The CubeSat solar polarimeter (CUSP) project aims to develop a constellation of two CubeSats orbiting the Earth to measure the linear polarisation of solar flares in the hard x-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter on board of each satellite. CUSP will allow to study the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the flaring magnetic structures. CUSP is a project approved for a Phase A study by the Italian Space Agency in the framework of the Alcor program aimed to develop CubeSat technologies and missions.
CUSP: a two CubeSats constellation for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry / Fabiani S.; Baffo I.; Bonomo S.; Contini G.; Costa E.; Cucinella G.; De Cesare G.; Del Monte E.; Del Re A.; Di Cosimo S.; Di Filippo S.; Di Marco A.; Fanelli P.; La Monaca F.; Locarini A.; Loffredo P.; Lombardi G.; Minervini G.; Modenini D.; Muleri F.; Negri A.; Perelli M.; Rankin J.; Rubini A.; Soffitta P.; Strollo E.; Tortora P.; Zambardi A.. - ELETTRONICO. - 12181:(2022), pp. 121810J.18-121810J.26. (Intervento presentato al convegno Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Ultraviolet to Gamma Ray tenutosi a usa nel 2022) [10.1117/12.2629233].
CUSP: a two CubeSats constellation for space weather and solar flares x-ray polarimetry
Locarini A.;Modenini D.;Strollo E.;Tortora P.;
2022
Abstract
The CubeSat solar polarimeter (CUSP) project aims to develop a constellation of two CubeSats orbiting the Earth to measure the linear polarisation of solar flares in the hard x-ray band by means of a Compton scattering polarimeter on board of each satellite. CUSP will allow to study the magnetic reconnection and particle acceleration in the flaring magnetic structures. CUSP is a project approved for a Phase A study by the Italian Space Agency in the framework of the Alcor program aimed to develop CubeSat technologies and missions.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
