Consolidated Grant in Solar and Plasma Astrophysics
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Glasgow
Department Name: School of Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
The physics of plasmas - particularly magnetised plasmas - dictates the behaviour of much of the visible universe, from the outer layers of the Sun to the furthest reaches of the observable cosmos. In this proposal, we focus on several key unsolved problems in solar and plasma astrophysics that are also prototypes for a wider and deeper understanding of cosmic plasmas as a whole. These are: how do high-energy radiating particles behave in solar flares and in interplanetary space? How are they accelerated, are they beamed and do they play a key role in flares and their terrestrial impact? How does the Sun store and release energy in its magnetised atmosphere, and how can we learn about this process by studying the radiation from low in its atmosphere? In the Sun and the wider Universe, electric fields arise spontaneously from collective plasma dynamics and we will look at how these can lead to multiple acceleration sites, energetic particles and ionisation fronts, particularly when constrained by geometry or magnetic fields.
Our programme combines observational data with theoretical and numerical modelling, and spans a wide range of astronomical and technical problems, from the modeling of the path of radiation in a plasma to high-energy particle acceleration; from electromagnetic waves to relativistic particle beams; from image processing to statistical analysis of weak signals. We will bring all these skills to bear on astronomical questions at the heart of current efforts to better understand the universe.
Our programme combines observational data with theoretical and numerical modelling, and spans a wide range of astronomical and technical problems, from the modeling of the path of radiation in a plasma to high-energy particle acceleration; from electromagnetic waves to relativistic particle beams; from image processing to statistical analysis of weak signals. We will bring all these skills to bear on astronomical questions at the heart of current efforts to better understand the universe.
Planned Impact
All Co-Is on the grant are involved in trying to ensure that our STFC-funded research efforts are used to the wider benefit of society, through commercial applications, reaching out to cognate disciplines, engagement with policy-makers and an extremely active schools and public outreach programme.
We are actively involved, and contribute to the agendas of, with several initiatives in space weather and sensors, both internal and external to Glasgow University. This included an STFC-funded space weather network. We have received University support for joint projects with the Schools of Engineering and Statistics, which has led to significant cross-disciplinary discussions, shortly to be supported by a PhD student.
We have demonstrated through the STFC Follow-on Funding grant arising from the previous rolling grant award that our work in low-temperature plasma flows has substantial commercial applications (ozone generation in air), for use in the food and potentially the medical technology industries as it provides a means of sterilisation (ozone) without requiring heating. We have obtained commercial investment to exploit this, resulting in the formation of a new company (Anacail Ltd.) We continue working with our Research and Enterprise Division to identify exploitable IP in our research output. We note that our plasma electrostatics work also has application in tokamak solid-pellet injection processes - critical for ITER - as well as plasma-surface interactions in general. We have a track-record of exploiting such spin-offs commercially
Our research, and the involvement that it brings us with high profile projects and missions, will benefit the public. As can be seen from our extensive list of outreach activities we are extremely active in communicating our work through public events, talks to science centres and societies, science-art projects. Plans are in place for several new initiatives as well as continuing the programme of talks, observatory visits, observing nights etc which are co-ordinated by the group secretary and run by group members (note, we have an 'Outreach' website at: http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/outreach/index.php which acts as a single point of contact for all outreach requests). We strongly encourage the involvement of our RAs and particularly our PhD students in this activity as well, ensuring a lively and continued programme. Keeping at the forefront of our respective research areas ensures that we remain credible speakers for the public, as evidenced by many repeat invitations. We are also closely involved with schools activities, giving many talks, planetarium shows, and running projects school-specific projects. This activity is undertaken by staff and PhD students alike and is co-ordinated as above via our outreach website and group secretary.
We are actively involved, and contribute to the agendas of, with several initiatives in space weather and sensors, both internal and external to Glasgow University. This included an STFC-funded space weather network. We have received University support for joint projects with the Schools of Engineering and Statistics, which has led to significant cross-disciplinary discussions, shortly to be supported by a PhD student.
We have demonstrated through the STFC Follow-on Funding grant arising from the previous rolling grant award that our work in low-temperature plasma flows has substantial commercial applications (ozone generation in air), for use in the food and potentially the medical technology industries as it provides a means of sterilisation (ozone) without requiring heating. We have obtained commercial investment to exploit this, resulting in the formation of a new company (Anacail Ltd.) We continue working with our Research and Enterprise Division to identify exploitable IP in our research output. We note that our plasma electrostatics work also has application in tokamak solid-pellet injection processes - critical for ITER - as well as plasma-surface interactions in general. We have a track-record of exploiting such spin-offs commercially
Our research, and the involvement that it brings us with high profile projects and missions, will benefit the public. As can be seen from our extensive list of outreach activities we are extremely active in communicating our work through public events, talks to science centres and societies, science-art projects. Plans are in place for several new initiatives as well as continuing the programme of talks, observatory visits, observing nights etc which are co-ordinated by the group secretary and run by group members (note, we have an 'Outreach' website at: http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/outreach/index.php which acts as a single point of contact for all outreach requests). We strongly encourage the involvement of our RAs and particularly our PhD students in this activity as well, ensuring a lively and continued programme. Keeping at the forefront of our respective research areas ensures that we remain credible speakers for the public, as evidenced by many repeat invitations. We are also closely involved with schools activities, giving many talks, planetarium shows, and running projects school-specific projects. This activity is undertaken by staff and PhD students alike and is co-ordinated as above via our outreach website and group secretary.
