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:
- COVID-19 Outbreak Expert Database – Please Invite Join
from Astrolists [March 25, 2020] - Zoom link for the new UK-based Solar Online Seminar Series – UK-SOSS
from Marianna Korsos [March 20, 2020] - The ESO Users Committee Poll 2020
from Georgina Bennett [March 10, 2020] - PATT Call for Proposals for the Liverpool Telescope in semester 2020B
from Georgina Bennett [March 10, 2020]
Nuggets:
- RHESSI Nuggets in March 2020
from Hugh Hudson [March 26, 2020] - New Hinode/EIS Nugget
from Deb Baker [March 9, 2020]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- COVID-19: Postponement of 2020 National Astronomy Meeting
from Natasha Jeffrey [March 26, 2020] - RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting on 22 May Postponed
from Jiajia Liu [March 18, 2020] - UK Solar Strategy Meeting – 22 May Postponed
from Natasha Jeffrey [March 18, 2020] - Remind: Deadline approaching for abstract submission to the RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting on 22 May 2020
from Jiajia Liu [March 10, 2020]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Research Fellow in helioseismology/asteroseismology (Fixed term contract until 31 March 2023, University of Warwick, UK)
from Anne-Marie Broomhall [March 16, 2020] - Research Fellow in Solar Magnetohydrodynamics (Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
from Professor James McLaughlin [March 13, 2020] - Senior Professorship in Physics (Astrophysics, Geophysics or Theoretical Physics)
from Peter Gallagher [March 9, 2020]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 108. Cool and hot emission in a recurring active region jet [February 2020]
- 107. Forced reconnection unveiled in the large-scale corona [December 2019]
- 106. A new procedure for detecting periodicities within complex coronal arcades [November 2019]
- 105. Transient inverse-FIP effect observed during a solar flare [October 2019]
- 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]