future imaging/spectroscopy approaches to high energy solar science
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Future Imaging/Spectroscopy Approaches to High Energy Solar Science. G.J. Hurford Space Sciences Lab University of California, Berkeley. Annapolis 5-August 2010. Some Key Science Issues to which Imaging/Spectroscopy might be relevant. Directivity Are accelerated electrons and ions beamed? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Future Imaging/Spectroscopy Approaches to High Energy Solar Science
G.J. HurfordSpace Sciences Lab
University of California, Berkeley
Annapolis 5-August 2010
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Some Key Science Issuesto which Imaging/Spectroscopy
might be relevant
• Directivity – Are accelerated electrons and ions beamed?
• Coronal Sources – What are the properties of the acceleration site?– What is the role and properties of trapping in the corona?
• Ions– What are the spatial characteristics of ion acceleration
and propagation?
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Three Approaches to measuring Directivity
• Imaging Polarimetry– Requires high sensitivity and well-conceived instrumentation
• Directivity– Requires cross-calibrated measurements with good spectral
resolution from 2 or more vantage points– At least one measurement should be imaging/spectroscopy– Instrumentation does not require exceptionally high angular
resolution or sensitivity
• Albedo– Requires good image quality and high spatial resolution at hard
x-ray energies– Yields directivity and footpoint height
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Coronal Sources
• Requires ability to cleanly separate coronal sources from bright footpoint sources
• Requires ability to measure multiple size scales
• Good quality imaging spectroscopy is essential
• Options– High dynamic range– Limb occultation
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Ion Imaging
• Priorities:– Neutron capture line (2.2 MeV)– Electron bremsstrahlung continuum (<100 t o > 300keV)– Annihilation line (511 kev)– Prompt lines
• Requires much more sensitivity• Requires low background• Excellent spectral resolution is highly desirable but may
not be essential• Needs moderately good (~10”) spatial resolution• ENA imaging
– High sensiivity required– Moderate spatial resolution (~1 arcminute)
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Wish List• Maintain current strengths
– Excellent absolute and co-location accuracy– High spectral resolution and uniformity of response
• Hard X-rays– Much better dynamic range– Somewhat higher angular resolution (~1”)
• Gamma-rays– Much better angular resolution (<10”)– MUCH better sensitivity and background suppression
• ENA imaging capability
• Sensitivity to Magnetic fields
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Enabling Technologies for New Flare Observations
• Focusing optics– Direct imaging - Christe will discuss
• Digital correlators enable radio imaging/spectroscopy -Steven White discussed
• Ge detectors with 3-D positioning
• Grid technology subarcsecond HXR imaging compact collimators
• CZT and other pixelated detector capability
• TRL of booms – Albert Shih will discuss application
• Advances in on-board and ground data systems
• Steady progress in polarization instrumentation - McConnell
• Etc, etc
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Enabling Technologies for New Flare Observations
• Focusing optics– Direct imaging - Christe will discuss
• Digital correlators enable radio imaging/spectroscopy -Steven White discussed
• Ge detectors with 3-D positioning
• Grid technology subarcsecond HXR imaging compact collimators
• CZT and other pixelated detector capability
• TRL of booms – Albert Shih will discuss application
• Advances in on-board and ground data systems
• Steady progress in polarization instrumentation - McConnell
• Etc, etc
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3D-Germanium Detectors• Germanium detectors• 7.5cm × 7.5cm × 1.5cm• Orthogonal strips on
opposite faces• 0.5-mm pitch • Locate each energy
deposition to ~0.1 mm3
• Compton-scatter track reconstruction
• Gives time, energy, location and directional information on each photon 9
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GRIPSGamma-Ray Imaging Polarimeter for Solar flares
P.I. Bob Lin, UCB
Multi-pitch rotating modulator
Spectrometer/polarimeterwith 0.5mm spatial resolution
Energy range ~20 keV to >~10 MeV
Angular resolution 12.5 to 162 arcsec First balloon flight: spring 2012
Shih will discuss adaptation to s/c
8 m boom length
Detector provides time, energy, location and a polarization signature of each photon with low background
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Two Perspectives on GRIPS Imaging
• Each photon identifies a set of ‘probability stripes’ on Sun from which it could have originated
• Observations of many photons image
1 3 10
30 100 1000
Time sequence of counts beneath each mask location/orientation measures one visibility
Continuous set of gid pitches measures solid annulus in uv plane
uv plane
Radial profile of PSF
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Adaptation to HXR Energies
• Could combine MPRM approach with pixelated CZT detectors to achieve subarcsecond, high-dynamic range imaging spectroscopy in a ~3m long package
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Detector and Grid Technology Implications
Feasible to put such instruments on heliocentric orbits
Directivity Occultation of limb sources
Can simultaneously follow the spectral and temporal evolution of coronal and footpoint sources from 3-200 keV with no dynamic range limitations
•High resolution X-ray imaging spectroscopy can be done with small insturments
~10^2 of resources of RHESSI
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Examples of Compact HXR Instrumentation
Solar Orbiter / STIX
Selected
7” 4-150 keV
Solar Probe / XIS
Proposed
35” 4-150 keV
Sentinels / Studied
18” 4-150 keV
LEO
opportunities
Adaptations of above
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