Thermodynamics of Astrophysical Plasmas: Macroscopic Effects of Collisionless Microphysics
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Abstract
Plasma is the fourth state of matter after solid, liquid, and gaseous. It is a medium consisting of unbound electrically charged particles. Due to their charge, these particles react to electric and magnetic fields in very different ways than a regular gas of electrically neutral particles. The vast majority of the ordinary matter in the universe is in the plasma state. Therefore, it is critical for our understanding of the universe to understand the physics of plasmas better.
The Sun itself is a plasma ball that continuously emits a plasma flow, the so-called "solar wind", which fills the space between the planets of our solar system. Its typical flow speed is a few hundreds of kilometres per second, and its typical temperature is about a million degrees. It gives us the opportunity to explore an astrophysical plasma with instruments onboard spacecraft. These measurements show us that the solar-wind particles are not in a state of local thermodynamic equilibrium, which means that particle collisions are ineffective. Such a "collisionless" plasma can host many physical processes that are unknown from our everyday experience with collisional gases like the air. In addition, we see that the electric and magnetic fields fluctuate on many spatial scales and timescales, suggesting that the solar wind is in a turbulent state and carries different types of plasma waves.
It is still unknown how the solar wind is generated, how it is accelerated, and how it is heated to temperatures that are much greater than the temperature of the surface of the Sun. The answers to these important open questions must lie in the fundamental plasma processes at work. By developing novel theoretical ideas and exploiting numerical simulations, this fellowship aims to a better understanding of the behaviour of the plasma particles and to apply these ideas to the solar wind as a whole. The project focuses on three specific topics: The first topic addresses the evolution of waves, turbulence, and instabilities in a collisionless plasma, which is a fundamental problem with broad implications for all kinds of astrophysical plasmas. The second topic investigates the effects of electrons, which are the most abundant solar-wind particle species, on the overall evolution of the solar wind. The third topic investigates the effects of turbulence on the particles with the goal to explain the heating and the acceleration of the solar wind.
In 2018, ESA and NASA plan to launch the spacecraft Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe Plus, which will each orbit very closely around the Sun, reaching distances at which no other spacecraft have taken measurements before. These spacecraft will measure both the particles and the electromagnetic fields in the solar wind with an unprecedented resolution. This project connects the novel theoretical results with these and other observations to advance our understanding of the solar wind and of astrophysical plasmas in general. This approach is necessary to put the observations into context and to direct new measurements. Only through the direct comparison of theory with observations, can we learn about the peculiar behaviour of these media. The solar wind is a unique plasma laboratory for this goal due to its accessibility with spacecraft.
The understanding of these processes has important implications for the prediction of space weather, which is the collection of effects that solar particles and the solar wind have on the Earth. Space-weather effects can lead to power outages, deviations in GPS navigation, hazards for human spaceflight, damage to satellites, distortion of radio communication, and other major problems for the human society.
In addition to the synergistic connection between theory and observations, this project is located at the intersection between space physics and astrophysics by bridging the gap between these two fields and transferring knowledge from the solar environment into general astrophysics.
The Sun itself is a plasma ball that continuously emits a plasma flow, the so-called "solar wind", which fills the space between the planets of our solar system. Its typical flow speed is a few hundreds of kilometres per second, and its typical temperature is about a million degrees. It gives us the opportunity to explore an astrophysical plasma with instruments onboard spacecraft. These measurements show us that the solar-wind particles are not in a state of local thermodynamic equilibrium, which means that particle collisions are ineffective. Such a "collisionless" plasma can host many physical processes that are unknown from our everyday experience with collisional gases like the air. In addition, we see that the electric and magnetic fields fluctuate on many spatial scales and timescales, suggesting that the solar wind is in a turbulent state and carries different types of plasma waves.
It is still unknown how the solar wind is generated, how it is accelerated, and how it is heated to temperatures that are much greater than the temperature of the surface of the Sun. The answers to these important open questions must lie in the fundamental plasma processes at work. By developing novel theoretical ideas and exploiting numerical simulations, this fellowship aims to a better understanding of the behaviour of the plasma particles and to apply these ideas to the solar wind as a whole. The project focuses on three specific topics: The first topic addresses the evolution of waves, turbulence, and instabilities in a collisionless plasma, which is a fundamental problem with broad implications for all kinds of astrophysical plasmas. The second topic investigates the effects of electrons, which are the most abundant solar-wind particle species, on the overall evolution of the solar wind. The third topic investigates the effects of turbulence on the particles with the goal to explain the heating and the acceleration of the solar wind.
