Models and data analysis tools for the Solar Orbiter mission

AP Rouillard, RF Pinto, A Vourlidas, A De Groof… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The Solar Orbiter spacecraft will be equipped with a wide range of remote-sensing
(RS) and in situ (IS) instruments to record novel and unprecedented measurements of the …

Metis: the Solar Orbiter visible light and ultraviolet coronal imager

E Antonucci, M Romoli, V Andretta, S Fineschi… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Aims. Metis is the first solar coronagraph designed for a space mission and is capable of
performing simultaneous imaging of the off-limb solar corona in both visible and UV light …

First light observations of the solar wind in the outer corona with the Metis coronagraph

M Romoli, E Antonucci, V Andretta… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
In this work, we present an investigation of the wind in the solar corona that has been
initiated by observations of the resonantly scattered ultraviolet emission of the coronal …

Exploring the solar wind from its source on the corona into the inner heliosphere during the first Solar Orbiter–Parker Solar Probe quadrature

D Telloni, V Andretta, E Antonucci… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This Letter addresses the first Solar Orbiter (SO)–Parker Solar Probe (PSP) quadrature,
occurring on 2021 January 18 to investigate the evolution of solar wind from the extended …

First polar observations of the fast solar wind with the Metis–Solar Orbiter coronagraph: Role of 2D turbulence energy dissipation in the wind acceleration

D Telloni, E Antonucci, L Adhikari, GP Zank… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The fast solar wind is known to emanate from polar coronal holes. Aims. This Letter
reports the first estimate of the expansion rate of polar coronal flows performed by the Metis …

The Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope (LST) for the ASO-S mission—I. Scientific objectives and overview

H Li, B Chen, L Feng, Y Li, Y Huang… - … in Astronomy and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
As one of the payloads for the Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) mission,
the Lyman-alpha (Lyα) Solar Telescope (LST) is aimed at imaging the Sun and the inner …

Observations of the solar corona from space

E Antonucci, L Harra, R Susino, D Telloni - Space Science Reviews, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Space observations of the atmosphere of the Sun, obtained in half a century of
dedicated space missions, provide a well established picture of the medium and large-scale …

The first coronal mass ejection observed in both visible-light and UV HI Ly-α channels of the Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter

V Andretta, A Bemporad, Y De Leo, G Jerse… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter offers a new view of coronal mass
ejections (CMEs), observing them for the first time with simultaneous images acquired with a …

The Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope (LST) for the ASO-S mission–III. data and potential diagnostics

L Feng, H Li, B Chen, Y Li, R Susino… - … in Astronomy and …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Lyman-alpha Solar Telescope (LST) is one of the three payloads onboard the
Advanced Space-based Solar Observatory (ASO-S) mission. It aims at imaging the Sun from …

Slow wind belt in the quiet solar corona

E Antonucci, C Downs, GE Capuano, D Spadaro… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The slow solar wind belt in the quiet corona, observed with the Metis coronagraph on board
Solar Orbiter on May 15, 2020, during the activity minimum of the cycle 24, in a field of view …