8-12 May 2023
Haus H, Telegrafenberg
Europe/Berlin timezone

The European Solar Telescope (EST): instruments and science

8 May 2023, 14:10
25m
Haus H, Telegrafenberg

Haus H, Telegrafenberg

Potsdam, Germany
Invited talk 1) Latest facilities to observe fundamental processes - space missions, telescopes, and instrumentation Latest facilities to observe fundamental processes - space missions, telescopes, and instrumentation

Speaker

Mr Rolf Schlichenmaier (Leibniz-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS))

Description

The EST is a project aimed at studying the dynamic magnetic connectivity of the solar atmosphere, from the deep photosphere to the upper chromosphere. A polarimetrically compensated telescope with integrated multi-conjugated adaptive optics will feed a suite of spectropolarimetric instruments that allows to simultaneously observe the different layers of the solar atmosphere. In this talk, I will present the concept for the light distribution and the instrument suite which intends to significantly improve our capabilities to address critical science cases in our field such as: How does the magnetic field emerge into the photosphere? How does it evolve, interact, and rise in a convectively stable stratification? What is the interplay between the magnetic field, reconnection processes, radiation, waves, and the transport of energy into higher layers?

Submit to 'solar physics' topical issue? Yes

Primary author

Mr Rolf Schlichenmaier (Leibniz-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS))

Co-author

EST Team

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