Flare Genesis Experiment

该奖项为对耀斑起源实验望远镜产生的太阳图像进行为期一年的数据分析提供资金，该望远镜于2000年初在南极洲上空的一次长时间气球飞行期间产生，当时接近本太阳周期的太阳活动高峰。该望远镜以前所未有的分辨率拍摄了数以千计的太阳磁场图像和地图。预计对数据的详细分析将提高对储存在太阳磁场中的能量如何转化为与太阳活动相关的高温和速度的理解。该项目由NASA、NSF/OPP和NSF/ATM联合支持。

This award provides funding for one year of data analysis of the solar images produced by the Flare Genesis Experiment telescope during a long-duration balloon flight over Antarctica in early 2000, near the peak of solar activity for this solar cycle. The telescope produced many thousands of images and maps of solar magnetic fields with unprecedented resolution. It is expected that the detailed analysis of the data will improve understanding of how energy stored in solar magnetic fields is converted to high temperatures and velocities associated with solar activity. This project is jointly supported by NASA, NSF/OPP and NSF/ATM.