18-Sep-2024
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PI of selected 3-year HISFM
proposal "The CHIANTI Atomic Database - Essential
Infrastructure for Heliophysics."
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26-Jul-2024
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Gave a contributed talk titled
"The
Temperature and Density of a Solar Flare Kernel Measured
from Extreme-ultraviolet Lines of O IV" at the
Hinode-IRIS-SPHERE Meeting, Bozeman, MT.
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6-Jul-2024
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New co-author paper published:
Chitta et al., 2024, A&A,
"Hard
X-rays from the deep solar atmosphere."
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29-Apr-2024
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New paper published:
Young, 2024, ApJ,
"The Temperature and Density of a Solar Flare Kernel Measured from Extreme-ultraviolet Lines of O IV."
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6-Mar-2024
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Gave an invited talk
titled "CHIANTI and
Solar-C" at the Solar-C Science Meeting, Nagoya, Japan.
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22-Mar-2024
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The CHIANTI team won a NASA Agency Honor Award (Group
Achievement) for "outstanding contributions to the
scientific productivity of NASA missions and the
creation of a uniquely valuable tool for spectroscopic
scientists worldwide."
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10-Nov-2023
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New paper published:
Young, 2023, ApJ,
"Updated
Reference Wavelengths for Si VII and Mg VII Lines in the
272-281 Å Range."
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18-Aug-2023
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Gave a contributed talk
titled "Scattered
Light in the Hinode/EIS and SDO/AIA Instruments Measured
from the 2012 Venus Transit" at the AAS Solar
Physics Division meeting in Minneapolis.
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13-Jul-2023
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Gave an invited talk
titled "Applications
of Atomic Data to Studies of the Sun" at the ASOS-14
International Colloquium in Paris, France.
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7-Jul-2023
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Received Robert H. Goddard Exceptional Achievement Award
for "exceptional customer service to GSFC and the
Heliophysics community by proactively providing
expertise, software, and documentation for analyzing
solar spectroscopic data."
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15-Feb-2023
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New paper published:
Young, 2023, Adv. in Sp. Res.,
"A
spectroscopic
measurement of high velocity spray plasma from an M-class
flare and coronal mass ejection."
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1-Feb-2023
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Co-author on new paper:
Gontikakis, Antiochos & Young, 2023, ApJ,
"The
Transition Region of Solar Flare Loops."
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13-Jan-2023
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Completed role as Acting Deputy
Director of the NASA-Goddard Heliophysics Division.
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22-Nov-2022
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Co-author on new paper:
Brooks et al. 2022, ApJ,
"Plasma
Composition Measurements
in an Active Region from Solar Orbiter/SPICE and
Hinode/EIS."
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11-Oct-2022
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New paper published:
Young & Viall, 2022, ApJ,
"Scattered
Light in the Hinode/EIS and SDO/AIA Instruments Measured
from the 2012 Venus Transit."
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30-Aug-2022
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Co-author on new paper:
Ryabtsev et al. 2022, ApJ,
"Additions
to the Spectrum of Fe IX in the 110-200 Å Region."
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11-Aug-2022
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Gave
a contributed talk
at the Triennial Earth-Sun Summit (TESS) in Seattle, WA.
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1-Aug-2022
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Appointed Acting Deputy
Director of the NASA-Goddard Heliophysics Division.
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7-Jul-2022
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New paper published:
Young & Ugarte-Urra 2022, Solar Physics,
"Properties of EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) Slot Observations".
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17-Dec-2021
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New paper published:
Young et al., 2021, Solar Physics,
"An
Analysis of Spikes in Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) Data".
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14-Dec-2021
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Co-author on new paper:
Fludra et al., 2021, Astronomy & Astrophysics,
"First
observations from the SPICE EUV spectrometer on Solar
Orbiter".
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3-May-2021
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Gave a talk and poster
at the online Heliophysics 2050 Workshop
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15-Apr-2021
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New paper published:
Young, 2021, Frontiers,
"Future
Prospects for Solar EUV and Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy
Missions".
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26-Mar-2021
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Co-author on new paper: Chitta
et al., 2021, A&A,
"Extreme-ultraviolet
bursts and nanoflares in the quiet-Sun transition region
and corona".
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4-Mar-2021
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Gave a virtual talk at
the IIA 50th anniversary meeting in Bangalore, India
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3-Mar-2021
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Co-author on new paper: Del
Zanna et al., 2021, ApJ,
""CHIANTI
- An Atomic Database for Emission Lines. XVI. Version 10, Further Extensions".
