Infrared-Radio-follow-up Observations for Detection of the Magnetic Radio Emission of Extra Solar Planets: A New Window to Detect Exoplanets and Exomoons

Fateeh Bagheri被授予数学和物理科学提升博士后研究奖学金(MPS-Ascend)，以在德克萨斯大学阿灵顿分校开展研究和教育项目。Bagheri计划使用一种新技术来探测“外卫星”，即围绕着遥远恒星附近的行星运行的卫星。该技术可以通过磁层过程产生的射电发射探测系外行星和系外行星。她的观测方法可能为系外行星研究打开了一扇新的窗口。Bagheri的研究工作将涉及一家为拉美裔服务的机构的本科生。她还将努力消除在科学和工程研究领域纳入代表性不足的学者的已知主要障碍。除了探测系外行星外，巴格里的探测还将告知系外行星的表面和大气受到屏蔽的程度，并有可能适合人类居住。巴格里的研究计划探索了一种通过微透镜事件探测和测量系外行星磁场的方法。她将努力打破包容的心理障碍，在学生中促进卓越的愿景，并培养一代具有硬技能和软技能的劳动力。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Fatemeh Bagheri is awarded a Mathematical and Physical Sciences Ascending Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (MPS-Ascend) to conduct a program of research and education at University of Texas at Arlington. Bagheri plans to use a new technique to detect “exomoons”, moons orbiting around planets near distant stars. The technique allows the detection of exoplanets and exomoons through the radio emission produced by magnetospheric processes. Her observational approach potentially opens a new window to exoplanetary research. Bagheri’s research efforts will involve undergraduates at a Hispanic-Serving Institution. She will also work to eliminate the known major barriers toward the inclusion of underrepresented scholars in science and engineering fields of research. Beyond detection of exomoons, Bagheri’s detections would also inform the extent to which the surfaces and atmospheres of exoplanets are shielded and potentially habitable. Bagheri’s research plan explores a method of detecting and measuring the magnetic fields of exoplanets via microlensing events. She will work to break the psychological barriers to inclusion, by promoting a vision for excellence among students and training a generation of workforce with hard and soft skills.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.