Summer 2004 at HAO
Evergreeners research solar magnetism in Boulder

Night Song and Chris Dove learned solar physics in academic year 2003-2004 at Evergreen, then applied it to summer research projects at HAO ( High Altitude Observatory) at NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) in Boulder.  Night studied magnetic dynamics below the Sun's surface, and Chris studied magnetic dynamics above the Sun's surface.  Dr. Mausumi Dikpati and Eric McDonald taught us to work with simulations of the Sun's magnetic dynamo:  this contributes to efforts to understand why the Sun's magnetic field flips every 11 years, and what underlies the magnetic storms we experience during field reversal.  Dr. Tom Bogdan helped us analyze the conversion of sound waves to magnetic waves in the Sun's atmosphere:  this contributes to efforts to solve the mystery of why the temperature in the Sun's upper atmosphere is millions of degrees higher than the Sun's surface temperature. 

Links to Night's dynamo talk and paper;  Chris's MHD wave talk and paper; HAO photopage, hiking St.Vrain and Table Mesa
 
Tom and Chris investigate MHD waves in the chromosphere.

 Zita, Night, and Mausumi investigate solar dynamo in the convection zone.

 

Chris, Zita, and Tom

 

Night and Eric improve our codes

 

Chris, Jorgen, Night, and Zita at the Mediterranean Cafe


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