Organisations
- University of Glasgow (Lead Research Organisation)
- University of Pisa (Collaboration)
- Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands (Collaboration)
- George Mason University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- Drake University (Collaboration)
- University of Applied Sciences Nordwestschweiz (Collaboration)
- University of Minnesota (Collaboration)
- IISER Pune (Collaboration)
- University of Warwick (Collaboration)
- St. Andrews University (Collaboration)
- Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (Collaboration)
- University of California, Berkeley (Collaboration)
- Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Johns Hopkins University (Collaboration)
- Stanford University (Collaboration)
- University of Graz (Collaboration)
- Observatory of Paris (Collaboration)
- University of Technology of Compiègne (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Astrophysics (Collaboration)
- Nagoya University (Collaboration)
- Armagh Observatory (Collaboration)
- QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST (Collaboration)
- University of Dundee (Collaboration)
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Collaboration)
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (Collaboration)
- International Space Science Institute (ISSI) (Collaboration)
- University of Wroclaw (Collaboration)
- Uppsala University (Collaboration)
- Princeton University (Collaboration)
- New Jersey Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- California Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Oslo (Collaboration)
- Advanced Heliophysics (Collaboration)
- Columbia University (Collaboration)
- ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy (Collaboration)
- University of Sydney (Collaboration)
- ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Lockheed Martin (United States) (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- Western Kentucky University (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- University of Manchester (Collaboration)
- University College London (Collaboration)
- University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (Collaboration)
- University of St Andrews (Collaboration)
- Lowell Observatory (Collaboration)
- University of Genoa (Collaboration)
- NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Andor Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Turku (Collaboration)
- Lorentz Centre (Collaboration)
- Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics Irkutsk (Collaboration)
- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) (Collaboration)
- University of Central Lancashire (Collaboration)
- University of Catania (Collaboration)
- University of Leuven (Collaboration)
Publications
Aschwanden M
(2017)
Global Energetics of Solar Flares. V. Energy Closure in Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections
in The Astrophysical Journal
Battaglia M
(2014)
WHERE IS THE CHROMOSPHERIC RESPONSE TO CONDUCTIVE ENERGY INPUT FROM A HOT PRE-FLARE CORONAL LOOP?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Battaglia M
(2015)
MULTITHERMAL REPRESENTATION OF THE KAPPA-DISTRIBUTION OF SOLAR FLARE ELECTRONS AND APPLICATION TO SIMULTANEOUS X-RAY AND EUV OBSERVATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bian N
(2017)
The Role of Diffusion in the Transport of Energetic Electrons during Solar Flares
in The Astrophysical Journal
Birn J
(2017)
Can Substorm Particle Acceleration Be Applied to Solar Flares?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Borissov A
(2017)
Particle acceleration with anomalous pitch angle scattering in 2D magnetohydrodynamic reconnection simulations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Brown GM
(2018)
The Influence of the Solar Coronal Radiation on Coronal Plasma Structures, I: Determination of the Incident Coronal Radiation.
in Solar physics
Brown J
(2017)
Deposition of steeply infalling debris around white dwarf stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Brown J
(2015)
DESTRUCTION AND OBSERVATIONAL SIGNATURES OF SUN-IMPACTING COMETS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Brown S
(2018)
Modeling of the Hydrogen Lyman Lines in Solar Flares
in The Astrophysical Journal
| Title | "Escape Speed" |
| Description | Collaboration with Playwright Lynsey Murdoch on astro and magic content of various plays including June 25 "Escape Speed" - Premier in Aberdeen Lemon Tree |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | event has not yet taken place |
| Description | We work on observations and theory of solar flares, which are dramatic energy release events in the Sun's magnetic atmosphere, and of solar prominence which are clouds of cool dense plasma 'levitated' above the solar surface by magnetic fields. Our work has led to a number of key findings; We have been using observations from space-based telescopes - IRIS, Hinode and SDO - to track the variation of plasma temperature in the solar atmosphere during a flare, to try and understand how energy that is released in the corona travels into the rest of the atmosphere and creates the radiation that we see. We have discovered that parts of the solar chromosphere become unexpectedly hot during flares, and that the ions are heated more than the electrons, giving clues to the physics of the heating process. We have shown that the very deepest parts of the solar atmosphere that are heated during a flare could be caused by magnetic waves travelling along the magnetic field during a flare, carrying energy deep down into the atmosphere. We have also been working on improving techniques to deduce the total energy contained in fast electrons in the flaring atmospheres, by looking at the high energy radiation that they generate in different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and with different telescopes. We have explored the question of why the electrons are accelerated in the first place, and show how they can pick up energy by `surfing' on waves of electromagnetic energy, or by interacting with a complex, changing magnetic field. Our results have been used to explain the properties of the X-ray and ultraviolet radiation spectrum emitted by a solar flare and observed by the RHESSI and SDO spacecraft. Our work on solar flare radiation also extends to the radio spectrum, where we have made observations with the LOFAR radio array, studying the development of the emission on the shortest ever timescales observed, looking at variations taking place within tens of milliseconds. We have created computer models of how this radio emission is produced, by fast beams of electrons moving along the magnetic fields that permeate the solar corona, and extend into interplanetary space, working out how to deduce the properties of those electron beams from the radio emission that they generate. Electrons are not the only subatomic particles accelerated during flares. We are also examining the properties of flare ions, which undergo nuclear interact in the solar atmosphere to produce gamma-ray radiation. This incorporates knowledge from nuclear physics obtained in the laboratory, and uses the most up-to-date nuclear physics software. We have worked out how not only the energy of the ions, but also their direction, can be deduced from the nuclear gamma-rays that they emit We have made observations of towers of plasma in the solar atmosphere, known as 'solar tornados' (though the reason that they form is quite different from on Earth). Indeed, using data from the IRIS spacecraft, and also ground-based measurements of the magnetic field, we have worked out that an interpretation in terms of a spinning gas is probably incorrect. We have also worked out a new way to indirectly measure the gas pressure in structures that erupt from the Sun |
| Exploitation Route | Our research will be expanded upon in subsequent grants; each question stimulates more, which require new observations and theoretical development. Our investigations include basic techniques and theoretical developments in astrophysical plasmas which can be incorporated in other numerical models. Our observational discoveries motivate refined observing plans to address new aspects of the problems. Investigations so far have been targeted at exploiting new, large observing facilities such as the Solar Orbiter (where our work on electrons in the heliosphere will be used to interpret both particle and radiation signatures) and the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope and ALMA where what we have learned about the physics of the lower solar atmosphere during flares and in prominences will help decide the optimum observing strategies for this new and exciting facility. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Other |
| URL | http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/?page_id=865 |
