Research project

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

Lead researcher:

Professor Robert Fear
Other researchers:

Dr Daniel Whiter,

Dr Imogen Gingell
Research funder:

Science And Technology Facilities Council
Status:

Active

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