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
Sandhu J
(2023)
Van Allen Probes Observations of a Three-Dimensional Field Line Resonance at a Plasmaspheric Plume
in Geophysical Research Letters
Staples F
(2023)
Differentiating Between Simultaneous Loss Drivers in Earth's Outer Radiation Belt: Multi-Dimensional Phase Space Density Analysis
in Geophysical Research Letters
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
Smith A
(2023)
Statistical Characterization of the Dynamic Near-Earth Plasma Sheet Relative to Ultra-Low Frequency (ULF) Wave Growth at Substorm Onset
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Xiao C
(2023)
Evidence for lunar tide effects in Earth's plasmasphere
in Nature Physics
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
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 |