Performances and First Results from the RPW/Search Coil Magnetometer onboard Solar Orbiter

Matthieu Kretzschmar (1) , V. Krasnoselskikh (1) , Thierry Dudok de Wit (1) , C. Froment , B. Jean-Yves (1) , G. Jannet (1) , O. Le Contel (2) , M. Maksimovic (3) , T. Chust (2) , J. Soucek , A. Vecchio (4) , S. D. Bale , Y. Khotyaintsev , E. Lorfevre (5) , D. Plettemeier , M. Steller , S. Stverak , P. Travnicek , A. Vaivads

1 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
2 LPP - Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas
3 LESIA (UMR_8109) - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
4 Observatoire de Paris
5 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]

The Search Coil Magnetometer (SCM) onboard Solar Orbiter is part of the Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) experiment. It measures magnetic field fluctuations in the frequency range from a few Hz to 50 kHz on three axes and between 1 kHz and 1MHz in one axis. RPW has been working nearly continuously and SCM has recorded many interesting features, including whistler and other types of waves as well as local characteristics of turbulence. We will provide an overview of these observations as well as a description of the in flight performances of SCM.

Keywords: Instruments and techniques; SOLAR PHYSICS; ASTROPHYSICS; ASTRONOMY; General or miscellaneous

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]

Matthieu Kretzschmar, V. Krasnoselskikh, Thierry Dudok de Wit, C. Froment, B. Jean-Yves, et al.. Performances and First Results from the RPW/Search Coil Magnetometer onboard Solar Orbiter. American Geophysical Union, 2020, Online, France. 18 pp. ⟨insu-03560097⟩