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Future Mission Concepts for Helioseismology

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Future space-mission concepts currently discussed in the helioseismology community are reviewed. One popular idea is to observe the Sun from high latitudes, to explore the polar regions as well as to probe the deep interior using stereoscopic techniques, by combining observations from high latitudes with observations from within the ecliptic plane. Another idea is to stay within the ecliptic plane but still aim for stereoscopic helioseismology for deep layers. A new instrument and a novel mission concept for studying the solar core regions are also discussed.

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  1. Division of Solar and Plasma Astrophysics, NAOJ, Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8588, Japan

    Takashi Sekii

  2. Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris 11 – CNRS (UMR8617), Bâtiment 121, Orsay, France

    Thierry Appourchaux

  3. ESA Science Operations Dept., c/o NASA GSFC, Mail Code 671.1, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    Bernhard Fleck

  4. CEA/DSM/IRFU, CE Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Sylvaine Turck-Chièze

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Sekii, T., Appourchaux, T., Fleck, B. et al. Future Mission Concepts for Helioseismology. Space Sci Rev 196, 285–302 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-015-0142-2

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