FDSS: Solar and Space Science Development at the Institute for Astronomy

FDSS：天文学研究所的太阳能和空间科学发展

• 批准号: 0456971
• 负责人: Jeffrey Kuhn
• 金额: $ 64.34万
• 依托单位: University of Hawaii
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-05-01 至 2011-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0456971&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: FDSS; Solar; Space; Science; Development

The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) is heavily involved in the experimental and observational investigation of the solar magnetosphere -- this includes the photosphere, chromosphere and, especially with the recent completion of a coronal magnetograph, the outer solar atmosphere. This group has a long history of leading the community with solar magnetic field data. The most recent demonstration of direct coronal magnetic field measurements with the Haleakala SOLARC coronagraph facility on Maui is expected to yield new tests of models of coronal heating, mass ejection, and the energetics and dynamics of the solar wind. These are longstanding problems, only partially constrained by measurements of the solar magnetic boundary at the photosphere. The new ability to measure chromospheric and coronal magnetic fields can significantly improve understanding of the physics of the magnetic solar atmosphere and the solar-terrestrial interaction. Achieving this depends on making stronger connections between these new observational tools and coronal modeling activities. The IfA proposes to realize this by forming a new program, in part, around an existing research group at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy. It has recently made a significant commitment toward solar and space science and is ready to bring this program to a critical mass by hiring and supporting a faculty member to start a computational/theoretical effort. This individual will join a receptive academic environment with an abundance of local computational resources and related theoretical and computational research expertise.IfA's new faculty opportunity is ripe for individual success, and it restores an established solar physics graduate education program to "critical mass." A new graduate assistantship, a college recruiting/lectureship program, a Maui Coronal Summer School, and a focused coronal science workshop in Hawaii will amplify the impact of this new faculty member. This integrated program will make use of the IfA's investment in an expert outreach and public information support staff. Maui science activities currently benefit from interactions with the NSF-funded Center for Adaptive Optics, and will be augmented by the anticipated construction of the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST) on Maui within the decade. With these new resources, IfA will enhance US graduate education opportunities in solar and space science, surpassing the IfA in the late 80's and early 90's, when it educated a significant fraction of the US solar physics community.

天文学研究所积极参与了对太阳磁层的实验和观测研究，其中包括光球层、色球层，特别是最近完成了日冕磁像仪，还包括太阳外层大气。这个小组在太阳磁场数据方面有着悠久的历史。最近利用毛伊岛的Haleakala SOARC日冕观测设施进行的直接日冕磁场测量演示，预计将对日冕加热、物质抛射以及太阳风的能量学和动力学模型进行新的测试。这些都是长期存在的问题，只是部分地受到光球层太阳磁场边界测量的限制。测量色球和日冕磁场的新能力可以大大提高对太阳磁性大气层物理学和日地相互作用的认识。实现这一目标取决于在这些新的观测工具和日冕建模活动之间建立更强的联系。IfA建议通过组建一个新的项目来实现这一目标，部分是围绕夏威夷大学天文学研究所的一个现有研究小组。它最近对太阳和空间科学做出了重大承诺，并准备通过雇用和支持一名教师开始计算/理论工作，将该计划推向临界质量。这个人将加入一个具有丰富的本地计算资源和相关的理论和计算研究专业知识的接受性学术环境。IfA的新教师机会对于个人成功来说已经成熟，它将恢复既定的太阳物理学研究生教育计划“临界质量”。“一个新的研究生助教，一个大学招聘/讲师计划，一个毛伊岛日冕暑期学校，和一个集中在夏威夷日冕科学研讨会将放大这位新教师的影响。这一综合方案将利用IfA在专家外联和公共信息支助人员方面的投资。毛伊岛的科学活动目前受益于与国家科学基金会资助的自适应光学中心的互动，并将在十年内通过在毛伊岛建造先进技术太阳望远镜（ATST）而得到加强。有了这些新资源，IfA将提高美国太阳能和空间科学研究生教育的机会，超过80年代末和90年代初的IfA，当时它教育了美国太阳物理界的一大部分。