The
belts» makeup and properties have affected both spaceflight and
physics research for the past 50 years, and the Van Allen Probes were designed to answer a number of fundamental questions about these harsh regions of space.
The Space Science Laboratory (as part of the wider Solar
Physics and Space Plasma
Research Centre (SP2RC) at The University of Sheffield) was recently awarded the STFC grant «Dynamics of key radiation belt emissions» (April 2018 to March 2021) and the successful applicant would have the opportunity to contribute to this active research project (depending on the topic of PhD
Research Centre (SP2RC) at The University of Sheffield) was recently awarded the STFC grant «Dynamics of key radiation
belt emissions» (April 2018 to March 2021) and the successful applicant would have the opportunity to contribute to this active
research project (depending on the topic of PhD
research project (depending on the topic of PhD chosen).
The Space and Atmospheric
Physics Group are seeking a
Research Assistant / Associate to perform, analyse and interpret high performance computer simulations related to the magnetosphere and radiation
belts.