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:
- UK solar missions forum
from Louise Harra [September 21, 2018] - European Solar Telescope – The Science Requirement Document update for the Call for Science Cases
from Richard Morton [September 15, 2018] - PATT Call for Proposals for the Liverpool Telescope
from Sian Giles [September 12, 2018] - Solar Physics Living Review – Solar UV and X-Ray Spectral Diagnostics
from Richard Morton [September 6, 2018]
Nuggets:
- New UKSP Nugget #94
from Iain Hannah [September 17, 2018]
Meetings/Workshops/Summer Schools:
- Early Registration Deadline for SDO Science Workshop Extended to September 20, 2018
from William D Pesnell [September 14, 2018] - Early Registration Deadline for SDO 2018 Science Workshop in September 15
from William D Pesnell [September 12, 2018] - THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON ‘PARTICLE ACCELERATION AND TRANSPORT: FROM THE SUN TO EXTRAGALACTIC SOURCES’, 12-16 NOVEMBER 2018, UNIVERSITA’ DELLA CALABRIA, RENDE, ITALY
from Natasha Jeffrey [September 6, 2018]
Jobs/Studentships:
- Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) (Palo Alto, CA) – Postdoctoral Position
from Richard Morton [September 15, 2018] - Commissariat à l’énergie atomique (CEA) Department of Astrophysics/AIM and Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) (near Paris, France) – Post-doctoral Researcher Position in Solar Physics
from Richard Morton [September 15, 2018] - Purple Mountain Observatory (Nanjing) and National Astronomical Observatories of China (Beijing) – Postdocs in Solar Physics and Instrumentation for the ASO-S Mission
from Richard Morton [September 15, 2018] - Postdoctoral Positions in Fluid Mechanics and MHD, University of Leeds
from Richard Morton [September 6, 2018] - Research Scientist I (Step 1) working with Prof. Gary P Zank: University of Alabama in Huntsville
from Gary P Zank [September 6, 2018]
UKSP Nuggets:
UKSP Nuggets highlight the latest solar physics research led from the UK:
- 94. Evidence of coronal jets in the solar wind? [September 2018]
- 93. The Magnetic Response of the Solar Atmosphere to Umbral Flashes [August 2018]
- 92. Null collapse and oscillatory reconnection about 3D magnetic null points [July 2018]
- 91. Magnetic field line tangling and twisting in the corona [June 2018]
- 90. A novel magneto-seismology technique for solar magnetic field diagnostics [May 2018]
- 89. When are Coronal Jets miniature CMEs? [April 2018]
- 88. Excitation of coronal loop oscillations by coronal rain [March 2018]