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:
- UK Knowledge Landscape
from Dave Godfrey [February 23, 2015] - ESA S2 call
from Ryan King [February 19, 2015] - Joint call for a mission from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the European Space Agency (ESA)
from uksp_sec [February 18, 2015] - Research Excellence Framework data
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015] - DiRAC Call for Proposals
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015] - Book announcement/Physics of Magnetic Flux Tubes available from Springer
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015] - Recent results from Hinode: PASJ special issue
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015] - Solar System Advisory Panel survey for input to STFC Computing Consultation
from uksp_sec [February 10, 2015]
Nuggets:
- EIS Nugget: “Estimating the energy of a global ‘EIT wave’”
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015] - RHESSI Nugget No. 246
from Hugh Hudson [February 16, 2015]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- 4th RadioSun Workshop & Summer School
from David Pascoe [February 25, 2015] - First Joint Solar Probe Plus-Solar Orbiter Workshop
from uksp_sec [February 24, 2015] - Python and SunPy workshop
from Andrew Leonard [February 18, 2015] - “Polarization in the Sun, the Solar System, and Beyond”, 3rd SOLARNET Workshop
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Two PhD studentships in Solar Physics (Northumbria University)
from James McLaughlin [February 27, 2015] - Five PhD fellowships at the IAC, Tenerife
from uksp_sec [February 25, 2015] - Postdoc in Solar Physics and Numerical Simulations, NorthWest Research Associates, Boulder Colorado
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015] - Multiple postdoctoral positions in solar/stellar physics at NYU Abu Dhabi
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015] - NSO Seeks Polarimetry Scientist
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015] - Tenure-Track Assistant Astronomer in Solar Physics
from uksp_sec [February 16, 2015]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 54. Assessing the polarization ratio technique for 3D CME reconstructions [January 2015]
- 53. Helical Blowout Jets in the Sun [November 2014]
- 52. Coronal “Puffs”: fast and slow ejections caused by active region jets [October 2014]
- 51. Observational signatures of magnetic reconnection in kink-unstable coronal loops [September 2014]
- 50. 3D Visualisation of the Eigenmodes of a Straight Magnetic Flux Tube [August 2014]
- 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]