is a solar space mission with two main instruments: ISODY+: an imager, based on Fabry-Pé rot interferometers, whose design is optimized to the acquisition of highest cadence, long-duration, multiline spectropolarimetric images in the visible/near-infrared region of the solar spectrum. XSPO: an X-ray polarimeter for solar flares in X-rays with energies in the 15 to 35 keV range. ADAHELI+ is capable of performing observations that cannot be addressed by other currently planned solar space missions, due to their limited telemetry, or by ground-based facilities, due to the problematic effect of the terrestrial atmosphere. © The Authors. Published by SPIE under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. Distribution or reproduction of this work in whole or in part requires full attribution of the original publication, including its DOI.
Database: 
SCOPUS
ADS
WOK
SCOPUS
URL: 
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2015JATIS...1d4006B/abstract
ADS Bibcode: 
2015JATIS...1d4006B
Keywords: 
Fabry-Pérot; infrared spectroscopy; polarimetry; satellites; Sun; X-rays