This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was granted to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to conduct research related to understanding the origins and dynamics of jets, plumes, and the fast solar wind. The $133,174.23 grant aims to develop a deeper physical understanding of these solar phenomena through a coordinated approach combining observations, theory, and modeling. The research program addresses key questions in heliophysics, including...
This is a 3-year grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on November 17, 2016 to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a nonprofit research organization based in San Antonio, Texas. The $362,015.59 grant is for a study to determine the dominant processes that lead to an asymmetric plasma sheet structure, as observed by the Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX) satellite. The research will leverage IBEX data along with in-situ measurements from other...
This is a $179,420 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a non-profit research and development organization, for a project titled "UNDERSTANDING THE ORIGIN OF PREFERENTIAL ION ENHANCEMENT IN SOLAR FLARES". The grant is part of NASA's Science Mission Directorate and Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate programs, supporting research on solar system origins, planetary evolution, and space...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $707,101.66 grant to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), an independent, nonprofit research organization, for the development of a "nowcasting" capability to describe the solar atmosphere and inner heliosphere in near-real-time. The project aims to adapt three existing analysis methods - fluxon modeling, magnetic tracking, and wind speed measurement - into an integrated model that can be used to drive...
This is a $106,467 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for a research project titled "CROSS-SCALE ASYMMETRIC MAGNETIC RECONNECTION OBSERVATIONS AT THE DAYSIDE MAGNETOPAUSE". The project is focused on studying magnetic reconnection processes at the boundary between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind. SwRI, a non-profit research and development organization, will conduct this scientific research...
This is a $159,659.60 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a non-profit research organization in San Antonio, Texas. The grant is for a research project titled "Determining Temperature Distributions in Solar Flares with RHESSI and EVE", which aims to improve the understanding of the physical mechanisms driving particle acceleration and plasma heating in solar flares. The award is not associated with a...
This is a $495,440 grant awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to the Space Science Institute, a nonprofit organization based in Boulder, Colorado. The grant supports research to investigate the generation and characteristics of waves produced by relativistic electron beams in solar plasma environments, with the goal of improving understanding of the energy partitioning and propagation of solar energetic particles. The research will utilize laboratory experiments, simulations, and comparisons...
This is a $50,065.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a prominent non-profit research and development organization. The grant is for a research project focused on "Solar Wind Propagation Throughout the Inner Planets." SwRI has extensive experience conducting scientific research and providing technical services to various government agencies, including NASA, the Department of Defense, and the Department...
This is a $259,081.65 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to analyze fast and slow solar wind transitions. The goal is to differentiate the source, acceleration, and dynamic processing of fast and slow solar wind using plasma, magnetic field, and heavy ion composition data from NASA missions like ACE, STEREO, Ulysses, and Helios. The work is aligned with NASA's Heliophysics Decadal Survey to characterize fundamental...
This is a $410,071.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Heliophysics Research, a non-profit organization located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The grant, titled "TRANSPORT OF TURBULENT MAGNETIC FIELD LINES: VALIDATION OF THEORY AND QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION THROUGH IN SITU SOLAR WIND DATA ANALYSIS", is for research related to understanding the transport of turbulent magnetic field lines in the solar wind. The grant has a period of performance from...
This is a $330,921.99 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) to advance the understanding of energy transfer and coupling processes between plasma and magnetic fields in the solar wind near Earth. The grant supports research objectives including determining the polytropic indices of the solar wind plasma, identifying relationships between magnetic field strength and plasma parameters, and distinguishing these relationships based on large-scale solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field properties. The research aligns with several science goals from NASA's Science Mission Directorate and the Heliophysics Decadal Survey. SwRI, a prominent non-profit research organization, has a strong track record of conducting scientific research and providing technical services to NASA and other federal agencies through both prime and subcontract awards.