First observations and performance of the RPW instrument on board the Solar Orbiter mission
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F67985815%3A_____%2F21%3A00552610" target="_blank" >RIV/67985815:_____/21:00552610 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68378289:_____/21:00550980
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141271" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141271</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202141271" target="_blank" >10.1051/0004-6361/202141271</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
First observations and performance of the RPW instrument on board the Solar Orbiter mission
Original language description
The Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument on the ESA Solar Orbiter mission is designed to measure in situ magnetic and electric fields and waves from the continuum up to several hundred kHz. The RPW also observes solar and heliospheric radio emissions up to 16 MHz. It was switched on and its antennae were successfully deployed two days after the launch of Solar Orbiter on February 10, 2020. Since then, the instrument has acquired enough data to make it possible to assess its performance and the electromagnetic disturbances it experiences. In this article, we assess its scientific performance and present the first RPW observations. In particular, we focus on a statistical analysis of the first observations of interplanetary dust by the instrument's Thermal Noise Receiver. We also review the electro-magnetic disturbances that RPW suffers, especially those which potential users of the instrument data should be aware of before starting their research work.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10308 - Astronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Astronomy & Astrophysics
ISSN
0004-6361
e-ISSN
1432-0746
Volume of the periodical
656
Issue of the periodical within the volume
December
Country of publishing house
FR - FRANCE
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
A41
UT code for WoS article
000730246400039
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85121591291