MSSL Solar & Planetary Physics Consolidated Grant 2016-2019

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The aims of the solar system programme at MSSL are to break new ground in the understanding of the physical processes at work within each of our theme topics: (a) solar activity and the origin at the Sun of the solar wind and disturbances within it; including coronal mass ejections (CME), flares, filaments and filament eruptions(b) 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(c) 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 (d) solar wind and plasma interactions at other planetary environments; including ionospheric processes, comet-plasma interactions, planetary magnetospheric plasma populations and processes driving aurorae and X-ray emission (e) planetary surface formation processes; including cratering chronology and dynamic feature tracking via super-resolution restoration