Descrizione del progetto
Riflettori puntati sugli eventi delle particelle energetiche solari
Le particelle energetiche solari (SEP, Solar Energetic Particles) sono particelle ad alta energia provenienti dal Sole. Sono di particolare interesse poiché rappresentano un rischio significativo di radiazioni per i veicoli spaziali al di fuori della schermatura fornita dal campo magnetico terrestre. Il progetto SERPENTINE, finanziato dall’UE, si propone di rispondere a diverse domande in sospeso su cosa scateni gli eventi SEP e fornire una piattaforma avanzata per l’analisi e la visualizzazione dei dati che può avvantaggiare la più ampia comunità eliofisica. Il progetto sfrutterà i dati di alto livello derivanti dalle più recenti missioni europee e statunitensi, quali Solar Orbiter e BepiColombo dell’ESA e Parker Solar Probe della NASA. Inoltre, sfrutterà i dati di diverse missioni nelle basse orbite terrestri nonché le immagini radio e le osservazioni spettroscopiche da terra provenienti dal telescopio LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) nei Paesi Bassi.
Obiettivo
The SERPENTINE project will answer several outstanding questions about the origin of Solar Energetic Particle (SEP) events and provides an advanced platform for the analysis and visualization of high-level datasets to benefit the wider heliophysics community. We exploit the unique opportunity provided by the unprecedented fleet of spacecraft currently in the inner heliosphere. The key data comes from the most recent European and US missions, i.e. Solar Orbiter, Parker Solar Probe and BepiColombo, which have opened completely new avenues to investigate SEPs, with supporting data from several current missions at Earth's orbit as well as ground-based radio imaging and spectroscopic observations with the European Low Frequency Array (LOFAR). In particular, we will focus on unravelling the causes of currently poorly understood large gradual and widespread SEP events. These events also pose the greatest radiation risk to spacecraft outside the shielding provided by Earth’s magnetic field, having thus major importance for the European space weather capabilities. Our platform is expected to significantly foster the further exploitation of the data from European space-borne and ground-based instrumentation and interactions between different communities during and after the project period. This strategic program will, therefore, provide a strong foundation for enhancing European lead and future investments in this field. The SERPENTINE beneficiaries consist of six teams from five European countries who all are at the forefront of their respective fields and provide complementary expertise and skills to the project.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinatore
20014 Turku
Finlandia