This $517,046 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports collaborative research on plasma turbulence and heating in the solar chromosphere. The investigators will carry out theoretical analysis and computer simulations to test the hypothesis that small-scale plasma processes, known as the thermal Farley-Buneman instability, cause heating in the coolest parts of the Sun's atmosphere. The research team will use observational data...
This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, totaling $357,172, supports research into small-scale ejections in the sun's photosphere through chromosphere and corona from September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2024. The award is being administered by the New Jersey Institute of Technology under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) to strengthen understanding of the integrated Earth system through basic atmospheric and ocean sciences...
This three-year Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) provides $150,000 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology to advance understanding of coronal heating mechanisms in the Sun. Through a combination of multi-wavelength microwave imaging observations from the Extended Owens Valley Solar Array and 3D numerical simulations, the grantee will examine the coupling of thermal and magnetic structures...
This federal Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050), supports collaborative research on solar plasma turbulence and heating processes. The funded project, awarded $105,935 on August 1, 2024, will carry out theoretical analysis and computer simulations to test the hypothesis that small-scale plasma processes, known as the thermal Farley-Buneman instability, contribute to heating in the Sun's atmosphere. The research team will constrain...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant of $388,769 awarded under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050) supports multi-wavelength spectroscopic and spectropolarimetric diagnostics of the solar atmosphere from April 2021 through March 2024. The University Corporation will utilize observations from the Dunn Solar Telescope and SDO/HMI to develop new non-force-free magnetic field extrapolation codes. These codes will estimate magnetic field line heights and strengths surrounding sunspots....
The National Science Foundation awarded a $280,817 Project Grant to the University of Colorado Boulder under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050) from May 15, 2023 to April 30, 2026. The grant supports research to advance understanding of coronal heating and solar wind acceleration processes through multi-messenger data analysis and four-dimensional forward modeling simulations. Specifically, the University will construct line-of-sight models of extreme ultraviolet and X-ray...
The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) received a $156,342 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences to conduct collaborative research investigating mini-filament eruptions and their relationship with small-scale magnetic flux ropes in the solar wind. This award, made under the Geosciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.050), will support case studies and statistical analyses of small-scale magnetic flux ropes in the solar...
This three-year project grant from the National Science Foundation's Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences, under the Geosciences program (CFDA 47.050), provides $134,443 to support collaborative research titled "SHINE: Where are Particles Accelerated in Coronal Jets?". The research aims to enhance understanding of how energy is produced by the Sun and accelerated in interplanetary space by investigating where electrons are accelerated in coronal jets originating near solar...
This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $295,673 to the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) to conduct collaborative research on understanding the heating mechanisms of the solar flare atmosphere. The project aims to elucidate the temporal, spatial, and magnetic structures of "elementary bursts" which are the basic units of solar flare energy release. To achieve this, the research will leverage high-cadence,...
This $305,598 Project Grant from the National Science Foundation Division of Astronomical Sciences, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), will fund collaborative research between the New Jersey Institute of Technology and the University of Alabama, Huntsville to study solar flare-producing active regions. The researchers will leverage high-resolution observations from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope and other ground-based and space-based telescopes, along...