The National Science Foundation’s Daniel 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.

国家科学基金会的丹尼尔·K·伊努耶（Daniel K.Inouye）太阳望远镜（DKIST）将彻底改变我们测量，理解和建模控制太阳及其大气的结构和动力学的基本物理过程的能力。2020年1月29日公开发布的第一张DKIST图像仅暗示了五项设施仪器全面调试后将具备的非凡功能。通过此关键科学计划（CSP），我们试图预测这些功能将实现的某些功能，以简要概述DKIST希望随着开始运营而参与的一些科学追求。这项工作基于DKIST科学工作组（SWG）和CSP社区成员的共同贡献，他们慷慨地分享了他们的经验，计划，知识和梦想。讨论主要集中在DKIST将独特贡献的那些问题上。