Principal Investigator:
Mats Carlsson
, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo (Norway)
HPC Platform used:
SuperMUC of LRZ
Local Project ID:
pr85wo
A simulation project, run on SuperMUC, targets the intrinsic physics of the chromosphere in order to understand its mass and energy budgets and transfer mechanisms. Elucidating these is a principal quest of solar physics, a necessary step towards better space-weather prediction, and of interest to general astrophysics using the Sun as a close-up Rosetta-Stone star and to plasma physics using the Sun and heliosphere as a nearby laboratory. The project aims at a breakthrough in our understanding of the solar chromosphere by developing sophisticated radiation-magnetohydrodynamic simulations.
