Heating and magneto-seismology of the solar atmosphere

谢菲尔德大学的太阳物理和空间等离子体研究中心（SP2RC）试图了解太阳内部和太阳大气中发生的关键等离子体过程的本质，从光球到日冕，特别关注这些明显不同区域的各种耦合机制。太阳大气中释放的大部分能量流进入行星际空间，影响地球的弓形激波，激发磁层并影响我们的日常人类生活。对流区高能事件的产生及其在太阳内部-大气-空间等离子体系统中的传播将通过使用数学建模和最新可用卫星和地面数据集的分析进行研究。我们的数学方法包括严格的分析工作和并行计算（GRID技术）的实现，其中结果将通过制造和使用空间（SOHO， TRACE, Hinode， COROT， SDO）和地面（瑞典太阳望远镜，邓恩太阳望远镜）观测进行测试和验证。该计划包括三个主题：1)太阳内部和其他恒星的结构和动力学；2)太阳大气加热与磁震学；3)地球物理和天体物理流的不稳定性。我们要求资金用于支付研究员的工资、首席研究员和五名联合研究员的研究管理和研究时间的适当费用、为培养该领域的下一代专家而提供的四名特殊博士奖学金的资金、为我们的访问计划、旅行和生活、计算设备和消耗品提供的资金。

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 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 convection zone 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. Our mathematical approach involves rigorous analytical work and the implementation of parallel computing (GRID technology) where results will be tested and verified by making and using space (SOHO, TRACE, Hinode, COROT, SDO) and ground-based (Swedish Solar Telescope, Dunn Solar Telescope) observations. The proposed programme involves three Themes: 1) Structure and dynamics of the solar interior and other stars; 2) Heating and magneto-seismology of the solar atmosphere; and 3) Instabiltities of geophysical and astrophysical flows. We request funding to cover salaries of the RAs, appropriate costs for research management and research time for the Principal Investigator and five Co-Investigators, funding for four special PhD studentship in order to train the future generation experts of the field, funding for our visitor programme, for travel & subsistence, computing equipment and consumables.