Critical Science Plan for the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST)

• DOI: 10.1007/s11207-021-01789-2
• Publication Date: 2021-04-19T15:04:38Z
• Authors: Mark P. Rast; ; ; Nazaret Bello Gon...; Luis Bellot Rubio; Wenda Cao; Gianna Cauzzi; Edward DeLuca; Bart De Pontieu; Lyndsay Fletcher; Sarah E. Gibson; Philip G. Judge; Yukio Katsukawa; Maria D. Kazachenko; Elena Khomenko; Enrico Landi; Valentín Martínez...; Gordon J. D. Petrie; Jiong Qiu; Laurel A. Rachmeler; Matthias Rempel; Wolfgang Schmidt; Eamon Scullion; Xudong Sun; Brian T. Welsch; Vincenzo Andretta; Patrick Antolin; Thomas R. Ayres; K. S. Balasubrama...; Istvan Ballai; Thomas E. Berger; Stephen J. Bradshaw; Ryan J. Campbell; Mats Carlsson; Roberto Casini; Rebecca Centeno; Steven R. Cranmer; Serena Criscuoli; Craig DeForest; Yuanyong Deng; Robertus Erdélyi; Viktor Fedun; Catherine E. Fischer; Sergio J. Gonzále...; Michael Hahn; Louise Harra; Vasco M. J. Henri...; Neal E. Hurlburt; Sarah Jaeggli; Shahin Jafarzadeh; Rekha Jain; Stuart M. Jefferies; Peter H. Keys; Adam F. Kowalski; Christoph Kuckein; Jeffrey R. Kuhn; David Kuridze; Jiajia Liu; Wei Liu; Dana Longcope; Mihalis Mathioudakis; R. T. James McAteer; Scott W. McIntosh; David E. McKenzie; Mari Paz Miralles; Richard J. Morton; Karin Muglach; Chris J. Nelson; Navdeep K. Panesar; Susanna Parenti; Clare E. Parnell; Bala Poduval; Kevin P. Reardon; Jeffrey W. Reep; Thomas A. Schad; Donald Schmit; Rahul Sharma; Hector Socas-Navarro; Abhishek K. Sriva...; Alphonse C. Sterling; Yoshinori Suematsu; Lucas A. Tarr; Sanjiv Tiwari; Alexandra Tritschler; Gary Verth; Angelos Vourlidas; Haimin Wang; Yi-Ming Wang
• Keywords: [PHYS.ASTR.SR] Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]; astronomi: 438; The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST); T-NDAS; FOS: Physical sciences; F500; 530; 01 natural sciences; QC Physics; Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics; 0103 physical sciences; QB Astronomy; Corona; Solar photosphere; VDP::Astrofysikk; Chromosphere; QC; Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR); QB

AbstractThe National Science Foundation’sDaniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope(DKIST) will revolutionize our ability to measure, understand, and model the basic physical processes that control the structure and dynamics of the Sun and its atmosphere. The first-light DKIST images, released publicly on 29 January 2020, only hint at the extraordinary capabilities that will accompany full commissioning of the five facility instruments. With this Critical Science Plan (CSP) we attempt to anticipate some of what those capabilities will enable, providing a snapshot of some of the scientific pursuits that the DKIST hopes to engage as start-of-operations nears. The work builds on the combined contributions of the DKIST Science Working Group (SWG) and CSP Community members, who generously shared their experiences, plans, knowledge, and dreams. Discussion is primarily focused on those issues to which DKIST will uniquely contribute.