Main Results of the SPIRIT Experiment Onboard the CORONAS-F Satellite.

Autor: Zhithik, I., Kuzin, S., Sobel'man, I., Bugaenko, O., Ignat'ev, A., Mitrofanov, A., Oparin, S., Pertsov, A., Slemzin, V., Sukhodrev, N., Urnov, A.
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Zdroj: Solar System Research; Nov2005, Vol. 39 Issue 6, p442-452, 11p
Abstrakt: The main results of the SPIRIT experiment on imaging spectroscopy of the Sun in the soft X-ray and extreme vacuum UV range are presented. The results were obtained onboard the CORONAS-F satellite, which has been operating since July 2001. More than 40 thousand observation sessions were performed during the experiment. About a million solar images and spectra (more than 250 Gb of information) were obtained, including monotemperature images of the solar atmosphere in six spectral regions, corresponding to temperatures from 0.05 to 2 MK; full-Sun spectral images (spectroheliograms) in more than 150 lines (177–207 Å and 285–335 Å, T from ∼0.05 to 20 MK); images of the full Sun in the monochrome Mg XII line (8.42 Å, T ∼ 10 MK); images of the solar corona at a distance of up to five solar radii; continuous series (up to 20 days long) of observations with high time resolution (40–100 s); observations of the flare dynamics, including the preflare, initial, and main phases, with a resolution of 7 s, and data on the absorption of X-ray and XUV solar radiation in the upper atmosphere of the Earth. The study was performed for the maximum of the 11-year solar activity cycle and for its decrease phase. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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