National Institutes of Natural Science (NINS)
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan,
Solar Science Observatory

Japanese

National Institutes of Natural Science (NINS)
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Solar Science Observatory
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Solar Science Observatory National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Solar Science Observatory

Outcomes

Japanese

Various innovations and new technologies were applied in the development of SUNRISE-3/SCIP. For details on these developments, please refer to the papers available below.

Publications

  • Study of the polarization produced by the Zeeman effect in the solar Mg I b lines
    Authors
    Quintero Noda, C., Uitenbroek, H., Carlsson, M., Orozco Suárez, D., Katsukawa, Y., Shimizu, T., Ruiz Cobo, B., Kubo, M., Oba, T., Kawabata, Y., Hasegawa, T., Ichimoto, K., Anan, T., Suematsu, Y.
    Journal name
    MNRAS
    Volume, ID
    481,5675
    Publication year
    2018
  • SUNRISE-3大気球太陽観測実験: 高精度赤外線偏光分光装置に搭載する偏光変調ユニットの開発
    Authors
    Kubo, M., Shimizu, T., Katsukawa, Y., Kawabata, Y., Shinoda, K., Anan, T., Ichimoto, K., Tamura, T., Nodomi, Y., Nakayama, S., Yamada, T., Tajima, T., Nakata, S., Nakajima, Y., Okutani, K., Solanki, S. K., del Toro Iniesta, J. C.
    Journal name
    JAXA-RR
    Volume, ID
    20-009,83
    Publication year
    2021
  • SUNRISE-3 大気球太陽観測実験: 偏光分光観測装置用スキャンミラー機構の開発
    Authors
    Oba, T., Shimizu, T., Katsukawa, Y., Kubo, M., Tamura, T., Shinoda, K., Nodomi, Y., Uraguchi, F., Tsuzuki, T., Hara, H., Kodeki, K.
    Journal name
    JAXA-RR
    Volume, ID
    20-009,69
    Publication year
    2021
  • Diagnostic capabilities of spectropolarimetric observations for understanding solar phenomena. I. Zeeman-sensitive photospheric lines
    Authors
    Quintero Noda, C., Barklem, P. S., Gafeira, R., Ruiz Cobo, B., Collados, M., Carlsson, M., Martínez Pillet, V., Orozco Suárez, D., Uitenbroek, H., Katsukawa, Y.
    Journal name
    MNRAS,A&A
    Volume, ID
    652,A161
    Publication year
    2021
  • DeSIRe: Departure coefficient aided Stokes Inversion based on Response functions
    Authors
    Ruiz Cobo, B., Quintero Noda, C., Gafeira, R., Uitenbroek, H., Orozco Suárez, D., Páez Mañá, E.
    Journal name
    A&A
    Volume, ID
    660,A37
    Publication year
    2022
  • Polarimetric calibration of the Sunrise UV Spectropolarimeter and Imager
    Authors
    Iglesias, F. A., Feller, A., Gandorfer, A., Lagg, A., Riethmüller, T. L., Solanki, S. K., Katsukawa, Y., Kubo, M., Zucarelli, G., Sanchez, M., Sunrise Team
    Journal name
    Boletín de la Asociación Argentina de Astronomía
    Volume, ID
    63,305
    Publication year
    2022
  • Development of Fast and Precise Scan Mirror Mechanism for an Airborne Solar Telescope
    Authors
    Oba, T., Shimizu, T., Katsukawa, Y., Kubo, M., Kawabata, Y., Hara, H., Uraguchi, F., Tsuzuki, T., Tamura, T., Shinoda, K., Kodeki, K., Fukushima, K., Morales Fernández, J. M., Sánchez Gómez, A., Balaguer Jimenéz, M., Hernández Expósito, D., Gandorfer, A.
