Space and Planetary Research at Lancaster University

这项综合拨款申请寻求资源，以支持stfc资助的一个项目，研究我们太阳系内各种等离子体环境的物理学。因此，该计划分为四个不同的项目，其目的如下：项目一将利用来自Cluster、THEMIS和Geotail航天器的数据来研究地球空间中的不对称等离子体流动，阐明引入不对称的时间尺度，并确定上游太阳风监测仪在多大程度上可以预测这些不对称。项目2将利用火星空间等离子体环境的等离子体和电磁场测量，结合磁化太阳风的传播模型，研究火星上太阳风-磁层-电离层耦合调节的变异性。项目3将结合理论、数据和建模来研究木星的高纬度磁场，这有助于将行星大气与周围的等离子体环境结合起来，并了解行星的极光发射。项目4将调查土星极光的能量学，使用新的哈勃太空望远镜观测来揭示磁层动力学和季节变化。

This consolidated grant application seeks resources to support a programme of STFC-funded research into the physics of various plasma environments within our solar system. The programme is thus divided into four distinct projects, the aims of which are as follows:Project 1 will exploit data from the Cluster, THEMIS and Geotail spacecraft to study asymmetric plasma flows in geospace, elucidate the timescales on which the asymmetries are introduced, and determine to what extent they can be predicted by upstream solar wind monitors.Project 2 will use plasma and electromagnetic field measurements from the martian space plasma environment, combined with propagation models of the magnetised solar wind, to investigate variability that modulates solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere couple at Mars.Project 3 will combine theory, data, and modelling to study Jupiter's high magnetic latitudes, which are instrumental in coupling the planetary atmosphere to its surrounding plasma environment and understanding planetary auroral emissions.Project 4 will investigate the energetics of Saturn's aurora, using new Hubble Space Telescope observations to reveal magnetospheric dynamics and seasonal changes.