U.S.- Korea Cooperative Research in Solar Physics

9816267本奖项提供资金，以允许新泽西理工学院物理系的Philip R.Goode、Haimin Wang、Dale E.Gary和Jeong Woo Lee博士与首尔国立大学天文系Hong Sik Yun博士和釜山同明信息技术大学的Gwang-son Choe博士进行为期36个月的太阳物理合作研究项目。这项研究的科学目标是了解(1)太阳的磁场形态及其演化如何与日冕的形成、激活和爆发相关联，(2)日冕和耀斑之间的物理联系，(3)与太阳耀斑有关的磁场变化，以及(4)太阳耀斑中的高能电子。这些研究将有助于理解磁场在日冕和耀斑这两大太阳奥秘中的作用。新泽西理工学院的美国太阳能小组运营着两个主要的太阳天文台：大熊太阳天文台(BBSO)和欧文斯谷射电天文台(OVRO)的太阳能电池板。BBSO通过光度测量和偏振测量相结合的工具提供对光球层和色球的高分辨率观测，这将补充正在进行的美国空间飞行任务，这些任务拍摄日冕和过渡区域的图像。OVRO的太阳能电池阵列提供微波波长的成像光谱，提供太阳耀斑和活动区的关键参数。韩国太阳天文学家将利用其在应用于太阳光谱线的辐射转移和太阳细丝模型方面的专门知识，参与对在这些观测站收集的大型数据库进行数据整理和分析。该项目将加强备受尊敬的美国和韩国研究团队之间的合作。该项目与美韩合作科学计划的目标相关，该计划旨在通过交流科学信息、想法、技能和技术以及通过在互利问题上的合作来提高美国和韩国科学家和工程师之间的合作水平。韩国的参与得到了韩国科学与工程基金会(KOSEF)的支持。

9816267GoodeThis award provides funds to permit Drs. Philip R. Goode, Haimin Wang, Dale E. Gary, and Jeong Woo Lee, Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology, to pursue with Drs. Hong Sik Yun, Astronomy Department, Seoul National University, and Gwang-Son Choe, Tongmyong University of Information Technology, Pusan, for 36 months, a program of cooperative research in solar physics. The scientific objectives of this research are to understand (1) the magnetic field configuration of the sun and how its evolution is associated with the formation, activation, and eruption of prominences, (2) the physical connection between prominences and flares, (3) the magnetic field changes associated with solar flares and (4) the energetic electrons in solar flares. These investigations will contribute to understanding the role of magnetic fields in two big solar mysteries: prominences and flares.The U.S. solar group at New Jersey Institute of Technology operates two major solar observatories: Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) and the solar array at Owens Valley Radio Observatory (OVRO). BBSO provides high-resolution observations of the photosphere and the chromosphere through the combined tools of photometry and polarimetry which will complement ongoing US Space missions which image the corona and the transition region. The solar array at OVRO offers imaging spectroscopy at microwave wavelengths which provide key parameters of solar flares and active regions. The Korean solar astronomers will participate in aspects of data reduction and analysis of the large database gathered at these observatories using their expertise in radiative transfer applied to solar spectral lines, and modeling of solar filaments. This project will strengthen collaboration between highly respected U.S. and Korean research teams. This project is relevant to the objectives of the U.S.-Korea Cooperative Science Program which seeks to increase the level of cooperation between U.S. and Korean scientists and engineers through the exchange of scientific information, ideas, skills, and techniques and through collaboration on problems of mutual benefit. Korean participation is supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (KOSEF).***