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

Contact  

  • Director
  • Lisa Danielson
  • (505) 667-1703
  • Email
  • Professional Staff Assistant
  • Sarah Balkey
  • (505) 667-8777
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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