Research infrastructure
Physics and engineering sciences
Research infrastructure
Physics and engineering sciences
ISF – Institute for Solar physics
Operates a Swedish solar telescope on La Palma.
Research within solar physics focuses on understanding the structure and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, which is important for astrophysics as well as for a long list of other research areas, such as geophysics, climate research, space physics and biology. Research within solar physics requires access to either ground-based telescopes or space probes and satellites.
The solar telescope with the greatest resolution is currently the ground-based Swedish solar telescope SST. SST is located on La Palma in the Canary Islands, and is operated by the Institute for Solar Physics (ISF), a national infrastructure hosted by Stockholm University. SST is expected to retain its world-leading position until the next generation telescope becomes operational, which is the planned European solar telescope EST and its US equivalent DKIST.
Read more on ISF's website
This infrastructure is funded by the Swedish Research Council.