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The Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research operates Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) in California, which houses the highest-resolution solar optical telescope in the world at 1.6 meters. With its state-of-the-art adaptive optics and scientific instrumentation, the telescope obtains high-resolution views of the Sun’s surface features, such as sunspots, filaments, faculae, granulation, spicules and jets. Its instruments measure the magnetic fields and motions of these features to understand the basic physics of solar activity that affect the Earth and near-Earth technological systems. Through the BBSO telescope, NJIT scientists have explored how twisted magnetic fields interact to produce the sudden release of energy that powers solar flares, and the response of the solar plasma to such energy releases. Using data from multiple NASA solar spacecraft and advanced computer modeling, we are developing an understanding of fundamental processes that improve our ability to predict the occurrence and outcomes of such solar activity on the Earth.
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3D Magnetic And Thermal Structure Of Active Regions Of The Sun
9/1/18 → 8/31/21
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Project: Research project
High Resolution Studies Of Solar Activity Using The 1.6-Meter Telescope In Big Bear
6/15/18 → 5/31/23
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Project: Research project
Revealing Evolution Of Electrons And Magnetic Field In Solar Flares
6/1/18 → 5/31/21
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Project: Research project
Research Output
Accelerated Electrons Observed down to <7 keV in a NuSTAR Solar Microflare
Glesener, L., Krucker, S., Duncan, J., Hannah, I. G., Grefenstette, B. W., Chen, B., Smith, D. M., White, S. M. & Hudson, H., Mar 10 2020, In : Astrophysical Journal Letters. 891, 2, L34.New Jersey Institute of Technology
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Scopus
citations
A Survey of Computational Tools in Solar Physics
Bobra, M. G., Mumford, S. J., Hewett, R. J., Christe, S. D., Reardon, K., Savage, S., Ireland, J., Pereira, T. M. D., Chen, B. & Pérez-Suárez, D., Apr 1 2020, In : Solar Physics. 295, 4, 57.New Jersey Institute of Technology
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
Decay of the coronal magnetic field can release sufficient energy to power a solar flare
Fleishman, G. D., Gary, D. E., Chen, B., Kuroda, N., Yu, S. & Nita, G. M., Jan 17 2020, In : Science. 367, 6475, p. 278-280 3 p.New Jersey Institute of Technology
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Scopus
citations
Press / Media
A new telescope expands Big Bear Solar Observatory's view to untangle the greatest challenges for solar modeling
6/30/18
1 item of Media coverage
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Press/Media: Press / Media
A new telescope expands Big Bear Solar Observatory's view of the Sun
6/28/18
2 items of Media coverage
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Press/Media: Press / Media
NEW INSTRUMENTS AND FUNDING EXPAND BIG BEAR SOLAR OBSERVATORY'S VIEWS OF THE SUN
6/27/18
1 item of Media coverage
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Press/Media: Press / Media