    Journal name
    Solar Physics
    Volume, ID
    297,114
    Publication year
    2022
  • Polarimetric calibration of a spectropolarimeter instrument with high precision: Sunrise chromospheric infrared spectropolarimeter (SCIP) for the SUNRISE III balloon telescope
    Authors
    Kawabata, Y., Katsukawa, Y., Kubo, M., Anan, T., Ichimoto, K., Shinoda, K., Tsuzuki, T., Uraguchi, F., Nagata, S., Oba, T., Hernández Expósito, D., Sánchez Gómez, A., Orozco Suárez, D., Balaguer Jiménz, M., Bailón Martínez, E., Morales Fernández, J. M., Moreno Mantas, A., del Toro Iniesta, J. C., Gandorfer, A., Feller, A.
    Journal name
    Applied Optics
    Volume, ID
    61,9716
    Publication year
    2022
  • SUNRISE III気球望遠鏡搭載近赤外線偏光分光装置SCIPの光学構造解析
    Authors
    Uraguchi, F., Katsukawa, Y., Hara, H., Shimizu, T., Tsuzuki, T., Nodomi, Y., Kubo, M., Kawabata, Y., Oba, T., Iwamura, S.
    Journal name
    JAXA-RR
    Volume, ID
    22-008 51
    Publication year
    2023
  • SPGCam: A specifically tailored camera for solar observations
    Authors
    Orozco Suárez, D., Álvarez García, D., López Jiménez, A. C., Balaguer Jiménez, M., Hernández Expósito, D., Labrousse, Pierre ; B., Francisco J., Bustamante Díaz, I., Bailón Martínez, E., Aparicio del Moral, B., Morales Fernández, J. M., Sánchez Gómez, A., Tobaruela Abarca, Á., Moreno Mantas, A. J., Ramos Más, J. L., Pérez Grande, I., Piqueras Carreño, J., Katsukawa, Y., Kubo, M., Kawabata, Y., Oba, T., Rodríguez Valido, M., Magdaleno Castelló, E., Del Toro Iniesta, J. C.
    Journal name
    Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
    Volume, ID
    10,1167540 (2023)
    Publication year
    2023
  • High-speed data processing onboard sunrise chromospheric infrared spectropolarimeter for the SUNRISE III balloon telescope
    Authors
    Kubo, M., Katsukawa, Y., Hernández Expósito, D., Sánchez Gómez, A., Balaguer Jimenéz, M., Orozco Suárez, D., Morales Fernández, J. M., Aparicio del Moral, B., Moreno Mantas, A. J., Bailón Martínez, E., del Toro Iniesta, J. C., Kawabata, Y., Quintero Noda, C., Oba, T., Ishikawa, R. T., Shimizu, T.
    Journal name
    JATIS
    Volume, ID
    9,034003
    Publication year
    2023
  • Synthesis of infrared Stokes spectra in an evolving solar chromospheric jet
    Authors
    Matsumoto, T., Kawabata, Y., Katsukawa, Y., Iijima, H., Quintero Noda, C.
    Journal name
    MNRAS
    Volume, ID
    523,974-981
    Publication year
    2023
  • Efficient transient correlation of thermal lumped network models to reference data
    Authors
    Piqueras, J. Torralbo, I., Perez-Grande, I., Katsukawa, Y.
    Journal name
    Acta Astronautica
    Volume, ID
    210,33
    Publication year
    2023
  • Multiline Stokes Synthesis of Ellerman Bombs: Obtaining Seamless Information from Photosphere to Chromosphere
    Authors
    Kawabata, Y., Quintero Noda, C., Katsukawa, Y., Kubo, M., Matsumoto, T., Oba, T.
    Journal name
    ApJ
    Volume, ID
    960,26
    Publication year
    2024
  • Thermal design and modeling of the SCIP instrument for the Sunrise III mission
    Authors
    Piqueras, J., Katsukawa, Y., Gonzalez-Barcena, D., Fernandez-Soler, A., Torralbo, I., Hara, H., Kubo, M., Tamura, T.
    Journal name
    JAXA-RR
    Volume, ID
    24-006,99
    Publication year
    2025
  • The SUNRISE Ultraviolet Spectro-polarimeter and Imager: Standalone Polarimetric Calibration
    Authors
    F. A., Feller, A., Gandorfer, A., et al.
    Journal name
    Solar Physics
    Volume, ID
    300,58
    Publication year
    2025
  • The Sunrise Ultraviolet Spectropolarimeter and Imager: Instrument Description
    Authors
    Feller, A., Gandorfer, A., et al.