In 2018, ESA and NASA plan to launch the spacecraft Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe Plus, which will each orbit very closely around the Sun, reaching distances at which no other spacecraft have taken measurements before. These spacecraft will measure both the particles and the electromagnetic fields in the solar wind with an unprecedented resolution. This project connects the novel theoretical results with these and other observations to advance our understanding of the solar wind and of astrophysical plasmas in general. This approach is necessary to put the observations into context and to direct new measurements. Only through the direct comparison of theory with observations, can we learn about the peculiar behaviour of these media. The solar wind is a unique plasma laboratory for this goal due to its accessibility with spacecraft.
The understanding of these processes has important implications for the prediction of space weather, which is the collection of effects that solar particles and the solar wind have on the Earth. Space-weather effects can lead to power outages, deviations in GPS navigation, hazards for human spaceflight, damage to satellites, distortion of radio communication, and other major problems for the human society.
In addition to the synergistic connection between theory and observations, this project is located at the intersection between space physics and astrophysics by bridging the gap between these two fields and transferring knowledge from the solar environment into general astrophysics.
Organisations
- University College London (Fellow, Lead Research Organisation)
- Technische Universität Braunschweig (Collaboration)
- University of Toyama (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF READING (Collaboration)
- Polish Academy of Sciences (Collaboration)
- University of California, Berkeley (Collaboration)
- University of New Hampshire (Collaboration)
- Johns Hopkins University (Collaboration)
- Ruhr University Bochum (Collaboration)
- European Space Agency (Collaboration)
- University of Florence (Collaboration)
- Observatory of Paris (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Charles University (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Astrophysics (Collaboration)
- Space Science Institute (Collaboration)
- Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) (Collaboration)
- Nagoya University (Collaboration)
- The Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School of Ecuador (IG-EPN) (Collaboration)
- University of Calabria (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE (Collaboration)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- University of Cologne (Collaboration)
- International Space Science Institute (ISSI) (Collaboration)
- University of Chile (Collaboration)
- Princeton University (Collaboration)
- Austrian Academy of Sciences (Collaboration)
- Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (Collaboration)
- Tokyo University of Science (Collaboration)
- Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (Collaboration)
- Kiel University (Collaboration)
- QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- Swarthmore College (Collaboration)
- Kanazawa University (Collaboration)
- University of Iowa (Collaboration)
- University of Arizona (Collaboration)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) (Collaboration)
- Ecole Centrale de Lyon (Collaboration)
- Peking University (Collaboration)
- University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) (Collaboration)
- Russian Academy of Sciences (Collaboration)
- IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON (Collaboration)
- University of Delaware (Collaboration)
- Florida Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Leuven (Collaboration)
- Royal Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Daniel Verscharen (Principal Investigator / Fellow) |
Publications
Abraham J
(2022)
Radial Evolution of Thermal and Suprathermal Electron Populations in the Slow Solar Wind from 0.13 to 0.5 au: Parker Solar Probe Observations
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abraham J
(2022)
Thermal Energy Budget of Electrons in the Inner Heliosphere: Parker Solar Probe Observations
in The Astrophysical Journal
Agudelo Rueda J
(2021)
Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in particle-in-cell simulations of anisotropic plasma turbulence
in Journal of Plasma Physics
Allen R
(2022)
Interplanetary mesoscale observatory (InterMeso): A mission to untangle dynamic mesoscale structures throughout the heliosphere
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Bakrania M
(2020)
Statistics of solar wind electron breakpoint energies using machine learning techniques
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bakrania M
(2020)
Using Dimensionality Reduction and Clustering Techniques to Classify Space Plasma Regimes
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Bakrania M
(2022)
Direct Evidence of Magnetic Reconnection Onset via the Tearing Instability
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Bercic L
(2021)
Whistler instability driven by the sunward electron deficit in the solar wind High-cadence Solar Orbiter observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bercic L
(2021)
Ambipolar Electric Field and Potential in the Solar Wind Estimated from Electron Velocity Distribution Functions
in The Astrophysical Journal
Broeren T
(2021)
Magnetic Field Reconstruction for a Realistic Multi-Point, Multi-Scale Spacecraft Observatory
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Criton B
(2020)
Design and Optimization of a High-Time-Resolution Magnetic Plasma Analyzer (MPA)
in Applied Sciences
D'Amicis R
(2021)
First Solar Orbiter observation of the Alfvénic slow wind and identification of its solar source
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Duan D
(2020)
Magnetic Energy Transfer and Distribution between Protons and Electrons for Alfvénic Waves at Kinetic Scales in Wavenumber Space
in The Astrophysical Journal
Duan D
(2018)
Angular Independence of Break Position for Magnetic Power Spectral Density in Solar Wind Turbulence
in The Astrophysical Journal
He J
(2019)
Direct Measurement of the Dissipation Rate Spectrum around Ion Kinetic Scales in Space Plasma Turbulence
in The Astrophysical Journal
He J
(2022)
Growth of Outward Propagating Fast-magnetosonic/Whistler Waves in the Inner Heliosphere Observed by Parker Solar Probe
in The Astrophysical Journal
He J
(2020)
Spectra of Diffusion, Dispersion, and Dissipation for Kinetic Alfvénic and Compressive Turbulence: Comparison between Kinetic Theory and Measurements from MMS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hoppock IW
(2018)
Stochastic proton heating by kinetic-Alfvén-wave turbulence in moderately high-ß plasmas.
