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J. C. Vial, Mr. - Dr. |
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http://www.ias.u-psud.fr/medoc/ |
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Session 6 - Poster |
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SMESE : a SMall Explorer for the Study of Solar Eruptions and Prominences |
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J.-C. Vial (1), F. Auchère (1), J. Chang (2), C. Fang (3), W.Q. Gan (2), L.-K. Klein (4), G. Molodij (4), J.-Y. Prado (5), G. Trottet (4), C. Wang (6), Y.H. Yan (7) |
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The SMESE (SMall Explorer for the study of Solar Eruptions) mission is a microsatellite proposed by France and China. The payload of SMESE consists of three packages:
LYOT (a suite of Lyman a imager and coronagraph),
DESIR (an Infra-Red Telescope working at 35 and 150 m), and
HEBS (a High Energy Burst Spectrometer working in X- and g-rays).
The status of research on chromospheric manifestations of flares, quiescent and erupting prominences will be briefly recalled in the context of on-going missions. We describe the scientific objectives with some emphasis on the above-mentioned fields along with the profile of the mission.
With a launch around 2011, SMESE will provide a unique tool for studying filaments and prominences, detecting and understanding flares and eruptions in the maximum phase of solar activity. |
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