Calibration of Spectropolarimetry channel of Visible Emission Line Coronagraph onboard Aditya-L1

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Main Authors: Narra, Venkata Suresh, Raja, K. Sasikumar, B, Raghavendra Prasad, Singh, Jagdev, Mishra, Shalabh, U, Sanal Krishnan V, S, Bhavana Hegde, D., Utkarsha, V, Natarajan, S, Pawan Kumar, Priyal V, Muthu, P, Savarimuthu, Gavshinde, Priya, P, Umesh Kamath
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author Narra, Venkata Suresh
Raja, K. Sasikumar
B, Raghavendra Prasad
Singh, Jagdev
Mishra, Shalabh
U, Sanal Krishnan V
S, Bhavana Hegde
D., Utkarsha
V, Natarajan
S, Pawan Kumar
Priyal V, Muthu
P, Savarimuthu
Gavshinde, Priya
P, Umesh Kamath
author_facet Narra, Venkata Suresh
Raja, K. Sasikumar
B, Raghavendra Prasad
Singh, Jagdev
Mishra, Shalabh
U, Sanal Krishnan V
S, Bhavana Hegde
D., Utkarsha
V, Natarajan
S, Pawan Kumar
Priyal V, Muthu
P, Savarimuthu
Gavshinde, Priya
P, Umesh Kamath
contents The magnetic field strength and its topology play an important role in understanding the formation, evolution, and dynamics of the solar corona. Also, it plays a significant role in addressing long-standing mysteries such as coronal heating problem, origin and propagation of coronal mass ejections, drivers of space weather, origin and acceleration of solar wind, and so on. Despite having photospheric magnetograms for decades, we do not have reliable observations of coronal magnetic field strengths today. To measure the coronal magnetic field precisely, the spectropolarimetry channel of the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) on board the Aditya-L1 mission is designed. Using the observations of coronal emission line Fe XIII [10747{Å~}], it is possible to generate full Stokes maps (I, Q, U, and V) that help in estimating the Line-of-Sight (LOS) magnetic field strength and to derive the magnetic field topology maps of solar corona in the Field of View (FOV) (1.05 -- 1.5~R$_{\odot}$). In this article, we summarize the instrumental details of the spectropolarimetry channel and detailed calibration procedures adopted to derive the modulation and demodulation matrices. Furthermore, we have applied the derived demodulation matrices to the observed data in the laboratory and studied their performance.
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spellingShingle Calibration of Spectropolarimetry channel of Visible Emission Line Coronagraph onboard Aditya-L1
Narra, Venkata Suresh
Raja, K. Sasikumar
B, Raghavendra Prasad
Singh, Jagdev
Mishra, Shalabh
U, Sanal Krishnan V
S, Bhavana Hegde
D., Utkarsha
V, Natarajan
S, Pawan Kumar
Priyal V, Muthu
P, Savarimuthu
Gavshinde, Priya
P, Umesh Kamath
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
The magnetic field strength and its topology play an important role in understanding the formation, evolution, and dynamics of the solar corona. Also, it plays a significant role in addressing long-standing mysteries such as coronal heating problem, origin and propagation of coronal mass ejections, drivers of space weather, origin and acceleration of solar wind, and so on. Despite having photospheric magnetograms for decades, we do not have reliable observations of coronal magnetic field strengths today. To measure the coronal magnetic field precisely, the spectropolarimetry channel of the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) on board the Aditya-L1 mission is designed. Using the observations of coronal emission line Fe XIII [10747{Å~}], it is possible to generate full Stokes maps (I, Q, U, and V) that help in estimating the Line-of-Sight (LOS) magnetic field strength and to derive the magnetic field topology maps of solar corona in the Field of View (FOV) (1.05 -- 1.5~R$_{\odot}$). In this article, we summarize the instrumental details of the spectropolarimetry channel and detailed calibration procedures adopted to derive the modulation and demodulation matrices. Furthermore, we have applied the derived demodulation matrices to the observed data in the laboratory and studied their performance.
title Calibration of Spectropolarimetry channel of Visible Emission Line Coronagraph onboard Aditya-L1
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12793