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The Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer for the solar and heliospheric observatory

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The Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer is designed to probe the solar atmosphere through the detection of spectral emission lines in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength range 150 – 800 Å. By observing the intensities of selected lines and line profiles, we may derive temperature, density, flow and abundance information for the plasmas in the solar atmosphere. Spatial and temporal resolutions of down to a few arcseconds and seconds, respectively, allow such studies to be made within the fine-scale structure of the solar corona. Futhermore, coverage of large wavelength bands provides the capability for simultaneously observing the properties of plasmas across the wide temperature ranges of the solar atmosphere.

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  1. Space Science Dept., Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, OX11 0QX, Chilton, Didcot Oxfordshire, UK

    R. A. Harrison, E. C. Sawyer, M. K. Carter, A. M. Cruise, R. M. Cutler, A. Fludra, R. W. Hayes, B. J. Kent, J. Lang, D. J. Parker, J. Payne, C. D. Pike, S. C. Peskett & A. G. Richards

  2. Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, RH5 6NT, Dorking, Surrey, UK

    J. L. Gulhane, K. Norman, A. A. Breeveld, E. R. Breeveld, K. F. Al Janabi, A. J. Mccalden, J. H. Parkinson, D. G. Self & P. D. Thomas

  3. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 682, 20771, Greenbelt, MD, USA

    A. I. Poland, R. J. Thomas & W. T. Thompson

  4. Institute of Theroetical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, PO Box 1029, 0315, Blindern, Oslo, Norway

    O. Kjeldseth-Moe, P. Brekke, J. Karud & P. Maltby

  5. Max- Planck-Institut für Extraterrestrische Physik, D-85748, Garching, Germany

    B. Aschenbach & H. Bräuninger

  6. Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt, Inst. Berlin, Abbestrasse 2-12, D-1000, Berlin 10, Germany

    M. Kühne & J. Hollandt

  7. Experimental Astrophysics Group, Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, CA, USA

    O. H. W. Siegmund

  8. ESA, Space Science Dept., ESTEC, PO Box 299, 2200, Noordwijk, AG, The Netherlands

    M. C. E. Huber

  9. Inst. d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris XI, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France

    A. H. Gabriel

  10. Dept. Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, CB3 9EW, Cambridge, UK

    H. E. Mason

  11. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, PR1 2HE, UK

    B. J. I. Bromage

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Harrison, R.A., Sawyer, E.C., Carter, M.K. et al. The Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer for the solar and heliospheric observatory. Sol Phys 162, 233–290 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00733431

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