| Description | Our work with space missions has made us core members of 'Space Glasgow', a research cluster bringing together Glasgow University academics with expertise spanning astronomy, physics, planetary science, aerospace and satellite systems engineering. Space Glasgow is working with key organisations globally to expand knowledge and expertise in space science, technology and engineering. Space Glasgow provides an excellent opportunity to interact with industry and government representatives, and alert them to relevant parts of our solar research portfolio. Working with UK institutions, companies, and government, Kontar was one of the co-founders of the "Space wEather REsearch Network (SEREN) - securing UK space weather capabilities" (P.I. M. Hapgood), set up in response to the STFC call for "Global Challenge Networks". It supports UK-wide interactions between STFC-funded solar and heliospheric researchers, and science, technology and industry groups united by the challenge of space weather. It continues to be a key platform for exchange and collaboration. (e.g. workshop in Feb 2016). Fletcher is a member of the University's Sensor Systems Network, and co-supervises a PhD student with colleagues in Space Systems Engineering and Statistics, on the design of small satellite sensor networks for space weather monitoring, where she brings solar and space-weather knowledge to this multi-disciplinary project. The work has been presented at European Space Weather Week 2014, the RAS and the 2015 Research Students Conference in Probability and Statistics. Our research work in solar physics is also the primary resource and motivator for our comprehensive outreach activity. This work engages with members of the public, schoolchildren, undergraduate and postgraduate students, and all participants supported on this grant participate in this activity at some level. Over the course of a year, our presentations, workshops and contributions to curriculum development expose many hundreds of people to our work. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2012 |
| Sector | Education,Environment,Other |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Description | Detector Development for the Advanced Technology Solar Telescope |
| Amount | £42,129 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/L006200/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2014 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | RAS summer undergraduate research project 2016 (Kontar) |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2016 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | RAS summer undergraduate research project 2016 (Labrosse) |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2016 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | RAS summer undergraduate research project 2016 (jeffreys) |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2016 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | Royal Society Newton Fund |
| Amount | £11,400 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NI140209 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2015 |
| End | 02/2017 |
| Description | Solar radio imaging of fine structures with LOFAR |
| Amount | £122,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Title | LOFAR Solar tied-array imaging |
| Description | used LOFAR in a tied-array mode that is normally used by the Pulsar community but this is first application to the Sun. |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | Paper submitted on LOFAR solar data, also LOFAR paper on commissioning data |
| Title | Regularised inversion of EUV data |
| Description | Method for determining the differential emission measure of optically-thin solar plasmas |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The method has been employed in at least 30 subsequent refereed journal publications (between 02/2012 and 12/2015) |
| URL | http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/%7Eiain/demreg/ |
| Title | Solar radio emission at low frequency |
| Description | Solar Radio Flux 45-80 MHz Measured from Glasgow, now ingested into RHESSI database |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | increased usage of Glasgow eCallisto data |
| URL | http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/browser/test.html?show=qlpcr+lowcg&date=20170910&time=161020&ba... |
| Title | Unambiguous Evidence of Coronal Implosions During Solar Eruptions and Flares |
| Description | In the implosion conjecture, coronal loops contract as the result of magnetic energy release in solar eruptions and flares. However, after almost two decades, observations of this phenomenon are still rare, and most of previous reports are plagued by projection effects so that loop contraction could be either true implosion or just a change in loop inclination. In this paper, to demonstrate the reality of loop contractions in the global coronal dynamics, we present four events with the continuously contracting loops in an almost edge-on geometry from the perspective of SDO/AIA, which are free from the ambiguity caused by the projection effects, also supplemented by contemporary observations from STEREO for examination. In the wider context of observations, simulations and theories, we argue that the implosion conjecture is valid in interpreting these events. Furthermore, distinct properties of the events allow us to identify two physical categories of implosion. One type demonstrates a rapid contraction at the beginning of the flare impulsive phase, as magnetic free energy is removed rapidly by a filament eruption. The other type, which has no visible eruption, shows a continuous loop shrinkage during the entire flare impulsive phase which we suggest shows the ongoing conversion of magnetic free energy in a coronal volume. Corresponding scenarios are described, which can provide reasonable explanations for the observations. We also point out that implosions may be suppressed in cases when a heavily-mass-loaded filament is involved, possibly serving as an alternative account for their observational rarity. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Description | Alliance Partnership (Kontar) |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research expertise in particle acceleration, energy transport and fast particle diagnostics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research expertise in particle acceleration, energy transport and fast particle diagnostics |
| Impact | Numerous refereed papers |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Alliance Partnership (Kontar) |
| Organisation | University of Central Lancashire |
| Department | Jeremiah Horrocks Institute for Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research expertise in particle acceleration, energy transport and fast particle diagnostics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research expertise in particle acceleration, energy transport and fast particle diagnostics |
| Impact | Numerous refereed papers |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Alliance Partnership (Kontar) |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Department | Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research expertise in particle acceleration, energy transport and fast particle diagnostics |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research expertise in particle acceleration, energy transport and fast particle diagnostics |
| Impact | Numerous refereed papers |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Description | Characterization of Sunquake Signatures in Terms of Energy and Momentum, and Their Relationship with the Flare Impulsive Phase |
| Organisation | Stanford University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | X-ray solar flare emission expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in the physics of solar flares |
| Impact | publications |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | Columbia University |
| Organisation | Columbia University |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Input on fitting and characterisation of non-Gaussian spectral lines in EUV solar spectra |
| Collaborator Contribution | Input on theory of generation of non-Gaussian spectral lines in EUV solar spectra |
| Impact | Journal paper "Spectroscopic Measurements of the Ion Velocity Distribution at the Base of the Fast Solar Wind" by Jeffrey et al. 2018 https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aab08c |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | DSTL Project (Kontar) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Analysis and modelling of solar radio data, cross-calibration with existing radio data. Compare imaging and spectroscopic data with simulations to establish detailed links between nonthermal electrons and the fine structures in radio burst spectra. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Input on radio data, and creating efficient algorithms and adequate software to deduce the radio source properties from LOFAR data |
