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The High-resolution coronal imager (Hi-C)

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  • Ken Kobayashi
  • Jonathan Cirtain
  • Amy R. Winebarger
  • Kelly Korreck
  • Leon Golub
  • Robert W. Walsh
  • Bart De Pontieu
  • Craig DeForest
  • Alan Title
  • Sergey Kuzin
  • Sabrina Savage
  • Dyana Beabout
  • Brent Beabout
  • William Podgorski
  • David Caldwell
  • Kenneth McCracken
  • Mark Ordway
  • Henry Bergner
  • Richard Gates
  • Sean McKillop
  • Peter Cheimets
  • Nick Mitchell
  • David Windt
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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>25/07/2014
<mark>Journal</mark>Solar Physics
Issue number11
Volume289
Number of pages20
Pages (from-to)4393-4412
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

The High-Resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) was flown on a NASA sounding rocket on 11 July 2012. The goal of the Hi-C mission was to obtain high-resolution (≈0.3 – 0.4˝), high-cadence (≈5 seconds) images of a solar active region to investigate the dynamics of solar coronal structures at small spatial scales. The instrument consists of a normal-incidence telescope with the optics coated with multilayers to reflect a narrow wavelength range around 19.3 nm (including the Fe XII 19.5-nm spectral line) and a 4096×4096 camera with a plate scale of 0.1˝ pixel-1. The target of the Hi-C rocket flight was Active Region 11520. Hi-C obtained 37 full-frame images and 86 partial-frame images during the rocket flight. Analysis of the Hi-C data indicates the corona is structured on scales smaller than currently resolved by existing satellite missions.