CDS and SUMER “ Companions on SOHO”

1. CDS and SUMER“Companions on SOHO” Dave Pike and Richard Harrison

3. Shared ancestry • SOHO study team (inc. PL) - strong spectroscopic requirement • GIS - Spectral/temperature coverage • NIS – Good spectral/spatial resolution • Feb '85. “NIS could have 7Å bands 500-1300 A. GIS descope or CDS” • Oct '85. “It is generally agreed that lower spatial resolution would be acceptable for the shorter wavelengths.” •  CDS & VSP •  CDS (NIS/GIS) & SUMER

4. Early planning

5. CDS Large (~100Å), fixed wavelength bands 150 Å 800 Å T ~ 104  106 K Spectral res. ~500 Spatial res. few arcsec Time res. <1 sec Rigid planning SUMER Smaller (~40Å), variable wavelength bands 500 Å 1600 Å T ~ 104  106 K Spectral res. ~3 x 105 High spatial res. ~1.5" Typically 3 – 10 sec. SCL Performance

6. Solar-B EIS • Smaller (~40 Å), fixed wavelength bands • 170 Å – 290 Å • T ~ 105  107 K • Spectral resolution up to 1.5 x 104 • Spatial resolution < 2" • Time resolution < 1 sec • (Launch Aug 2006)

7. CDS/SUMER "best practice" • Speak same (spectroscopic) language, if at times with slightly different scientific accents • Design driven by science requirements • Blue and red books • Early joint meetings for collaborative science and including calibration issues, ops modes, slit alignment etc. • Creation and formalisation of JOPs • Not only an example within SOHO, but carried forward to future projects

8. Calibration • Cleanliness  calibration  long-term and inter-comparison science studies • Joint work with PTB, rocket under-flights, intercalibration JOPs • Generous out-gassing period. Nov 1983 - Philippe talks of cleanliness: “LiF and MgF2 have known problems of deterioration under 1 solar flux – due to ionised contaminants?”

9. Scientific collaboration 1989-2004 ADS abstracts…. 293 papers ‘CDS+SOHO’ 351 papers ‘SUMER+SOHO’ 114 papers ‘CDS+SUMER’

10. Solar-B • Three instruments – spectrometer = EIS • EIS calibration, cleanliness program strongly influenced by CDS/SUMER SOHO experience • Planning will be a CDS clone • Solar-B operations based upon SOHO model • Joint team discussions/plans taking place.

11. Solar-B EIS calibration spectrum

12. And finally, a message from… The CDS and SUMER teams have worked closely together since the earlieststages of the SOHO proposal writing. Indeed, Philippe worked alongsideBruce Patchett in the definition of the mission. At one point, we evendiscussed the possibility of providing a single instrument. However, wedecided on two spectrometers, designed to work closely together, tocomplement each other, and, as far as scientific output is concerned, theCDS and SUMER efforts have been a spectacular success for SOHO. The successcomes down to the foresight and skill of a few individuals, such asPhilippe. It has been a pleasure to work with Philippe throughout the wholeSOHO era. He is a scientist who has never lost sight of the true scientific driversbehind the spectrometers and has inspired many to exploit the mission asfully as possible. Although most of the CDS team at RAL are not able toenjoy the events of 18 November at IAS, we send Philippe our best wishes, our thanks for everything, and hope that he has a long and enjoyableretirement. All the best, Richard Harrison Jim Lang Andrzej Fludra Dave Pike Peter Young Jeff Payne and all the rest of the CDS/Solar Group at RAL