in Journal of plasma physics
Jeong S
(2022)
The Kinetic Expansion of Solar-wind Electrons: Transport Theory and Predictions for the Very Inner Heliosphere
in The Astrophysical Journal
Jeong S
(2020)
A Quasi-linear Diffusion Model for Resonant Wave-Particle Instability in Homogeneous Plasma
in The Astrophysical Journal
Jeong S
(2022)
The Stability of the Electron Strahl against the Oblique Fast-magnetosonic/Whistler Instability in the Inner Heliosphere
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Jiang W
(2023)
Statistical Properties of Plateau-Like Turbulence Spectra in the Martian Magnetosheath: MAVEN Observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Jiang W
(2022)
Whistler Waves as a Signature of Converging Magnetic Holes in Space Plasmas
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lavraud B
(2021)
Magnetic reconnection as a mechanism to produce multiple thermal proton populations and beams locally in the solar wind
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
| Description | Consolidated Grant |
| Amount | £2,856,952 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/S000240/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2019 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | ESA Networking Partnership Initiative |
| Amount | € 90,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | |
| Description | Making ALPS Usable and Sustainable |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2022 |
| End | 07/2023 |
| Description | Multi-scale electrostatic energisation of plasmas: comparison of collective processes in laboratory and space |
| Amount | £11,820 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2022 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Royal Astronomical Society: Undergraduate Bursary |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2020 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Solar System Consolidated Grant 2022-25 |
| Amount | £1,780,579 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/W001004/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2025 |
| Description | Undergraduate Bursary |
| Amount | £1,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Royal Astronomical Society |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2018 |
| End | 08/2018 |
| Title | Three-dimensional magnetic reconnection in particle-in-cell simulations of anisotropic plasma turbulence (Simulation Data) |
| Description | This folder contains the output of the following simulation: We use the explicit Plasma Simulation Code (PSC, Germaschewski et al.2016) to simulate eight anisotropic counter-propagating Alfvén waves in an ion-electron plasma. The anisotropy of the initial fluctuation is set up according to the theory of critical balance by Sridhar & Goldreich (1994) and Goldreich & Sridhar (1995) at the small scale end of the inertial range: \(k_{\parallel} d_{i} = C (|k_{\perp}|d_{i})^{2/3}\), where \(C= 10^{-4/3}\). The normalization parameters are the speed of light \(c = 1\), the vacuum permittivity \(\epsilon_{0} = 1\), the magnetic permeability \(\mu_{0} = 1\), the Boltzmann constant \(k_{b}=1\), the elementary charge \(q=1\), the ion mass \(m_{i}=1\), the density of ions and electrons \(n_{i}=n_{e}=1\) and the ion inertial length \(d_{i}=c/\omega_{pi}\) where \(\omega_{pi}=\sqrt{n_{i}q^{2}/m_{i}\epsilon_{0}}\) is the ion plasma frequency. We set \(\beta_{s,\parallel}=1\) and \(T_{s,\parallel}/T_{s,\perp}=1\), where \(\beta_{s,\parallel}=2 n_s \mu_{0} k_{B}T_{s,\parallel}/B_{0}^{2}\) is the ratio between the plasma pressure parallel to the background magnetic field \(\mathbf{B}_{0}\) and the magnetic pressure and $T_{s,\parallel}$ is the parallel temperature. The magnetic field is normalised to \(B_{0}=V_{A}/c\), where \(V_{A}=B_{0} / \sqrt{\mu_{0}n_{i}m_{i}}\) is the ion Alfvén speed. We use 100 particles per cell (100 ions and 100 electrons), a mass ratio of \(m_{i}/m_{e} = 100\) so that \(d_e = 0.1 d_{i}\) where \(m_{e}\) is the electron mass and \(d_{e}\) is the electron inertial length. The simulation box size is \(L_{x} \times L_{y} \times L_{z} = 24d_{i}\times24d_{i}\times125d_{i}\) and the spatial resolution is \(\Delta x =\Delta y = \Delta z = 0.06d_{i}\). We use a time step \(\Delta t =0.06/ \omega_{pi}\). In our normalisation, the Debye length \(\lambda_{D}=d_{i}\sqrt{\beta_{i}/2}V_{A}/c\) defines the minimum spatial distance that needs to be resolve in the simulation and \(\lambda_D=0.07d_i\). This output corresponds to \(t=120 \omega_{pi}\). These data were produced using the Data Intensive at Leicester (DIaL) facility provided by the DiRAC project dp126 "Identifying and Quantifying the Role of Magnetic Reconnection in Space Plasma Turbulence". |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset has led to multiple publications in our group, which are currently in the process of being reviewed or submitted to research journals. The data set will be permanently available for other users to study plasma turbulence in simulation data. |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/4313310 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | Harvard University |
| Department | Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | University of Arizona |
| Department | Lunar and Planetary Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | University of California, Berkeley |
| Department | Space Sciences Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | University of Cologne |
| Department | Institute of Geophysics and Meteorology |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | ALPS |
| Organisation | University of New Hampshire |
| Department | Space Science Center |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has led the proposal preparation of the ALPS proposal to NASA before his STFC fellowship began, and he is still the ALPS project manager. He has programmed the ALPS code in close partnership with Kris Klein from the University of Arizona. He also led the official code paper published in 2018 and the extension of the network of collaborators to include the Universities of Cologne and Helsinki. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues from New Hampshire, Arizona, Berkeley, and Harvard have supported the code development and the preparation of the code paper in Journal of Plasma Physics. Colleagues from Berkeley and Harvard have supplied space-plasma data to analyse with the ALPS code, and related papers are currently under preparation. The colleagues from Cologne have motivated future studies of relativistic electron physics in Jupiter's magnetosphere based on Juno spacecraft data. |
