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:
- AGP Community Report 2020
from Natasha Jeffrey [December 1, 2020] - Reminder: Plasma Physics Division PhD Research Award
from Natasha Jeffrey [December 1, 2020] - The next UK-SOSS talk will be held on 10th of December, 10:00 (UK time)
from Marianna Korsos [November 26, 2020] - Reminder: IAU PhD Prize
from Natasha Jeffrey [November 16, 2020] - ESPD Media of the Month: November 2020
from Natasha Jeffrey [November 15, 2020]
Nuggets:
- RHESSI Nuggets in November 2020
from Hugh Hudson [November 24, 2020] - New Hinode/EIS Science Nugget
from Deb Baker [November 24, 2020]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- First announcement of the Solar Orbiter school at Ecole de Physique des Houches (France)
from Miho Janvier [December 1, 2020] - Online Advanced Study Program on Helicities in Astrophysics and Beyond: Final sessions of 2020 and plans for 2021
from Kirill Kuzanyan [December 1, 2020] - Solar Sessions at the 2020 Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Section of the APS
from Natasha Jeffrey [November 15, 2020]
Jobs/Studentships:
- JOB OPENING: Two Postdoctoral Fellow Positions in Space Physics Group at the Department of Physics, University of Helsinki, Finland (remote work possible)
from Minna Palmroth [December 3, 2020] - 4 Fully-funded PhD Opportunities (Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)
from James McLaughlin [December 1, 2020] - PhD Opportunities in Space Physics at Imperial College London 2021
from Adam Masters [November 25, 2020] - Research Fellow in Solar and Magnetospheric Theory – University of St Andrews
from Duncan Mackay [November 25, 2020] - PhD Studentships at the University of Warwick
from Heather Cegla [November 24, 2020] - JOB OPENING: postdoctoral position in computational plasma physics at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany
from Natasha Jeffrey [November 18, 2020] - Postdoctoral Position at Imperial College London in Space Weather/Magnetospheric Physics
from Jonathan Eastwood [November 18, 2020]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 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]
- 109. Kink oscillations of sigmoid coronal loops [May 2020]
- 108. Cool and hot emission in a recurring active region jet [February 2020]