The study of the Sun, or solar physics, is a vibrant field of research in the UK. Over 150 UK scientists are actively investigating the dynamic evolution of our closest star using numerical, computational and observational techniques.
The UK Solar Physics community (UKSP) is a Specialist Scientific Group affiliated to the Royal Astronomical Society. This website serves as a repository of information for the UKSP community, with community news, information about national and international conferences, employment and study opportunities, solar missions, and computing resources.
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Latest News Updates
General News/UKSP Business:
- SOLARNET – Upcoming Call for Proposals
from Richard Morton [December 1, 2018] - AGP 2018 Community Report
from Sian Giles [November 26, 2018]
Nuggets:
- Two new RHESSI Science Nuggets
from Hugh Hudson [December 6, 2018] - HMI Science Nuggets – November 2018
from Richard Morton [December 1, 2018] - New UKSP Nugget #96
from Iain Hannah [November 29, 2018] - RHESSI Nuggets in November
from Hugh Hudson [November 28, 2018]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- RAS Discussion meeting (G) – 8th March 2019 from 10:30 at the RAS Lecture Theatre, Burlington House, London
from Richard Morton [December 12, 2018] - EGU call for abstracts: ST4.5 Prediction of Solar Flares and Eruptions
from robertus erdelyi [December 11, 2018] - China-Europe Solar Physics Meeting – Second announcement
from Eduard Kontar [December 6, 2018] - EWASS – Session on Coronal Mass Ejections, observations and models
from Paolo Pagano [December 5, 2018] - AOGS2019 ST20 Solar Flare Forecasting Using Machine Learning
from robertus erdelyi [December 3, 2018] - EGU session PS4.9: The radiation and particle environment of G-, K-, and M-dwarf stars and their influence on (exo)planetary habitability – Abstracts due January 10, 2019
from Konstantin Herbst [November 30, 2018] - Second announcement of the 2019 Les Houches School on Plasma Physics
from Miho Janvier [November 29, 2018] - AOGS 2019 (28 Jul – 02 Aug, Singapore): Call for abstracts for Session ST06: Magnetohydrodynamic Waves in Solar Magnetic Structures: Seismology and Heating
from Bo Li [November 29, 2018] - Partially Ionised Plasmas in Astrophsyics (PIPA2019)–First Announcement
from Istvan Ballai [November 28, 2018] - ST15 ‘MHD Waves and Instabilities in the Solar Atmosphere: Identification and Modelling’, AOGS 2019
from Viktor Fedun [November 26, 2018]
Jobs/Studentships:
- PhD position in Solar Physics available at Northumbria University
from Richard Morton [December 5, 2018] - Purple Mountain Observatory (PMO) and National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC) – Six Postdoc Positions in Solar Physics
from Richard Morton [December 1, 2018] - Lectureship in Solar Physics (UCL-MSSL)
from Sarah Matthews [November 27, 2018]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 96. Magnetic Helicity, Sunspot Number and Solar Activity [November 2018]
- 95. Trick or TWIKH Spicules [October 2018]
- 94. Evidence of coronal jets in the solar wind? [September 2018]
- 93. The Magnetic Response of the Solar Atmosphere to Umbral Flashes [August 2018]
- 92. Null collapse and oscillatory reconnection about 3D magnetic null points [July 2018]
- 91. Magnetic field line tangling and twisting in the corona [June 2018]
- 90. A novel magneto-seismology technique for solar magnetic field diagnostics [May 2018]