Prominence science with ATST instrumentation

Thomas Rimmele, Thomas Berger, Roberto Casini, David Elmore, Jeff Kuhn, Haosheng Lin, Wolfgang Schmidt, Friedrich Wöger

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Abstract

The 4m Advance Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) is under construction on Maui, HI. With its unprecedented resolution and photon collecting power ATST will be an ideal tool for studying prominences and filaments and their role in producing Coronal Mass Ejections that drive Space Weather. The ATST facility will provide a set of first light instruments that enable imaging and spectroscopy of the dynamic filament and prominence structure at 8 times the resolution of Hinode. Polarimeters allow high precision chromospheric and coronal magnetometry at visible and infrared (IR) wavelengths. This paper summarizes the capabilities of the ATST first-light instrumentation with focus on prominence and filament science.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNature of Prominences and their Role in Space Weather
PublisherCambridge University Press
Pages362-369
Number of pages8
EditionS300
ISBN (Print)9781107045194
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Astronomical Union
NumberS300
Volume8
ISSN (Print)1743-9213
ISSN (Electronic)1743-9221

Keywords

  • Corona
  • Filaments
  • Instrumentation
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Prominence
  • Sun

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