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Prospects of Solar Magnetometry—From Ground and in Space

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In this review we present an overview of observing facilities for solar research, which are planned or will come to operation in near future. We concentrate on facilities, which harbor specific potential for solar magnetometry. We describe the challenges and science goals of future magnetic measurements, the status of magnetic field measurements at different major solar observatories, and provide an outlook on possible upgrades of future instrumentation.

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We thank the experts of the telescopes and instruments for their advice and information, in particular, Wenda Cao, Gianna Cauzzi, Manolo Collados, Jaime de la Cruz Rodriguez, Alex Feller, Bernard Gelly, S.S. Hasan, Bruce Lites, Chang Liu, Arturo Lopez Ariste, Zhong Liu, Valentin Martinez Pillet, Rolf Schlichenmaier, Alexandra Tritschler, Michiel van Noort, and Haimin Wang.

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Kleint, L., Gandorfer, A. Prospects of Solar Magnetometry—From Ground and in Space. Space Sci Rev 210, 397–426 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-015-0208-1

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