The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus: Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar Transients

S D Bale; K Goetz; P R Harvey; P Turin; J W Bonnell; T Dudok de Wit; R E Ergun; R J MacDowall; M Pulupa; M Andre; M Bolton; J-L Bougeret; T A Bowen; D Burgess; C A Cattell; B D G Chandran; C C Chaston; C H K Chen; M K Choi; J E Connerney; S Cranmer; M Diaz-Aguado; W Donakowski; J F Drake; W M Farrell; P Fergeau; J Fermin; J Fischer; N Fox; D Glaser; M Goldstein; D Gordon; E Hanson; S E Harris; L M Hayes; J J Hinze; J V Hollweg; T S Horbury; R A Howard; V Hoxie; G Jannet; M Karlsson; J C Kasper; P J Kellogg; M Kien; J A Klimchuk; V V Krasnoselskikh; S Krucker; J J Lynch; M Maksimovic; D M Malaspina; S Marker; P Martin; J Martinez-Oliveros; J McCauley; D J McComas; T McDonald; N Meyer-Vernet; M Moncuquet; S J Monson; F S Mozer; S D Murphy; J Odom; R Oliverson; J Olson; E N Parker; D Pankow; T Phan; E Quataert; T Quinn; S W Ruplin; C Salem; D Seitz; D A Sheppard; A Siy; K Stevens; D Summers; A Szabo; M Timofeeva; A Vaivads; M Velli; A Yehle; D Werthimer; J R Wygant

doi:10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5

The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus: Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar Transients

Space Sci Rev. 2016 Dec;204(1-4):49-82. doi: 10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5. Epub 2016 Mar 31.

Authors

S D Bale^{1

2}, K Goetz³, P R Harvey¹, P Turin¹, J W Bonnell¹, T Dudok de Wit⁴, R E Ergun⁵, R J MacDowall⁶, M Pulupa¹, M Andre⁷, M Bolton⁵, J-L Bougeret⁸, T A Bowen^{1

2}, D Burgess⁹, C A Cattell³, B D G Chandran¹⁰, C C Chaston¹, C H K Chen¹¹, M K Choi⁶, J E Connerney⁶, S Cranmer⁵, M Diaz-Aguado¹, W Donakowski¹, J F Drake¹², W M Farrell⁶, P Fergeau⁴, J Fermin¹, J Fischer¹, N Fox¹³, D Glaser¹, M Goldstein⁶, D Gordon¹, E Hanson^{1

2}, S E Harris¹, L M Hayes¹, J J Hinze³, J V Hollweg¹⁰, T S Horbury¹¹, R A Howard¹⁴, V Hoxie⁵, G Jannet⁴, M Karlsson⁵, J C Kasper¹⁵, P J Kellogg³, M Kien⁵, J A Klimchuk⁶, V V Krasnoselskikh⁴, S Krucker¹, J J Lynch³, M Maksimovic⁸, D M Malaspina⁵, S Marker¹, P Martin⁴, J Martinez-Oliveros¹, J McCauley¹, D J McComas¹⁶, T McDonald¹, N Meyer-Vernet⁸, M Moncuquet⁸, S J Monson³, F S Mozer¹, S D Murphy⁶, J Odom⁶, R Oliverson⁶, J Olson¹, E N Parker¹⁷, D Pankow¹, T Phan¹, E Quataert¹⁸, T Quinn¹, S W Ruplin¹⁹, C Salem¹, D Seitz¹, D A Sheppard⁶, A Siy¹, K Stevens⁵, D Summers⁵, A Szabo⁶, M Timofeeva⁴, A Vaivads⁷, M Velli²⁰, A Yehle⁵, D Werthimer¹, J R Wygant³

Affiliations

¹ Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
² Physics Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
³ School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
⁴ LPC2E, CNRS, 3A avenue de la Recherche Scientifique, Orléans, France.
⁵ Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA.
⁶ NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA.
⁷ Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF), Uppsala, Sweden.
⁸ LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France.
⁹ Astronomy Unit, Queen Mary, University of London, London, UK.
¹⁰ Department of Physics, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, USA.
¹¹ Department of Physics, Imperial College, London, UK.
¹² Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
¹³ Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, USA.
¹⁴ Space Science Division, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA.
¹⁵ University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
¹⁶ Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
¹⁸ Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
¹⁹ Praxis Studios, Brooklyn, NY, USA.
²⁰ Earth, Planetary, and Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angelos, CA, USA.

Abstract

NASA's Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission will make the first in situ 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 in situ 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.

Keywords: Coronal heating; Solar Probe Plus.

Grants and funding

N-999999/Intramural NASA/United States