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:
- Promotion of Prof Sarah Matthews
from Richard Morton [July 16, 2018] - Solar Physics – Solicitation of Proposals for Topical Collections
from Richard Morton [July 16, 2018] - DiRAC Call for Proposals Closing date: Monday 1st October 2018
from Sian Giles [July 10, 2018] - Call for RAS Medals and Prizes
from Richard Morton [June 30, 2018] - RAS Call for grant applications – August 2018 round
from Richard Morton [June 30, 2018] - Topical issue of Solar Physics “Solar radio physics from the chromosphere to near Earth”
from Eduard Kontar [June 30, 2018]
Nuggets:
- New UKSP Nugget #91
from Iain Hannah [June 29, 2018]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- Workshop FReSWeD 2019: Towards Future Research on Space Weather Drivers
from Laura Balmaceda [July 13, 2018] - Fall AGU Session SM017: Quantifying Uncertainty in Space Weather Modeling and Forecasting
from Sophie Murray [July 12, 2018] - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics (SH) Session Announcement: SH012: New Approaches to Studying the Middle Solar Corona
from Matthew West [July 11, 2018] - STFC Introductory Summer School for Research Computing – reminder
from Richard Morton [July 1, 2018] - The 2018 SDO Science Workshop, Catalyzing Solar Connections is Accepting Abstracts
from William D Pesnell [June 30, 2018] - Call for Proposals to Host the 9th Solar Coronal Loops Workshop
from Stephen Bradshaw [June 27, 2018] - Lecture course in Spectropolarimetry at MSSL
from David Long [June 26, 2018]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Kiepenheuer Institute for Solar Physics (Freiburg, Germany) – Mechatronics/Electrical Engineer
from Richard Morton [July 16, 2018] - KULeuven – PostDoctoral Position with the H2020 Project AIDA
from Richard Morton [July 16, 2018] - Kyung Hee University (Yongin, South Korea), School of Space Research – Postdoctoral Research Associates
from Richard Morton [July 16, 2018] - University of Sydney – Postdoctoral Research Associate in Modelling Magnetic Fields in Solar Flares
from Richard Morton [July 16, 2018] - Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC, Tenerife, Spain) – Post Doctoral Contract ERC Advanced Grant POLMAG
from Richard Morton [July 16, 2018]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 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]
- 89. When are Coronal Jets miniature CMEs? [April 2018]
- 88. Excitation of coronal loop oscillations by coronal rain [March 2018]
- 87. Giant solar loops and LOFAR radio observations [February 2018]
- 86. Evidence of recurrent reconnection driving fan-shaped jets. [December 2017]
- 85. The role of the magnetic field in sunquakes [November 2017]