| Impact | The ALPS code paper was published in 2018 (doi: 10.1017/S0022377818000739). |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Austrian Academy of Sciences |
| Department | Space Research Institute |
| Country | Austria |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Braunschweig University of Technology |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Charles University |
| Country | Czech Republic |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Ecole Centrale de Lyon |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Florida Institute of Technology |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Imperial College London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Kanazawa University |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute |
| Country | Korea, Republic of |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Max Planck Society |
| Department | Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Nagoya University |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Department | NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | National Institute for Astrophysics |
| Department | Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology (IAPS) |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Observatory of Paris |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Polish Academy of Sciences |
| Country | Poland |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Princeton University |
| Department | Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Princeton University |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Queen Mary University of London |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Royal Institute of Technology |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Ruhr University Bochum |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Russian Academy of Sciences |
| Country | Russian Federation |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Space Science Institute |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Swarthmore College |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRF) |
| Country | Sweden |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | The Geophysical Institute of the National Polytechnic School of Ecuador (IG-EPN) |
| Country | Ecuador |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | Tokyo University of Science |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Arizona |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Calabria |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of California, Berkeley |
| Department | Space Sciences Laboratory |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Cologne |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Delaware |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Florence |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Iowa |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Kiel |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Leuven |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Reading |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Debye |
| Organisation | University of Toyama |
| Country | Japan |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is the Mission co-PI Science for the Debye mission proposal. This mission is closely related to to his STFC fellowship project since it directly relates electron microphysics to large-scale thermodynamics. With the mission PI Robert Wicks, Daniel Verscharen developed the mission idea and prepared the phase-one proposal to ESA in 2018. After acceptance of the phase-one proposal, he has directed and organised the preparation of the science section of the phase-two proposal. He has participated in weekly telecons with the team and presented Debye at multiple national and international meetings. He has set up and maintains the mission's twitter account @DebyeMission for outreach. In 2021, ESA published the second F-class call. The Debye team has submitted a second iteration of the phase-one proposal in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Debye mission is a large multi-national mission. The partners have provided expertise in the writing of the mission proposal and the design of spacecraft hardware. |
| Impact | The mission concept was successful in ESA's downselection in December 2018 and ended up as the backup mission for the first F-class. Debye is multi-disciplinary due to its strong relevance to astrophysics and laboratory plasma physics, and our research team includes colleagues from these fields. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | HelioDISC: The Heliospheric Distributed In-situ Constellation |
| Organisation | Johns Hopkins University |
| Department | Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen supported the HelioDISC team in the preparation of their mission proposal. His scientific expertise was required, especially, in the development of science objectives regarding turbulence in the solar wind and the flow-down of requirements. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The mission team organised regular virtual meetings, in which the mission was discussed. The team also met for a week-long co-engineering exercise (ACE run) in early 2022. |
| Impact | The collaboration submitted a pre-study report to NASA. APL selected this concept for an ACE-run, for which reports are in preparation. This collaboration includes scientists from various fields of heliophysics (solar wind, energetic particles, eruptive events) and space engineers. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Helioswarm |
| Organisation | University of New Hampshire |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is a member of the Helioswarm Theory Working Group. He supported the writing of the proposal case and the science discussions during the mission planning. Helioswarm has been selected by NASA in February 2022. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The mission development is led by the University of New Hampshire. Helioswarm is a large international collaboration with many layers of contributions to the overall project, including scientific and technical expertise. |
