Los Alamos National LaboratoryCenter for Space and Earth Science
Part of the National Security Education Center
FY19 CSES Funded Projects
High quality, cutting-edge science in the areas of astrophysics, heliophysics, solid planetary geoscience and Earth systems
FY19 CSES Funded Projects (pdf)
Astrophysics, Cosmology
- Searching for Dark Matter in the Galactic Center with HAWC
- Creating an Astrophysically Relevant Magnetic Dynamo in the laboratory
- Quantum Effects of Cosmological Observations as a Probe of BSM & Nuclear Physics
- Kinetic Processes of Particle Acceleration and Radiation in Relativistic Astrophysical Plasma Outflows
- Nuclear Physics for Nucleosynthesis: The Astrophysical Merger of Neutron Stars
- Machine Learning Framework for Turbulance3 Sub-Grid Modeling in Core-Collapse Supernovae
- Tracking the Birth of “Super Earth” Planets in Protoplanetary Disks
- Kinetic Studies of Magnetic Turbulence, Dissipation and Particle Energization
- LANL Involvement in the All-Sky
- Changes in Atmospheric Chemistry due to Asteroid Impacts on Earth
- Understanding a new dust instability in protoplanetary disks
Earth Systems
- Climate System Response as Understood Through a Novel Analysis of Ocean Circulation and Energetics
- Impacts of root associates on plant drought tolerance and carbon sequestration
- Micron-level Spatial Resolution Gene Expression for Plants
- Viral Control of Terrestrial Carbon Cycling: An Improvement for Earth System Models
- Using Lidar to Improve Fuel
- Machine Learning emulation of global cloud-resolving models to improve prediction of regional climate extremes
- Large Eddy Simulation of the Sub-Ice-Shelf Oceanic Boundary Layer
- Plant responses to extreme heat waves
- Influence of proliferation indicators on soil biofilm
- The Impact of the "hot drought" on water security in the Nile River Basic
- A New Understanding of the Terrestrial-Aquatic Interface in Dynamic Coastal Ecosystems
Space
- Comparative Studies of Magnetic Reconnection in Kinetic Simulations, Laboratory Experiments and Magnetospheric Observations
- Neutron Scatter Camera Optimization Study for Space Science and National Security Applications
- Hydrocode Modeling of Impact Crater Formation on Asteroid 16 Psyche
- Characterizing Graphene Foils for Application in Space Plasma Instrumentation
- CONNEX End to End Concept Design
- Engagement in LunaH-Map Mini-NS Detector Calibration
- Wave-Particle interactions in the near-Earth environment
- Building Capabilities for Ultra-Low-Light Optical Communication and Sensing
- Enabling IMAP Science Activities etc.
- Extreme Values in the Radiation
- Investigating the hydrous and boron-bearing subsurface of Mars using DAN and ChemCam
- Advancing the Readiness Level of LunaLIBS for Future Exploration of the Moon
- Exploring novel perovskite single crystal device for low energy ion beam detection
Geophysical
- Next Generation Microseismic Event Detection
- Understanding the Acoustic Emissions from Gas Bubble Dynamics: A Signature of CO2 Leaks
- Using Methane Isotope Signatures to Evaluate and Improve the Shale Production Curve
- Earthquake Interaction