| Impact | Joint supervision of PhD student |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | DSTL Project (Kontar) |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Analysis and modelling of solar radio data, cross-calibration with existing radio data. Compare imaging and spectroscopic data with simulations to establish detailed links between nonthermal electrons and the fine structures in radio burst spectra. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Input on radio data, and creating efficient algorithms and adequate software to deduce the radio source properties from LOFAR data |
| Impact | Joint supervision of PhD student |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | F-CHROMA: Flare Chromospheres - Observations, Models and Archives |
| Organisation | Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| Department | Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a 7-institute EC FP7 grant. Glasgow leads the project overall, and also leads one scientific workpackate |
| Collaborator Contribution | The other 6 institutes each lead a different workpackage |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary collaboration involving observation, data analysis and theoretical modelling of solar flares. Output in the form of numerous publications and conference presentations, database of observations and models for public use. See http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=219 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=33 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=24 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | F-CHROMA: Flare Chromospheres - Observations, Models and Archives |
| Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a 7-institute EC FP7 grant. Glasgow leads the project overall, and also leads one scientific workpackate |
| Collaborator Contribution | The other 6 institutes each lead a different workpackage |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary collaboration involving observation, data analysis and theoretical modelling of solar flares. Output in the form of numerous publications and conference presentations, database of observations and models for public use. See http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=219 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=33 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=24 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | F-CHROMA: Flare Chromospheres - Observations, Models and Archives |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Department | School of Mathematics and Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a 7-institute EC FP7 grant. Glasgow leads the project overall, and also leads one scientific workpackate |
| Collaborator Contribution | The other 6 institutes each lead a different workpackage |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary collaboration involving observation, data analysis and theoretical modelling of solar flares. Output in the form of numerous publications and conference presentations, database of observations and models for public use. See http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=219 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=33 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=24 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | F-CHROMA: Flare Chromospheres - Observations, Models and Archives |
| Organisation | University of Catania |
| Department | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a 7-institute EC FP7 grant. Glasgow leads the project overall, and also leads one scientific workpackate |
| Collaborator Contribution | The other 6 institutes each lead a different workpackage |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary collaboration involving observation, data analysis and theoretical modelling of solar flares. Output in the form of numerous publications and conference presentations, database of observations and models for public use. See http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=219 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=33 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=24 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | F-CHROMA: Flare Chromospheres - Observations, Models and Archives |
| Organisation | University of Oslo |
| Department | Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a 7-institute EC FP7 grant. Glasgow leads the project overall, and also leads one scientific workpackate |
| Collaborator Contribution | The other 6 institutes each lead a different workpackage |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary collaboration involving observation, data analysis and theoretical modelling of solar flares. Output in the form of numerous publications and conference presentations, database of observations and models for public use. See http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=219 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=33 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=24 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | F-CHROMA: Flare Chromospheres - Observations, Models and Archives |
| Organisation | University of Wroclaw |
| Department | Faculty of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | Poland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This is a 7-institute EC FP7 grant. Glasgow leads the project overall, and also leads one scientific workpackate |
| Collaborator Contribution | The other 6 institutes each lead a different workpackage |
| Impact | Interdisciplinary collaboration involving observation, data analysis and theoretical modelling of solar flares. Output in the form of numerous publications and conference presentations, database of observations and models for public use. See http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=219 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=33 http://www.fchroma.org/?page_id=24 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Glasgow-Meudon-Toulouse Prominences |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Glasgow team carries out multi-wavelength data analysis of IRIS and H-alpha data, and gives modelling input |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Meudon and Toulouse team carry out the spectropolarimetric inversions to get magnetic fields, and carry out other ground-based data analysis. |
| Impact | There have been two refereed papers which are reported in the publications section (others are in preparation). DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/31 and DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201425586 There have also been two successful applications for observing time under the EC-funded SOLARNET project. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Glasgow-Meudon-Toulouse Prominences |
| Organisation | Research Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Glasgow team carries out multi-wavelength data analysis of IRIS and H-alpha data, and gives modelling input |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Meudon and Toulouse team carry out the spectropolarimetric inversions to get magnetic fields, and carry out other ground-based data analysis. |
| Impact | There have been two refereed papers which are reported in the publications section (others are in preparation). DOI 10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/31 and DOI 10.1051/0004-6361/201425586 There have also been two successful applications for observing time under the EC-funded SOLARNET project. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | IISER - Glasgow Collaboration |
| Organisation | IISER Pune |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The Glasgow group will carry out X-ray observations of the sun, notably with the award-winning NASA mission RHESSI (Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Pune scientists will carry out radio studies of the Sun |
| Impact | none yet (papers in preparation) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | IISER Pune |
| Country | India |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics Irkutsk |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | Northumbria University |
| Department | Department of Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | University of Graz |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | University of Manchester |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy Manchester |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | University of Minnesota |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI International Team on Low Frequency Imaging Spectroscopy with LOFAR - New Look at Non-Thermal Processes in the Outer Corona |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The ISSI team is led by Glasgow, who also provide relevant research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other team members provide relevant research expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
