Kai E. Yang

IfA/RCUH, Maui.

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34 Ohia Ku St.

Pukalani, HI 96768

About Me

I am a solar physics researcher with a broad interest in understanding the Sun’s dynamic processes and their implications. My research spans several key areas:

  • Solar Coronal Heating Puzzle: Investigating the mechanisms behind coronal heating by analyzing heating power expressions derived from observed quantities and contrasting them with measured inputs.
  • Magnetic Topology and Reconstruction of the Solar Corona: Exploring the magnetic structure of the solar corona, including magnetic helicity calculations, identifying null points, separatrices, separators, and computing quasi-separatrix layers.
  • Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) Instabilities and Eruptions: Examining MHD instabilities, such as the kink instability, to understand eruption triggers and the role of twist numbers pre- and post-eruption.
  • Solar and Stellar Flares: Bridging the gap between models and observations to unravel the dynamics of solar and stellar flares.

Recently, I have developed a strong interest in leveraging machine learning techniques for solar data analysis. My focus includes:

  • Reconstructing the 3D solar photosphere from spectropolarimetric (SP) observations.
  • Deriving the 3D coronal magnetic field from SP observations.

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Jan 01, 2024 2024 New Year Eve at Maui
Jun 10, 2023 Japan travel
Dec 01, 2022 2022 Eruption of Mauna Loa

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