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:
- STFC – Emerging and Enabling Technology Survey – Last call – Closes on July 14th
from Sian Giles [July 12, 2017] - PROBA2: Eighth Call for Guest Investigators
from Matthew West [July 7, 2017] - STFC Challenge Led Applied Systems Programme (CLASP) 2017 Launch
from Sian Giles [July 7, 2017]
Nuggets:
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- Newton Fund STEM Skills Malaysia Call – Extended Deadline
from Sian Giles [July 14, 2017] - AGU SH011 session on solar radiative variability and influence on Earth
from Odele Coddington [July 7, 2017] - RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting on “Solar Orbiter: Synergy between Observations and Theory”
from Duncan Mackay [July 5, 2017] - MINI-CONFERENCE: Bridging the Divide Between Space and Laboratory Plasma Physics
from Christopher Chen [July 2, 2017] - Fall AGU – SH012: Space Weather Forecasting: Science, Operations, Future Missions, Missing Information, and the Economic Case – FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
from Mario Bisi [July 2, 2017] - “Into the Red Dragon’s Lair: Four-in-One Workshop Tackling Outstanding Problems in Heliophysics and Space Weather” at the Clayton Hotel, Cardiff, Wales, UK (03-08 December 2017) – First Announcement.
from Mario Bisi [July 2, 2017] - Dynamic Sun: II. Solar Magnetism from Interior to the Corona
from Viktor Fedun [July 2, 2017]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Research Associate in Heliospheric Physics
from Silvia Dalla [July 12, 2017] - Director General for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory
from Sian Giles [July 2, 2017]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 80. Large Scale Coronal Structures Imaged During the 2012/2013 Total Solar Eclipses [June 2017]
- 79. Flare Forecasting at the Met Office Space Weather Operations Centre [May 2017]
- 78. Tracking flare chromospheric ionisation in the infrared [April 2017]
- 77. Just before an X-class flare [March 2017]
- 76. Non-thermal line broadening in flaring coronal loops [February 2017]
- 75. Probing the corona through infrared observations [December 2016]
- 74. Sunquake survey of X-class flares for the current solar cycle [November 2016]