Publisher's Synopsis
The High Energy Solar Physics mission offers the opportunity for major breakthroughs in the understanding of the fundamental energy release and particle acceleration processes at the core of the solar flare problem. The following subject areas are covered: the scientific objectives of HESP; what we can expect from the HESP observations; the high energy imaging spectrometer (HEISPEC); the HESP spacecraft; and budget and schedule. Crannell, Carol and Dennis, Brian and Davis, John and Emslie, Gordon and Haerendel, Gerhard and Hudson, High and Hurford, Gordon and Lin, Robert and Ling, James and Pick, Monique Goddard Space Flight Center; Marshall Space Flight Center...