An Optical Investigation of the Genesis of Solar Activity

这笔赠款将提供资金，以建立和飞行的气球承载 南极洲麦克默多太阳矢量地磁仪 仪器 将有一个前所未有的空间分辨率优于0.2 角秒，预计将对 晒1-3周。 调查的目的 将阐明如何纤维磁场在太阳能 太阳表面出现、合并、解体并在太阳耀斑中爆炸。 这一点很重要，因为磁场一定是 耀斑和所有其他太阳活动，但机制， 将磁能转换成热和运动还不被理解。 该赠款将由美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的极地大气物理学研究所（Polar Aeronomy） 和天体物理学计划在极地方案司和由 大气科学部的日地计划 太阳物理学空间分支 物理部。 物流支持将由NSF提供， 气球和发射服务将由美国宇航局提供。

This grant will provide funds to build and fly a balloon borne solar vector magnetograph from McMurdo, Antarctica. The instrument will have an unprecedented spatial resolution of better than 0.2 arcseconds and is expected to make continuous observations of the sun for a period of 1-3 weeks. The purpose of the investigation will be to elucidate how the fibrous magnetic fields at the solar surface emerge, coalesce, unravel and blow up in solar flares. This is important because magnetic fields must be the root cause of flares and all other solar activity, yet the mechanism for converting magnetic energy into heat and motion is not understood. The grant will be jointly supported at NSF by the Polar Aeronomy and Astrophysics Program in the Division of Polar Programs and by the Solar-Terrestrial Program in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences and at NASA by the Solar Physics Branch in the Space Physics Division. Logistical support will be provided by NSF and the balloon and launch services will be provided by NASA.