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:
- STUDENTSHIP PROGRAMME AT THE ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES
from Sian Giles-Titcombe [March 7, 2019] - ING ANNOUNCEMENT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR OBSERVING TIME IN SEMESTER 2019B
from Sian Giles-Titcombe [March 1, 2019]
Nuggets:
- New UKSP Nugget #99
from Iain Hannah [March 6, 2019]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- UK Solar Orbiter workshop – Registration now open
from Valori Gherardo [March 15, 2019] - “Scintillating Science: Cutting-Edge Science Achieved Through the Observations of Radio Scintillation” Workshop – First Announcement
from Mario M. Bisi [March 14, 2019] - 9th Coronal Loops Workshop – St Andrews (UK), 11-14 June 2019
from Ineke De Moortel [March 14, 2019] - CESRA Workshop 2019: – registration and abstract submission are open
from Eduard Kontar [March 13, 2019] - Partially Ionised Plasmas in Astrophysics PIPA2019 (Mallorca, Spain) — 2nd Announcement: deadline April 1st
from Istvan Ballai [March 13, 2019] - RAS Specialist Discussion Meeting: Flares on the Sun and stars: microflares, megaflares, and the largest flare of Solar Cycle 24
from Anne-Marie Broomhall [March 7, 2019] - LOOPS-9 (11–14 June 2019, St Andrews) – Registration and Abstract Submission
from Ineke De Moortel [March 4, 2019] - 1st NSO Community Science Program (NCSP) Data Training Workshop (Boulder CO, 4–7 June 2019)
from Richard Morton [March 1, 2019] - NAM 2019 – Solar and MIST Outreach Session
from Helen Mason [February 28, 2019] - NAM2019 session: Explosive Energy Release in the Solar Atmosphere
from Peter Wyper [February 28, 2019]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Two tokamak MHD Physicist positions at UKAEA
from Christopher Ham [March 20, 2019] - University of Glasgow – PDRA position in Solar Physics
from Iain Hannah [March 20, 2019] - University of Colorado Boulder (USA) – Postdoctoral Research Position in Solar Physics
from Maria Kazachenko [March 15, 2019] - University of Oslo, Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics – Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Solar/Stellar Physics
from Richard Morton [March 1, 2019] - University of Graz (Austria) – PhD Position in Astrophysics
from Richard Morton [March 1, 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]