High Resolution Studies of Solar Activity with New Solar Telescope

自1997年7月1日起，新泽西理工学院（NJIT）开始运营大熊太阳天文台（BBSO）。该项目继续NSF对该设施的支持，并受到BBSO已经达到建造1.6米口径离轴新太阳望远镜（NST）的最后阶段的推动。NST将成为美国太阳物理界计划的4米先进技术太阳望远镜（ATST）的重要试验台。在这个项目中，PI将完成NST的可见光和近红外矢量磁图系统的集成，以及望远镜的调试，以充分发挥其科学能力。PI的团队将利用NST在可见光和近红外波段的观测来进行各种太阳物理研究项目。这些NST观测将使太阳耀斑发射的高节奏和高分辨率研究、安静太阳大气的亚弧秒分辨率研究（重点是测量横向磁场分量，它比网络内磁场弱）、日冕加热能量来源的研究、与耀斑相关的矢量磁场的综合研究以及耀斑产生活跃区域的等离子体流场的研究成为可能。空间天气预报界经常使用BBSO的高质量数据和分析工具。BBSO是美国开发下一代太阳仪器和培训下一代太阳物理学家的领导者。在这个领域，大约30%的新泽西理工大学学生是女性。BBSO是新泽西理工大学空间物理研究和教育综合方法的关键部分，整个项目都支持研究生的研究和论文机会。

The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) has operated Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) since July 1, 1997. This project continues NSF support of that facility, and is motivated by BBSO having reached the final stage in building its 1.6 meter aperture off-axis New Solar Telescope (NST). The NST will become an essential test-bed for the US solar physics community's planned 4-meter Advanced Technology Solar Telescope (ATST).In this project, the PI will complete the integration of the NST's visible and near infrared vector magnetograph systems, as well as the commissioning of the telescope to its full scientific capability. The PI's team will exploit NST observations in the visible and near IR for a variety of solar physics research programs. These NST observations will make possible high-cadence and high-resolution studies of solar flare emissions, sub-arc-second resolution studies of the quiet solar atmosphere (focusing on measurements of the transverse magnetic field component, which is weaker than intra-network fields), investigations of the energy sources of coronal heating, comprehensive studies of vector magnetic fields associated with flares, and investigations of plasma flow fields in flare-productive active regions. BBSO's high quality data and analytical tools are routinely utilized by the space weather forecasting community. BBSO is a leader in the US community for developing the next generation of solar instrumentation and training the next generation of solar physicists. About 30% of NJIT students in this field are women. BBSO is a key part of NJIT's integrated approach to space physics research and education, with graduate student research and dissertation opportunities supported throughout this project.