STFC Consolidated Grant transfer and extension
Lead Research Organisation:
Northumbria University
Department Name: Fac of Engineering and Environment
Abstract
The aims of this transferred programme from MSSL are to break new ground in the understanding of the physical processes at work in:
a) solar wind formation and propagation and evolution through the heliosphere; including the source of the solar wind and understanding which regions on the Sun control the solar wind, and in-situ dynamics of energy transport in space plasmas.
b) solar wind interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere; including solar wind physics at kinetic and large scales, reconnection, magnetospheric acceleration and transport processes and processes controlling the aurora and radiation belts
a) solar wind formation and propagation and evolution through the heliosphere; including the source of the solar wind and understanding which regions on the Sun control the solar wind, and in-situ dynamics of energy transport in space plasmas.
b) solar wind interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere; including solar wind physics at kinetic and large scales, reconnection, magnetospheric acceleration and transport processes and processes controlling the aurora and radiation belts
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Jonathan Rae (Principal Investigator) | |
| Robert Wicks (Co-Investigator) |
Publications
Breneman A
(2020)
Driving of Outer Belt Electron Loss by Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Structures: Analysis of Balloon and Satellite Data
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Verscharen D
(2021)
The Plasma Universe: A Coherent Science Theme for Voyage 2050
Wang H
(2021)
Earth Wind as a Possible Exogenous Source of Lunar Surface Hydration
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Walton S
(2021)
Cross- Coherence of the Outer Radiation Belt During Storms and the Role of the Plasmapause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
James M
(2021)
The Scalable Plasma Ion Composition and Electron Density (SPICED) Model for Earth's Inner Magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Maruca B
(2021)
MagneToRE: Mapping the 3-D Magnetic Structure of the Solar Wind Using a Large Constellation of Nanosatellites
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Zhang S
(2021)
Determining the Temporal and Spatial Coherence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Waves in the Magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
| Description | Wolfson Visiting Professorship |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2021 |
| End | 09/2023 |