Dear colleagues,
We would like to draw your attention to the call for abstracts for the following session at NAM 2025 Durham (7-11 July)
Session name: Next generation solar physics – preparing for MUSE and Solar-C
Session organisers: Sarah Matthews, Patrick Antolin, Ineke de Moortel
In 2017 the international solar physics community agreed the highest priority science questions for solar physics in the coming decade and the measurements and instruments needed to answer those questions:
• Formation mechanisms of the hot and dynamic outer solar atmosphere
• Mechanisms of large-scale solar eruptions and foundations for predictions
• Mechanisms driving the solar cycle and irradiance variation
The realisation of those recommendations is the combination of two complementary solar space missions: NASA’s MUlti-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and JAXA’s multi-agency Solar-C. MUSE (launch 2027) will be a unique multi-slit spectrograph able to provide imaging spectroscopy of the corona at multiple wavelengths up to 100 times faster than current instruments. Solar-C (launched 2028), combines the EUV High-throughput Spectroscopic Telescope (EUVST) and the Solar Spectroscopic Irradiance Monitor (SoSpIM). EUVST will seamlessly and simultaneously observe a range of temperatures spanning more than three orders of magnitude from the chromosphere to the corona, providing unprecedented plasma diagnostic capability, while SoSpIM will provide complementary EUV spectral irradiance measurements. The combination of MUSE and EUVST will revolutionise our ability to probe the multi-scale nature of the physical processes in the corona, from small-scale energy release to large-scale impacts.
Supported by STFC and ESA the UK is both developing the short-wavelength camera for EUVST and helping to develop the science and tools to exploit MUSE, EUVST and SoSpIM. This session will bring together observers, modellers and theoreticians to discuss current work and future directions on all relevant science topics to promote optimum UK science return.
Abstract submission for NAM will be open from 4 Feb 16:00 until 30 Mar 2025 17:00 (UK time). https://conference.astro.dur.ac.uk/event/7/abstracts/