Helioseismic Probing of Solar Internal Structure and Dynamics Using GONG+ Observations

这项研究结合了最近在太阳高度振荡分析方面的突破和全球振荡网络集团提供的独特观测结果，以提高我们对太阳内部最外层结构和动力学的认识。这项研究提高了科学界对太阳内部结构和动力学的认识。该小组正在执行的任务将提供关于太阳的基本信息，这些信息如果不利用太阳的高强度脉动是无法获得的。本研究将提供关于上层湍流对流边界层的分层、热力学和旋转剪切流动及其随时间变化的新知识。更广泛的影响：该项目将在教育、基础设施支持和公众宣传方面产生广泛影响，通过培训和支持一名日震观测研究生和一名本科生。P.I.在培养本科生、研究生、博士后研究员、高中生和教师方面有着良好的记录，他让学生和教师加入他在南加州大学校园和威尔逊山天文台的研究小组。他还定期发表公开演讲，并担任梅隆大学少数族裔本科生奖学金计划指导委员会成员，并担任非裔美国人和西班牙裔学生的教师导师。斯坦福太阳物理小组的其他成员在公共宣传活动中进行了重大的持续努力。研究结果将在斯坦福大学MDI网站上进行总结。这项研究还促进了慕尼黑工业大学、南加州大学和斯坦福大学这三所主要大学的合作。

AST 0307934PI RhodesThis research combines a recent breakthrough in the analysis of the high-degree solar oscillations with unique observations available from the worldwide Global Oscillation Network Group to advance our knowledge of the structure and dynamics of outermost layers of the solar interior. This research is making improvements in the scientific community's understanding of the structure and dynamics of the solar interior. The group is carrying out tasks which will provide essential information about the sun which could not be obtained without the use of the sun's high-degree pulsations. This research will provide new knowledge of the stratification, thermodynamics, and rotational shear flows in the upper turbulent convective boundary layer and variations of these properties with time.Broader Impacts: The project will have a broad impact in education, in infrastructure support, and in public outreach through the training and support of both a graduate student and an undergraduate student in observational helioseismology. The P.I. has an established track record of training undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and high school students and teachers in solar physics by having the students and teachers join his research group both on the University of Southern California campus and at the Mount Wilson Observatory. He also presents regular public lectures, and serves on the Steering Committee of the Mellon Minority Undergraduate Fellowship Program and has served as a faculty mentor for both African-American and Hispanic students. Other members of the team from the Stanford Solar Physics Group have a major on-going effort in Public Outreach activities. The results from the research will be summarized on the Stanford MDI Website. The research also facilitates the collaboration of three major universities, the Technical University of Munich, the University of Southern California, and Stanford.