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
Coxon J
(2023)
Extreme Birkeland Currents Are More Likely During Geomagnetic Storms on the Dayside of the Earth
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Smith A
(2021)
Forecasting the Probability of Large Rates of Change of the Geomagnetic Field in the UK: Timescales, Horizons, and Thresholds
in Space Weather
Murphy K
(2022)
GMAG: An open-source python package for ground-based magnetometers
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Chakraborty S
(2022)
Intense chorus waves are the cause of flux-limiting in the heart of the outer radiation belt.
in Scientific reports
Desai R
(2021)
Interplanetary Shock-Induced Magnetopause Motion: Comparison Between Theory and Global Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations
in Geophysical Research Letters
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
Elsden T
(2022)
Modeling the Varying Location of Field Line Resonances During Geomagnetic Storms
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 |