SSALMON - The Solar Simulations for the Atacama Large Millimeter Observatory Network
Journal article, 2015
The Solar Simulations for the Atacama Large Millimeter Observatory Network (SSALMON) was initiated in 2014 in connection with two ALMA development studies. The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) is a powerful new tool, which can also observe the Sun at high spatial, temporal, and spectral resolution. The international SSALMONetwork aims at co-ordinating the further development of solar observing modes for ALMA and at promoting scientific opportunities for solar physics with particular focus on numerical simulations, which can provide important constraints for the observing modes and can aid the interpretation of future observations. The radiation detected by ALMA originates mostly in the solar chromosphere - a complex and dynamic layer between the photosphere and corona, which plays an important role in the transport of energy and matter and the heating of the outer layers of the solar atmosphere. Potential targets include active regions, prominences, quiet Sun regions, flares. Here, we give a brief overview over the network and potential science cases for future solar observations with ALMA.
Millimeter radiation
Chromosphere
Solar atmosphere
ALMA
Author
S. Wedemeyer
Czech Academy of Sciences
University of Oslo
T. Bastian
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
R. Brajsa
Czech Academy of Sciences
University of Zagreb
M. Barta
Czech Academy of Sciences
H. Hudson
University of California
University of Glasgow
G. Fleishman
New Jersey Institute of Technology
M. Loukitcheva
Max Planck Society
Saint Petersburg State University - Spsu
B. Fleck
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
E. P. Kontar
University of Glasgow
B. De Pontieu
Lockheed Martin Corporation
S. Tiwari
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Y. Kato
University of Oslo
R. Soler
University of the Balearic Islands
P. Yagoubov
European Southern Observatory (ESO)
John H Black
Chalmers, Earth and Space Sciences, Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics
P. Antolin
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
S. Gunar
University of St Andrews
Czech Academy of Sciences
N. Labrosse
University of Glasgow
A.O. Benz
University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
A. Nindos
University of Ioannina
M. Steffen
Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam
E. Scullion
Trinity College Dublin
J. G. Doyle
Armagh Observatory and Planetarium
T. Zaqarashvili
Institut fur Weltraumforschung
A. Hanslmeier
University of Graz
V. M. Nakariakov
The University of Warwick
P. Heinzel
Czech Academy of Sciences
T. Ayres
University of Colorado
M. Karlicky
Czech Academy of Sciences
Advances in Space Research
0273-1177 (ISSN) 18791948 (eISSN)
Vol. 56 12 2679-2692Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology
Roots
Basic sciences
Infrastructure
Onsala Space Observatory
DOI
10.1016/j.asr.2015.05.027