On Tuesday, the University of Alabama in Huntsville announced that two researchers in their College of Engineering have won a grant totaling $457,963 to study 3D magnetic reconnection. Magnetic reconnection refers to the breaking and reconnecting of oppositely directed magnetic field lines. This is a phenomenon at the heart of many solar events, such as solar flares, where magnetic field energy is converted to kinetic and thermal energy. The project seeks to examine this celestial process in the laboratory, with hopes that, in the future, it could lead to significant advances in space propulsion.
Jean Paul Allain is the Department of Energy’s Associate Director of Science for Fusion Energy Sciences.
“Basic and low-temperature plasma science is an important area with many scientific and technological impacts,” said Director Allain. “The research funded under this FOA will enable the U.S…
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