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Description
The Metis coronagraph on board Solar Orbiter allows observations of the middle solar corona at spatial resolutions that can rival or surpass those attained by other operating coronagraphs over a field of view going from 1.6 to 3.4 degrees, corresponding to the range 1.7 - 3.6 solar radii at perihelion. The instrument is also capable to observe the corona at high temporal cadences - down to 20 s - for extended observing runs, or down to 1 s for a few minutes.
Since the beginning of the mission nominal science phase in 2022, these capabilities have been utilized to obtain observations that are opening a new window on the dynamics of the solar corona in a range of previously unexplored parameters. I present and discuss, in particular, the detection of density fluctuations in the corona above 2 solar radii with characteristic periods in the range 3-5 minutes.
| Sessions | Wave generation, energy transport, dissipation and heating |
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