    Journal name
    Solar Physics
    Volume, ID
    300,65
    Publication year
    2025
  • SUNRISE III: Overview of Observatory and Instruments
    Authors
    Korpi-Lagg, A., Gandorfer, A., Solanki, S. K. et al.
    Journal name
    Solar Physics
    Volume, ID
    300,75
    Publication year
    2025
  • The Gondola for the SUNRISE III Balloon-Borne Solar Observatory
    Authors
    Bernasconi, P., Carpenter, M., et al.
    Journal name
    Solar Physics
    Volume, ID
    300,112
    Publication year
    2025
  • TuMag: The Tunable Magnetograph for the SUNRISE III Mission
    Authors
    del Toro Iniesta, J. C., Orozco Suárez, D. et al.
    Journal name
    Solar Physics
    Volume, ID
    300,148
    Publication year
    2025
  • Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared SpectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for sunrise III: system design and capability
    Authors
    Katsukawa, Y. ; del Toro Iniesta, J. C. ; Solanki, S. K.; Kubo, M. ; Hara, H. ; Shimizu, T. ; Oba, T. ; Kawabata, Y. ; Tsuzuki, T. ; Uraguchi, F. ; Nodomi, Y. ; Shinoda, K. ; Tamura, T. ; Suematsu, Y. ; Ishikawa, R. ; Kano, R. ; Matsumoto, T. ; Ichimoto, K. ; Nagata, S. ; Quintero Noda, C. ; Anan, T.; Orozco Suárez, D. ; Balaguer Jiménez, M. ; López Jiménez, A. C.; Cobos Carrascosa, J. P. ; Feller, A. ; Riethmueller, T. ; Gandorfer, A. ; Lagg, A.
    Journal name
    Proceedings of the SPIE
    Volume, ID
    11447, 114470Y
    Publication year
    2020
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  • Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: optical design and performance
    Authors
    Tsuzuki, Toshihiro ; Katsukawa, Yukio ; Uraguchi, Fumihiro ; Hara, Hirohisa ; Kubo, Masahito ; Nodomi, Yoshifumi ; Suematsu, Yoshinori ; Kawabata, Yusuke ; Shimizu, Toshifumi ; Gandorfer, Achim ; Feller, Alex ; Grauf, Bianca ; Solanki, Sami; Carlos del Toro Iniesta, Jose
    Journal name
    Proceedings of the SPIE
    Volume, ID
    11447, 11447AJ
    Publication year
    2020
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  • Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: opto-mechanical analysis and design
    Authors
    Uraguchi, Fumihiro ; Tsuzuki, Toshihiro ; Katsukawa, Yukio ; Hara, Hirohisa ; Iwamura, Satoru ; Kubo, Masahito ; Nodomi, Yoshifumi ; Suematsu, Yoshinori ;Kawabata, Yusuke ; Shimizu, Toshifumi ; Gandorfer, Achim ; del Toro Iniesta, Jose Carlos
    Journal name
    Proceedings of the SPIE
    Volume, ID
    11447, 11447AB
    Publication year
    2020
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  • Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: polarization modulation unit
    Authors
    Kubo, Masahito ; Shimizu, Toshifumi ; Katsukawa, Yukio ; Kawabata, Yusuke ; Anan, Tetsu ; Ichimoto, Kiyoshi ;Shinoda, Kazuya ; Tamura, Tomonori ; Nodomi, Yoshifumi ; Nakayama, Satoshi ; Yamada, Takuya ; Tajima, Takao ; Nakata, Shimpei ; Nakajima, Yoshihito ; Okutani, Kousei ; Feller, Alex ; del Toro Iniesta, Jose Carlos
    Journal name
    Proceedings of the SPIE
    Volume, ID
    11447, 11447A3
    Publication year
    2020
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  • SUNRISE Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: Scan mirror mechanism
    Authors
    Oba, Takayoshi ; Shimizu, Toshifumi ; Katsukawa, Yukio ; Kubo, Masahito ; Uraguchi, Fumihiro ; Tsuzuki, Toshihiro ; Tamura, Tomonori ; Shinoda, Kazuya ; Kodeki, Kazuhide ; Fukushima, Kazuhiko ; Gandorfer, Achim ; del Toro Iniesta, Jose Carlos
    Journal name
    Proceedings of the SPIE
    Volume, ID
    Volume 11445, 114454F
    Publication year
    2020
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  • Chromospheric polarimetry through multiline observations of the 850-nm spectral region
    Authors
    Quintero Noda, C. ; Shimizu, T. ; Katsukawa, Y. ; de la Cruz Rodríguez, J. ; Carlsson, M. ; Anan, T. ; Oba, T. ; Ichimoto, K. ; Suematsu, Y.
