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
Pan D
(2024)
The Colocation of Magnetic Reconnection and Current Disruption in Jovian Middle Magnetosphere
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Murphy K
(2025)
Understanding and Modeling the Dynamics of Storm-Time Atmospheric Neutral Density Using Random Forests
in Space Weather
Murphy K
(2023)
A New Four-Component L *-Dependent Model for Radial Diffusion Based on Solar Wind and Magnetospheric Drivers of ULF Waves
in Space Weather
Murphy K
(2022)
GMAG: An open-source python package for ground-based magnetometers
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Mooney M
(2021)
Evaluating Auroral Forecasts Against Satellite Observations
in Space Weather
Mooney M
(2022)
Evaluating Auroral Forecasts Against Satellite Observations
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
Lotz S
(2023)
The Radial Variation of the Solar Wind Turbulence Spectra near the Kinetic Break Scale from Parker Solar Probe Measurements
in The Astrophysical Journal
| 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 |