Image: NASA/LMSAL TRACE 171

Image: NASA SDO/AIA 171

Image: A. Strugarek, U. Montréal

The Solar Physics Research Group at Rice University uses computational modeling and observational tools to explore a variety of topics in solar and space plasma physics. Our current research projects range from forward modeling of nanoflare-heated solar active regions to magnetic interactions between stars and planets. We are housed within the Department of Physics and Astronomy and located primarily in Herman Brown Hall for Mathematical Sciences.

News

• 01 July 2019

  Will and Steve recently published a paper with Nicki Viall (NASA GSFC) on modeling observable signatures of nanoflare heating frequency in a multi-loop active region model. The ADS entry is here and the source code to reproduce the paper can be found here.

• 20 May 2019

  Will and Shah recently defended their PhD dissertations. Shah is now research faculty at LASP/CU Boulder and Will is a postdoc at LMSAL.

• 15 November 2018

  Will attended the 2018 SDO Science Workshop in Ghent, Belgium and gave a talk entitled “Understanding Heating Properties of Active Region Loops through Forward Modelingand Machine Learning”. More information about the workshop can be found here.

• 25 September 2018

  Reva Mandage recently defended her Master’s research on forward modeling of solar flare spectra and was awarded PhD candidacy. Congratulations Reva!

• 18 September 2018

  Alison Farrish recently defended her Master’s research on explanet host star magnetic activity and was awarded PhD candidacy. Congratulations Alison!