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17-Feb-2021
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New paper published: Young et al. (2021, ApJ),
"Fe VII Emission Lines in the Wavelength Range 193-197 Å".
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12-Oct-2020
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New paper published:
Young, 2020, Proc. IAU Symposium S350,
"The Sun: Our own backyard plasma laboratory".
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20-Aug-2020
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Co-author on new paper: Del
Zanna & Young (2020, Atoms),
"Atomic Data for Plasma Spectroscopy: The CHIANTI Database, Improvements and Challenges".
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6-Apr-2020
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Released the EIS mapper webpage.
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1-Apr-2020
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Released a set of CHIANTI lookup tables and software. See CHIANTI Technical Report No. 16.
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18-Nov-2019
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Gave a seminar at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (UK) with the title "Connecting the corona to the solar wind".
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25-Jul-2019
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Co-author on new paper of Peter et al. (2019, A&A) "Plasmoid-mediated reconnection in solar UV bursts".
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24-Jun-2019
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I started a week-long Visiting Professor position at Catania University, Italy, and gave seminars and tutorials.
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12-Jun-2019
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I became Secretary of the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society. This is a 3 year term.
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| 12-Jun-2019 |
I gave two talks at the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, MO. |
| 31-May-2019 |
Gave an invited talk at the 18th RHESSI Workshop in Minneapolis. |
| 23-May-2019 |
Organized the 7th SunDC meeting at NASA-Goddard. |
| 13-May-2019 |
Gave a tutorial on IDL plot objects at NASA-Goddard. |
| 19-Apr-2019 |
Gave an invited review talk at the IAU Symposium "Laboratory Astrophysics: from observations to interpretation" held in Cambridge, UK. |
| 27-Mar-2019 |
Co-author on new paper of
Dere et al. (2019, ApJ) "CHIANTI - An Atomic Database for Emission Lines.
XV. Version 9, Improvements for the X-Ray Satellite Lines" |
| 8-Mar-2019 |
Submitted a White Paper to the Decadal
Assessment of Plasma Science |
| 23-Jan-2019 |
Co-author on new paper of
Guglielmino et al. (2019, ApJ) "IRIS Observations of Magnetic Interactions
in the Solar Atmosphere between Preexisting and Emerging Magnetic
Fields. II. UV Emission Properties". |
| 18-Jan-2019 |
Co-author on new paper of
Kerr et al. (2019, ApJ): "Si IV
Resonance Line Emission during Solar
Flares: Non-LTE, Nonequilibrium, Radiation Transfer Simulations". |
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| 12-Dec-2018 |
I gave an invited talk
titled "Future
prospects for EUV and soft X-ray solar spectroscopy missions" at
the AGU Fall Meeting. |
13-Nov-2018
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I started a new position
at NASA as a Research
Astrophysicist in the Heliophysics Division at Goddard Space Flight
Center. |
| 22-Aug-2018 |
Co-author on new paper of
Snow et al. (2018, ApJ) "Predictions of DKIST/DL-NIRSP Observations
for an Off-limb Kink-unstable Coronal Loop". |
| 1-Aug-2018 |
I convened a session at
the SHINE conference called "Testing the standard model of solar
eruptive events: the X8 limb flare of 10 September 2017". |
| 6-Apr-2018 |
New paper: "A Si IV/O IV Electron Density Diagnostic
for the Analysis of IRIS Solar Spectra", Young (2018, ApJ,
857, 5). |
| 2-Apr-2018 |
Co-author on new
paper of
Guglielmino et al. (2018, ApJ) "IRIS
Observations of Magnetic Interactions in the Solar Atmosphere between
Preexisting and Emerging Magnetic Fields. I. Overall Evolution".
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| 6-Mar-2018 |
I'm the Principal
Investigator of the proposal "Coronal
heating of plumes and fan loops"
that was selected for funding from the 2017 NASA Heliophysics Guest
Investigator program. |
| 5-Mar-2018 |
New paper: "Element abundance ratios in the quiet Sun
transition region", Young (2018, ApJ, 855, 15). |
| 22-Feb-2018 |
Co-author on new paper of
Tian et al. (2018, ApJ) "Frequently
Occurring Reconnection Jets from Sunspot Light Bridges". |
| 8-Feb-2018 |
I organized a 1-day
workshop at GSFC titled "Collaborative studies of the 10 September 2017
X-flare", with visitors from NRL, NJIT, SAO and FHNW (Switzerland). See
the agenda. |
| 8-Feb-2018 |
I'm a co-I on the proposal
"VEry high Resolution Imaging
Spectrograph (VERIS)", which was selected by NASA through the
H-TIDES program. |
| 26-Jan-2018 |
I'm a co-I on the proposal
"Connecting the corona to solar wind
structure and magnetospheric
impact using modeling and remote and in situ observations" (PI:
N.
