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:
- New Book – MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere
from Richard Morton [July 17, 2019] - UK ESA Voyager white papers
from Richard Morton [July 16, 2019] - UKSP Council Elections
from Richard Morton [July 15, 2019] - Computational Tools in Solar Physics Survey – Last Request
from Stuart Mumford [July 14, 2019] - RAS Awards & Medals 2020 – Closing Date July 31st 2019
from Mihalis Mathioudakis [July 14, 2019] - A careers event for physics and astronomy PhDs and postdocs
from Richard Morton [July 8, 2019] - Topical Collection of Solar Physics on “Ten Years of Solar Observations with PROBA2”
from Elke D’Huys [July 8, 2019] - PARKER SOLAR PROBE: PUBLIC RELEASE OF DATA FROM ORBITS 1 & 2 ON NOV. 12, 2019
from Richard Morton [July 1, 2019]
Nuggets:
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- Fall AGU – SH025: Space Weather Research and Forecasting: End Users, Impacts, and Tomorrow’s Monitoring Capabilities – FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
from Mario M. Bisi [July 17, 2019] - ESPM-16 Pre-announcement
from Richard Morton [July 15, 2019] - Dynamic Sun III: special total solar eclipse meeting 2020. First announcement.
from Viktor Fedun [July 14, 2019] - AGU Fall Meeting Session: NG007 – Machine Learning in Space Weather
from Enrico Camporeale [July 11, 2019] - AGU 2019 Fall Meeting – SH010 Innovative approaches in solar flare forecasting
from robertus erdelyi [July 10, 2019] - AGU 2019 Fall Meeting: Session SH021 — Preparing for Solar Orbiter: Linking the Sun to the Heliosphere
from Richard Morton [July 4, 2019] - Stars, Pyramids & Photographs – now open for registration
from Sian Giles-Titcombe [July 3, 2019]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Data Scientist for Sunspot Solar Observatory
from James McAteer [July 17, 2019] - Employment Opportunity
from Jaume Terradas [July 9, 2019] - Two postdoc positions in solar physics at the University of Glasgow
from Lyndsay Fletcher [July 8, 2019] - ERC project PROMINENT: 2 Postdoc and 1 PhD position at CmPA, KU Leuven, Belgium
from Rony Keppens [July 4, 2019] - ESA RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN SPACE SCIENCE
from Richard Morton [July 1, 2019] - DATA DRIVEN APPROACH FOR ICME MODELING
from Richard Morton [July 1, 2019] - POSTDOCTORAL POSITION: STELLAR CONVECTION MODELING AND NUMERICAL TECHNIQUE DEVELOPMENT
from Richard Morton [July 1, 2019]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 101. Mapping the magnetic field of solar coronal loops [June 2019]
- 100. A Century of UKSP Nuggets [April 2019]
- 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]