Amir Caspi is known for Nova (1974), How the Universe Works (2010) and Cosmic Front NEXT (2015).
Senior Research Scientist, Southwest Research Institute
CURRENT RESEARCH and INTERESTS:
• High-energy solar physics, especially particle acceleration, energy transport, and plasma
heating resulting from the explosive release of energy in magnetized plasma during solar
eruptive events (flares and coronal mass ejections), particularly using X-ray, extreme ultraviolet (EUV), and near-infrared (NIR) remote sensing observations
• The relation of energetic processes on the Sun to similar processes elsewhere, e.g., stellar
flares, magnetar bursts, accretion disk flares, planetary magnetotail reconnection, etc.
• The effects of solar variability and solar eruptive events on the heliosphere, including
space weather and its interaction with Earth and other planets, e.g., relativistic particle
storms, auroral X-rays, ionospheric effects, etc.
• Developing new instrumentation and mission concepts to further studies of the above, including CubeSats, sounding rockets, long-duration balloons, & airborne observatories
