Saul Roman-Ramirez
Pronouns: He/Him
Research Mentor(s): Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti
Research Mentor School/College/Department: Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering / Engineering
Program:
Authors: Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, Shirsh Soni
Session: Session 1: 9:00 am – 9:50 am
Poster: 7
Abstract
The research project is called SunRISE Long Wavelength Array (LWA) Antenna Deployment. Our sun has constant solar eruptions called coronal mass ejections. These CMEs are a sudden intense burst of radiation called solar flares. These solar activities emit radiation that cover a vast range of electromagnetic waves. These waves are what we are tracking the frequency of, the frequency changes depending on how intense the burst was. The purpose of this project is to develop and install a ground based array of LWA antennas whose frequency coverage partially overlaps that of NASA’s Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment (SunRISE) mission. The SunRISE mission is a spaceborne low-frequency radio interferometer designed to explore and comprehend the characteristics of solar bursts associated with solar activity, which are hazardous to Earth’s magnetosphere, ionosphere and spaceborne assets. We intended to understand the characteristics of geo-effective solar activities more accurately by combining space and ground based observations We are using LWA antennas which work on a low frequency range from 20MHz to 800MHz. It is designed to receive radio emissions from the Sun. In this project, we are designing the software and hardware of the antennas then deploying them.. One will be deployed on Peach Mountain and another will be deployed in Marquette, MI. Our observations from the LWA antennas along with the SunRISE space mission will provide useful information on solar radio bursts. This information is crucial to understand the characteristics of solar activity and helps to improve the space weather forecast .