| Impact | The Helioswarm collaboration includes experts from the fields of space plasma science and space engineering. The key output of this collaboration is the MIDEX mission that will record unprecedented multi-point data of the turbulence in the solar wind. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | ISSI Team: Exploring The Solar Wind In Regions Closer Than Ever Observed Before |
| Organisation | International Space Science Institute (ISSI) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | As a member of this ISSI team, Daniel Verscharen participated in the first team meeting in January 2020 and in online meetings since the beginning of the pandemic. The participants of this meeting discussed the connectivity between Parker Solar Probe, Solar Orbiter, and other space-based and ground-based solar-physics assets. Daniel Verscharen has actively contributed with publications related to this ISSI team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The partners in this collaboration explored a series of six top-level research papers that the team are currently working on. The team consists of experts from the theoretical, numerical, and observational side, so that the team successfully brought together all of this expertise. |
| Impact | Daniel Verscharen has already published two research articles from this collaboration. Further research publications are currently in preparation. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | ISSI Team: Heliospheric energy budget: from kinetic scales to global solar wind dynamics |
| Organisation | International Space Science Institute (ISSI) |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The first meeting of this ISSI team happened in November 2021. The participants discussed topics of kinetic electron physics in the solar wind and how these small-scale processes affect the global evolution of the plasmas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The experts in the simulation and observation of space plasmas contributed to the development of ideas for interdisciplinary and high-impact publications about the kinetic physics of the solar wind. |
| Impact | The ISSI team members are currently working on a list of multiple publications. Daniel Verscharen is involved in most of them directly. Two papers with attribution to this ISSI team have already been published. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Jupiter's aurora |
| Organisation | University of Cologne |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | In this project, Daniel Verscharen supports the analysis of Juno/JEDI data to understand the acceleration of electrons in Jupiter's aurora. He applies the ALPS code to relativistic electron distributions in order to understand kinetic damping and acceleration processes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project partners at the University of Cologne are experts in the analysis of Juno spacecraft data to understand magnetospheric plasma processes at Jupiter. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | MagneToRE |
| Organisation | University of Delaware |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is a co-investigator of the MagneToRE mission proposal, which is currently in preparation. He has supported the definition of the science case and the science implementation work for the MagneToRE mission. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The MagneToRE mission team consists of experts from multiple European and US research institutions with a broad experience in scientific and engineering work related to space-plasma missions. |
| Impact | The MagneToRE team have submitted a pre-proposal to APL and a mission description paper. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Peking University (PKU) |
| Organisation | Peking University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen has contributed to the writing of multiple papers with the colleagues from PKU. In addition, he supervised a visiting student (Honghong Wu) from Peking who visited UCL for one year from 2017 until 2018. He helped Honghong in acquiring funding from the prestigious Chinese government scholarship programme for this visit. He also advised the PKU group in the use of the NHDS code for scientific calculations of plasma waves and their polarisation properties. The collaboration is currently working on fostering this partnership by securing funding for mutual visits and further publications in the future. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Honghong Wu has worked actively with Daniel Verscharen and the MSSL space-plasma group during her visit to UCL. This has resulted in two papers in international journals. Jiansen He and Die Duan from PKU have brought additional expertise in the collaboration from their background of observing waves and turbulence in the solar wind and in the magnetosheath. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in five publications so far (doi: 10.3847/1538-4357/aaef77, 10.3847/1538-4357/aad9aa, 10.3847/1538-4357/ab1be7, 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2a79), multiple conference presentations, and the preparation of a future publication (currently under review). |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Quasilinear dissipation |
| Organisation | University of New Hampshire |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen is a collaborator on the project "Quasilinear Dissipation of Turbulently-Generated Kinetic Alfvén Waves: Kinetics of Ion Heating and Solar Wind Acceleration in Coronal Holes", led by the University of New Hampshire. He contributes to this project with theoretical expertise in kinetic physics and numerical calculations of the dispersion relation. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The project partners from the University of New Hampshire have extensive experience in kinetic studies of turbulent processes. |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Universidad de Chile - Kinetic physics in astrophysical plasmas |
| Organisation | University of California, Berkeley |
