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:
- Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF)
from Dave Godfrey [September 22, 2016] - Next UK Solar missions/facilities meeting
from Louise Harra [September 22, 2016] - STFC Public Engagement Large Awards Scheme
from Dave Godfrey [September 12, 2016] - STFC Public Engagement Small Awards 2016B
from Dave Godfrey [September 12, 2016] - Special Issue of Advances in Space Research on MHD Wave Phenomena in the Solar Interior and Atmosphere
from Viktor Fedun [September 9, 2016]
Nuggets:
- New UKSP Nugget #72
from Iain Hannah [September 27, 2016] - RHESSI Science Nugget No. 282
from Hugh Hudson [September 26, 2016] - CESRA hightlight on Interplanetary Solar Radio Emissions Associated with a CME
from Eduard Kontar [September 19, 2016]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- Next UK Solar missions/facilities meeting
from Louise Harra [September 22, 2016] - RAS meeting on flux emergence programme
from David MacTaggart [September 14, 2016] - F-CHROMA Training Workshop – application deadline 26th September 2016
from Lyndsay Fletcher [September 14, 2016] - First UK Solar Orbiter working group
from Louise Harra [September 12, 2016]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Postdoctoral and PhD Positions in Solar/Stellar Physics (SOLVe project)
from Alexander Shapiro [September 26, 2016]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 72. Particle dynamics in a non-flaring solar active region model [September 2016]
- 71. The Sun as an exoplanet-host star [August 2016]
- 70. Magnetic Flux Cancellation in Ellerman Bombs [July 2016]
- 69. Low-Coronal Sources of “Stealth” Coronal Mass Ejections [June 2016]
- 68. Random bursty perturbations leading to wave-like characteristics in the corona [May 2016]
- 67. Solar Physics with SunPy [April 2016]
- 66. Evidence for similar processes occurring in stellar superflares and solar flares [March 2016]