학술논문

The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus
Document Type
Source
Space Science Reviews. 204(1-4):49-82
Subject
Coronal heating
Solar Probe Plus
Language
English
ISSN
0038-6308
1572-9672
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.