    Journal name
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    Volume, ID
    464, 4, p.4534-4543
    Publication year
    2017
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  • Solar polarimetry through the K I lines at 770 nm
    Authors
    Quintero Noda, C.; Uitenbroek, H. ; Katsukawa, Y.; Shimizu, T.; Oba, T. ; Carlsson, M. ; Orozco Suárez, D.; Ruiz Cobo, B.; Kubo, M. ; Anan, T. ; Ichimoto, K. ; Suematsu, Y.
    Journal name
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    Volume, ID
    470, 2, p.1453-1461
    Publication year
    2017
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  • Solar polarimetry in the K I D2 line : A novel possibility for a stratospheric balloon
    Authors
    Quintero Noda, C.; Villanueva, G. L. ; Katsukawa, Y. ; Solanki, S. K. ; Orozco Suárez, D.; Ruiz Cobo, B.; Shimizu, T.; Oba, T. ; Kubo, M. ; Anan, T. ; Ichimoto, K. ; Suematsu, Y.
    Journal name
    Astronomy & Astrophysics
    Volume, ID
    610, A79, 8 pp.
    Publication year
    2018
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  • Chromospheric polarimetry through multiline observations of the 850-nm spectral region - II. A magnetic flux tube scenario
    Authors
    Quintero Noda, C. ; Kato, Y. ; Katsukawa, Y. ; Oba, T. ; de la Cruz Rodríguez, J. ; Carlsson, M. ; Shimizu, T. ; Orozco Suárez, D. ; Ruiz Cobo, B. ; Kubo, M. ; Anan, T. ; Ichimoto, K. ; Suematsu, Y.
    Journal name
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    Volume, ID
    472, 1, p.727-737
    Publication year
    2017
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  • Chromospheric polarimetry through multiline observations of the 850 nm spectral region III: Chromospheric jets driven by twisted magnetic fields
    Authors
    Quintero Noda, C. ; Iijima, H. ; Katsukawa, Y. Shimizu, T. ; Carlsson, M. ; de la Cruz Rodríguez, J. ; Ruiz Cobo, B. ; Orozco Suárez, D. ; Oba, T. ; Anan, T. ; Kubo, M. ; Kawabata, Y. ; Ichimoto, K. ; Suematsu, Y.
    Journal name
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
    Volume, ID
    486, 3, p.4203-4215
    Publication year
    2019
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Conference presentation

  • SUNRISE Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: Scan mirror mechanism
    Authors
    Oba, T., Shimizu, T., Katsukawa, Y., Kubo, M., Uraguchi, F., Tsuzuki, T., Tamura, T., Shinoda, K., Kodeki, K., Fukushima, K., Gandorfer, A., del Toro Iniesta, J. C.
    Conference Name
    Proc. SPIE
    Year
    2020
  • Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared SpectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for sunrise III: system design and capability
    Authors
    Katsukawa, Y., del Toro Iniesta, J. C., Solanki, S. K. , Kubo, M., Hara, H., Shimizu, T., Oba, T., Kawabata, Y., Tsuzuki, T., Uraguchi, F., Nodomi, Y., Shinoda, K., Tamura, T., Suematsu, Y., Ishikawa, R., Kano, R., Matsumoto, T., Ichimoto, K., Nagata, S., Quintero Noda, C., Anan, T., Orozco Suárez, D., Balaguer Jiménez, M., López Jiménez, A. C., Cobos Carrascosa, J. P., Feller, A., Riethmueller, T., Gandorfer, A., Lagg, A.
