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
Abraham J
(2022)
Thermal Energy Budget of Electrons in the Inner Heliosphere: Parker Solar Probe Observations
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Bercic L
(2021)
Whistler instability driven by the sunward electron deficit in the solar wind High-cadence Solar Orbiter observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chakraborty S
(2022)
Intense chorus waves are the cause of flux-limiting in the heart of the outer radiation belt.
in Scientific reports
Chakraborty S
(2022)
Statistical investigation on equatorial pitch angle distribution of energetic electrons in Earth's outer radiation belt during CME- and CIR-driven storms
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Desai R
(2021)
Interplanetary Shock-Induced Magnetopause Motion: Comparison Between Theory and Global Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations
in Geophysical Research Letters
Elsden T
(2022)
Modeling the Varying Location of Field Line Resonances During Geomagnetic Storms
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
French R
(2021)
Probing Current Sheet Instabilities from Flare Ribbon Dynamics
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Killey S
(2023)
Using machine learning to diagnose relativistic electron distributions in the Van Allen radiation belts
in RAS Techniques and Instruments
| Description | Wolfson Visiting Professorship |
| Amount | £100,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 09/2023 |