CAREER: Magnetic Tomography of Emerging Sunspots (MATES)

职业：新兴太阳黑子的磁力断层扫描 (MATES)

• 批准号: 0548260
• 负责人: Debi Prasad Choudhary
• 金额: $ 45.45万
• 依托单位: The University Corporation, Northridge
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-02-15 至 2014-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0548260&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CAREER; Magnetic; Tomography; Emerging; Sunspots

The principal investigator (PI) proposes to develop a science program that integrated the ground based instrumentation and observing facilities of San Fernando Observatory (SFO) with those of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) and the Solar-B spacecraft (to be deployed in 2006). This program would be integrated into the curriculum of the California State University-Northridge (CSUN) Department of Physics and Astronomy to spur interest in experimental astronomy among undergraduate and graduate students. The proposer also plans to make multi-height magnetic field measurements of emerging sunspots, as well as near-simultaneous deep photospheric and chromospheric magnetic field observations of solar active regions, with Solar-B, the refurbished SFO spectroheliograph, and similar instruments at NAOJ. The ground based, high sensitivity near-infrared (NIR) measurements at SFO and NAOJ would complement the higher spatial resolution observations of Solar-B. As a part of longer-term program, the PI intends to collaborate with the NSF's Advanced Technology Solar Telescope project upon its completion. This proposal addresses the problem of diminishing manpower in the fields of experimental solar physics and astronomy by exposing undergraduate students to state-of-the-art observational solar physics near the beginning of their careers, motivating their further academic pursuits. The international collaboration would also contribute to the development of a long-term curriculum for experimental astronomy. This effort will play a vital role in enhancing astronomical education in the United States while furthering our understanding of fundamental problems in solar physics, from coronal heating to space-weather prediction. This project will lay a robust foundation for research and education in the field of experimental astronomy while engaging undergraduate and graduate students in active research.

首席研究员（PI）提议制定一项科学计划，该计划将基于地面的仪器和观察设施整合到了圣费尔南多天文台（SFO）与日本国家天文天文台（NAOJ）和太阳能B飞机场（将于2006年部署）。该计划将纳入加利福尼亚州立大学 - 荷里奇大学（CSUN）物理和天文学系的课程，以刺激本科和研究生对实验天文学的兴趣。提议者还计划对新兴黑子进行多高度的磁场测量，以及近距离的深层光球和色球磁场观察太阳能活动区域，Solar-B，Solar-B，翻新的SFOSFOSOPSTROHELIOGRAPH，以及NAOJ的类似工具。 SFO和NAOJ处的基于地面的高灵敏度近红外（NIR）测量将补充太阳能B的较高空间分辨率观测值。作为长期计划的一部分，PI打算在完成后与NSF的先进技术太阳能望远镜项目合作。该提议通过将本科生接触到职业生涯开始的最先进的观察太阳能物理学，以激励他们进一步的学术追求，从而解决了实验太阳能和天文学领域减少人力的问题。国际合作还将有助于开发实验天文学的长期课程。这项努力将在增强美国的天文教育方面发挥至关重要的作用，同时我们对从冠状供暖到太空天气预测的太阳能物理学基本问题的理解。该项目将在实验天文学领域为研究和教育奠定强大的基础，同时吸引本科生和研究生积极研究。