TY - JOUR
T1 - Critical Science Plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)
AU - NSO, DKIST project, and DKIST instrument scientists
AU - DKIST Science Working Group
AU - DKIST Critical Science Plan Community
AU - Rast, Mark P.
AU - Bello González, Nazaret
AU - Bellot Rubio, Luis
AU - Cao, Wenda
AU - Cauzzi, Gianna
AU - DeLuca, Edward
AU - De Pontieu, Bart
AU - Fletcher, Lyndsay
AU - Gibson, Sarah E.
AU - Judge, Philip G.
AU - Katsukawa, Yukio
AU - Kazachenko, Maria D.
AU - Khomenko, Elena
AU - Landi, Enrico
AU - Martínez Pillet, Valentín
AU - Petrie, Gordon J.D.
AU - Qiu, Jiong
AU - Rachmeler, Laurel A.
AU - Rempel, Matthias
AU - Schmidt, Wolfgang
AU - Scullion, Eamon
AU - Sun, Xudong
AU - Welsch, Brian T.
AU - Andretta, Vincenzo
AU - Antolin, Patrick
AU - Ayres, Thomas R.
AU - Balasubramaniam, K. S.
AU - Ballai, Istvan
AU - Berger, Thomas E.
AU - Bradshaw, Stephen J.
AU - Campbell, Ryan J.
AU - Carlsson, Mats
AU - Casini, Roberto
AU - Centeno, Rebecca
AU - Cranmer, Steven R.
AU - Criscuoli, Serena
AU - DeForest, Craig
AU - Deng, Yuanyong
AU - Erdélyi, Robertus
AU - Fedun, Viktor
AU - Fischer, Catherine E.
AU - González Manrique, Sergio J.
AU - Hahn, Michael
AU - Harra, Louise
AU - Henriques, Vasco M.J.
AU - Hurlburt, Neal E.
AU - Jaeggli, Sarah
AU - Jafarzadeh, Shahin
AU - Jain, Rekha
AU - Kuridze, David
N1 - Funding Information:
This work rests on many years of sustained vision, effort, and dedication by DKIST and DKIST instrument, team scientists, engineers, and administrative, support personnel, the unwavering commitment of the National Science Foundation, and the support of the US taxpayers. It includes contributions from members of the DKIST Science Working Group and the DKIST Critical Science Plan Community, all of whom generously shared their experiences, plans, knowledge, and dreams. It is impossible at this stage to fully acknowledge each individual’s contribution to those groups without error or error of omission, but they are all greatly appreciated. The research reported herein was based in part on the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), a facility of the National Solar Observatory (NSO). NSO is managed by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under a cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation or the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. DKIST is located on land of spiritual and cultural significance to Native Hawaiian people. The use of this important site to further scientific knowledge is done with great appreciation and respect.
Funding Information:
This work rests on many years of sustained vision, effort, and dedication by DKIST and DKIST instrument, team scientists, engineers, and administrative, support personnel, the unwavering commitment of the National Science Foundation, and the support of the US taxpayers. It includes contributions from members of the DKIST Science Working Group and the DKIST Critical Science Plan Community, all of whom generously shared their experiences, plans, knowledge, and dreams. It is impossible at this stage to fully acknowledge each individual’s contribution to those groups without error or error of omission, but they are all greatly appreciated.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/4/19
Y1 - 2021/4/19
N2 - The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will revolutionize our ability to measure, understand, and model the basic physical processes that control the structure and dynamics of the Sun and its atmosphere. The first-light DKIST images, released publicly on 29 January 2020, only hint at the extraordinary capabilities that will accompany full commissioning of the five facility instruments. With this Critical Science Plan (CSP) we attempt to anticipate some of what those capabilities will enable, providing a snapshot of some of the scientific pursuits that the DKIST hopes to engage as start-of-operations nears. The work builds on the combined contributions of the DKIST Science Working Group (SWG) and CSP Community members, who generously shared their experiences, plans, knowledge, and dreams. Discussion is primarily focused on those issues to which DKIST will uniquely contribute.
AB - The National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) will revolutionize our ability to measure, understand, and model the basic physical processes that control the structure and dynamics of the Sun and its atmosphere. The first-light DKIST images, released publicly on 29 January 2020, only hint at the extraordinary capabilities that will accompany full commissioning of the five facility instruments. With this Critical Science Plan (CSP) we attempt to anticipate some of what those capabilities will enable, providing a snapshot of some of the scientific pursuits that the DKIST hopes to engage as start-of-operations nears. The work builds on the combined contributions of the DKIST Science Working Group (SWG) and CSP Community members, who generously shared their experiences, plans, knowledge, and dreams. Discussion is primarily focused on those issues to which DKIST will uniquely contribute.
KW - Chromosphere
KW - Corona
KW - Solar photosphere
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85104668767&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s11207-021-01789-2
DO - 10.1007/s11207-021-01789-2
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85104668767
SN - 0038-0938
VL - 296
JO - Solar Physics
JF - Solar Physics
IS - 4
M1 - 70
ER -