3D MHD Modeling of Flare Reconnection for Solar Energetic Particle Acceleration

ROSES ID: NNH06ZDA001N      Selection Year: 2007      

Program Element: Focused Science Topic

Principal Investigator: Judy Karpen

Affiliation(s): Naval Research Laboratory

Project Member(s):
Lynch, Benjamin J Co-I University of California-Berkeley
Edmondson, Justin K Graduate/Undergraduate Student University of Michigan
Antiochos, Spiro K. Co-I NASA, Goddard SFC
MacNeice, Peter Collaborator NASA/GSFC

Summary:

Objective: to determine the connectivity changes, observable signatures, and energy budget of flare reconnection driven by a self-consistent solar eruption. Results can be used as input for particle acceleration models and compared with SEP and radio observations.



Methods: numerical simulations with ARMS, our massively parallel 3D MHD code with adaptive mesh refinement. Postprocessing with Heliospace and other software to determine field topology and predict observable signatures.



Significance: understanding the 3D reconnection process through modeling driven in a self-consistent and realistic manner is an essential component of a team approach to solving the flare particle acceleration problem.

Publications:

Performance Year	Reference	Investigation Type	Actions
1	Karpen, J. T.; Antiochos, S. K.; DeVore, C. R.; Lin...	not set

Presentations:

Performance Year	Reference	Actions
1	Karpen, J. T.; (2007), Multidimensional Simulations of Filam...
1	Karpen, Judith T.; DeVore, C.; Antiochos, S. K.; Lin...
1	DeVore, C. Richard; Karpen, J. T.; Antiochos, S. K.;...

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