COMPLETE is a flagship mission concept combining broadband spectroscopic imaging and comprehensive magnetography from multiple viewpoints around the Sun to enable tomographic reconstruction of 3D coronal magnetic fields and associated dynamic plasma properties, which provide direct diagnostics of energy release. COMPLETE re-imagines the paradigm for solar remote-sensing observations through purposefully co-optimized detectors distributed on multiple spacecraft that operate as a single observatory, linked by a comprehensive data/model assimilation strategy to unify individual observations into a single physical framework. We describe COMPLETE's science goals, instruments, and mission implementation. With targeted investment by NASA, COMPLETE is feasible for launch in 2032 to observe around the maximum of Solar Cycle 26.
@article{arxiv.2305.16533,
title = {COMPLETE: A flagship mission for complete understanding of 3D coronal magnetic energy release},
author = {Amir Caspi and Daniel B. Seaton and Roberto Casini and Cooper Downs and Sarah E. Gibson and Holly Gilbert and Lindsay Glesener and Silvina E. Guidoni and J. Marcus Hughes and David McKenzie and Joseph Plowman and Katharine K. Reeves and Pascal Saint-Hilaire and Albert Y. Shih and Matthew J. West},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.16533},
year = {2023}
}
Comments
White paper submitted to the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033; 10 pages, 6 figures, 1 table