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The Tautenburg Solar Laboratory (TauSoL) as Pathfinder for SPRING

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The Tautenburg Solar Laboratory is a new solar observation facility to develop full-disc instrumentation for a new synoptic solar network. In the first phase, a ful-disc spectropolarimeter based on a single tunable etalon placed at the telescope aperture is developed. The development includes a container-based light feed system and optical laboratory, the instrumentation as well as calibration and data reduction pipelines. The ultimate scientific goal is the quasisimultaneous observation of spectral lines for synoptic studies and helioseismic investigations of the Sun.

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TauSoL is funded by the Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Digitale Gesellschaft. Also, this project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 824135. The authors thank Aashana Tripathi for her contribution in reviewing the manuscript.

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    Markus Roth, Hans-Peter Doerr, Hemanth Pruthvi, Michael Sigwarth & Dirk Soltau

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M.R. defined the scientific directives, contributed to the conceptual discussions about the instrument, procured the funding as the principal investigator of the project, and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. H.-P.D. conducted instrument analysis, drawn specifications for the detector and some of the optics, and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. H.P. contributed to the instrument design, analysed the telescope and the instrument to specify the optics, and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. M.S. performed compatibility crosschecks for the components and subsystems, procured them, planned the development roadmap, and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. D.S. designed the telescope and the instrument, specified the optics and other facility subsystems, and contributed to the writing of the manuscript. All the authors have reviewed the manuscript.

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Roth, M., Doerr, HP., Pruthvi, H. et al. The Tautenburg Solar Laboratory (TauSoL) as Pathfinder for SPRING. Sol Phys 299, 44 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-024-02279-x

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