| Department | Department of Astronomy |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen continuously provides this collaboration with calculations of instability growth rates based on given plasma parameters from the nonlinear simulations run by the colleagues in Chile. He also supports the writing of publications with his expertise on plasma instabilities in space plasmas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues in Chile ran fully kinetic, non-linear plasma simulations of sheared plasmas like accretion disks. They compared Daniel Verscharen's predictions for kinetic instability thresholds from the NHDS code with their nonlinear results. The colleagues from Chile and the US wrote most of the publications that resulted from this collaboration. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in four papers (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/800/1/27, 10.3847/0004-637X/824/2/123, 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa6d1, 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2592). This collaboration is multi-disciplinary since it is based on the connection between expertise in space plasmas with the collaborator's expertise in astrophysical plasmas. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Universidad de Chile - Kinetic physics in astrophysical plasmas |
| Organisation | University of Chile |
| Department | Department of Physics |
| Country | Chile |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Daniel Verscharen continuously provides this collaboration with calculations of instability growth rates based on given plasma parameters from the nonlinear simulations run by the colleagues in Chile. He also supports the writing of publications with his expertise on plasma instabilities in space plasmas. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The colleagues in Chile ran fully kinetic, non-linear plasma simulations of sheared plasmas like accretion disks. They compared Daniel Verscharen's predictions for kinetic instability thresholds from the NHDS code with their nonlinear results. The colleagues from Chile and the US wrote most of the publications that resulted from this collaboration. |
| Impact | This collaboration has resulted in four papers (doi: 10.1088/0004-637X/800/1/27, 10.3847/0004-637X/824/2/123, 10.3847/1538-4357/aaa6d1, 10.3847/1538-4357/ab2592). This collaboration is multi-disciplinary since it is based on the connection between expertise in space plasmas with the collaborator's expertise in astrophysical plasmas. |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Title | HolmMHD |
| Description | The HolmMHD code is a numerical code to solve the isotropic and adiabatic magnetohydrodynamics equations in a periodic box. It uses an efficient MPI parallelisation scheme, so that the code runs successfully on HPC facilities. HolmMHD has been tested in turbulence simulations and standard MHD benchmarking simulations. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The fully open-access nature if the code makes it possible for researchers to use the code without any financial commitment. This is especially useful for early-career researchers and researchers from developing countries. |
| URL | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ab30c8 |
| Title | NHDS |
| Description | Daniel Verscharen has developed the NHDS code that solves the linear hot plasma dispersion relation. This code is a versatile and universal numerical tool for the whole plasma community (space, astrophysics, and laboratory plasmas). It calculates plasma dispersion relations in plasmas with an arbitrary number of drifting bi-Maxwellian distribution functions. Although the code was initially developed at UNH, important modifications, the publication of the code paper, and the publication of the code were led by UCL/MSSL with support from STFC. |
| Type Of Technology | Software |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | The code is available on github and has already been downloaded by other researchers and students and used for their publications. The source code is publicly available so that other users can modify it and use it in their work. Currently, an external team is working on the implementation of NHDS in PlasmaPy, an open-source Python framework for plasma applications. The user community has grown substantially, and NHDS has become a standard tool in the plasma community. For some time, the NHDS code paper in Research Notes of the American Astronomical Society has become the most-cited article in the journal. |
| URL | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/aabfe3 |
| Description | Debye Twitter Feed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen set up the Twitter account @DebyeMission early in 2019. This social-media account presents our Debye mission and raises support for our project. The account has reached 66 followers. However, this channel will be one of the main communication channels in later stages of the mission if it proceeds further in ESA's selection process. It has already prompted other scientists to sign up to our support list. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
| Description | Interview about first results from Parker Solar Probe - Cosmos Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen participated in a telephone interview with a journalist from the Cosmos Magazine. This discussion has led to the article "First results from close to the Sun", which targets a general audience with its description of the first results from the Parker Solar Probe. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/first-results-from-close-to-the-sun |
| Description | Interview on Solar Orbiter for Force Thirteen YouTube Channel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen gave an interview on the Solar Orbiter mission for the YouTube channel "Force Thirteen". This interview was recorded during ESA's Social Space event at ESOC in Darmstadt. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/8miuoDE-tIc |
| Description | Interview on Solar Orbiter for German radio station HR Info |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen was interviewed for a hour-long radio feature on the Sun and Solar Orbiter by the German talk-radio station HR Info. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview on Solar Orbiter for German radio station HR2 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen gave a radio interview on the German radio station HR2 about Solar Orbiter and the effects of space weather. This recording was featured in an hour-long radio special on the Sun and space exploration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Interview on Solar Orbiter for KCW London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen was interviewed for an article in the KCW London magazine about the launch of Solar Orbiter. Some of his comments were published in the article "The Sun". This article is aimed at the general public with the goal of raising awareness for the activities related to the launch of Solar Orbiter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.kcwtoday.co.uk/2020/02/the-sun/ |
