UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | Reader in Space Plasma Physics
space plasma physics, heliophysics, space weather, plasma astrophysics
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental PhysicsStability of the Earth's Dayside Magnetosheath: Effects of Upstream Solar Wind Structures and Downstream JetsEvidence for the Helicity Barrier from Measurements of the Turbulence Transition Range in the Solar WindResidual Energy and Broken Symmetry in Reduced MagnetohydrodynamicsTemperature anisotropy instabilities driven by intermittent velocity shears in the solar windEvolution of the magnetic field rotation distributions in the inner heliosphereThe Regulation of the Solar Wind Electron Heat Flux by Wave–Particle InteractionsProperties of an Interplanetary Shock Observed at 0.07 and 0.7 au by Parker Solar Probe and Solar OrbiterMediation of collisionless turbulent dissipation through cyclotron resonanceNonlinear dynamics of small-scale Alfvén wavesProperties Underlying the Variation of the Magnetic Field Spectral Index in the Inner Solar WindTurbulence Properties of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections in the Inner Heliosphere: Dependence on Proton Beta and Flux Rope StructureThe Structure and Origin of Switchbacks: Parker Solar Probe ObservationsThe Evolution of the 1/f Range within a Single Fast-solar-wind Stream between 17.4 and 45.7 Solar RadiiThe effect of variations in the magnetic field direction from turbulence on kinetic-scale instabilitiesParker Solar Probe Observations of High Plasma β Solar Wind from the Streamer BeltParker Solar Probe: Four Years of Discoveries at Solar Cycle MinimumEditorial: New challenges in space plasma physics: Open questions and future mission conceptsConditions for Proton Temperature Anisotropy to Drive Instabilities in the Solar WindA measurement of the effective mean free path of solar wind protonsRevolutionizing Our Understanding of Particle Energization in Space Plasmas Using On-Board Wave-Particle Correlator InstrumentationA new way for turbulence to heat the coronaParker Solar Probe Enters the Magnetically Dominated Solar CoronaEnergetic Particles Associated with a Coronal Mass Ejection Shock Interacting with a Convected Magnetic StructureAnisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence in the Inner Heliosphere at Kinetic Scales: PSP ObservationsA Case for Electron-AstrophysicsThe Near-Sun Streamer Belt Solar Wind: Turbulence and Solar Wind AccelerationApplicability of Taylor’s Hypothesis During Parker Solar Probe PeriheliaMultiscale Solar Wind Turbulence Properties inside and near Switchbacks measured by Parker Solar ProbeA Quarter Century of Wind Spacecraft DiscoveriesKinetic‐Scale Turbulence in the Venusian MagnetosheathTurbulence Characteristics of Switchback and Nonswitchback Intervals Observed by Parker Solar ProbeThe Solar Orbiter Science Activity PlanConstraining Ion-Scale Heating and Spectral Energy Transfer in Inner-Heliophere Observations of Plasma TurbulenceCross Helicity Reversals in Magnetic SwitchbacksIon-scale Electromagnetic Waves in the Inner HeliosphereThe Evolution and Role of Solar Wind Turbulence in the Inner HeliosphereKinetic-scale Spectral Features of Cross Helicity and Residual Energy in the Inner HeliosphereSwitchbacks in the Near-Sun Magnetic Field: Long Memory and Impact on the Turbulence CascadeThe Radial Dependence of Proton-scale Magnetic Spectral Break in Slow Solar Wind during PSP Encounter 2The Enhancement of Proton Stochastic Heating in the Near-Sun Solar WindHighly Structured Slow Solar Wind Emerging from an Equatorial Coronal HoleKinetic Turbulence in Astrophysical Plasmas: Waves and/or Structures?Sign Singularity of the Local Energy Transfer in Space Plasma TurbulenceEvidence for Electron Landau Damping in Space Plasma TurbulenceThe Fluid-Like and Kinetic Behavior of Kinetic Alfven Turbulence in Space PlasmaNumerical Study of Inertial Kinetic-Alfvén TurbulenceScale-Dependent Polarization of Solar Wind Velocity Fluctuations at the Inertial and Kinetic ScalesThe rotation angle distribution underlying magnetic field fluctuations in the 1/f range of solar wind turbulent spectraOn the 1/f Spectrum in the Solar Wind and Its Connection with Magnetic CompressibilityThree-Dimensional Simulations of Solar Wind Turbulence with the Hybrid Code CAMELIAArbitrary-Order Hilbert Spectral Analysis and Intermittency in Solar Wind Density FluctuationsNature of Kinetic Scale Turbulence in the Earth's MagnetosheathOn Kinetic Slow Modes, Fluid Slow Modes, and Pressure-Balanced Structures in the Solar WindMultifractal Analysis of High Resolution Solar Wind Proton Density MeasurementsElectric and Magnetic Spectra from MHD to Electron Scales in the MagnetosheathRecent Progress in Astrophysical Plasma Turbulence from Solar Wind ObservationsTesting the Effects of Expansion on Solar Wind TurbulenceSaturn's Quasiperiodic Magnetohydrodynamic WavesTurbulence Heating Observer - Satellite Mission ProposalExperimental Determination of Whistler Wave Dispersion Relation in the Solar WindPower Spectral Density of Fluctuations of Bulk and Thermal Speeds in the Solar WindMulti-Species Measurements of the Firehose and Mirror Instability Thresholds in the Solar WindMeasures of Three-Dimensional Anisotropy and Intermittency in Strong Alfvénic TurbulenceThe FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus: Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar