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institution information:
scientist information:
- Dr. Richard Canfield
Dr. Canfield is a research professor at Montana State University, and currently a
Co-Investigator on the Yohkoh and HESSI missions. He is well known for his work associating "sigmoids"
with CME-productive active regions. Dr. Canfield is performing observational
research of solar vector magnetograms and X-ray images to determine the magnetic topology before and
after coronal mass ejections. This will provide an essential test of CME eruption models.
- Dr. Petrus "Piet" Martens
A research associate professor at Montana State University, Dr. Martens is using analytical and numerical models to
help understand the role of magnetic twist in the formation and eruption of prominences outside solar
active regions.
- Dr. Stephane Regnier
Dr Stephane Regnier is a post-doctoral researcher at Montana State
University.
He is working on the 3D magnetic configuration of solar
active regions using vector magnetic fields measured on the photosphere
and non-constant-alpha force-free reconstruction. He will focus on the
evolution of the magnetic topology and the understanding of pre-flare
and post-flare phases.
- Dr. Dana Longcope
Dr. Longcope is an Assistant Professor in the Physics Department.
In 2000, he received the Presidential Early Career Award for Science
and Engineering, in recognition for his work in Solar Physics.
Dr. Longcope will focus on the origins and transport of magnetic
helicity in solar magnetic fields. Helicity (twist) appears
to be an important ingredient for solar magnetic eruptions.
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