Adam听Kowalski
In August 2016, I joined the National Solar Observatory and the Department of听Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences as Assistant Professor.听 My research听interests are solar and stellar astrophysics with a specialization in听spectroscopy of optical and ultraviolet emission in stellar flares.听 I use听state-of-the-art modeling codes combined with analysis of data from ground听and space-based observatories (such as Hubble, IRIS, and the APO ARC 3.5m) to听understand how the lower, dense stellar atmosphere (chromosphere and听photosphere) is heated in response to the sudden release of magnetic energy听during flares.听 I am also interested in developing new media for the听dissemination of scientific results to the public and in establishing听collaborations across disciplines.
Publications:
Kowalski, A. F., Allred, J. C., Daw, A. N., Cauzzi, G., Carlsson, M. 2016,听鈥淭he Atmospheric Response to High Nonthermal Electron Beam Fluxes in Solar听Flares I:听 Modeling the Brightest NUV Footpoints in the X1 Solar Flare of听2014 March 29鈥, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal;听
Kowalski, A.F., Mathioudakis, M., Hawley, S. L., Wisniewski, J. P., Dhillon,听V. , Marsh, T. R., Hilton, E. J., Brown, B. P. 2016, 鈥淢 Dwarf Flare听Continuum Variations on One-Second Timescales: Calibrating and Modeling of听ULTRACAM Flare Color Indices鈥澨齌he Astrophysical Journal, ApJ 820, 95, DOI: 10.3847/0004-637X/820/2/95
Osten, R. A., Kowalski, A. F., Drake, S., Krimm, H., Page, K., Gazeas, K.,听Kennea, J., Oates, S., Page, M., de Miguel, E., Novak, R., Apeltauer, T.,听Gehrels, N., 2016, 鈥淎 Very Bright, Very Hot, and Very Long Flaring Event听from the M Dwarf Binary System DG CVn鈥, Astrophysical Journal in press,听arxiv:1609.04674