Research

Speaker: Paul Bryans

CMEx is a proposed NASA SMEX mission that uses NUV spectropolarimetry to diagnose magnetism from the solar photosphere to the transition region. Measuring the magnetic field in this region of the solar atmosphere is crucial in being able to understand the conditions that lead to eruptions, with a view to eventually predicting their occurrence. In this talk I will describe the scientific motivation behind the mission, explain the instrumentation approach to make the necessary measurements, and discuss the mission status and path towards launch.