3-11 July 2007
Merida, Mexico
Mexico/General timezone
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Contribution Poster (WITHDRAWN)

SMESE: SMall Explorer for Solar Eruptions

Speakers

  • Dr. Weiqun GAN

Primary authors

Co-authors

  • Dr. J. -C VIAL (Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Bât. 121, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud, F-91405 Orsay, France)
  • Dr. G. TROTTET (LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon Cedex, France)
  • Dr. C. FANG (Department of Astronomy, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China)

Abstract content

SMESE is a Franco-Chinese microsatellite mission. Its scientific objectives are the study of both coronal mass ejections and flares simultaneously at the next solar maximum. The payloads include three packages: LYOT, DESIR, and HEBS. LYOT is composed of a Lyman-alpha coronagraph plus a Lyman-alpha disk imager. DESIR is a far infrared telescope working at two frequencies. HEBS is a high energy spectrometer working in X-rays and gamma-rays covering from 10 keV to 600 MeV. SMESE will be launched around 2011, providing a unique opportunity of detecting and understanding eruptions in a wide range of energies. The instrumentation and progress is described in this paper.