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.
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Latest News Updates
General News/UKSP Business:
- IAU Intake of new Individual and Junior members
from Natasha Jeffrey [October 16, 2019] - COSPAR Awards
from Natasha Jeffrey [October 16, 2019] - SOLARNET Mobility Programme – 2nd Call for Applications
from Tirtha Som [October 14, 2019]
Nuggets:
- Announcing new RHESSI Science Nuggets
from Hugh Hudson [October 13, 2019]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- ESWW16 Topical Discussion Meeting on big-data and modelling of solar activities and space weather forecasting
from Jiajia Liu [October 17, 2019] - 1st Artificial Intelligence Data Analysis (AIDA) School for Heliophysicists
from Natasha Jeffrey [October 12, 2019] - UK Solar Orbiter Workshop – 13-14th January 2020
from Duncan H Mackay [October 10, 2019] - Announcing the SDO 2020 Science Workshop: A Decade of Discovery
from W. Dean Pesnell [October 6, 2019]
Jobs/Studentships:
- JOB OPENING: Research Chair in Space Weather at South African National Space Agency (SANSA) in South Africa
from Lee-Anne McKinnell [October 20, 2019] - PhD Call Open: STFC Cancer Diagnosis Network+
from Georgina Bennett [October 17, 2019] - Stanford University Faculty Position: Astrophysics
from Natasha Jeffrey [October 15, 2019] - [1] Professor / Associate Professor and [2] Senior Lecturer / Lecturer in Physics (including Astrophysics) at Northumbria University (deadline 3rd November 2019)
from James McLaughlin [October 11, 2019]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 104. Comparing Different Methods for Computing Solar Angular Momentum Loss [September 2019]
- 103. Modelling multi-scale solar eruptions [August 2019]
- 102. Do p-modes power the corona of cool stars? [July 2019]
- 101. Mapping the magnetic field of solar coronal loops [June 2019]
- 100. A Century of UKSP Nuggets [April 2019]
- 99. Preflare and flare turbulence in the transition region [March 2019]
- 98. Observing and Modelling a Flux Rope in the Corona [January 2019]