| Department | Space Radiation Lab |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | Drake University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | University of Applied Sciences Nordwestschweiz |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | University of California, Berkeley |
| Department | Space Sciences Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | University of Genoa |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | University of Pisa |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on "Energetic Ions: The Elusive Component of Solar Flares" |
| Organisation | University of Turku |
| Country | Finland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | This was an International Team hosted by the International Space Sciences Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland. MacKinnon identified the Team members and led the writing of the successful proposal to ISSI. Two meetings of this team took place at ISSI: 1 - 5 February and 24 - 28 October. MacKinnon led these meetings, identifying themes, etc., and structuring and leading the Team discussions. Glasgow team members Hudson and Simoes joined this Team and made essential contributions to its work, particularly in the areas of multi-wavelength observations of solar phenomena. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Team included members from: California Institute of Technology, USA; University of Pisa, Italy; University of Glasgow, UK; University of Turku, Finland; Observatoire de Paris, France; University of Genoa, Italy; Drake University, USA; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, USA. Participants brought unique and complementary expertise, contributing as appropriate to the work of the Team as it sought to answer key questions regarding the presence and role of fast ions in flares. |
| Impact | two concrete outcomes so far: - several Team members contributed to the proposal of a solar high energy space mission, in response to a NASA/JAXA call for white papers on Next Generation Solar Physics missions - proposal submitted to the Lorentz Centre (Netherlands) for a further Workshop on understanding high-energy ion acceleration in solar flares, to continue this aspect of the Team's work Journal articles in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ISSI Team on Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares and Terrestrial Substorms |
| Organisation | Nagoya University |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I provide solar data and theoretical ideas |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is a team held at the International Space Science Institute in Bern. All participants bring their relevant expertise to the table, in solar observations and theory, magnetospheric observations and theory. We work together to bridge the gaps between the disciplines and learn from one another |
| Impact | Refereed Article Can Substorm Particle Acceleration Be Applied to Solar Flares? Authors: Birn, J.; Battaglia, M.; Fletcher, L.; Hesse, M.; Neukirch, T. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 848, Issue 2, article id. 116, 14 pp. (2017) 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ad4 |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | ISSI Team on Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares and Terrestrial Substorms |
| Organisation | University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I provide solar data and theoretical ideas |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is a team held at the International Space Science Institute in Bern. All participants bring their relevant expertise to the table, in solar observations and theory, magnetospheric observations and theory. We work together to bridge the gaps between the disciplines and learn from one another |
| Impact | Refereed Article Can Substorm Particle Acceleration Be Applied to Solar Flares? Authors: Birn, J.; Battaglia, M.; Fletcher, L.; Hesse, M.; Neukirch, T. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 848, Issue 2, article id. 116, 14 pp. (2017) 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ad4 |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | ISSI Team on Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares and Terrestrial Substorms |
| Organisation | University of California, Berkeley |
| Department | Space Sciences Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I provide solar data and theoretical ideas |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is a team held at the International Space Science Institute in Bern. All participants bring their relevant expertise to the table, in solar observations and theory, magnetospheric observations and theory. We work together to bridge the gaps between the disciplines and learn from one another |
| Impact | Refereed Article Can Substorm Particle Acceleration Be Applied to Solar Flares? Authors: Birn, J.; Battaglia, M.; Fletcher, L.; Hesse, M.; Neukirch, T. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 848, Issue 2, article id. 116, 14 pp. (2017) 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ad4 |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | ISSI Team on Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares and Terrestrial Substorms |
| Organisation | University of Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I provide solar data and theoretical ideas |
| Collaborator Contribution | This is a team held at the International Space Science Institute in Bern. All participants bring their relevant expertise to the table, in solar observations and theory, magnetospheric observations and theory. We work together to bridge the gaps between the disciplines and learn from one another |
| Impact | Refereed Article Can Substorm Particle Acceleration Be Applied to Solar Flares? Authors: Birn, J.; Battaglia, M.; Fletcher, L.; Hesse, M.; Neukirch, T. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 848, Issue 2, article id. 116, 14 pp. (2017) 10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ad4 |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | George Mason University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | Lockheed Martin |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
| Department | Arcetri Observatory |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | Princeton University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | University of Dundee |
| Department | Division of Mathematics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | University of Leuven |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | University of Reading |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Magnetic Waves in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | University of Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Together with the University of Dundee I successfully applied for funding for this collaboration to be hosted at ISSI. Bern and will co-lead the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | We will work together on the theory of energy transport by MHD waves in solar flares |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| Department | Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | Advanced Heliophysics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | Institute of Astrophysics of the Canary Islands |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | St. Andrews University |
| Department | School of Mathematics and Statistics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Department of Space and Climate Physics (MSSL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | University of Oslo |
| Department | Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics |
| Country | Norway |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on Solving the prominence paradox |
| Organisation | University of Technology of Compiègne |
| Department | French National Centre for Scientific Research Lab (CNRS Lab) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Workshop is led by Glasgow. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Other partners providing related theoretical and observational expertise |
| Impact | Solar Prominence Modelling and Plasma Diagnostics at ALMA Wavelengths Rodger, A. & Labrosse, N. Sol Phys (2017) 292: 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-017-1161-9 (Open Access) |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Department | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | Lowell Observatory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | ISSI team on The Science of Near-Sun Comets |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of theoretical models for Sun-comet interactions |
