We review the status of solar Lyαscience in anticipation of the upcoming Advanced Spacebased Solar Observatory(ASO-S)mission,planned for a late 2021(or 2022)launch.The mission carries a pair of the LyαSolar Telescop...We review the status of solar Lyαscience in anticipation of the upcoming Advanced Spacebased Solar Observatory(ASO-S)mission,planned for a late 2021(or 2022)launch.The mission carries a pair of the LyαSolar Telescopes(LST)capable of high resolution disk and off-limb imaging,which will provide the first synoptic Lyαimaging observations of the solar atmosphere.We discuss the history of Lyαimaging and latest results,and outline the open questions that ASO-S could address.ASO-S will launch at an optimal time for Lyαscience.Several other Lyαtelescopes will be in operation.We identify the synergies between ASO-S and other missions as well as serendipitous non-solar science opportunities.We conclude that ASO-S has the potential for breakthrough observations and discoveries in the chromosphere-corona interface where the Lyαemission is the major player.展开更多
基金supported by NRL (Grant N00173-16-1-G029)funded by the NASA H-TiDeS program under NNG12WF67I
文摘We review the status of solar Lyαscience in anticipation of the upcoming Advanced Spacebased Solar Observatory(ASO-S)mission,planned for a late 2021(or 2022)launch.The mission carries a pair of the LyαSolar Telescopes(LST)capable of high resolution disk and off-limb imaging,which will provide the first synoptic Lyαimaging observations of the solar atmosphere.We discuss the history of Lyαimaging and latest results,and outline the open questions that ASO-S could address.ASO-S will launch at an optimal time for Lyαscience.Several other Lyαtelescopes will be in operation.We identify the synergies between ASO-S and other missions as well as serendipitous non-solar science opportunities.We conclude that ASO-S has the potential for breakthrough observations and discoveries in the chromosphere-corona interface where the Lyαemission is the major player.