Viall), which was selected by NASA through the Internal Scientist
Funding Model program. |
| 11-Jan-2018 |
Submitted a White Paper for a
study of open code policy for NASA space science. |
| 10-Jan-2018 |
Co-organized and attended
the 2nd DKIST Critical Science
Plan Workshop held at Catholic University, Washington DC, during
8-10 January. |
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| 13-Sep-2017 |
Co-author on new paper of
Ugarte-Urra et al. (2017, ApJ) "Modeling
Coronal Response in Decaying Active Regions with Magnetic Flux
Transport and Steady Heating". |
| 10-Sep-2017 |
Co-author on new paper of
Chitta et al. (2017, A&A) "Compact solar
UV burst triggered in a magnetic field with a fan-spine topology". |
| 9-Aug-2017 |
Co-author on new paper of
Dudík et al. (2017, Sol. Phys.) "Nonequilibrium
Processes in the Solar Corona, Transition Region, Flares, and Solar
Wind (Invited Review)". |
| 28-Jul-2017 |
I'm a co-I on Lockheed
Martin's MUSE mission concept, which was selected by NASA for a concept
study. See press
release. |
| 27-Jul-2017 |
Gave a demo of new software for
querying the ADS abstracts service from IDL. |
| 14-Jul-2017 |
Organized the 5th
SunDC
meeting at NASA-Goddard, and gave a talk on
"Reconnection in the low atmosphere: UV bursts". See meeting agenda.
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| 15-Jun-2017 |
I'm the PI on a proposal
submitted to the NASA Heliophysics Guest Investigator program. |
| 8-Jun-2017 |
Co-author on new paper of
Snow et al. (2017, ApJ) "Observational
Signatures of a Kink-unstable Coronal Flux Rope Using Hinode/EIS". |
| 31-May-2017 |
I gave a contributed talk at the IRIS-8/Hinode-11
Science Meeting in Seattle. |
| 17-May-2017 |
Submitted a proposal to
the Astrophysics Data Analysis Program requesting support for the
CHIANTI project. |
| 4-Apr-2017 |
I gave an invited talk at the 7th Solar Orbiter Workshop
in Granada, Spain. |
| 10-Mar-2017 |
I led the 2nd of my ISSI
International Team meetings "Solar UV bursts - a
new insight to magnetic reconnection" during 6-10 March in Bern,
Switzerland. |
| 20-Jan-2017 |
Attended ISSI
International Team meeting, "Diagnosing heating
mechanisms in solar
flares through spectroscopic observations of flare ribbons" (PI: H.
Tian), 16-20 Jan, Bern Switzerland. |
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| 16-Nov-2016 |
Gave seminar at
Northumbria University (UK) during one week visit. |
| 15-Nov-2016 |
I submitted a white paper for the
Next Generation Solar Physics Mission. |
| 31-Oct-2016 |
I'm a co-I on Heliophysics
Guest Investigator proposal selected by NASA. The title is 'A study of solar compact transient
brightenings' (PI: Dr B. Thompson). |
| 9-Sep-2016 |
I received a
Peer Award from the NASA-Goddard Heliophysics Division. Read my citation. |
| 29-Aug-2016 |
I gave a tutorial at the
Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (Gottingen, Germany) on
IDL plot objects. |
| 28-Jul-2016 |
New publication: 'Correlation of Coronal Plasma Properties
and Solar Magnetic Field in a Decaying Active Region', Ko et
al., 2016, Astrophysical Journal, 826, 126 |
| 6-May-2016 |
New publication: 'Global Sausage
Oscillation of Solar Flare Loops Detected by the Interface Region
Imaging Spectrograph', Tian et al., 2016, Astrophysical
Journal Letters,
823, 16. |
| 22-Mar-2016
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New Publication: 'The CHIANTI Atomic Database',
Young et al., 2016, Journal of Physics B, 49, 074009.
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