U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Mass and Current Closure in Solar Flares

这项为期三年的奖项将支持阿拉巴马大学的A·戈登·埃姆斯利和位于Meudon的巴黎天文台的Jean-Claude Henoux在太阳物理方面的美法合作研究。他们研究的目标是修改和发展一个传统的太阳耀斑厚靶模型。他们将使用位于梅顿的活动区不稳定性研究偏振望远镜(PARIS)来研究太阳耀斑期间的电流和等离子体流动。巴黎的数据和Yohkoh卫星的软X射线线数据将进行比较。这位美国研究人员为这次合作带来了太阳耀斑计算研究方面的专业知识。这位法国研究人员在太阳物理方面的专业知识和他对电流产生的研究也补充了这一点。该项目将增进对太阳耀斑机制和导致这一现象的条件的了解和了解。

This three-year award will support U.S.-France cooperative research in solar physics between A. Gordon Emslie of the University of Alabama and Jean-Claude Henoux of the Paris Observatory in Meudon. The objective of their research is to modify and develop a conventional thick-target model of the solar flare. They will investigate the flow of electric currents and plasma during solar flares using the Polarimeter for Active Region Instability Studies (PARIS) telescope in Meudon. PARIS data and soft X-ray line data from the Yohkoh satellite will be compared. The U.S. investigator brings to this collaboration expertise in the computational studies of solar flares. This is complemented by the French investigator's expertise in solar physics and his studies of electric current generation. The project will advance understanding and knowledge of the mechanisms of solar flares and the conditions leading to this phenomenon.