Primary Recipient

MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY, INC

Amount

$302,000.00

Award Date

8/17/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

We will develop a model to explain how magnetic energy is rapidly released in various natural plasmas such as the Earth's magnetosphere(Northern lights) or the Sun's corona(solar flares).