Solar, Atmospheric, and Astrophysical Sciences
Naval Research Laboratory, DC, Lab for Computational Physics & Fluid Dynamics
New computational methods applied on massively parallel computers are being used to investigate forefront problems in solar, atmospheric, astrophysical, and cosmological sciences. Detailed theoretical and computational studies of the physical and chemical processes in the Earth’s atmospheric and the Sun’s transition region and corona are performed to elucidate the underlying controlling processes and to permit prediction of the Sun’s effects on the Earth. A program is being pursued in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and its role in solar coronal heating and behavior of solar wind. Recent studies use multidimensional fluid-dynamics simulations to model the development and evolution of astrophysical jets and dynamo-generated magnetic fields on the Sun’s surface. Another program focuses on the physics and cosmological implications of supernovae explosions.
Awardees who reside more than 50 miles from their host laboratory and remain on tenure for at least six months are eligible for paid relocation to within the vicinity of their host laboratory.
A group health insurance program is available to awardees and their qualifying dependents in the United States.