Application to STFC for Consolidated Grant Support for the Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC)

谢菲尔德大学太阳物理和空间等离子体研究中心(SP2RC)试图了解太阳内部、近太阳表面和太阳大气层中发生的从光球层到日冕的关键等离子体过程的性质，并特别关注这些明显不同区域的各种耦合机制。太阳大气中释放的能量流有很大一部分进入星际空间，冲击地球的弓形激波，为磁层提供能量，对人类的日常生活产生影响。将利用数学模型和分析现有的最新卫星和地面数据集，研究太阳内部和近太阳次表层区域高能事件的产生及其通过太阳内部-大气-空间等离子体系统的传播。我们的数学方法包括严格的分析工作和并行计算(网格和启用CUDA的技术)的实施，其中结果将通过进行和使用空间(SOHO、TRACE、HINODE、SDO)和地面(瑞典太阳望远镜、邓恩太阳望远镜)观测来测试和验证。拟议的方案涉及五个科学项目：1)磁场特征和局部日震学；2)新一代太阳磁震学：开辟太阳物理学的新途径；3)日冕物理的驱动力：从低太阳大气到日冕的三维正演模拟；4)日冕环横向振荡的高级理论；5)太阳和其他恒星的多尺度理论和自组织。该计划还有一个充满活力和重要的访问研究人员项目。我们要求提供资金，以支付RAS的工资、研究领导/管理的适当费用以及首席调查员和四名合作调查人员的研究时间，为培养该领域下一代专家的特殊项目相关的观察性博士研究生提供资金，为规模不大但必不可少的访问人员计划提供资金，用于旅行和生活、计算设备和消耗品。

The Solar Physics and Space Plasma Research Centre (SP2RC) at the University of Sheffield seeks to understand the nature of key plasma processes occurring in the solar interior, near-solar surface and the atmosphere of the Sun, from photosphere to corona, with particular attention devoted to the various coupling mechanisms of these apparently distinct regions. A large part of the energy flux released in the solar atmosphere travels into interplanetary space and impacts on the Earth's bow shock, energising the magnetosphere and having impact of our daily human life. The generation of energetic events in the solar interior and near solar sub-surface region and their propagation through the solar interior-atmosphere-space plasma system will be investigated by using mathematical modelling and the analysis of latest available satellite and ground-based datasets. Particular attention is paid to the wave coupling processes in this complex and very dynamic physical system.Our mathematical approach involves rigorous analytical work and the implementation of parallel computing (GRID and CUDA-enabled technology) where results will be tested and verified by making and using space (SOHO, TRACE, Hinode, SDO) and ground-based (Swedish Solar Telescope, Dunn Solar Telescope) observations. The proposed programme involves five scientific projects: 1) Magnetic features and local helioseismology; 2) New generation solar magnetoseismology: Opening avenues in solar physics; 3) The driver of coronal physics: 3D forward modelling from low solar atmosphere to corona; 4) Advanced theory of transverse oscillations of coronal loops; and 5) Multi-scale theory and self-organisation of the Sun and other stars. The programme also has a vibrant and vital Visiting Researchers project.We request funding to cover salaries of the RAs, appropriate costs for research leadership/management and research time for the Principal Investigator and four Co-Investigators, funding for a special project-related observational PhD studentship in order to train a future generation of experts in the field, funding for a modest but essential visitor programme, for travel & subsistence, computing equipment and consumables.