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Astrophysicist
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden Street, MS-58
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA
Phone: (617)4967871
Email: hui.tian@cfa.harvard.edu
Research Projects
June 2013-now: Instrument operation, calibrations, and science data analysis for the IRIS mission
August 2012-June 2013: Pre-launch software testing, operation and calibration preparation for the IRIS mission
August 2010-August 2012: Spectroscopic investigation of coronal waves, flows, jets, and CMEs using data from HINODE/EIS and SDO/AIA
January 2012-August 2012: CoMP level-2 data generation and correction, Alfvén wave tracking, Dynamics and polarization of CMEs
October 2010-December 2011: Observations of Alfvén waves and magnetic structures in the solar wind with WIND
September 2005-July 2010: Spectroscopic observations of solar transition region and solar wind origin with SOHO/SUMER, HINODE/EIS, TRACE
January 2007-July 2010: Reconnection observations in the solar wind and magnetosphere with WIND and Cluster
Education and Employment
August 2012-now: Astrophysicist at Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
August 2010-August 2012: ASP Postdoc Fellow at High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research
September 2005-July 2010: Ph.D. student at Peking University Visiting Ph.D. student at Max-Planck-Institute for solar system research
Selected Presentations
Tian, H.: Prevalence of Micro-jets from the Network Structures of the Solar Transition Region, AGU 2014, San Francisco, CA, Dec 15-19, 2014
Tian, H.: Prevalence of Small-scale Jets from the Network Structures of the Solar Transition Region and Chromosphere, 2014 LWS / HINODE/ IRIS Workshop, Portland, OR, Nov 3-6, 2014 (invited)
Tian, H.: The solar transition region: From SUMER to IRIS, Retirement colloquium of Dr. Werner Curdt, Goettingen, Germany, May 15, 2014 (invited)
Tian, H.: Crossing the transition region, workshop From the Heliosphere into the Sun, Bad Honnef, Germany, Jan 31-Feb 3, 2012 (invited)
Tian, H.: The mass cycle between the chromosphere and the corona/solar wind, SDO-4 / IRIS / Hinode workshop, Monterey, CA, March 12-16, 2012(invited)
Tian, H.: Coronal outflows from active region boundaries and CME-induced dimming regions, Solar Wind 13, Big Island, Hawaii, June 18-22, 2012
Tian, H.: Spectroscopic observations of CMEs, workshop Solar in Sonoma-Tracing the connections in solar eruptive events, Petaluma, CA, Nov 27-Dec 2, 2012
Selected Publications
Tian, H., Li, G., Reeves, K. K., Raymond, J. C., Guo F., Liu, W., Chen, B., Murphy, N. A., Imaging and spectroscopic observations of magnetic reconnection and chromospheric evaporation in a solar flare, Astrophys. J. Lett., 797, L14, 2014
Tian, H., DeLuca, E. E., Cranmer, S. R., et al., Prevalence of small-scale jets from the networks of the solar transition region and chromosphere, Science, 346, 1255711, 2014
Peter, H., Tian, H., Curdt, W., et al., Hot explosions in the cool atmosphere of the Sun, Science, 346, 1255726, 2014
Tian, H., Kleint, L., Peter, H., et al., Observations of Subarcsecond Bright Dots in the Transition Region above Sunspots with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, Astrophys. J. Lett., 790, L29, 2014
Tian, H., DeLuca, E., Reeves, K. K., et al., High-resolution Observations of the Shock Wave Behavior for Sunspot Oscillations with the Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph, Astrophys. J., 786, 137, 2014
Tian, H., Tomczyk, S., McIntosh, S. W., Bethge, C., de Toma, G., Gibson, S., Observations of coronal mass ejections with the Coronal Multichannel Polarimeter, Sol. Phys., 288, 637, 2013
Tian, H., McIntosh, S. W., Wang, T.-J., Ofman, L., De Pontieu, B., Innes, D. E., Peter, H., Persistent Doppler shift oscillations observed with HINODE/EIS in the solar corona: Spectroscopic signatures of Alfvénic waves and recurring upflows, Astrophys. J., 759, 144, 2012
Tian, H., McIntosh, S. W., Xia, L.-D., He, J.-S., Wang, X., What can we learn about solar coronal mass ejections, coronal dimmings, and Extreme-Ultraviolet jets through spectroscopic observations, Astrophys. J., 748, 106, 2012
Tian, H., McIntosh, S. W., De Pontieu, B., Martínez-Sykora, J., Sechler, M., Wang, X., Two components of the solar coronal emission revealed by Extreme-Ultraviolet spectroscopic observations, Astrophys. J., 738, 18, 2011
Tian, H., McIntosh, S. W., Habbal, R. S., He, J.-S., Observation of high-speed outflow on plume-like structures of the quiet sun and coronal holes with Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, Astrophys. J., 736, 130, 2011
Tian, H., McIntosh, S. W., De Pontieu, B., The spectroscopic signature of quasi-periodic upflows in active region timeseries, Astrophys. J. Lett., 727, L37, 2011
