Development of a Polarimeter System for Solar Synoptic High-Sensitivity Observations

Solar activities are dominated by magnetic fields. Solar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are often associated with pre-existing filaments or prominences. The determination of the magnetic field in the solar chromosphere before, during, and after a CME event will allow us to derive the conditions that trigger CMEs and the magnetic field properties of the ejected material. Both ingredients are crucial to improve the...

Development of a Polarimeter System for Solar Synoptic High-Sensitivity Observations

Solar activities are dominated by magnetic fields. Solar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are often associated with pre-existing filaments or prominences. The determination of the magnetic field in the solar chromosphere before, during, and after a CME event will allow us to derive the conditions that trigger CMEs and the magnetic field properties of the ejected material. Both ingredients are crucial to improve the...

Origin of hot Super-Earths and the vortex-assisted mode of planet formation (NASA proposal number 16-XRP16_2-0063)

In spite of steady advances, planet formation remains, by and large, a mystery. Although a relatively consistent theory has been developed in the past two decades, its application to the observed distribution of exoplanets has not fared too well. In this proposal, we aim to solve one of the most vexing problems that arose from this comparison, which is the prediction of a dearth of p...