TransientsDensity Fluctuations Upstream and Downstream of Interplanetary ShocksIntermittency of Energy Dissipation in Alfvénic TurbulenceSpectral Anisotropy of Elsässer Variables in Two-Dimensional Wave-Vector Space as Observed in the Fast Solar Wind TurbulenceProton Heating in Solar Wind Compressible Turbulence with Collisions between Counter-Propagating WavesMagnetic Field Rotations in the Solar Wind at Kinetic ScalesInertial-Range Kinetic Turbulence in Pressure-Anisotropic Astrophysical PlasmasSpectral Breaks of Alfvenic Turbulence in a Collisionless PlasmaEffects of Electron Drifts on the Collisionless Damping of Kinetic Alfvén Waves in the Solar WindSolar Wind Density Spectra around the Ion Spectral BreakIon-Scale Spectral Break of Solar Wind Turbulence at High and Low BetaIntermittency of Solar Wind Density Fluctuations from Ion to Electron ScalesCorrelations at Large Scales and the Onset of Turbulence in the Fast Solar WindSolar Wind Turbulence and the Role of Ion InstabilitiesKinetic Scale Density Fluctuations in the Solar WindResidual Energy Spectrum of Solar Wind TurbulenceNature of Subproton Scale Turbulence in the Solar WindElectron Heat Conduction in the Solar Wind: Transition from Spitzer-Härm to the Collisionless LimitParallel Electric Field Spectrum of Solar Wind TurbulenceAlignment and Scaling of Large-Scale Fluctuations in the Solar WindThree-Dimensional Structure of Solar Wind TurbulenceUsing Synthetic Spacecraft Data to Interpret Compressible Fluctuations in Solar Wind TurbulenceDensity Fluctuation Spectrum of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron ScalesThe Slow-mode Nature of Compressible Wave Power in Solar Wind TurbulenceIdentification of Kinetic Alfvén Wave Turbulence in the Solar WindAnisotropy in Space Plasma Turbulence: Solar Wind ObservationsAnisotropy of Alfvénic Turbulence in the Solar Wind and Numerical SimulationsFrame Dependence of the Electric Field Spectrum of Solar Wind TurbulenceAnisotropy of Imbalanced Alfvénic Turbulence in Fast Solar WindPower and Spectral Index Anisotropy of the Entire Inertial Range of Turbulence in the Fast Solar WindAnisotropy of Solar Wind Turbulence between Ion and Electron ScalesInterpreting Power Anisotropy Measurements in Plasma TurbulenceAnalog ensemble forecasts of solar wind parameters: Quantification of the predictability and time-domain spectral performanceGrants of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental PhysicsHeliospheric and Planetary Research 2023-2026Exploring New Regions of Space: Fundamentals and Impacts of Astrophysical Plasma Turbulence - FLFHeliospheric and Planetary Research 2020 - 2023Investigating Astrophysical Plasma Turbulence in the LaboratoryErnest Rutherford Fellowship - Grant TransferWe are delighted to announce that Dr Christopher Chen, Reader in Space Plasma Physics in the Astronomy Unit of the School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, has been made a Fellow of the American Physical Society. This prestigious honour recognises Dr Chen's "…outstanding use of in-situ solar-wind spacecraft observations to ... [more]
New research utilising data from NASA's Parker Solar Probe has provided the first direct evidence of a phenomenon known as the "helicity barrier" in the solar wind. This discovery, published in Physical Review X by Queen Mary's Astronomy Unit researchers, offers a significant step towards understanding two long-standing mysteries: how ... [more]
QMUL Astronomy Unit member Dr Florian Koller has been awarded a prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue working in the AU's space plasma group. Dr Florian Koller, a current postdoctoral researcher in the Astronomy Unit of Queen Mary University of London's Department of Physics and Astronomy, has been ... [more]
Jesse Coburn, a PhD student at Queen Mary University of London, has been awarded the Royal Astronomical Society's Keith Runcorn Thesis Prize for his doctoral work, which was carried out in QMUL's Astronomy Unit. It has been announced today that Dr Jesse Coburn, a former PhD student in the Space & ... [more]
Dr Andrea Larosa has been awarded the AGU Fred L. Scarf Award for his work on magnetic switchbacks and Langmuir waves with the NASA Parker Solar Probe mission. It has been announced today that Dr Andrea Larosa, a postdoc in the Space & Astrophysical Plasmas group of QMUL's Astronomy Unit, has ... [more]
Dr Caroline Roney and Dr Christopher Chen are among 84 promising leaders awarded fellowships totalling £98 million. The fellowships support the most promising science and research leaders to tackle major global issues and to commercialise their innovations in the UK. Professor Wen Wang, Queen Mary's Vice-Principal and Executive Dean for Science and ... [more]
The NASA Parker Solar Probe mission has become the first spacecraft to enter the solar corona – the magnetically dominated atmosphere of the Sun. Researchers from the AU played a key role in the research confirming this historic event in space exploration. Parker Solar Probe launched in 2018 to explore the mysteries ... [more]
Dr Christopher Chen from Queen Mary University of London has won American Geophysical Union's James B. Macelwane Medal for his significant contributions to the geophysical sciences as an early career scientist. American Geophysical Union (AGU) is a nonprofit organization that supports 130,000 enthusiasts to experts worldwide in Earth and space sciences, ... [more]
