This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will fund a research project to characterize the physical mechanisms that heat the solar atmosphere during solar flares. The $222,464 award to Montana State University, spanning September 2024 to August 2027, will combine numerical modeling with analysis of high-resolution observations to advance the understanding of flare heating. The project will leverage the efficiency of 0D global modeling and 1D radiative transfer codes to simulate flaring atmospheres and test different heating mechanisms. The research aims to enhance the accuracy of space weather forecasting by improving models of solar flare physics. Two graduate students will contribute to the observational analysis and flare modeling as part of their thesis work. No sub awards are planned under this grant.
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