From b08f911ac638a10b8843fc86cc5090d9b7be1949 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roy Smart <roytsmart@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 15:29:50 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Started rewriting the first few sentences in the introduction of the instrument paper. --- .../papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py | 14 ++++++++------ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/esis/science/papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py b/esis/science/papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py index 0dd14aa..a8e0fe8 100644 --- a/esis/science/papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py +++ b/esis/science/papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py @@ -10,12 +10,14 @@ def section() -> pylatex.Section: result.escape = False result.append( r""" -The solar \TR\ and corona, as viewed from space in its characteristic short wavelengths (\FUV, \EUV, and soft X-ray), -is a three-dimensional scene evolving in time: $I(x, y, \lambda, t)$. -Here, the helioprojective cartesian coordinates, $x$ and $y$ \citep{Thompson2006}, and the wavelength axis, $\lambda$, -comprise the three dimensions of the scene, while $t$ represents the temporal axis. -An ideal instrument would capture a spatial/spectral data cube, at a rapid temporal cadence, however, practical -limitations lead us to accept various compromises of the sampling rate along each of these four dimensions. +The light emitted by the solar \TR\ and corona varies significantly as a function +of position, wavelength, and time. +When viewed from Earth, the spectral radiance from the Sun can be written as: $I(x, y, \lambda, t)$, +where $x$ and $y$ are the helioprojective Cartesian coordinates \citep{Thompson2006}, $\lambda$ is wavelength, and $t$ is time. +The ideal solar imaging spectrograph would capture $I(x, y, \lambda, t)$ with high resolution in $x$, $y$, $\lambda$, and $t$ +\textit{and} over a wide \FOV\, wavelength range, and time period. +However, physical limitations in sensors and materials mean that we must make compromises on either the sampling rate +or the sampling rangle along each of these four dimensions. Approaching this ideal is the fast tunable filtergraph (\ie\ fast tunable Fabry--P\'erot etalons, \eg\ the GREGOR Fabry--P{\'e}rot Interferometer, \citep{Puschmann12}), but the materials do not exist to extend this technology to \EUV\ wavelengths shortward of $\sim$\SI{150}{\nano\meter}~\citep{2000WuelserFP}. From af2e6dfb2ed9af77206a9c79a2087e68738f367e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roy Smart <roytsmart@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 16:27:51 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Edits to the Fabry-Perot paragraph of the Instrument paper introduction. --- .../instrument/sections/introduction.py | 23 +++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/esis/science/papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py b/esis/science/papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py index a8e0fe8..51aad1b 100644 --- a/esis/science/papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py +++ b/esis/science/papers/instrument/sections/introduction.py @@ -13,11 +13,24 @@ def section() -> pylatex.Section: The light emitted by the solar \TR\ and corona varies significantly as a function of position, wavelength, and time. When viewed from Earth, the spectral radiance from the Sun can be written as: $I(x, y, \lambda, t)$, -where $x$ and $y$ are the helioprojective Cartesian coordinates \citep{Thompson2006}, $\lambda$ is wavelength, and $t$ is time. -The ideal solar imaging spectrograph would capture $I(x, y, \lambda, t)$ with high resolution in $x$, $y$, $\lambda$, and $t$ -\textit{and} over a wide \FOV\, wavelength range, and time period. -However, physical limitations in sensors and materials mean that we must make compromises on either the sampling rate -or the sampling rangle along each of these four dimensions. +where $x$ and $y$ are the helioprojective Cartesian coordinates \citep{Thompson2006}, +$\lambda$ is wavelength, and $t$ is time. +The ideal solar imaging spectrograph would capture $I(x, y, \lambda, t)$ with high resolution in $x$, $y$, $\lambda$, +and $t$ \textit{and} over a wide \FOV\, wavelength range, and time period. +Of course, the temporal dimension is privileged, so we often reduce the problem to capturing a 3D spatial/spectral +cube at a particular time $t_0$: $I(x, y, \lambda, t_0)$. +Since we use 2D detectors, this means that we must find a way to flatten the 3D cube into two dimensions +without losing information. + +One obvious way to accomplish this is to multiplex one of the three remaining dimensions in time. +Narrowband, tunable filters, +such as the GREGOR Fabry--P{\'e}rot Interferometer \citep{Puschmann12}, +multiplex the wavelength dimension in time, +and can change the selected wavelength in \SI{100}{\milli\second} or less \citep{vanNoort2022}, +but the technology does not exist to use this technique for wavelengths shorter than +$\sim$\SI{150}{\nano\meter}~\citep{2000WuelserFP}. + + Approaching this ideal is the fast tunable filtergraph (\ie\ fast tunable Fabry--P\'erot etalons, \eg\ the GREGOR Fabry--P{\'e}rot Interferometer, \citep{Puschmann12}), but the materials do not exist to extend this technology to \EUV\ wavelengths shortward of $\sim$\SI{150}{\nano\meter}~\citep{2000WuelserFP}.