U.S.-China Cooperative Research (Astronomy) In Solar Physics with the Huairou Solar Observing Station in China

该奖项继续支持一轮合作计划- 太阳磁场的时钟联合观测 熊座太阳观测站和怀柔太阳观测站 北京天文台。 观察将针对长期 太阳磁场的演化 具体问题有待解决 解决将是极旋转率，极地的演变， 场元，活动区演化，场 与太阳耀斑有关的变化，以及磁场的流动， 场元素穿过灯丝边界。 这项工作必须与中国一起完成，因为怀柔拥有唯一的 其他定期运行的视频磁力仪。 联合 两个天文台的观测能力， resource. 没有其他太阳观测站保持定期或半- 对磁场的连续观测。 磁场 对理解太阳的运作及其 影响地球。

This award continues support for a cooperative program of round- the-clock joint observations of solar magnetic fields by the Big Bear Solar Observatory and the Huairou Solar Observing Station of Beijing Observatory. The observations will target the long-term evolution of solar magnetic fields. Particular problems to be addressed will be the polar rotation rate, the evolution of polar field elements, the evolution of active regions, the field changes associated with solar flares, and the flow of magnetic field elements across filament boundaries. This work must be done with China because Huairou has the only other videomagnetograph that operates regularly. The joint observing capability of the two observatories provides a powerful resource. No other solar observatories maintain regular or semi- continuous observations of magnetic fields. Magnetic fields are important to understanding the functioning of the sun and its effect on Earth.