| Description | Interview on Solar Orbiter for National Geographic España |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen was interviewed for an article in the National Geographic España magazine about the launch of Solar Orbiter. Some of his comments were published in the article "Misión Solar Orbiter: entender el sol para proteger la Tierra". This article is aimed at the general public with the goal of raising awareness for the activities related to the launch of Solar Orbiter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://www.nationalgeographic.com.es/ciencia/mision-solar-orbiter-entender-sol-para-proteger-tierra_... |
| Description | Interview on Solar Orbiter with The Register |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen was interviewed for an article in The Register about the launch of Solar Orbiter. Some of his comments were published in the article "Forget the Oscars, the Solar Orbiter is off to take a close look at our nearest (and super-hot) star". This article is aimed at the general public with the goal of raising awareness for the activities related to the launch of Solar Orbiter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.theregister.co.uk/2020/02/10/solar_orbiter/ |
| Description | Interview on Solar Orbiter with el Periódico |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen was interviewed for an article on the Spanish newspaper el Periódico about the launch of Solar Orbiter. Some of his answers were published in the article "Una sonda se prepara para observar los polos del Sol". This article is aimed at the general public with the goal of raising awareness for the activities related to the launch of Solar Orbiter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ciencia/20200208/una-sonda-se-prepara-para-observar-los-polos-del-sol... |
| Description | Interview on Solar Orbiter with wired.com |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen was interviewed for an article on wired.com about the launch of Solar Orbiter. Some of his answers were published in the article "Europe's Solar Orbiter Begins Its Journey to the Sun". This article is aimed at the general public with the goal of raising awareness for the activities related to the launch of Solar Orbiter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.wired.com/story/europes-solar-orbiter-begins-its-journey-to-the-sun/ |
| Description | Invited keynote lectures on the future of space science at Salzburger Hochschulwochen, Austria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Two talks at an interdisciplinary summer school in Salzburg, Austria, about the future of space science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Live radio interview about Solar Orbiter - SWR Aktuell Radio |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In a live radio interview on the German radio station SWR Aktuell, Daniel Verscharen discussed the Solar Orbiter mission, the instrumentation, and technological and operational challenges for the mission. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/radio/im-gespraech/Solar-Orbiter-gestartet-der-Sonne-ganz-nah,solar-or... |
| Description | Participation in space-mission special, BBC Four: The Sky at Night |
| 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 | BBC Four's Sky at Night programme interviewed Daniel Verscharen and Robert Wicks for a special on space missions. We discussed the role of the Debye mission in ESA's general mission plan. The programme also followed us during the decision-making process and the selection of ESA's F-class mission. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Podcast interview on Solar Orbiter - Auf Distanz |
| 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 | In a podcast interview for the German podcast "Auf Distanz", the Solar Orbiter mission was discussed. This comprehensive interview has received a large positive reaction on social-media channels with requests for additional information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | http://aufdistanz.de/auf-distanz-0052-solar-orbiter/ |
| Description | Podcast series #SpaceFromHome |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen launched the podcast series #SpaceFromHome during the COVID-19 pandemic. In these podcasts, he discusses the work of space scientists during the pandemic lockdown. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT2hjh2vczNXREkUW_TuDHg |
| Description | Press release "How magnetic waves interact with Earth's bubble" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release about publication on foreshock waves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2022/dec/how-magnetic-waves-interact-earths-bubble |
| Description | Press release "New study models transmission of foreshock waves towards Earth" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release by the University of Helsinki about publication on foreshock waves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.helsinki.fi/en/news/space/new-study-models-transmission-foreshock-waves-towards-earth |
| Description | Press release "Transmission of foreshock waves through Earth's bow shock" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release about publication on foreshock waves. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.issibern.ch/from-teams-earths-bow-shock/ |
| Description | Press release: UCL study of electrons in Solar Wind appears in the Astrophysical Journal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | UCL issued a press release about the publication of the article "Self-induced scattering of the electron strahl in the solar wind". This press release was well received by other online media and let to further online dissemination. Furthermore, the press release drew the attention of a wider network of colleagues to this work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical-physical-sciences/news/2019/dec/ucl-study-electrons-solar-wind-ap... |
| Description | Public outreach talk on the Sun and the latest results from Solar Orbiter for the Heidelberg House of Astronomy |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen gave a public talk on the latest results from the Solar Orbiter mission to an online audience at the Heidelberg House of Astronomy. This even was attended by about 100 people and is still available on Youtube. The recording was seen by over 1,400 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYbd6amfjCk |
