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Prominence Science with ATST Instrumentation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2014

Thomas Rimmele ,
Thomas Berger ,
Roberto Casini ,
David Elmore ,
Jeff Kuhn ,
Haosheng Lin ,
Wolfgang Schmidt  and
Friedrich Wöger
Thomas Rimmele
Affiliation:
National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, NM-88349, PO Box 62, USA email: rimmele@nso.edu
Thomas Berger
Affiliation:
National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, NM-88349, PO Box 62, USA email: rimmele@nso.edu
Roberto Casini
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, CO
David Elmore
Affiliation:
National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, NM-88349, PO Box 62, USA email: rimmele@nso.edu
Jeff Kuhn
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Haosheng Lin
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii
Wolfgang Schmidt
Affiliation:
Kiepenheuer Institute für Sonnenphysik, Freiburg, Germany
Friedrich Wöger
Affiliation:
National Solar Observatory, Sunspot, NM-88349, PO Box 62, USA email: rimmele@nso.edu
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The 4m Advance Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) is under construction on Maui, HI. With its unprecedented resolution and photon collecting power ATST will be an ideal tool for studying prominences and filaments and their role in producing Coronal Mass Ejections that drive Space Weather. The ATST facility will provide a set of first light instruments that enable imaging and spectroscopy of the dynamic filament and prominence structure at 8 times the resolution of Hinode. Polarimeters allow high precision chromospheric and coronal magnetometry at visible and infrared (IR) wavelengths. This paper summarizes the capabilities of the ATST first-light instrumentation with focus on prominence and filament science.

Keywords

SunProminenceFilamentsCoronaMagnetic FieldsInstrumentation
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 8 , Symposium S300: Nature of Prominences and their role in Space Weather , June 2013 , pp. 362 - 369
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2013 

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