The Solar Orbiter SPICE instrument: An extreme UV imaging spectrometer

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作者
Anderson, M. [1 ]
Appourchaux, T. [2 ]
Auchere, F. [2 ]
Cuadrado, R. Aznar [3 ]
Barbay, J. [2 ]
Baudin, F. [2 ]
Beardsley, S. [1 ]
Bocchialini, K. [2 ]
Borgo, B. [2 ]
Bruzzi, D. [1 ]
Buchlin, E. [2 ]
Burton, G. [1 ]
Buchel, V. [4 ]
Caldwell, M. [1 ]
Caminade, S. [2 ]
Carlsson, M. [5 ]
Curdt, W. [3 ]
Davenne, J. [1 ]
Davila, J. [6 ]
DeForest, C. E. [7 ]
Del Zanna, G. [8 ]
Drummond, D. [1 ]
Dubau, J. [2 ]
Dumesnil, C. [2 ]
Dunn, G. [9 ]
Eccleston, P. [1 ]
Fludra, A. [1 ]
Fredvik, T. [5 ]
Gabriel, A. [2 ]
Giunta, A. [1 ]
Gottwald, A. [10 ]
Griffin, D. [1 ]
Grundy, T. [1 ]
Guest, S. [1 ]
Gyo, M. [4 ]
Haberreiter, M. [4 ]
Hansteen, V. [5 ]
Harrison, R. [1 ]
Hassler, D. M. [7 ]
Haugan, S. V. H. [5 ]
Howe, C. [1 ]
Janvier, M. [2 ]
Klein, R. [10 ]
Koller, S. [4 ]
Kucera, T. A. [6 ]
Kouliche, D. [2 ,17 ]
Marsch, E. [13 ]
Marshall, A. [1 ]
Marshall, G. [1 ]
Matthews, S. A. [11 ]
机构
[1] STFC Rutherford Appleton Lab, RAL Space, Didcot OX11 0QX, Oxon, England
[2] Inst Astrophys Spatiale, F-91405 Orsay, France
[3] Max Planck Inst Sonnensyst Forsch, Justus von Liebig Weg 3, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
[4] PMOD WRC, Dorfstr 33, CH-7260 Davos, Switzerland
[5] Univ Oslo, Inst Theoret Astrophys, POB 1029, N-0315 Oslo, Norway
[6] NASA, Goddard Space Flight Ctr, Greenbelt, MD USA
[7] Southwest Res Inst, 1050 Walnut St, Boulder, CO USA
[8] Univ Cambridge, Ctr Math Sci, DAMTP, Wilberforce Rd, Cambridge CB3 0WA, England
[9] Southwest Res Inst, 6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX USA
[10] Phys Tech Bundesanstalt, Abbestr 2-12, D-10587 Berlin, Germany
[11] Univ Coll London, Mullard Space Sci Lab, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking RH5 6NT, Surrey, England
[12] ESR Technol Ltd, 202 Cavendish Pl,Birchwood Pk, Warrington WA3 6WU, Cheshire, England
[13] Christian Albrechts Univ Kiel, Inst Expt & Appl Phys IEAP, Div Extraterr Phys, Leibnizstr 11, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
[14] European Space Agcy, ESAC, Camino Bajo Castillo S-N, Madrid 28692, Spain
[15] European Space Agcy, Estec, POB 299, NL-2200 AG Noordwijk, Netherlands
[16] ADNET Syst Inc, Lanham, MD USA
[17] CESAM SEED, 52B Bd, F-75014 Paris, France
[18] Kyung Hee Univ, Sch Space Res, Yongin 446701, Gyeonggi Do, South Korea
[19] Northumbria Univ, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST, Tyne & Wear, England
基金
新加坡国家研究基金会;
关键词
Sun: UV radiation; Sun: transition region; Sun: corona; instrumentation: spectrographs; methods: observational; techniques: imaging spectroscopy; SUMER SPECTRAL ATLAS; LABORATORY CALIBRATION;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361/201935574
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Aims. The Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) instrument is a high-resolution imaging spectrometer operating at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths. In this paper, we present the concept, design, and pre-launch performance of this facility instrument on the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter mission.Methods. The goal of this paper is to give prospective users a better understanding of the possible types of observations, the data acquisition, and the sources that contribute to the instrument's signal.Results. The paper discusses the science objectives, with a focus on the SPICE-specific aspects, before presenting the instrument's design, including optical, mechanical, thermal, and electronics aspects. This is followed by a characterisation and calibration of the instrument's performance. The paper concludes with descriptions of the operations concept and data processing.Conclusions. The performance measurements of the various instrument parameters meet the requirements derived from the mission's science objectives. The SPICE instrument is ready to perform measurements that will provide vital contributions to the scientific success of the Solar Orbiter mission.
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