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. Follow our twitter feed: @uksolarphysics.
If there are any queries about UKSP, please contact the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson.
Latest News Updates
General News/UKSP Business:
- Global Food Security and STFC’s Science Programme, National Facilities and Laboratories
from Dave Godfrey [January 26, 2015] - INSTANT mission proposal
from Jackie Davies [January 23, 2015] - Outstanding performance by UKSP in the RAS Awards!
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - ESPD news: Deadline extension for Proposals to host ESPM-15 in 2017
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - Heliophysics Summer School: books, online materials, and application
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - ISSI Johannes Geiss Fellowship 2015
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - Polite Reminder
from Dave Godfrey [January 15, 2015] - Call for RAS Specialist Discussion Meetings (2015-16)
from uksp_sec [January 9, 2015]
Nuggets:
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- AOGS-2015 – ST22 : New Views on MHD Waves in Chromospheric and Coronal Magnetic Structure
from Dr. Abhishek Kumar Srivastava [January 19, 2015] - First Announcement: IRIS-4 Workshop
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - First Announcement: 35th Dynamics Days Europe Conference, Exeter.
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - Space Weather, Space Climate, and VarSITI session, JpGU 2015
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - Heliophysics Summer School: books, online materials, and application
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - SEREN workshop on “Physical pathways to space weather impacts”
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - Multi-Spectral Studies of Solar Flares
from Eduard Kontar [January 15, 2015]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Tenure-Track Assistant Astronomer in Solar Physics, University of Hawaii
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - PhD projects in the Solar Physics group at UCL MSSL
from uksp_sec [January 16, 2015] - PhD Opportunity at the University of Glasgow
from Iain Hannah [January 15, 2015] - Postdoctoral Position at the University of Reading
from Clare Watt [January 12, 2015]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 53. Helical Blowout Jets in the Sun [November 2014]
- 52. Coronal “Puffs”: fast and slow ejections caused by active region jets [October 2014]
- 51. Observational signatures of magnetic reconnection in kink-unstable coronal loops [September 2014]
- 50. 3D Visualisation of the Eigenmodes of a Straight Magnetic Flux Tube [August 2014]
- 49. Using STEREO/HI to image a circumsolar dust ring near the orbit of Venus [July 2014]
- 48. Possible Evidence for Alfvenic Turbulence in Coronal Loops [June 2014]
- 47. Filaments and Magnetic Memory in the Solar Corona [May 2014]