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Rachmeler, Laurel; E McKenzie, David; Ishikawa, Ryohko; Trujillo Bueno, J.; Auchère, Frédéric; Kobayashi, Ken; Winebarger, Amy; Bethge, Christian; Kano, Ryouhei; Kubo, Masahito; Song, Donguk; Narukage, Noriyuki; Ishikawa, Shin-nosuke; De Pontieu, Bart; Carlsson, Mats; Yoshida, Masaki; Belluzzi, Luca; Stepan, Jiri; del Pino Alemná, Tanausú; Ballester, Ernest Alsina; Asensio Ramos, A.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting #48, id.110.10
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2017
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Description
We present the instrument, science case, and timeline of the CLASP2
sounding rocket mission. The successful CLASP (Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha
Spectro-Polarimeter) sounding rocket flight in 2015 resulted in the
first-ever linear polarization measurements of solar hydrogen
Lyman-alpha line, which is sensitive to the Hanle effect and can be used
to constrain the magnetic field and geometric complexity of the upper
chromosphere. Ly-alpha is one of several upper chromospheric lines that
contain magnetic information. In the spring of 2019, we will re-fly the
modified CLASP telescope to measure the full Stokes profile of Mg II h
& k near 280 nm. This set of lines is sensitive to the upper
chromospheric magnetic field via both the Hanle and the Zeeman effects.