| Collaborator Contribution | expertise in complementary areas of cometary science, in solar and heliospheric physics, as well as in the instrumentation and data analysis techniques associated with those fields, to better our understanding of comets when inside the orbit of Mercury as well as their effects on the near-Sun environment |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Lorentz Center Workshop: "The Solar Sources of GeV Gamma-rays" |
| Organisation | ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | I (MacKinnon) was one of the four organisers of this Workshop, together with M Pesce-Rollins (Pisa, Italy), C Cohen (Caltech, USA) and R Fallows (ASTRON, Netherlands). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cooperated in shaping the agenda for the Workshop and identifying appropriate participants. The organisers plus the other participants will collaborate in several publications. |
| Impact | several papers planned |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Lorentz Center Workshop: "The Solar Sources of GeV Gamma-rays" |
| Organisation | California Institute of Technology |
| Department | Space Radiation Lab |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I (MacKinnon) was one of the four organisers of this Workshop, together with M Pesce-Rollins (Pisa, Italy), C Cohen (Caltech, USA) and R Fallows (ASTRON, Netherlands). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cooperated in shaping the agenda for the Workshop and identifying appropriate participants. The organisers plus the other participants will collaborate in several publications. |
| Impact | several papers planned |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Lorentz Center Workshop: "The Solar Sources of GeV Gamma-rays" |
| Organisation | Lorentz Centre |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I (MacKinnon) was one of the four organisers of this Workshop, together with M Pesce-Rollins (Pisa, Italy), C Cohen (Caltech, USA) and R Fallows (ASTRON, Netherlands). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cooperated in shaping the agenda for the Workshop and identifying appropriate participants. The organisers plus the other participants will collaborate in several publications. |
| Impact | several papers planned |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Lorentz Center Workshop: "The Solar Sources of GeV Gamma-rays" |
| Organisation | University of Pisa |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | I (MacKinnon) was one of the four organisers of this Workshop, together with M Pesce-Rollins (Pisa, Italy), C Cohen (Caltech, USA) and R Fallows (ASTRON, Netherlands). |
| Collaborator Contribution | Cooperated in shaping the agenda for the Workshop and identifying appropriate participants. The organisers plus the other participants will collaborate in several publications. |
| Impact | several papers planned |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | MSSL Collaboration |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Mullard Space Science Laboratory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We are providing radio observations and theoretical interpretation |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners are providing other multi-wavelength observations |
| Impact | n/a |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Observatoire de Meudon |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Department | Laboratory for Space Science and Astrophysical Instrumentation |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Radio observations and theoretical modelling |
| Collaborator Contribution | Multi-wavelength observations and theoretical modelling |
| Impact | Papers: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017A%26A...597A..77R |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Physics of Comet-Sun impacts |
| Organisation | Lockheed Martin |
| Department | Space Sciences Lab |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Theory and data search |
| Collaborator Contribution | Numerical simulations and data provision |
| Impact | Refereed papers, conference presentations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Physics of Comet-Sun impacts |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Theory and data search |
| Collaborator Contribution | Numerical simulations and data provision |
| Impact | Refereed papers, conference presentations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Physics of Comet-Sun impacts |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Department of Physics & Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Theory and data search |
| Collaborator Contribution | Numerical simulations and data provision |
| Impact | Refereed papers, conference presentations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Physics of Comet-Sun impacts |
| Organisation | Uppsala University |
| Department | Department of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Theory and data search |
| Collaborator Contribution | Numerical simulations and data provision |
| Impact | Refereed papers, conference presentations |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Potsdam/ISSI collaboration (Jeffrey) |
| Organisation | International Space Science Institute (ISSI) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provided observational expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided theoretical expertise |
| Impact | none yet |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Probing particle energization and transport in flares with imaging spectroscopy and observation-based 3D modeling |
| Organisation | New Jersey Institute of Technology |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Expertise in X-ray modelling and analysis |
| Collaborator Contribution | 3D interactive tool development |
| Impact | a number of publications |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | RS Newton Fund Brazil |
| Organisation | Mackenzie Presbyterian University |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research contribution - using the nuclear transport code FLUKA to calculate distributions of secondary positrons and electrons from the sort of energetic ion distributions revealed in solar flares by their gamma-radiation |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research contribution- calculating the synchrotron fluxes expected from the particles and assess observability with ALMA and Brazilian/Argentinian Solar Sub-mm Telescope |
| Impact | None yet |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | Aberystwyth University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | Andor Technology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | Armagh Observatory and Planetarium |
| Department | Armagh Observatory |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | Northumbria University |
| Department | Physics and Electrical Engineering |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | Queen's University Belfast |
| Department | School of Mathematics and Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Department | Department of Space and Climate Physics (MSSL) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | University of Sheffield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | University of St Andrews |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | UK DKIST consortium |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We lead a work package |
| Collaborator Contribution | They lead, and work on, other work packages |
| Impact | Building cameras for a new solar telescope (WP1) Developing data analysis tools and pipelines (WP2) Arranging community meetings, presentations,help with developing observing proposals (WP3) |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Western Kentucky - Non Classical Transport Coefficients in Electron Acceleration Regions and Energy Transport in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | Western Kentucky University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research expertise |
| Collaborator Contribution | PI institute, research expertise |
| Impact | Refereed journal publication (Bian, Emslie, Horne, Kontar 2018, ApJ 852, 127) http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...852..127B |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | White Dwarf Infall of Comets |
| Organisation | University of Warwick |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Theoretical input |
| Collaborator Contribution | Theoretical/modeling input |
| Impact | Refereed journal paper Deposition of steeply infalling debris around white dwarf stars, Brown, John C.; Veras, Dimitri; Gänsicke, Boris T., Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 468, Issue 2, p.1575-1593 10.1093/mnras/stx428 |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | X-ray and Radio Diagnostics of Energetic Electrons in Solar Flares |
