THz photometers for solar flare observations from space

• Published in: Experimental Astronomy
• Main Authors: Kaufmann, Pierre, Marcon, Rogério, Abrantes, André, Bortolucci, Emilio C., T. Fernandes, Luis Olavo, Kropotov, Grigory I., Kudaka, Amauri S., Machado, Nelson, Marun, Adolfo Hector, Nikolaev, Valery, Silva, Alexandre, da Silva, Claudemir S., Timofeevsky, Alexander
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer
• Subjects: Solar Flare Thz Emissions; Solar Flares; Stratospheric Balloon Platform; Thz Detectors; Thz Photometer Performance; Thz Photometers; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; San Juan; Argentina; Hector; Marcon; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/36851

The search for the still unrevealed spectral shape of the mysterious THz solar flare emissions is one of the current most challenging research issues. The concept, fabrication and performance of a double THz photometer system, named SOLAR-T, is presented. Its innovative optical setup allows observat...