| Description | Solar Orbiter Science Briefing at ESA social-media event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | At ESA's Social Space event related to the launch of Solar Orbiter, a group of 40 social-media influencers and enthusiasts was selected and invited. Daniel Verscharen gave a general science briefing on Solar Orbiter and discussed questions with the social-media enthusiasts. This activity has received a large coverage on social media and led to many follow-up discussions with followers on social-media channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | StoryCorps Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen gave a podcast interview in the American Geophysical Union's Centennial programme "AGU Narratives". In the interview, he discussed the Debye mission and space-plasma physics on the level for a broad audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://archive.storycorps.org/interviews/an-interview-with-daniel-verscharen/ |
| Description | Supercomputer simulations unlock an old space weather puzzle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | UKRI published a press release regarding he research article that was published under the leadership of PhD student Jeffersson Andres Agudelo Rueda. The press release created media attention which ultimately led to two newspaper articles and further online quotes from the press release on multiple international media outlets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.ukri.org/news/supercomputer-simulations-unlock-an-old-space-weather-puzzle/ |
| Description | Supercomputer simulations unlock space weather puzzle |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This press release was published by UCL and pitched to various media outlets. Two newspaper articles followed and multiple quotes on international online outlets. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/may/supercomputer-simulations-unlock-space-weather-puzzle |
| Description | TV Interview about Solar Orbiter - ZDF heute in deutschland |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In a TV interview for the German nationwide news programme ZDF heute in deutschland, Daniel Verscharen discussed the Solar Orbiter mission on the day of its launch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-in-deutschland/heute---in-deutschland-clip-5-1626.html |
| Description | TV interview about Solar Orbiter mission - RTL Hessen |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In a TV interview for the German local TV station RTL Hessen, Daniel Verscharen discussed the Solar Orbiter mission on the day of its launch. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.rtl-hessen.de/beitrag/darmstadt-esa-raumsonde-solar-orbiter-gestartet-sonne-reise |
| Description | TV interview on Solar Orbiter: ZDF heute journal |
| 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 | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | In a TV interview for the German nationwide news ZDF heute journal, Daniel Verscharen discussed the Solar Orbiter mission on the day of its launch. This programme was watched by over four million viewers and gave an opportunity to widely advertise the activities related to our research with Solar Orbiter. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute-journal/bilderbuchstart-fuer-sonnensonde-100.html |
| Description | Talks about space weather and solar physics on MS Queen Victoria |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | In two talks on board MS Vitoria, Daniel Verscharen presented as a representative for the Royal Astronomical Society and UCL STFC-led research on the Sun and space weather. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Twitter feed |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen has largely expanded his Twitter account @DVerscharen as a key channel for the dissemination of latest results in the field of solar-wind research. He informs the public about the latest developments, the direct outcome of his own research, and relevant impact-related activities. After a social-media event at ESA, where he presented his work in preparation for the Solar Orbiter mission and following further use of this channel, this account increased its number of followers to over 1000. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020,2021,2022,2023 |
| Description | Un colombiano lidera equipo que busca revelar secretos del plasma |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This article, published in the Colombian newspaper El Tiempo (both print and online) describes the study led by Jeffersson Andres Agudelo Rueda. This work was published in the Journal of Plasma Physics in 2021. After an extensive interview, the newspaper highlighted the activities of the space plasma research group at MSSL and especially the involvement of the PhD student Jeffersson Agudelo. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.eltiempo.com/vida/ciencia/un-colombiano-lidera-equipo-que-busca-revelar-secretos-del-pla... |
| Description | Why is the sun's atmosphere so hot? Article for The Conversation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Verscharen wrote an article for The Conversation on the first results from the Parker Solar Probe. The title of this article is "Why is the sun's atmosphere so hot? Spacecraft starts to unravel our star's mysteries". It is open-access and publicly available. This article was also picked up by other news channels and was disseminated broadly. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/why-is-the-suns-atmosphere-so-hot-spacecraft-starts-to-unravel-our-stars... |
| Description | Why solar winds are 10 TIMES hotter than expected when they hit Earth: Streams stay so hot because of magnetic connections that form in the turbulence, study reveals |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This article about our paper, which was led by Jeffersson Andres Agudelo Rueda and published in the Journal of Plasma Physics, appeared in the Daily Mail online on 14 May 2021. The article created multiple reader comments in the online comment board. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-9575863/Solar-winds-stay-hot-magnetic-connections-fo... |