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 National Science
Foundation Award #9119807 |
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An Optical Investigation of the Genesis of Solar Activity
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| Investigator(s): |
David Rust (PI)
; K Balasubramanian (Co-PI)
; Graham Murphy (Co-PI)
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| Sponsor: |
Johns Hopkins University, MD 21218 4105168668
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| Start Date/Expiration Date |
1992-05-01 to 1996-04-30 (amended 1996-01-26) |
| Awarded Amount to Date: |
$1,767,547 |
| Abstract: This grant will provide funds to build and fly a balloon borne solar vector magnetograph from McMurdo, Antarctica. The instrument will have an unprecedented spatial resolution of better than 0.2 arcseconds and is expected to make continuous observations of the sun for a period of 1-3 weeks. The purpose of the investigation will be to elucidate how the fibrous magnetic fields at the solar surface emerge, coalesce, unravel and blow up in solar flares. This is important because magnetic fields must be the root cause of flares and all other solar activity, yet the mechanism for converting magnetic energy into heat and motion is not understood. The grant will be jointly supported at NSF by the Polar Aeronomy and Astrophysics Program in the Division of Polar Programs and by the Solar-Terrestrial Program in the Division of Atmospheric Sciences and at NASA by the Solar Physics Branch in the Space Physics Division. Logistical support will be provided by NSF and the balloon and launch services will be provided by NASA. |
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| NSF Org: |
OPP - Office of Polar Programs |
| Award Number: |
9119807 |
| Award Instrument: |
Continuing grant |
| Program Manager: |
John T. Lynch
OPP Office of Polar Programs
O/D OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
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| NSF Program(s): |
ANTARCTIC AERONOMY & ASTROPHYS, SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL, SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL
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| Field Application(s): |
Astronomy, Atmospheric Sciences, Polar Programs-Related |
| Program Reference Code(s): |
ANTARCTIC AERONOMY & ASTROPHYS, 5115
ENVIRONMENT AND GLOBAL CHANGE, EGCH
NATURAL DISASTERS, 9196
SOLAR INFLUENCES, 1323
SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL, 1523
UNASSIGNED, 0000 |
| Program Element Code(s): |
5115
SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL, 1523
, 1523
, 6727
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, 4411 |
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