5 papers
ESCAPE: a small explorer mission to study the stellar drivers of exoplanet evolution
Allison Youngblood, Kevin France, Brian Fleming +37
The long-term stability of exoplanetary atmospheres depends critically on the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) photon and high-energy particle fluxes from the host star, which are poorly…
Enigmatic Line Broadening During Solar Flares: Magnetic Field Broadening?
Thomas Gomez, Adam Kowalski, Cole Tamburri +2
The origin of the extreme broadening observed in chromospheric metal lines during solar and stellar flares, particularly Mg II h&k and Ca II H&K, remains poorly understood. These l…
Understanding Solar Flares and Energetic Events: Open questions, observational requirements, and instrumental needs over the coming decade
Malcolm K. Druett, Graham S. Kerr, Joel C. Allred +15
Solar flares are the largest energy-release events in the Solar System, allowing us to study fundamental physical phenomena under extreme conditions. Those include magnetic reconne…
Solar Orbiter's 2024 Major Flare Campaigns: An Overview
Daniel F. Ryan, Laura A. Hayes, Hannah Collier +17
Solar Orbiter conducted a series of flare-optimised observing campaigns in 2024 utilising the Major Flare Solar Orbiter Observing Plan (SOOP). Dedicated observations were performed…
Fe XVIII and Fe XX Forbidden Lines Observed by Solar Orbiter/SPICE
Peter R. Young, Andrew R. Inglis, Graham S. Kerr +2
The first simultaneous observations of the Fe XVIII 974.86 Ã and Fe XX 721.56 Ã forbidden lines from the Spectral Imaging of the Coronal Environment (SPICE) spectrograph on Solar O…