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NSF Career Award: Effects of Magnetosheath properties on the dynamics and plasma transport produced by the Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability and on the Plasma Sheet Anisotropies
PI Heidi Nykyri
Project investigates impact of magnetosheath properties on Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
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Turbulence and Structure in the Magnetospheric Cusps: Cluster spacecraft observations
PI Heidi Nykyri
Project analyzes the structure, origin of fluctuations and high-energy particles in the high-altitude cusp regions
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Magnetospheric Multi-Scale (MMS) Observations and simulations of high-energy electrons in the dayside magnetosheath
PI Heidi Nykyri
CO-I Brandon Burkholder
CO-I Xuanye Ma
The key objective of this study is to better understand the source and cause of high-energy electrons observed by the MMS in the dayside magnetosheath.
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Science and engineering proof of concept study for the Next generation Space Weather Prediction mission and space weather model development
PI Heidi Nykyri
Project analyzes astrodynamics (transfer trajectories) and spacecraft constellation stability about all Lagrange points for Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars system for the "next generation" space weather prediction mission, and develops a solar wind model which will use data from this mission
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On The Origin and Transport of Energetic Particles
PI Heidi Nykyri
CO-I Xuanye Ma
Understanding the properties, origin and dynamics of energetic particles in the solar wind and magnetosphere is crucial for safe unmanned and manned space operations. This project will unravel the birth-mechanism of the source population of the Earth's radiation belts.
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Experimental Identification of Plasma Wave Modes
PI Heidi Nykyri
CO-I Rachel Rice
Project uses MMS data to identify plasma wave modes contributing to the heating of the magnetospheric boundary layer
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Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution
PI Theodore von Hippel
Bayesian Analysis of Stellar Evolution is an international collaboration studying stellar evolution with an emphasis on stellar ages. We also develop and support a Bayesian software suite that recovers star cluster and stellar parameters from photometry, currently called BASE-9.
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Large Amplitude Electromagnetic Waves in the Radiation Belt
CO-I Miles Bengtson
CO-I Anatoly Streltsov
When the first American satellite, Explorer I, was launched into space it inadvertently discovered one of the most significant features of our local space environment: the Van Allen Radiation Belts. This region contains highly energetic particles that are hazardous. This research involves one promising remediation mechanism based on interactions between these particles and very-low frequency electromagnetic waves known as whistlers.
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