The magnetic solar corona as revealed by polarimetry
SCIENTIFIC RATIONALE :
Pic du Midi, with its historic record of observational excellence in astronomy, is today one of the only four remaining sites of observation of the solar corona with ground telescopes. In the wake of the successful demonstration of the COMP instrument at Sac Peak and Mauna Loa observatories of the measurement and interpretation of the polarization of coronal emission lines in terms of magnetic fields, and with the encouraging results from the COMPS instrument and the TurinCorMag at Lomicky Stit observatory, a new project has started to add polarimetric capabilities to the CLIMSO suite of coronagraphs at Pic du Midi. With the support of the Observateurs Associés this project aims at completing the amount of observables of the coronal magnetic fields by increasing the observing time and expanding the amount of observed spectral lines.
As a kickoff for this project we convene the interested community to a conference to present the project, and discuss on the instrumental, observational and interpretation aspects of the polarimetry of solar coronal magnetic fields.
DATES AND LOCATION:
The workshop took place at the IRAP (Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie) headquarters in Toulouse from Nov 4th, Tuesday, until Nov. 6th, Thursday.
A. López Ariste (IRAP, France)
PROGRAM
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Tuesday, November 4th
S. Fineschi. Space- and Ground-based Coronal Spectro-Polarimetry: Synergies
Discussion: Lessons learned from past and current ground- and space-based coronagraphs
Wednesday, November 5th
Discussion: Critical developements for interpretation
Discussion: Prospects on Coronagraphy network and community building
Thursday, November 6th
G.Capobianco: Coronal Magnetograph (CorMag): A Spectropolarimeter for the study of the coronal magnetic fields.
Discussion: What new instruments?