Project description
A quest to decipher solar prominences
The most spectacular solar eruptions recorded in history invariably involved the violent ejection of a prominence: a giant, cool and dense plasma cloud that formed spontaneously within the solar corona. The role of the dominant prominence mass in coronal mass ejections is poorly understood. Surprisingly, little is also known about prominence formation and disappearance. High-resolution ab initio simulations are needed to provide answers to intriguing riddles regarding prominences. Armed with state-of-the-art software, the EU-funded PROMINENT project plans to resolve prominence-related mysteries, confront historic and forthcoming observations and train a new generation of solar physicists.
Fields of science
- natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware
- humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistory
- natural sciencesmathematicspure mathematicstopology
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesastronomygalactic astronomysolar physics
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcomputer hardwaresupercomputers
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Funding Scheme
ERC-ADG - Advanced GrantHost institution
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Net EU contribution
€ 2 331 250,00
Address
Oude Markt 13
3000 Leuven
Belgium
3000 Leuven
Belgium
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Region
Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00
Beneficiaries (1)
KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
Belgium
Net EU contribution
€ 2 331 250,00
Address
Oude Markt 13
3000 Leuven
3000 Leuven
See on map
Region
Vlaams Gewest Prov. Vlaams-Brabant Arr. Leuven
Activity type
Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
Non-EU contribution
€ 0,00