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Research project

Space Plasma and Magnetospheric Physics at Southampton (2021-4)

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Robert Fear

Professor

Research interests

  • Magnetic reconnection
  • Large-scale solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling
  • Global magnetospheric dynamics
Connect with Robert

Email: R.C.Fear@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Daniel Whiter

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Earth's aurora
  • Auroral acceleration and structuring mechanisms
  • Effects of auroral precipitation on the upper atmosphere
Connect with Daniel

Email: D.Whiter@soton.ac.uk

Dr Imogen Gingell

Royal Society University Research Fellow
Connect with Imogen

Email: I.L.Gingell@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Fine-scale electric fields and Joule heating from observations of the Aurora
Patrik Krcelic, Robert Fear, Daniel Whiter, Betty Lanchester, Mark Lester, Anasuya Aruliah & Larry Paxton, 2023, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128(2)
DOI: 10.1029/2022JA030628
Type: article
Joint cluster/ground-based studies in the first 20 years of the cluster mission
Robert Fear, 2022, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 127(8)
DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029928
Type: review
Hot Plasma in the Magnetotail Lobes Shows Characteristics Consistent With Closed Field Lines Trapped in the Lobes
John C. Coxon, Robert C. Fear, Jade A. Reidy, Laura Jane Fryer & James Plank, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126(9)
DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029516
Type: article
Observations of closed magnetic flux embedded in the lobes during periods of northward IMF
L. J. Fryer, R. C. Fear, J. C. Coxon & I. L. Gingell, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126(6)
DOI: 10.1029/2021JA029281
Type: article