| Organisation | International Space Science Institute (ISSI) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Research ideas and readership of the team |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ideas and the data processing techniques |
| Impact | joint papers with team members |
| Start Year | 2013 |
| Description | electron acceleration and transport in solar flares |
| Organisation | Western Kentucky University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | expertise in electron transport |
| Collaborator Contribution | skills and knowledge in particle transport |
| Impact | publications |
| Start Year | 2009 |
| Title | Electron distributions from X-ray and EUV data |
| Description | New software for inferring the electron distribution from X-ray observations and EUV observations by simultaneously fitting RHESSI and SDO/AIA data. This yields the spatially integrated electron spectra of a coronal source from less than 0.1 keV up to several tens of keV. The results show that the total energy can only be determined accurately by combining RHESSI and AIA observations. Simultaneously fitting the proposed representation of the kappa-distribution reduces the electron number density in the analyzed flare by a factor of ~30 and the total flare energy by a factor of ~5 compared with the commonly used fitting of RHESSI spectra. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...815...73B |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Impact | None yet |
| Title | LOFAR Solar Software |
| Description | Branch of the SolarSoftware (SSW) IDL library for the analysis of data from the Low Frequency Array for Radioastronomy (LOFAR) |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | Increased usage of LOFAR solar data |
| URL | https://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/solarsoft/radio/lofar/ |
| Title | warm target model |
| Description | warm target model for X-ray analysis |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2015 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | It allows to calculate the energy in non-thermal electrons |
| URL | https://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/ssw/packages/xray/idl/f_thick_warm.pro |
| Description | "Science Outreach" Talks at STFC Summer School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk: on "Science Outreach" at the STFC summer school on Solar System Plasmas, Glasgow University, 16/09/2016. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Advanced Higher "Particles in Space" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Contribution to conception and planning of an enhancement activity for the new Advanced Higher Physics qualification, addressing "Particles in Space" (cosmic rays, solar activity, Sun-Earth interactions; particles and magnetism). This is one of three activities included in a series of one-day workshops taken by school pupils in S4-S6. Also contributed as a facilitator to deliveries of the workshops on 16/06/15 (East Renfrewshire schools) and 22/09/15 (Inverclyde) - about 200 S4/5/6 pupils in total. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Advisory Committees |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Service on advisory committees for various public events with an astronomy theme: Glasgow Science Centre Planetarium, Mills Observatory, Glasgow Art Collective, Isle of Lewis Cetus Observatory Project, RAS 200 Panel, Chivas Regal Royal Salute Whisky Promotion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Advisory Committees |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Service on advisory committees for various public events with an astronomy theme: Glasgow Science Centre Planetarium, Mills Observatory, Glasgow Art Collective, Isle of Lewis Cetus Observatory Project, RAS 200 Panel, Chivas Regal Royal Salute Whisky Promotion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Astro Cosmic Terran Association SCIO (ACTA SCIO) Troon, UK (Jeffrey) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | presented a talk to the local amateur astronomy group called "The X-ray Sun". An article about the visit was also published in a local Troon newspaper. Around 30 people attended the event. The event was an excellent opportunity to discuss current solar physics with amateur astronomers of all ages, levels and interests |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Ayr Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk, "Gamma-ray astronomy of the Sun and Moon", to Ayr Astronomical Society. Talk introduced high-energy studies of solar system phenomena, particularly solar flares. Lively questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Bo'ness Hippodrome Hippfest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Consultancy and opening talk for Bo'ness Hippodrome Hippfest Silent Movie Festival March 19 Opening of Wunder der Schopfung 1925 Astro Documentary |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | Cafe Scientifique, Inverness |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked almost an hour of discussion afterwards, and emailed requests for further information emailed requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/engage/public/cafe-scientifique-inverness-325.php |
| Description | Caol Primary school (Highlands) - Cancer Charity fundraiser |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 150 attended. School talk + public talk + Planetarium shows + Stargazing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Crawick Multiverse Event (Fletcher) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on Solar Flares at a public event organised by the Royal Society of Edinburgh for the opening of a new installation at the Crawick 'Multiverse'. About 70 people attended an afternoon of talks and discussion about the Sun and space weather. Lots of questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYlDNyf7rfk |
| Description | EIS Science Nugget on Measuring flare non-Gaussian velocities using EIS spectroscopy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | popular web article on a results of a research study |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://solarb.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/SolarB/nuggets/nugget_2017jan.jsp |
| Description | Explorathon 2015 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Explorathon is the EU researchers' night. It was held in the Glasgow Science Centre. We had a display introducing the ideas behind spectroscopy and solar astronomy. Around 500 people came past, and some hits on a dedicated website were recorded after the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/sun |
| Description | French Cafe Scientifique |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | We have initiated a Cafe Scientifique, held in French, at the Glasgow Alliance Francaise. It runs monthly with different scientific topics each month. There have been three talks in connection with Glasgow solar work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
| URL | http://afglasgow.org.uk/cafe-scientifique-in-february.html |
| Description | Glasgow Science Centre Visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | As a part of the STFC summer school (with SUPA support ) we arranged training by public outreach experts of 27 UK PhD students at the Glasgow Science Centre (Sept 2015). Staff from the group also participated in formulating this training |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | Highland Astronomical Society Talk (Fletcher) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk about the Sun to the Highland Astronomical Society. About 40 people attended. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | IOP talks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Public lectures organised by the IOP Scotland, attended by between 20 and 50 audience members from school age upwards. Lots of questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| Description | Inveraray Castle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | Duke of Argyll/Royal Salute event. Talk and Stargazing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | IoP sponsored Public Astronomy Day for Intl Year of Light |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | IoP sponsored Public Astronomy Day for Intl Year of Light "The Science and Magic of Light the Universe and Everything" 150 attendees 6 talks, 2 magicians, planetarium shows, meteorite exhibit, solar viewing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | LIGHTtalks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Light talks - spoke about career in solar physics as part of the EU-wide LIGHTtalks International Year of Light presentations, run by SUPA and the IOP Scotland |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.europe.light2015.org/Home/Events/2015/LIGHTtalks--Careers-in-Photonics---Scotland.html |
