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
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
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
Smith A
(2024)
Sudden Commencements and Geomagnetically Induced Currents in New Zealand: Correlations and Dependance
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
Smith A
(2022)
On the Considerations of Using Near Real Time Data for Space Weather Hazard Forecasting
in Space Weather
Smith A
(2021)
The Impact of Sudden Commencements on Ground Magnetic Field Variability: Immediate and Delayed Consequences
in Space Weather
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 |