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

Thumbnail Image

Files

s11214-016-0244-5.pdf (4.78 MB)

Links to Files

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5

Permanent Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5
 http://hdl.handle.net/11603/31318

Collections

UMBC Goddard Planetary Heliophysics Institute (GPHI)
UMBC Faculty Collection

Author/Creator

Author/Creator ORCID

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5317-988X

Date

2016-03-31

Type of Work

journal articles
Text

Department

Program

Citation of Original Publication

Bale, S.D., Goetz, K., Harvey, P.R. et al. The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus. Space Sci Rev 204, 49–82 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5

Rights

Public Domain Mark 1.0

Subjects

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.