Project Grant 2409316
- This National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Physics Project Grant award of $340,000 supports collaborative research between Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison to advance the understanding of microscale plasma processes in shock and turbulent environments. The project aims to develop physics-based models of kinetic, non-equilibrium processes in astrophysical plasmas, focusing on particle heating/acceleration in shocks and thermodynamics/transport driven by...
- This Project Grant, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program, supports collaborative research on microscale plasma processes in shock and turbulent environments. The $341,464 award to Columbia University, spanning August 2024 to July 2027, will focus on two key areas: 1) particle heating and acceleration in shocks, and 2) thermodynamics and transport driven by large-scale turbulence. The research aims to develop...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $904,240 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to the University of Rochester to support an effort to understand the complexities of turbulence in high energy density plasmas. The 3-year project, running from August 1, 2024 to July 31, 2027, aims to characterize plasma turbulence across different scales using advanced interferometry and imaging diagnostics at the university's HADES pulsed power facility....
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Geosciences Program (CFDA 47.050) provides $589,888 to the Space Science Institute (SSI) to conduct a series of laboratory experiments to better understand wave-wave interaction processes that may control imbalanced solar wind turbulence at ion scales. Specifically, the project will investigate the behavior of two interactions between co-propagating Alfvén waves: a novel interaction driven by Hall physics, and the dispersive...
- The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $550,000 Project Grant to the University of Rochester under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct a laboratory-based study of astrophysical plasma turbulence. The 3-year award supports a collaboration between the University of Rochester and the University of Oxford, known as the TDYNO (Turbulent Dynamo) project, which aims to recreate and model astrophysically relevant magnetized plasmas in the laboratory using...
- This $285,606 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a computational study of energy distribution and dissipation in weakly collisional plasmas. The project will develop reduced plasma physics models and integrate them into an open-source simulation code applicable to astrophysics, space weather, and fusion energy research. Key project activities include leveraging novel machine...
- This National Science Foundation project grant award of $540,000 provides funding from August 1, 2022 to July 31, 2025 to support research into relativistic plasmas under extreme conditions. The award is made under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), which aims to advance scientific knowledge and understanding in these fields. Specifically, the principal investigator at Arizona State University will investigate the role of super-strong magnetic fields on observable...
- This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under its Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), enables continued experimental exploration of eruptive plasma behavior in a laboratory setting. The $597,571 award, effective September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2027, supports research aimed at advancing the understanding of multi-scale phenomena in real plasmas. The project will focus on studying the observed X-ray generation in a magnetized,...
- This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Mathematical and Physical Sciences program provides $416,302 to support a collaborative research project between Princeton University and Dartmouth College. The research aims to explore how self-generated magnetic fields can persist and disperse in turbulent astrophysical plasmas. The project will use theoretical and numerical modeling approaches to study the decay and diffusion of dynamo-generated magnetic fields, taking into...
- This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation, under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049), provides $134,481 to Saint Michael's College for theoretical development of reduced plasma kinetic models that allow simultaneous treatment of charged particles and electromagnetic fields. The award supports derivation of new theoretical structures for reduced plasma models, including gyrokinetic plasma models, that preserve exact conservation properties and enable...
EXPLORATION OF THE NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF TURBULENT COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS -THIS PROJECT WILL EXPLORE TURBULENT PLASMAS USING NOVEL STATISTICAL MECHANICS METHODS. STATISTICAL MECHANICS IS A CORE BRANCH OF PHYSICS THAT HAS BEEN ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL IN DESCRIBING THE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MATTER SUCH AS GASES, LIQUIDS, AND QUANTUM FIELDS. HOWEVER, IT HAS BEEN CHALLENGING TO EXTEND ITS PRINCIPLES TO DESCRIBE HOT TENUOUS PLASMAS THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE, INCLUDING THE SOLAR WIND, THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM, AND MATTER AROUND BLACK HOLES. THIS PROJECT WILL USE COMPUTER SIMULATIONS AND NEW MATHEMATICAL METHODS TO EXPLORE THE STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF TURBULENT PLASMAS. THE RESULT WILL BE AN IMPROVED CAPABILITY TO PREDICT THE MULTISCALE BEHAVIOR OF PLASMAS IN ASTROPHYSICAL, SPACE, AND LABORATORY SYSTEMS, INCLUDING POTENTIAL FUTURE FUSION ENERGY REACTORS. THE METHODS WILL BE USED TO MODEL THE OCCURRENCE OF HIGH-ENERGY PARTICLES AND RADIATION PRODUCED BY THE PLASMA, WHICH CAN BE COMPARED TO OBSERVATIONS. THE PROJECT WILL ENGAGE GRADUATE STUDENTS AND INCLUDE PUBLIC OUTREACH AND UNDERGRADUATE MENTORING PROGRAMS. THE PROJECT CONSIDERS THE DISSIPATION OF COLLISIONLESS PLASMA TURBULENCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL MECHANICS. IT WILL INVOLVE THE APPLICATION OF NEW THEORETICAL APPROACHES FOR QUANTIFYING IRREVERSIBLE ENERGY DISSIPATION IN NONEQUILIBRIUM SYSTEMS. THE TEAM WILL PERFORM AND ANALYZE KINETIC AND HYBRID-KINETIC SIMULATIONS OF PLASMA TURBULENCE IN DIFFERENT PHYSICAL REGIMES, INCLUDING RELATIVISTIC AND NON-RELATIVISTIC CASES, TO DETERMINE (1) THE STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ENTROPY PRODUCTION RATES IN TURBULENCE, AND (2) WHETHER TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION LEADS TO GENERALIZED MAXIMUM ENTROPY STATES THAT CAN BE MODELED ANALYTICALLY. THE OUTCOME WILL BE AN IMPROVED UNDERSTANDING OF TURBULENT ENERGY DISSIPATION IN COLLISIONLESS PLASMAS, LEADING TO NEW MODELS OF NONTHERMAL PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND SUBSEQUENT RADIATION EMISSION. THE WORK HAS DIRECT APPLICATIONS TO A BROAD RANGE OF SPACE AND ASTROPHYSICAL SYSTEMS, INCLUDING THE SOLAR WIND AND BLACK-HOLE ACCRETION FLOWS. BEYOND THIS, IT WILL LEAD TO INSIGHTS RELEVANT TO OTHER DISSIPATIVE PLASMA PROCESSES, SUCH AS MAGNETIC RECONNECTION AND SHOCKS, AND NONEQUILIBRIUM STATISTICAL SYSTEMS IN GENERAL. THIS AWARD REFLECTS NSF'S STATUTORY MISSION AND HAS BEEN DEEMED WORTHY OF SUPPORT THROUGH EVALUATION USING THE FOUNDATION'S INTELLECTUAL MERIT AND BROADER IMPACTS REVIEW CRITERIA.- SUBAWARDS ARE PLANNED FOR THIS AWARD.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | $141.5k | 4/29/25 | ||
| Not listed | $228.9k | 4/16/24 |
GrantNumber | Description | Subgrantee | Prime Award | Dollars Obligated | Updated At |
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0000003605S | The Trustees Of Princeton University | Project Grant 2409316 | $100.5k | 5/21/24 |