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<Instrument> | ||
<ResourceID>spase://ESA/Instrument/SolarOrbiter/PHI</ResourceID> | ||
<ResourceHeader> | ||
<ResourceName>Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI)</ResourceName> | ||
<ReleaseDate>2024-12-23T00:08:46</ReleaseDate> | ||
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<ReleaseDate>2024-12-23T00:08:46</ReleaseDate> | ||
<Note>Metadata created by SY</Note> | ||
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<Description>The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) is a solar polarimeter and magnetograph designed to measure the vector magnetic field and line-of-sight velocity in the solar photosphere. The science objectives for PHI are to: investigate the links between the solar surface, corona, and inner heliosphere; explore, at all latitudes, the energetics, dynamics and fine-scale structure of the Sun’s magnetized atmosphere; and probe the solar dynamo by observing the Sun’s high-latitude field, flows and seismic waves. | ||
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PHI is a diffraction limited, wavelength tunable, quasi-monochromatic, polarization sensitive imager with two telescopes; a High Resolution Telescope (HRT) and a Full-Disc Telescope (FDT) which alternatively feed a common filtergraph and a 2048 x 2048 pixel focal plane array. The working wavelength is 617.3 nm (Fe spectral line). The instrument is mounted behind the sunshield, with heat-rejecting entrance window apertures for the telescopes. It is made of an aluminum-beryllium alloy and low-expansion carbon-fiber reinforced plastic. The HRT is a decentered Ritchey-Chretien design with a 140mm diameter pupil. It has a field-of-view of 0.28 x 0.28 degrees and a spatial resolution of about 200 km at closest perihelion. The FDT has an entrance pupil diameter of 17.5 mm and an effective focal length of 579 mm. The field-of-view is 2 degrees, resolution at 0.28 AU is 725 km/pixel. | ||
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The filtergraph consists of a lithium niobide (LiNbO3) solid-state etalon which can change refractive index as a function of voltage and select passbands of order 100 milliangstroms wide. A Polarization Modulation Package performs polarimetric analysis for each telescope. It comprises two nematic liquid crystal retarders and a linear polarizer analyzer. | ||
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For more detailed information on PHI, see: | ||
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1502.03368.pdf</Description> | ||
<Acknowledgement>Solar Orbiter is a mission of international cooperation between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), operated by ESA.</Acknowledgement> | ||
<Contact> | ||
<PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Sami.K.Solanki</PersonID> | ||
<Role>PrincipalInvestigator</Role> | ||
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<Contact> | ||
<PersonID>spase://SMWG/Person/Joachim.Woch</PersonID> | ||
<Role>GeneralContact</Role> | ||
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<InformationURL> | ||
<Name>NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog</Name> | ||
<URL>https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/experiment/display.action?id=2020-010A-03</URL> | ||
<Description>NSSDCA Master Catalog Listing for the Solar Orbiter PHI</Description> | ||
</InformationURL> | ||
<InformationURL> | ||
<Name>The Solar Orbiter PHI Website</Name> | ||
<URL>https://www.mps.mpg.de/solar-physics/solar-orbiter-phi</URL> | ||
</InformationURL> | ||
<InformationURL> | ||
<Name>The PHI instrument paper</Name> | ||
<URL>https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201935325</URL> | ||
</InformationURL> | ||
</ResourceHeader> | ||
<InstrumentType>Imager</InstrumentType> | ||
<InvestigationName>Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI)</InvestigationName> | ||
<OperatingSpan> | ||
<StartDate>2020-02-10T04:03:00</StartDate> | ||
<Note>The start date and time listed here correspond to when Solar Orbiter was launched</Note> | ||
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<ObservatoryID>spase://ESA/Observatory/SolarOrbiter</ObservatoryID> | ||
</Instrument> | ||
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