Acquisition of a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer at Montclair State University

0521069 Brachouts这个主要的研究仪器补助金支持振动样品磁强计（VSM）的收购，以提高研究能力和动手教育和分析培训在蒙特克莱尔州立大学（MSU）。VSM将由科学与数学学院的几个跨学科研究项目共享。将购买一台普林斯顿测量公司的VSM 3900 - 04 C，该仪器能够适应宽范围的样品尺寸，峰值场为1.8-2.2 T，温度能力为10 - 1025 K，灵敏度为10-7 emu，动态范围跨越8个数量级。 VSM将支持许多项目，包括：1）研究火星磁异常的起源，2）研究恒星和行星的演化，3）研究深海沉积物、湖泊沉积物和黄土-土壤序列中记录的古气候变化，4）研究土壤风化和森林火灾对磁化率信号的影响，5）调查美国东北部的构造历史; 6）测试沉积地磁场记录的保真度。 收购VSM将增强蒙特克莱尔州立大学迅速增加的学生人数的研究资源。 密歇根州立大学的本科生人口（60%的女性和20%的少数民族）正在以每年约9%的速度增长。研究现在是密歇根州立大学地球科学和地理学士学位的必要组成部分。 VSM将增强新泽西、纽约和宾夕法尼亚大都市地区的岩石磁性设备区域池，不仅为密歇根州立大学服务，还为罗格斯大学、拉蒙多尔蒂地球观测站、利哈伊大学、布林莫尔学院和乌尔西诺学院的研究人员和学生服务。***

0521069BrachfeldThis Major Research Instrumentation grant supports acquisition of a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) to enhance research capabilities and hands-on education and analytical training at Montclair State University (MSU). The VSM will be shared by several interdisciplinary research programs in the College of Science and Math. A Princeton Measurements Corp. VSM3900-04C capable of accommodating a wide range of sample sizes, peak fields of 1.8-2.2 T, temperature capabilities of 10 - 1025 K, sensitivity of 10-7 emu, and a dynamic range spanning 8 orders of magnitude will be purchased. The VSM will support numerous projects including: 1) investigating of the origin of the Martian magnetic anomalies, 2) studying the evolution of stars and planets, 3) investigating paleoclimate variability recorded in deep sea sediment, lacustrine sediment, and loess-soil sequences, 4) studying the impacts of soil weathering and forest fires on susceptibility signals, 5) investigating the tectonic history of the northeast United States, and 6) testing the fidelity of sedimentary geomagnetic field records. Acquisition of a VSM will enhance the research resources for a rapidly increasing student population at Montclair State University. The MSU undergraduate population ( 60% women and 20% minorities) is growing at a rate of ~9% per year. Research is now a required component of geoscience and geography bachelor's degrees at MSU. The VSM will enhance the regional pool of rock magnetism equipment in the New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania metropolitan region, serving not only MSU, but also researchers and students at Rutgers University, Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory, Lehigh University, Bryn Mawr College, and Ursinus College. ***