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The Large Imaging Spectrometer for Solar Accelerated Nuclei (LISSAN): A Next-Generation Solar γ-ray Spectroscopic Imaging Instrument Concept

Published:2023-11-23 Issue:12 Volume:10 Page:985
ISSN:2226-4310
Container-title:Aerospace
language:en
Short-container-title:Aerospace

Author:

Ryan Daniel F.¹^ORCID,Musset Sophie²^ORCID,Reid Hamish A. S.³^ORCID,Krucker Säm¹⁴^ORCID,Battaglia Andrea F.¹⁵^ORCID,Bréelle Eric⁶,Chapron Claude⁶,Collier Hannah¹⁵^ORCID,Dahlin Joel⁷^ORCID,Denker Carsten⁸^ORCID,Dickson Ewan⁹^ORCID,Gallagher Peter T.¹⁰^ORCID,Hannah Iain¹¹^ORCID,Jeffrey Natasha L. S.¹²^ORCID,Kašparová Jana¹³^ORCID,Kontar Eduard¹¹^ORCID,Laurent Philippe⁶^ORCID,Maloney Shane A.¹⁰^ORCID,Massa Paolo¹⁴^ORCID,Massone Anna Maria¹⁵^ORCID,Mrozek Tomasz¹⁶^ORCID,Pailot Damien⁶,Pallu Melody⁶^ORCID,Pesce-Rollins Melissa¹⁷^ORCID,Piana Michele¹⁵^ORCID,Plotnikov Illya¹⁸,Rouillard Alexis¹⁸,Shih Albert Y.⁷^ORCID,Smith David¹⁹²⁰^ORCID,Steslicki Marek¹⁶^ORCID,Stiefel Muriel Z.¹⁵^ORCID,Warmuth Alexander⁸^ORCID,Verma Meetu⁸^ORCID,Veronig Astrid⁹^ORCID,Vilmer Nicole²¹^ORCID,Vocks Christian⁸^ORCID,Volpara Anna¹⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. FHNW School of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Bahnhofstrasse 6, 5210 Windisch, Switzerland

2. European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC), European Space Agency, 2201 Noordwijk, The Netherlands

3. Mullard Space Science Labratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking RH5 6NT, UK

4. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, 7 Gauss Way, Berkeley, CA 94708, USA

5. Institute for Particle Physics and Astrophysics (IPA), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ), Wolfgang-Pauli-Strasse 27, 8039 Zurich, Switzerland

6. Astroparticule et Cosmologie, Université Paris Cité, CNRS, CEA, F-75013 Paris, France

7. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

8. Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam (AIP), An der Sternwarte 16, 14482 Potsdam, Germany

9. Institute of Physics & Kanzelhöhe Observatory, University of Graz, Universitätsplatz 5, 8010 Graz, Austria

10. Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, 31 Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin D02 XF86, Ireland

11. School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Glasgow, University Avenue, Glasgow G12 8QQ, UK

12. Department of Mathematics, Physics & Electrical Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8S, UK

13. Astronomical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences (CAS), 251 65 Ondřejov, Czech Republic

14. Department of Physics & Astronomy, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY 42101, USA

15. Methods for Image and Data Analysis (MIDA), Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Genova, Via Dodecaneso 35, I-16146 Genova, Italy

16. Centrum Badań Kosmicznych, PAN, ul. Bartycka 18a, 00-716 Warszawa, Poland

17. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN-Pisa), 56127 Pisa, Italy

18. Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP), National Center for Space Studies (CNES), Université Toulouse III, 31062 Toulouse, France

19. Physics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

20. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1156 High St., Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA

21. Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics (LESIA), CNRS–UMR 8109, Observatoire de Paris, 5 Place J. Janssen, 92195 Meudon, France

Abstract

Models of particle acceleration in solar eruptive events suggest that roughly equal energy may go into accelerating electrons and ions. However, while previous solar X-ray spectroscopic imagers have transformed our understanding of electron acceleration, only one resolved image of γ-ray emission from solar accelerated ions has ever been produced. This paper outlines a new satellite instrument concept—the large imaging spectrometer for solar accelerated nuclei (LISSAN)—with the capability not only to observe hundreds of events over its lifetime, but also to capture multiple images per event, thereby imaging the dynamics of solar accelerated ions for the first time. LISSAN provides spectroscopic imaging at photon energies of 40 keV–100 MeV on timescales of ≲10 s with greater sensitivity and imaging capability than its predecessors. This is achieved by deploying high-resolution scintillator detectors and indirect Fourier imaging techniques. LISSAN is suitable for inclusion in a multi-instrument platform such as an ESA M-class mission or as a smaller standalone mission. Without the observations that LISSAN can provide, our understanding of solar particle acceleration, and hence the space weather events with which it is often associated, cannot be complete.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Aerospace Engineering

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2226-4310/10/12/985/pdf

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