Main Objective: We plan to observe solar jets during the 9 March 2016 total solar eclipse. Observations in white light will be taken from the ground at Ternate, Indonesia.
Scientific Justification: The coronal intensity in white light is a strong function of density alone, while the coronal intensity seen from Hinode/XRT is dependent on temperature and density. We want to know whether XRT-observed coronal features such as X-ray jets have a propensity to occur in the densest plumes. We can address this by combining the ground-based and space-based observations during the eclipse. Our focus is on the study of coronal jets (e.g., Sterling et al. 2015, Nature, 523, 437), and their possible connection to plumes (e.g., Raouafi et al. 2008, ApJ, 682L, 137; also see Pasachoff et al. 2008, ApJ, 682, 638, and Pasachoff et al. 2015, ApJ, 800, 90). We also desire SOT and IRIS observations to address the connection between spicules and coronal jets (e.g. Sterling, Harra, & Moore 2010, ApJ, 722, 1644, Solar Phys., 260, 59; Curdt, Tian, & Kamio 2012, Solar Physics, 280, 417 , and Pasachoff, Jacobson, & Sterling 2009). |
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