Solar System Consolidated Grant 2019-22

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The aims of the solar system programme at UCL-MSSL are to break new ground in the understanding of the physical processes at work within each of our theme topics: a) solar magnetic activity, its causes, consequences, and influence on the Solar System 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, and in-situ dynamics of energy transport in space plasmas.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 and charged dust populations and processes driving aurorae and X-ray emission in atmospheres and on surfacese) planetary surface formation processes; including cratering chronology and dynamic feature tracking via super-resolution restoration These goals are addressed using data from space- and ground- based instruments, and modelling.