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:
- Space Weather Instrumentation, Measurement, Modelling and Risk (SWIMMR) – Project S5 – Call for proposals is now Open
from Steve Brygan [February 26, 2021] - SunPy 2.1
from Sophie Murray [February 24, 2021] - Grigory Vekstein
from Philippa Browning [February 24, 2021] - 2021-22 ING Studentship Programme – Isaac Newton Group Of Telescopes
from Steve Brygan [February 23, 2021] - Boulby Feasibility Study Community Days
from Steve Brygan [February 23, 2021] - ING ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVING TIME IN SEMESTER 2021B
from Steve Brygan [February 23, 2021] - ECR Needs Analysis survey
from Steve Brygan [February 17, 2021] - STFC Community Survey: Technology R&D Options for Accelerators, Detectors and Computing
from Steve Brygan [February 17, 2021] - The winner of the February ESPD Media is David Kuridze from Aberystwyth University
from Marianna Korsos [February 14, 2021] - UK-SOSS next talk – 10:00 GMT 18th February 2021
from Jiajia Liu [February 10, 2021]
Nuggets:
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- Registration Deadline Approaching: RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting on MHD oscillations and waves from the photosphere to the corona
from Jiajia Liu [March 2, 2021] - Quo Vadis European Space Weather Community
from Marianna Korsos [March 2, 2021] - 20th RHESSI Workshop
from Eduard Kontar [February 26, 2021] - UK SKA Science Committee Town Hall Meeting – Update
from Steve Brygan [February 26, 2021] - UK Space Safety Engagement Meetings: A short series of UK Space weather and space safety engagement meetings – First Announcement
from Mario M. Bisi [February 19, 2021] - EAS2021 Special Session “Science with WEAVE” on 1 July 2021
from Steve Brygan [February 17, 2021] - ST04 ‘MHD Wave Processes in the Solar Atmosphere’, AOGS 2021 (Virtual meeting). Final reminder.
from Viktor Fedun [February 15, 2021] - UK SKA Science Committee Town Hall Meeting – Agenda
from Steve Brygan [February 11, 2021] - National Astronomy Meeting to be a Virtual Conference
from Natasha Jeffrey [February 10, 2021]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Webb Fellowships – NOTE Closing date now 18 March
from Steve Brygan [February 17, 2021] - PhD studentships at University of Central Lancashire, Preston
from Silvia Dalla [February 15, 2021] - Research Fellow in Solar Physics at Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
from Natasha Jeffrey [February 13, 2021]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 116. Pushing GREGOR to the limit: observing weak, small-scale magnetism in the photosphere with the GRIS-IFU [February 2021]
- 115. Revealing the dynamic & magnetic nature of chromospheric vortices [December 2020]
- 114. Hidden Coronal Loop Strands within Hi-C 2.1 Data [October 2020]
- 113. Probing small-scale solar magnetic fields [September 2020]
- 112. Particle acceleration and transport in CME eruptions [August 2020]
- 111. Increasing occurrence of inverted magnetic fields from 0.3 to 1 au [July 2020]
- 110. Flare/CME Cartoons [June 2020]