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.
We distribute a newsletter of the latest Solar Physics and related news twice a month (1st and 15th). To sign up to the emailing list or to view the archive of newsletters please go here. These news items are also reproduced on this website and can be viewed as a summary of the last 15days, last 32days or the whole archive. To submit information to be posted to the website and to be included in the newsletter please go to the Submit News page. Follow our twitter feed: @uksolarphysics.
If there are any queries about UKSP, please contact the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
Latest News Updates
General News/UKSP Business:
- Final Call for STFC Advanced Summer School – Deadline 13 August
from Alexander Russell [July 28, 2014] - Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) Construction Update
from uksp_sec [July 15, 2014]
Nuggets:
- Announcing a new RHESSI Science Nugget, No. 231
from Hugh Hudson [July 28, 2014] - New UKSP Nugget: 49. Using STEREO/HI to image a circumsolar dust ring near the orbit of Venus
from Iain Hannah [July 28, 2014] - Announcing a new RHESSI Science Nugget
from Hugh Hudson [July 14, 2014]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- Final Call for STFC Advanced Summer School – Deadline 13 August
from Alexander Russell [July 28, 2014] - Fall AGU 2014 SH/SM/SA/NH Session ID# 2237 – Bz from the Sun to the Earth: Observations and Modeling – Reminder!
from Mario M. Bisi [July 22, 2014] - UK Solar Missions Forum 2015
from uksp_sec [July 15, 2014] - 2014 Living With a Star meeting
from Louise Harra [July 15, 2014]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Postdoc position in Solar MHD at Durham University
from Anthony Yeates [July 23, 2014] - Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Solar and Magnetospheric Theory at University of St Andrews
from Alan Hood [July 21, 2014]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 49. Using STEREO/HI to image a circumsolar dust ring near the orbit of Venus [July 2014]
- 48. Possible Evidence for Alfvenic Turbulence in Coronal Loops [June 2014]
- 47. Filaments and Magnetic Memory in the Solar Corona [May 2014]
- 46. The source of the slow solar wind revealed by heliospheric observations [April 2014]
- 45. A new approach to unveil the shape of interplanetary structures [March 2014]
- 44. Slipping reconnection during a solar flare [February 2014]
- 43. Solar Dynamo Waves at High Magnetic Reynolds Number [January 2014]