Tian, H., Tu, C.-Y., Marsch, E., He, J.-S., Kamio, S., The Nascent Fast Solar Wind Observed by the EUV Imaging Spectrometer on Board Hinode, Astrophys. J., 709, L88, 2010
Tian, H., Yao, S., Zong, Q.-G., He, J.-S., & Qi, Y., Signatures of magnetic reconnection at boundaries of interplanetary small-scale magnetic flux ropes, Astrophys. J., 720, 454, 2010
Tian, H., Potts, H. E., Marsch, E., Attie, R., & He, J.-S., Horizontal supergranule-scale motions inferred from TRACE ultraviolet observations of the chromosphere, Astron. Astrophys., 519, A58, 2010
Tian, H., Teriaca, L., Curdt, W., Vial, J.-C., Hydrogen Lyα and Lyβ radiances and profiles in polar coronal holes, Astrophys. J. Lett., 703, L152, 2009
Tian, H., Curdt, W., Marsch, E., & Schühle, U. Hydrogen Lyman-α and Lyman-β spectral radiance profiles in the quiet Sun, Astron. Astrophys., 504, 239, 2009
Tian, H., Curdt, W., Teriaca, L., Landi, E., & Marsch, E., Solar transition region above sunspots, Astron. Astrophys., 505, 307, 2009
Tian, H., Marsch, E., Curdt, W., He, J.-S., Upflows in funnel-like legs of coronal magnetic loops, Astrophys. J., 704, 883, 2009
Tian, H., Curdt, W., Marsch, E., &He, J.-S., Cool and hot components of a coronal bright point, Astrophys. J. Lett., 681, L121, 2008
Tian, H., Marsch, E., Tu, C.-Y., Xia, L.-D., &He, J.-S., Sizes of transition-region structures in coronal holes and in the quiet Sun, Astron. Astrophys., 482, 267, 2008
Tian, H., Tu, C.-Y., Marsch, E., He, J.-S.,&Zhou, G.-Q., Signature of mass supply to quiet coronal loops, Astron. Astrophys., 478, 915, 2008
Tian, H., Xia, L.-D., He, J.-S., Tan, B., &Yao, S., The emission heights of transition region lines in an equatorial coronal hole and the surrounding quiet Sun, Chin. J. Aston. Astropys., Vol. 8, No. 6, 732, 2008
McIntosh, S. W., Tian, H., Sechler, M., De Pontieu, B., On the Doppler
Velocity of Emission Line Profiles Formed in the "Coronal Contraflow" that is the Chromosphere-Corona Mass Cycle, Astrophys. J., 749, 60, 2012
Gosling, J. T., Tian, H., Phan, T., Pulsed Alfvén waves in the solar wind, Astrophys. J. Lett., 737, L35, 2011
Curdt, W., Tian, H., Spectroscopic evidence for helicity in explosive events, Astron. Astrophys., 532, L9, 2011
Marsch, E., Tian, H., Sun, J., Curdt, W., & Wiegelmann, T., Plasma flows guided by strong magnetic fields in the solar corona, Astrophys. J., 685, 1262, 2008
Curdt, W., Tian, H., Dwivedi, B.N., & Marsch, E., The redshifted network contrast of transition region emission, Astron. Astrophys., 491, L13, 2008
Curdt, W., Tian, H., Teriaca, L., Schühle, U., & Lemaire, P.,The Ly-α profile and center-to-limb variation of the quiet Sun, Astron. Astrophys., 492, L9, 2008
He, J.-S., Tu, C.-Y., Tian, H., et al., A magnetic null geometry reconstructed from Cluster spacecraft observations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, A05205, 2008
He, J.-S., Tu, C.-Y., Marsch, E., & Tian, H., Excitation of kink waves due to small-scale magnetic reconnection in the chromosphere? Astrophys. J. Lett., 705, L217, 2009
Fontenla, J. M., Curdt, W., Haberreiter, M., Harder, J., & Tian, H., Semi-empirical models of the solar atmosphere III. Set of NLTE models for FUV/EUV irradiance computation, Astrophys. J., 707, 482, 2009
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Welcome to the homepage of Hui Tian. I am a researcher working in the fields of space and solar physics, with an emphasis on UV spectroscopy of the Sun. My research interest includes solar transition region dynamics, coronal heating, solar wind origin, magnetic reconnection in solar flares and solar wind, dynamics and magnetism of coronal mass ejections.
I am a member of the IRIS team. I am currently involved in the instrument operation, in-flight calibrations and science data analysis.
IRIS was launched on June 27 2013. It is now obtaining UV spectra and images of the solar transition region and chromosphere with very high resolution in space (0.33-0.4 arcsec) and time (1s).
The transition region and chromosphere is a complex interface region between the Sun's cool photosphere and extremely hot corona. In this region, all but a few percent of the non-radiative energy leaving the Sun is converted into heat and radiation. Here, magnetic field and plasma exert comparable forces, resulting in a dynamic region whose understanding remains a challenge.
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Movies
Dynamics of network jets observed with IRIS: Tian et al. 2014, Science, 346, 1255711
The prevalent network jets observed with IRIS: Tian et al. 2014, Science, 346, 1255711
The unprecedented details of coronal hole dynamics observed by AIA 171: Tian et al. 2011, ApJ, 736, 130
First-ever high-cadence large-FOV spectroscopy: CoMP observations of CMEs and Alfven waves: Tian et al. 2013, Sol. Phys., 288, 637
High-speed propagating disturbances at AR boundaries observed with AIA 193: Tian et al. 2011, ApJ, 738, 18
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