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
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
Smith A
(2024)
Automatic Encoding of Unlabeled Two Dimensional Data Enabling Similarity Searches: Electron Diffusion Regions and Auroral Arcs
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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
Zhang S
(2021)
Determining the Global Scale Size of Chorus Waves in the Magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Zhang S
(2021)
Determining the Temporal and Spatial Coherence of Plasmaspheric Hiss Waves in the Magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Staples F
(2023)
Differentiating Between Simultaneous Loss Drivers in Earth's Outer Radiation Belt: Multi-Dimensional Phase Space Density Analysis
in Geophysical Research Letters
Bakrania M
(2022)
Direct Evidence of Magnetic Reconnection Onset via the Tearing Instability
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
| 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 |