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:
- New GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph (GRIS) Data Archive – Beta Version Released
from Richard Morton [April 15, 2019] - Call for Applications and Nominations to STFC’s Science Board, Committees and Peer Review Panels, 2019
from Richard Morton [April 8, 2019] - I’m a Scientist, Get me out of here
from Richard Morton [April 8, 2019] - STFC Public Engagement Early-Career Researcher Forum
from Richard Morton [April 8, 2019] - Big Bear Solar Observatory – Call for Observing Proposals: 2019 Session 2
from Richard Morton [April 5, 2019] - SMILE adopted by ESA SPC in March 2019
from Graziella Branduardi-Raymont [April 4, 2019] - Call for Nominations: RAS Medals and Awards 2020
from Richard Morton [April 4, 2019] - CHIANTI version 9 release
from Giulio Del Zanna [April 2, 2019]
Nuggets:
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- Hinode 13/IPELS 2019 (University of Tokyo; 2–6 September 2019) – Abstract and Registration Site Opened
from Richard Morton [April 15, 2019] - Solar Polarization Workshop 9 (MPS, Göttingen, Germany; 26–30 August 2019)
from Richard Morton [April 15, 2019] - L5 Consortium Meeting: Missions to non-Earth Vantage Points (Stanford, CA; 1–3 October 2019) – Second Announcement and Call for Papers
from Richard Morton [April 15, 2019] - UK Solar Orbiter workshop – Final announcement
from Valori Gherardo [April 15, 2019] - Europlanet Lunchtime session at NAM: Exoplanetary Magnetism (Thursday 4th July 2019)
from Richard Morton [April 12, 2019] - Preparing for the next generation of ground-based solar physics observations – First announcement
from David Long [April 10, 2019] - First announcement: Dynamics of the Sun & stars – Michael Thompson in memoriam
from Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard [April 8, 2019] - ML-Helio 2019 – Abstract Deadline EXTENSION: 14 April 2019
from Richard Morton [April 5, 2019] - Partially Ionised Plasmas in Astrophysics (PIPA2019) — deadline extended to April 15, 2019
from Istvan Ballai [April 1, 2019]
Jobs/Studentships:
- University of Graz (Austria) – PhD Position in Solar Physics
from Richard Morton [April 15, 2019] - Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno – PhD and Postdoctoral Position in Computational Solar Physics
from Richard Morton [April 15, 2019] - University of Colorado, Boulder CIRES/NOAA SWPC – Solar Magnetic Field Data Scientific Programmer
from Richard Morton [April 15, 2019] - Lord Kelvin Adam Smith Research Fellowships in Data Science
from Lyndsay Fletcher [April 10, 2019] - University of Graz (Austria) – PhD Position in Astrophysics (Solar Physics)
from Richard Morton [April 5, 2019] - University of Colorado, Boulder/NOAA – Solar Researcher
from Richard Morton [April 5, 2019] - Nagoya University, ISEE – Postdoctral Fellow Position
from Richard Morton [April 5, 2019] - Stockholm University, Institute for Solar Physics – PhD Position in Solar Physics
from Richard Morton [April 5, 2019] - Leibniz-Institut für Sonnenphysik (KIS: Freiburg, Germany) – Postdoc or Engineer in Optics
from Richard Morton [April 5, 2019] - Schrödinger Fellowship in Solar Physics at DIAS
from Peter Gallagher [April 5, 2019]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 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]
- 95. Trick or TWIKH Spicules [October 2018]
- 94. Evidence of coronal jets in the solar wind? [September 2018]
- 93. The Magnetic Response of the Solar Atmosphere to Umbral Flashes [August 2018]