    Conference Name
    Proc. SPIE
    Year
    2020
  • Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: polarization modulation unit
    Authors
    Kubo, M., Shimizu, T., Katsukawa, Y., Kawabata, Y., Anan, T., Ichimoto, K., Shinoda, K., Tamura, T., Nodomi, Y., Nakayama, S., Yamada, T., Tajima, T., Nakata, S., Nakajima, Y., Okutani, K., Feller, A., del Toro Iniesta, J. C.
    Conference Name
    Proc. SPIE
    Year
    2020
  • Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: opto-mechanical analysis and design
    Authors
    Uraguchi, F., Tsuzuki, T., Katsukawa, Y., Hara, H., Iwamura, S., Kubo, M., Nodomi, Y. Suematsu, Y., Kawabata, Y., Shimizu, T., Gandorfer, A., del Toro Iniesta, J. C.
    Conference Name
    Proc. SPIE
    Year
    2020
  • Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: optical design and performance
    Authors
    Tsuzuki, T., Katsukawa, Y., Uraguchi, F., Hara, H., Kubo, M., Nodomi, Y., Suematsu, Y., Kawabata, Y., Shimizu, T., Gandorfer, A., Feller, A., Grauf, B., Solanki, S., del Toro Iniesta, J. C.
    Conference Name
    Proc. SPIE
    Year
    2020
  • The SUNRISE UV Spectropolarimeter and imager for SUNRISE III
    Authors
    Feller, A., Gandorfer, A, Iglesias, F. A., Lagg, A, Riethmüller, T. L., Solanki, S. K., Katsukawa, Y., Kubo, M.
    Conference Name
    Proc. SPIE
    Year
    2020
  • Sunrise chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III: thermal-vacuum test of the SCIP optical unit
    Authors
    Katsukawa, Y., Hara, H., Kubo, M., Kawabata, Y., Oba, T., Piqueras Carreño, J., Pérez Grande, I., Shinoda, K., Tamura, T., Uraguchi, F., Tsuzuki, T., Y. Nodomi, T. Shimizu, López Jiménez, A. C., Balaguer Jiménez, M., Álvarez García, D
    Conference Name
    Proceedings of the SPIE
    Year
    2022
  • Optical alignment and performance evaluation of the Sunrise Chromospheric Infrared spectroPolarimeter (SCIP) for SUNRISE III
    Authors
    Kawabata, Y., Katsukawa, Y., Tsuzuki, T., Uraguchi, F., Mitsui, K., Shinoda, K., Tamura, T., Nodomi, Y., Hara, H., Kubo, M.
    Conference Name
    Proceedings of the SPIE
    Year
    2022
  • 国際共同大気球太陽観測実験SUNRISE-3: 近赤外線偏光分光装置(SCIP)の焦点面装置組込後におけるスキャン機構の性能評価試験
    Authors
    大場崇義, 清水敏文, 勝川行雄, 久保雅仁, 川畑佑典, Gandorfer Achim, Feller Alex, Ibáñez Mengual José Miguel, Sánchez Gómez Antonio, 田村友範, 篠田一也, 納富良文, 浦口史寛, 都築俊宏, 原 弘久
    Conference Name
    宇宙科学シンポジウム
    Year
    2022
  • 国際大気球太陽観測実験SUNRISE-3：近赤外線偏光分光装置SCIPの偏光試験
    Authors
    川畑佑典, 勝川行雄, 久保雅仁, 一本潔, 阿南徹, 篠田一也
    Conference Name
    宇宙科学シンポジウム
    Year
    2022
  • SUNRISE-3大気球太陽観測実験: 近赤外線偏光分光装置SCIP
    Authors
    勝川行雄, J. C. del Toro Iniesta, S. Solanki, 久保雅仁, 原弘久, 清水敏文, 大場崇義, 川畑佑典, 浦口史寛, 都築俊宏, 篠田一也, 納富良文, 田村友範, 松本琢磨, 末松芳法, 石川遼子, 鹿野良平, C. Quintero Noda, 永田伸一, 一本潔
    Conference Name
    宇宙科学シンポジウム
    Year
    2022