First observations of the Search Coil Magnetometer on Solar Orbiter / RPW: results and performances

Matthieu Kretschmar; Volodya Krasnoselskikh; Jean-Yves Brochot; Guillaume Jannet; Thierry Dudok de Wit; Clara Froment; Milan Maksimovic; Thomas Chust; Olivier Le Contel; Jan Soucek; David Pisa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19143

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EGU2020-19143

https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19143

EGU General Assembly 2020

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First observations of the Search Coil Magnetometer on Solar Orbiter / RPW: results and performances

Matthieu Kretschmar¹, Volodya Krasnoselskikh¹, Jean-Yves Brochot¹, Guillaume Jannet¹, Thierry Dudok de Wit¹, Clara Froment¹, Milan Maksimovic², Thomas Chust³, Olivier Le Contel³, Jan Soucek⁴, and David Pisa⁴

Matthieu Kretschmar et al.

¹LPC2E, CNRS and University of Orléans, France
²LESIA, Paris Observatory, France
³LPP, Paris, France
⁴IAP, Praha, Czech Republic

The Search Coil Magnetometer (SCM) onboard Solar Orbiter is part of the Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) experiment and measures the variations of the magnetic field between 10 Hz and 50 kHz on three axes and between 1 kHz and 1MHz in one axis. The SCM is located on the boom of the spacecraft and its signal is processed by the LFR, TDS, and HFR analyzers of the RPW experiment. These measurements are essential for the characterization of waves and turbulence in the solar wind. We will describe the first observations made by the instrument with an emphasis on its performances.

How to cite: Kretschmar, M., Krasnoselskikh, V., Brochot, J.-Y., Jannet, G., Dudok de Wit, T., Froment, C., Maksimovic, M., Chust, T., Le Contel, O., Soucek, J., and Pisa, D.: First observations of the Search Coil Magnetometer on Solar Orbiter / RPW: results and performances, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, 4–8 May 2020, EGU2020-19143, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-19143, 2020.

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