Skip to contentSamaiyah Farid
Assistant Professor of Physics
Department of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics
Contact
Office: 133 V. M. Chambers Bld.
Phone: (256) 372-8107
E-Mail: samaiyah.farid [at] aamu.edu
Research Interests
-The thermal and magnetic evolution of coronal eruptions using observations and 3D
Non-Linear Force-Free Field magnetic models.
-Coronal jets, coronal plumes, formation and acceleration of the solar wind, and
other reconnection-driven phenomena
-Ground and Space-based Heliophysics instruments including the Mauna Loa K-coronagraph,
Solar Dynamics Observatory's Atmospheric Imaging Array (AIA), Hinode X-ray Telescope
(XRT), Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST), Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and
Heliosphere (PUNCH)
-Computational Models, Automatic Detection and tracking algorithms, image analysis
Current Proposals and Collaborations
-Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) , Co-Investigator
-Distinguishing Coronal Cavity Models using DKIST CryoNIRSP Observations, Principle
Investigator
Recent Publications
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Farid, S., Savcheva, A., Tassev, S., & Reeves, K. K. (2022). The topological evolution of an unwinding coronal jet. The Astrophysical Journal, 937(2), 110.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac88aa
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Farid, S., Soto, N., Savcheva, A., & Reeves, K. K. (2023). Evidence for multipleacceleration mechanisms in coronal jets. The Astrophysical Journal, [under revision]. Preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.01234
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Chen, B., Yu, S., Battaglia, M., Farid, S., Savcheva, A., Reeves, K. K., et al. (2018). Magnetic reconnection null points as the origin of semirelativistic electron beams in a solar jet. The Astrophysical Journal, 863(1), 87. Https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aad197
Media
NPR Science Friday & ShortWave (2022–2023)
BlackGirlMATHgic (2022)
The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Career Conversations
(2024)
