Bibcode
Solanki, S. K.; Schüssler, M.; Curdt, W.; Lites, B. W.; Martinez Pillet, V.; Schmidt, W.; Title, A. M.; Sunrise Team
Bibliographical reference
In: SOLMAG 2002. Proceedings of the Magnetic Coupling of the Solar Atmosphere Euroconference and IAU Colloquium 188, 11 - 15 June 2002, Santorini, Greece. Ed. H. Sawaya-Lacoste. ESA SP-505. Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, ISBN 92-9092-815-8, 2002, p. 27 - 31
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2002
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Description
Sunrise is a light-weight solar telescope with a 1 m aperture for
spectro-polarimetric observations of the solar atmosphere. The telescope
is planned to be operated during a series of long-duration balloon
flights in order to obtain time series of spectra and images at the
diffraction-limit and to study the UV spectral region down to ≅200
nm, which is not accessible from the ground. The central aim of Sunrise
is to understand the structure and dynamics of the magnetic field in the
solar atmosphere. Interacting with the convective flow field, the
magnetic field in the solar photosphere develops intense field
concentrations on scales below 100 km, which are crucial for the
dynamics and energetics of the whole solar atmosphere. In addition,
Sunrise aims to provide information on the structure and dynamics of the
solar chromosphere and on the physics of solar irradiance changes.