Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre
The work of this centre is at the forefront of addressing theoretical
and observational issues in solar physics that include Helioseismology
and Coronal-seismology. This centre is one of the largest and most
dynamic solar physics research groups in the country and is well
renowned internationally.
Group home page
Members
| Academic staff | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Office | Phone | VCard | ||
| Dr Istvan Ballai | H9 | 23833 | I.Ballai | vcard | Solar plasma physics, linear and nonlinear waves |
| Dr Rekha Jain | H24 | 23732 | R.Jain | vcard | Solar physics, Helioseismology, Astrophysical MHD |
| Dr Eun-jin Kim | H13 | 23876 | E.Kim | vcard | Fluid dynamics, magnetohydrodynamics (MHD), plasma physics, self-organisation, non-equilibrium statistical mechanics, turbulence, solar/stellar physics, magnetic fusion, homeostasis in biosystems |
| Dr Yi Li | H14 | 23882 | YiLi | vcard | Fluid dynamics. Fluid flow optimization. Turbulence. Wind energy |
| Dr Nils Mole | G28 | 23772 | N.Mole | vcard | Turbulent diffusion |
| Prof Michael Ruderman | H8 | 23717 | M.S.Ruderman | vcard | Hydrodynamics and magnetohydrodynamics. Waves and instablities. Applications to solar and space physics. |
| Dr Gary Verth | H22 | 23828 | G.Verth | vcard | |
| Prof Robert von Fay-Siebenburgen | H16 | 23832 | R.von.Fay-Siebenburgen | vcard | Solar, space and plasma physics, MHD waves, linear and non-linear waves |
| Research fellows | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Office | Phone | VCard | ||
| Mr Stuart Mumford | H19 | 23712 | S.Mumford | vcard | |
| Research associates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Office | Phone | VCard | ||
| Mr Christopher Nelson | H19 | 23712 | C.J.Nelson | vcard | |
| Dr Ben Snow | D10 (ACSE) | b.j.snow | vcard | ||
| Postgraduate students | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Office | Phone | VCard | ||
| Matthew Allcock | H23 | MAllcock1 | vcard | Solar magnetohydrodynamic waves | |
| Mihai Barbulescu | I23 | MBarbulescu1 | vcard | ||
| Samuel Bennett | H23 | S.M.Bennett | vcard | MHD Waves in the Solar Chromosphere | |
| Ioannis Giagkiozis | H23c | 23712 | I.Giagkiozis | vcard | |
| Norbert Gyenge | H23 | NGGyenge1 | vcard | ||
| Samuel Jackson | H25 | cha07swj | vcard | ||
| Tamas Sandor Kiss | H23 | TSKiss1 | vcard | ||
| Ms Marianna Korsos | M.Korsos | vcard | |||
| Fionnlagh Mackenzie Dover | H23 | FMackenzieDover1 | vcard | ||
| James Mather | H23 | 23712 | JFMather1 | vcard | |
| Rahul Sharma | H23 | 23712 | RSharma9 | vcard | Solar Physics, MHD waves |
| Daria Shukhobodskaia | H23 | SYShukhobodskaia1 | vcard | ||
| Mr Alexander Shukhobodskiy | I23 | AShukhobodskiy1 | vcard | ||
| Hope Thackray | H25 | HThackray1 | vcard | ||
| Eleanor Vickers | H23 | EVickers1 | vcard | ||
Current grants
| European Solar Telescope PRE-EST | EC |
| Instabilities in partially ionized prominence plasmas | Leverhulme |
| ATST UK Consortium-PPRP bid | STFC |
| Consolidated Grant Support for SP2RC | STFC |
| PROGRESS | EC |
| AURA | NSF |
| Royal Society International Exchange Scheme | RS |
Past grants
| Particle Physics and Astronomy International Summer School (IUSS 2007), PPARC, 2007 | PPARC |
| Theory and Observations of the Solar-Terrestrial System, STFC Introductory Course in Solar and Solar-Terrestrial Physics (ISS 2008) | STFC |
| Topical Advanced Summer School joint with UK-Ukraine Workshop on MHD Waves, Oscillations and Instabilities in Solar and Space Environment | STFC |
| The heliopause and heliosheath: distance, shape, structure of flow and stability | RS |
| Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship 2011 | Leverhulme |
| Consolidated Grant Support for the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC) | STFC |
| India-UK Scientific Seminar | RS |
| Royal Society exchange | RS |
Key publications
- Jess, D.B., Erdélyi, R. et al.
"Alfven Waves in the Lower Solar Atmosphere"
Science (2009) - Erdélyi, R. and Fedun, V.
"Are There Alfven Waves in the Solar Atmosphere?"
Science (2007) - Kim, E.
"Consistent Theory of Turbulent Transport in Two-Dimensional Magnetohydrodynamics"
Physical Review Letters (2006) - Erdélyi, Robert
"Magnetic coupling of waves and oscillations in the lower solar atmosphere: can the tail wag the dog?"
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences (2006) - Jain, R., Browning, P. and Kusano, K.
"Nonlinear effects on magnetic energy release by forced magnetic reconnection: Long wavelength perturbations"
Physics of Plasmas (2006) - Dymova, M.V. and Ruderman, M.S.
"Resonantly damped oscillations of longitudinally stratified coronal loops"
Astronomy and Astrophysics (2006) - Ballai, I., Erdélyi, R. and Hargreaves, J.
"Slow magnetohydrodynamic waves in stratified and viscous plasmas"
Physics of Plasmas (2006) - Ballai, I., Erdélyi, R and Pintér, B
"On the Nature of Coronal EIT Waves"
The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2005) - De Pontieu, Bart, von Fay-Siebenburgen, R. and James, Stewart P.
"Solar chromospheric spicules from the leakage of photospheric oscillations and flows"
Nature (2004) - Thompson, M.J., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Miesch, M.S. and Toomre, J.
"The Internal Rotation of the Sun"
Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics (2003) - Jain, R. and Haber, D.
"Solar p-modes and surface magnetic fields: Is there an acoustic emission?"
Astronomy and Astrophysics (2002) - Ruderman, M.S. and Roberts, B.
"The Damping of Coronal Loop Oscillations"
The Astrophysical Journal (2002) - Kim, E. and MacGregor, K.B.
"Gravity Wave-driven Flows in the Solar Tachocline"
The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2001) - Howe, R. , Thompson, M.J. and Toomre, J.
"Deeply Penetrating Banded Zonal Flows in the Solar Convection Zone"
The Astrophysical Journal Letters (2000)