The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus. Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar Transients

S. D. Bale (1) , K. Goetz , P. R. Harvey (1) , P. Turin (1) , J. W. Bonnell (1) , Thierry Dudok de Wit (2) , R. E. Ergun (3) , R. J. Macdowall (4) , M. Pulupa , M. Andre , M. Bolton (5) , J.-L. Bougeret (6) , T. A. Bowen , D. Burgess (7) , C. A. Cattell (8) , B. D. G. Chandran , C. C. Chaston (1) , C. H. K. Chen , M. K. Choi , J. E. Connerney (9) , S. Cranmer (10) , M. Diaz-Aguado (1) , W. Donakowski , J. F. Drake (11) , W. M. Farrell (12) , P. Fergeau (2) , J. Fermin , J. Fischer (1) , N. Fox , D. Glaser , M. Goldstein (13) , D. Gordon (14) , E. Hanson , S. E. Harris , L. M. Hayes , J. J. Hinze , J. V. Hollweg , T. S. Horbury (15) , R. A. Howard , V. Hoxie , G. Jannet (2) , M. Karlsson , J. C. Kasper (16) , P. J. Kellogg (8) , M. Kien , J. A. Klimchuk , Vladimir Krasnoselskikh (2) , S. Krucker (1) , J. J. Lynch (17) , M. Maksimovic (6) , D. M. Malaspina , S. Marker , P. Martin , J. Martinez-Oliveros , J. Mccauley , D. J. Mccomas (18) , T. Mcdonald , N. Meyer-Vernet (6) , M. Moncuquet (6) , S. J. Monson (8) , F. S. Mozer (1) , S. D. Murphy , J. Odom , R. Oliverson , J. Olson , E. N. Parker , D. Pankow , T. Phan , E. Quataert , T. Quinn , S. W. Ruplin , C. Salem , D. Seitz , D. A. Sheppard , A. Siy , K. Stevens , D. Summers , A. Szabo (19) , M. Timofeeva , A. Vaivads , M. Velli , A. Yehle , D. Werthimer , J. R. Wygant (8)

1 SSL - Space Sciences Laboratory [Berkeley]
2 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
3 LASP - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics [Boulder]
4 NASA
5 RSPB Centre for Conservation Science
6 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
7 QMUL - Queen Mary University of London
8 School of Physics and Astronomy [Minneapolis]
9 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
10 Lancaster University
11 Joint Center for Astrophysics/Physics Department University of Maryland
12 GISS - NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies
13 Stanford University
14 ANU - Australian National University
15 Blackett Laboratory
16 CfA - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
17 Penn State - Pennsylvania State University
18 SwRI - Southwest Research Institute [San Antonio]
19 Stockholm University

NASA’s Solar Probe Plus (SPP) mission will make the first in situ measurements of the solar corona and the birthplace of the solar wind. The FIELDS instrument suite on SPP will make direct measurements of electric and magnetic fields, the properties of in situ plasma waves, electron density and temperature profiles, and interplanetary radio emissions, amongst other things. Here, we describe the scientific objectives targeted by the SPP/FIELDS instrument, the instrument design itself, and the instrument concept of operations and planned data products.

Keywords: Coronal heating; Solar Probe Plus

Domains: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]; Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]

S. D. Bale, K. Goetz, P. R. Harvey, P. Turin, J. W. Bonnell, et al.. The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus. Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar Transients. Space Science Reviews, 2016, 204 (1-4), pp.49-82. ⟨10.1007/s11214-016-0244-5⟩. ⟨insu-01344576⟩