| Description | Lochaber to the Cosmos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A talk on the work of the Scottish physicist CTR Wilson, the origins of his work in his stay at the Ben Nevis Observatory, early particle and cosmic ray physics, and current aspects of cosmic radiation, including Sun-Earth interaction and space weather. The talk has been given a few times per annum since about 2003, to all sorts of groups, e.g. amateur astronomy societies, church guilds, PROBUS groups, hillwalking clubs, retirement clubs, etc.; many hundreds in total. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018 |
| Description | Orkney Science Festival talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on 4 September 2016 as part of the Orkney Science Festival, "Lochaber to the Cosmos", on CTR Wilson, Ben Nevis Observatory, beginnings of particle and cosmic-ray physics, Sun-Earth interactions. People attend this festival from the Orkneys, Highlands of Scotland and further afield. Lively conversations afterwards, particularly on history of science and Orkney connections to the Ben Nevis Observatory story. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Pint of Science (Glasgow, Fletcher) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | around 50 people attended a 'pint of science' discussion in the pub about the Sun and Space Weather. Lots of questions |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | RHESSI Science nugget on "Solar neutrons observed on the ground and in space" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | short account of recent advances in detection of energetic neutrons following solar flares, and their significance for flare physics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Solar_flare_neutrons_observed_on_the_ground_and_... |
| Description | RHESSI Science nugget on high-energy solar phenomena (Hudson and MacKinnon) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | brief account of recent developments in gamma-ray and energetic neutron studies of high-energy phenomena in solar flares |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://sprg.ssl.berkeley.edu/~tohban/wiki/index.php/Solar_Cosmic_Rays,_Neutrons,_and_Fermi_Gamma-Ray... |
| Description | Schools mobile planetarium visits |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Every year our PhD students and junior postdocs and occasionally staff take our mobile planetarium out to schools in the region. There are about 6-8 trips a year, reaching typically 100 students at a time. - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 |
| Description | Science nuggets (Jeffrey) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Science nuggets (small, easy to understand articles) and blog articles that engage with both the astrophysics community and the interested public: EIS nugget - "Measuring solar flare non-Gaussian velocities using EIS spectroscopy" (First author). EIS nugget - "Plasma turbulence and the standard solar flare model" (Co-author). CESRA nugget - "Particle acceleration and turbulence during a solar flare" (Co-author). Physics Central Blog (American Physical Society) - "Small-Scale Turbulence May Help Power Solar Explosions" (Co-author). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://solarb.mssl.ucl.ac.uk/SolarB/nuggets/nugget_2017jan.jsp |
| Description | Space Weather talk at British Astronomical Association |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The British Astronomical Association holds a large regional meeting once a year, offering a group of expert speakers to the public locally, as well as BAA members who may attend from across the UK. This meeting was held in Dundee in 2016, on 10 September at the Mills Observatory. About 100 people attended. MacKinnon gave a 50-minute talk on "Space Weather". Several conversations afterwards addressed detailed aspects of solar astronomy, Sun-Earth interactions and auroral science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.britastro.org/dundee2016 |
| Description | Stars Over the Botanics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Type Of Presentation | Workshop Facilitator |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Facilitation/discussion/presentations at public observing nights in a local park (Glasgow Botanical Gardens). 3-4 events per year, organised by the Astronomical Society of Glasgow - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015 |
| Description | Start-up Science Masterclasses |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Group members facilitate, organise and participate in 4 weekly workshops for around 35 junior level secondary school pupils, particularly those from disadvantaged areas, and schools without a tradition of sending students to University, - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |
| URL | http://www.royalsoced.org.uk/784_StartupScienceMasterclasses.html |
| Description | Talk (Aberdeen Astronomical Society) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk to Aberdeen Astronomical Society organised at Robert Gordon's College so also attracted a number of school pupils. Lots of discussion. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk on solar tornadoes to the Astronomical Society of Glasgow (Labrosse) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 40 members of the public attended a popular talk. Discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk to Airdrie Astronomical Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on 'The X-ray Sun' to an amateur astronomy society |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2016 |
| Description | Talk to Dumfries Astronomical Society (Reid) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk about solar flares to Dumfries astronomical society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talk to Renfrewshire Astronomical Society, "Gamma-ray astronomy of the Sun and Moon" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk on 3 February to Renfrewshire Astronomical Society. Talk aimed to introduce high-energy studies of solar system objects, particularly the Sun, to amateur astronomers. Lively discussion afterwards, with some who had done technical jobs in industry relating particle and magnetic phenomena to workplace experiences. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Talks to Astronomy Societies |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Every year, postdoc and staff members of our group give several talks on the Sun and space weather to local and national astronomy societies. Typically there are about 10-12 such talks a year, with audiences between 10 and 40 adults and sometimes children - |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016 |
| Description | The Norwood Variations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Astronomical themes influenced a composition (Stella Nova) on this CD (The Norwood Variations) by a local composer. The CD sold out. Over the course of a couple of years, the CD has attracted attention from publications such as the Huffington Post, The Wire and Times Higher |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015,2016 |
| URL | http://strangeattractor.co.uk/shoppe/the-norwood-variations-drew-mulholland/ |
| Description | The Cosmic Way |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The "Cosmic Way roadshow" is a combination of displays and hands-on activities aimed at introducing some basics of particle, nuclear and cosmic-ray physics and Sun-Earth interactions. It also aims to tell the story of CTR Wilson, using biography, history and the Scottish context of these stories as a vehicle for engagement with the underlying scientific ideas. It was developed with funding from the Scottish Government and the Institute of Physics. It has been taken twice to the Fort William Mountain Festival, several times to a "Family Fun Science Day" at Mugdock Country Park near Glasgow, to the Middle of Scotland Science Festival (a pop-up science festival concentrating on isolated, rural locations: Crianlarich, Stirling; Ardfern, Argyll; Rothesay, Isle of Bute), to the CTR Wilson celebration day at the Royal Society of Edinburgh as well as other events and locations across central Scotland. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017 |
| URL | http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/education/research/researchprojects/cosmicwayroadshow/ |
| Description | University of the 3rd Age |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk sparked questions and discussion afterwards Emailed requests for further information |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://u3asites.org.uk/code/u3asite.php?site=274&page=9383 |