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Outreach project with
Angela Des Jardins
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Solar Physics Education: Research and Project Development
Students will work with NASA education researchers and solar astrophysicists
to create presentations of solar and space science and NASA missions, such as the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope,
Solar Orbiter, and Parker Solar Probe for schools, youth programs, and the community.
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Data analysis with
Aki Takeda
and Suman Panda
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Solar X-ray Irradiance with Hinode/XRT
Our Sun is a variable star, and the amount of its radiation rises and falls every 11 years or so.
The radiation from the Sun received at the earth (irradiance) varies over the activity cycle,
and also varies with the observing wavelength. In this project, we will derive the long-term
variation of the Sun's irradiance in soft X-rays, using a series of full-Sun
images observed with the X-Ray Telescope (XRT) aboard
the Hinode satellite, which is an international space mission among
Japan/US/UK.
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Data analysis with
Chunming Zhu
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Energy Partition in a Flare-CME Event
A solar Flare is often accompanied by a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME).
In this project, student will analyze and model a flare observed
by the Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft to derive the flare energy,
and compare this energy with the kinetic energy of the associated CME.
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Optical instrumentation with
Joe Shaw
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Experimental Studies of Moonlight
In this project, we will measure scattered moonlight with polarization
imaging, and use these measurements to study the atmosphere.
Student will participating in making observational
measurements and data analysis.
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Data Analysis with
Suman Panda
and Aki Takeda
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Solar Spectral Study with SOHO/SUMER
The solar spectrum contains various kinds of information about
Sun's atmosphere, such as motion, temperature, density and even
existence of the magnetic or electric field. Using a series of
Sun's UV spectral data, we will learn how to derive such information,
and how to construct a monochromatic image of the whole Sun.
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Modeling with
Dana
Longcope
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Simulating A Solar Flare
Solar flares occur when a large amount of energy is converted into X-rays, heat, and supersonic fluid motion. Prior
to the flare this energy is stored as magnetic field filling the atmosphere above sunspots and related features called
active regions. The energy is released suddenly when an electric field changes the connectivity of several coronal
magnetic field lines, which then retract rapidly. The fluid in these field line moves faster than the speed of sound
and therefore creates shocks, which are believed to heat the plasma to tens of millions of Kelvins. In this project
we will run numerical simulations to model this process.
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Data analysis with
Jiong Qiu
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Acceleration of Coronal Mass Ejections in the Low Solar Corona
Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are spectacular energy release events from the Sun's corona.
The most interesting and critical physics that is relevant to the trigger and release of CMEs occurs
in the low corona. In this project, we will probe these physical processes with observations of the low
corona by multiple spacecraft viewing the Sun from different angles.
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Hardware development with
John Sample
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Space Hardware Development: Space Flight Systems for Space Science
Join our Small Satellite Team for Summer 2020! MSU's Space Science and Engineering Laboratory (SSEL) involves science and engineering students in highly responsible roles associated with the development of space flight systems for scientific applications. The student(s) will develop spaceflight hardware through design, development, and testing as a member of an interdisciplinary project student team.
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