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astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a future NASA flagship mission concept identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for large space missions. HWO sh…

astro-ph.IM2026

The unique ability of the Hubble Space Telescope to characterize young exoplanet environments

Keighley E. Rockcliffe, Allison Youngblood, Kevin France +10

The chemical and mass evolution of exoplanet atmospheres is shaped by their specific X-ray through ultraviolet (5 - 3200 Angstroms) irradiance history. X-ray and EUV (5 - 911 Angst…

astro-ph.IM2025

Optimized scintillation configuration for IMPISH hard x-ray detection

Dorcas D. Oseni, William S. Setterberg, Reed B. Masek +9

The Integrating Miniature Piggyback for Impulsive Solar Hard X-rays (IMPISH) is a solar X-ray spectrometer that features large-area scintillators, fast readout electronics, and goo…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

STROBE-X High Energy Modular Array (HEMA)

Anthony L. Hutcheson, Marco Feroci, Andrea Argan +64

The High Energy Modular Array (HEMA) is one of three instruments that compose the STROBE-X mission concept. The HEMA is a large-area, high-throughput non-imaging pointed instrument…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Ultraviolet Technology To Prepare For The Habitable Worlds Observatory

Sarah Tuttle, Mark Matsumura, David R. Ardila +22

We present here the current state of a collection of promising ultraviolet technologies in preparation for the Habitable Worlds Observatory. Working with experts representing a sig…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 4 cited

CATEcor: an Open Science, Shaded-Truss, Externally-Occulted Coronagraph

Craig E. DeForest, Daniel B. Seaton, Amir Caspi +7

We present the design of a portable coronagraph, CATEcor, that incorporates a novel "shaded truss" style of external occultation and serves as a proof-of-concept for that family of…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Revolutionary Solar System Science Enabled by the Line Emission Mapper X-ray Probe

William R. Dunn, Dimitra Koutroumpa, Jennifer A. Carter +27

The Line Emission Mapper's (LEM's) exquisite spectral resolution and effective area will open new research domains in Astrophysics, Planetary Science and Heliophysics. LEM will pro…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

Next-Generation Comprehensive Data-Driven Models of Solar Eruptive Events

Joel C. Allred, Graham S. Kerr, Meriem Alaoui +11

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections are interrelated phenomena that together are known as solar eruptive events. These are the main drivers of space weather and understanding t…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

The Critical Coronal Transition Region: A Physics-framed Strategy to Uncover the Genesis of the Solar Wind and Solar Eruptions

Angelos Vourlidas, Amir Caspi, Yuan-Kuen Ko +10

Our current theoretical and observational understanding suggests that critical properties of the solar wind and Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are imparted within 10 Rs, particularl…

astro-ph.IM2023

The Focusing Optics X-ray Solar Imager (FOXSI)

Steven Christe, Meriem Alaoui, Joel Allred +26

FOXSI is a direct-imaging, hard X-ray (HXR) telescope optimized for solar flare observations. It detects hot plasma and energetic electrons in and near energy release sites in the…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Fundamentals of impulsive energy release in the corona

Albert Y. Shih, Lindsay Glesener, Säm Krucker +30

It is essential that there be coordinated and co-optimized observations in X-rays, gamma-rays, and EUV during the peak of solar cycle 26 (~2036) to significantly advance our unders…

astro-ph.IM2023

Sustaining high-solar-activity research

Albert Y. Shih, Amir Caspi, Jessie Duncan +3

Research efforts that require observations of high solar activity, such as multiwavelength studies of large solar flares and CMEs, must contend with the 11-year solar cycle to a de…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Infrastructure Strategy to Enable Optical Communications for Next-Generation Heliophysics Missions

Marta Shelton, Hongbo Li, Daniel Motto +9

To expand frontiers and achieve measurable progress, instruments such as hyperspectral imagers are increased in resolution, field of view, and spectral resolution and range, leadin…

astro-ph.IM2023

Multi-point Assessment of the Kinematics of Shocks (MAKOS): A Heliophysics Mission Concept Study

Katherine A. Goodrich, Lynn B. Wilson, Steven Schwartz +6

Collisionless shocks are fundamental processes that are ubiquitous in space plasma physics throughout the Heliosphere and most astrophysical environments. Earth's bow shock and int…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

The Persistent Mystery of Collisionless Shocks

Katherine Goodrich, Steven Schwartz, Lynn Wilson +14

Collisionless shock waves are one of the main forms of energy conversion in space plasmas. They can directly or indirectly drive other universal plasma processes such as magnetic r…

astro-ph.IM2023

Small Platforms, High Return: The Need to Enhance Investment in Small Satellites for Focused Science, Career Development, and Improved Equity

James Paul Mason, Robert G. Begbie, Maitland Bowen +33

In the next decade, there is an opportunity for very high return on investment of relatively small budgets by elevating the priority of smallsat funding in heliophysics. We've lear…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

The need for focused, hard X-ray investigations of the Sun

Lindsay Glesener, Albert Y. Shih, Amir Caspi +46

Understanding the nature of energetic particles in the solar atmosphere is one of the most important outstanding problems in heliophysics. Flare-accelerated particles compose a hug…

astro-ph.IM2023

Work-Life Balance Starts with Proper Deadlines and Exemplary Agencies

Noé Lugaz, Réka M. Winslow, Nada Al-Haddad +12

Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs can only be implemented successfully if proper work-life balance is possible in Heliophysics (and in STEM field in general). One of t…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 3 cited

Magnetic Energy Powers the Corona: How We Can Understand its 3D Storage & Release

Amir Caspi, Daniel B. Seaton, Roberto Casini +12

The coronal magnetic field is the prime driver behind many as-yet unsolved mysteries: solar eruptions, coronal heating, and the solar wind, to name a few. It is, however, still poo…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Improving Multi-Dimensional Data Formats, Access, and Assimilation Tools for the Twenty-First Century

Daniel B. Seaton, Amir Caspi, Roberto Casini +12

Heliophysics image data largely relies on a forty-year-old ecosystem built on the venerable Flexible Image Transport System (FITS) data standard. While many in situ measurements us…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 5 cited

COMPLETE: A flagship mission for complete understanding of 3D coronal magnetic energy release

Amir Caspi, Daniel B. Seaton, Roberto Casini +12

COMPLETE is a flagship mission concept combining broadband spectroscopic imaging and comprehensive magnetography from multiple viewpoints around the Sun to enable tomographic recon…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Radio Studies of the Middle Corona: Current State and New Prospects in the Next Decade

Bin Chen, Jason E. Kooi, David B. Wexler +13

The "middle corona," defined by West et al. (2022) as the region between ~1.5-6 solar radii, is a critical transition region that connects the highly structured lower corona to the…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 27 cited

The Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment (CUTE) Mission Overview

Kevin France, Brian Fleming, Arika Egan +18

Atmospheric escape is a fundamental process that affects the structure, composition, and evolution of many planets. The signatures of escape are detectable on close-in, gaseous exo…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

Planetary Exploration Horizon 2061 Report, Chapter 4: From planetary exploration goals to technology requirements

Jérémie Lasue, Pierre Bousquet, Michel Blanc +19

This chapter reviews for each province and destination of the Solar System the representative space missions that will have to be designed and implemented by 2061 to address the si…