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:
- ATTENTION ALL SOLARSOFT USERS: NEW PROCEDURE FOR UPDATING SOLARSOFT
from Richard Morton [August 15, 2019] - STFC Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher Forum – Closing Date 6th September 2019
from Sian Giles-Titcombe [August 12, 2019] - Recent Change of Institution — Patrick Antolin
from Patrick Antolin [August 5, 2019] - New book – Topics in Magnetohydrodynamic Topology, Reconnection and Stability Theory
from David MacTaggart [August 5, 2019]
Nuggets:
- New UKSP Nugget #102
from Iain Hannah [August 1, 2019]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- WISA meeting 2020 (Northumbria, UK) – First announcement
from Richard Morton [August 15, 2019] - Interact Engagement Symposium 4th September at the University of Central Lancashire
from Sian Giles-Titcombe [August 15, 2019] - 3rd UK Solar Orbiter workshop – Save the dates
from Gherardo Valori [August 12, 2019] - One Day Science Meeting: The Importance of Binary Stars Throughout the Universe
from Sian Giles-Titcombe [August 1, 2019]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Doctoral Researcher in Solar Physics
from Meetu Verma [August 14, 2019] - Research Chair in Space Weather at South African National Space Agency (SANSA)
from Lee-Anne McKinnell [August 8, 2019] - JOB OPENING: Postdoctoral Positions in Coronal Modelling at the Space Physics Group, University of Helsinki, Finland
from Emilia Kilpua [August 7, 2019] - Two Assistant Professor (Lecturer) openings at Durham
from Anthony Yeates [August 6, 2019] - JOB OPENING: SPACE PHYSICIST AT PREDICTIVE SCIENCE INC., SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA
from Richard Morton [August 1, 2019] - University of Newcastle, Australia – Faculty Position in Space Physics/Solar Physics
from David Pontin [July 31, 2019]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 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]
- 97. Jet formation and evolution due to 3D magnetic reconnection [December 2018]
- 96. Magnetic Helicity, Sunspot Number and Solar Activity [November 2018]