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
Smith A
(2024)
Ion-Scale Magnetic Flux Ropes and Loops in Earth's Magnetotail: An Automated, Comprehensive Survey of MMS Data Between 2017 and 2022
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Zhao J
(2021)
Vortex Generation and Auroral Response to a Solar Wind Dynamic Pressure Increase: Event Analyses
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Remya B
(2023)
Understanding Quiet and Storm Time EMIC Waves-Van Allen Probes Results
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Elsden T
(2022)
Modeling the Varying Location of Field Line Resonances During Geomagnetic Storms
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Sandhu J
(2021)
ULF Wave Driven Radial Diffusion During Geomagnetic Storms: A Statistical Analysis of Van Allen Probes Observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Xiao C
(2023)
Evidence for lunar tide effects in Earth's plasmasphere
in Nature Physics
Killey S
(2023)
Using machine learning to diagnose relativistic electron distributions in the Van Allen radiation belts
in RAS Techniques and Instruments
Yao Z
(2021)
Revealing the source of Jupiter's x-ray auroral flares.
in Science advances
Chakraborty S
(2022)
Intense chorus waves are the cause of flux-limiting in the heart of the outer radiation belt.
in Scientific reports
Murphy K
(2025)
Understanding and Modeling the Dynamics of Storm-Time Atmospheric Neutral Density Using Random Forests
in Space Weather
| 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 |