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Solar and Heliospheric Collisionless Kinetics: Enabling Data Analysis of the Sun to Earth Plasma System with Kinetic Modelling
Start date:2012-01-01
End date:2015-12-31
Project Acronym:SHOCK
Project status:Execution
Coordinator
| Organization name:QUEEN MARY AND WESTFIELD COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON | |
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Name:David |
MILE END ROAD E1 4NS LONDON UNITED KINGDOM Region: |
| Tel:+44-2078825460 | |
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Description
Objective:
This project brings together leading European groups working in the area of kinetic modelling of space plasma to enhance and accelerate the effective scientific exploitation of existing space plasma data sets and to maximize the scientific return of future space missions, both European and international. The fundamental concept of the project is to take advantage in the European context of the synergies between space plasma modelling and data analysis. At the present time there is a vast store of collected data from robotic space plasma missions and also an increasing awareness that kinetic processes at small length scales and short time scales are crucial for a proper understanding of the fundamental processes which govern the dynamics of heliospheric plasmas from the solar corona outwards.
The top level aims of this project are:
(1) To provide a focus for the increased use of kinetic simulations in enhancing space data analysis for European Space Agency (ESA) missions such as Cluster, Cassini, Ulysses, Helios, BepiColombo, and Solar Orbiter, but also for international missions such as Themis, MMS, Solar Probe Plus, etc.;
(2) To take forward the state of the art in research using kinetic plasma simulations of space plasma systems, so that new models are developed and exploited allowing the synergies between data analysis and code validation to emerge; and
(3) To improve our knowledge and understanding of the Sun to Earth plasma system, and fundamental processes such as turbulence, shocks, particle acceleration and reconnection, which have relevance for other astrophysical environments.
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Project Details
Start date:2012-01-01
End date:2015-12-31
Duration:48 months
Project Reference:284515
Project cost:2602739 EURO
Project Funding:1998104 EURO
Programme Acronym:
FP7-SPACE
Programme type:Seventh Framework Programme
Subprogramme Area:Exploitation of space science and exploration data
Contract type:Small or medium-scale focused research project
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Subject index:Scientific Research
Other participants
| Organization name:CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE | |
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Name:Hélène |
Rue Michel -Ange 75794 PARIS FRANCE Region:ÎLE DE FRANCE Ile de France Paris |
| Tel:+33-493954190 | |
| Fax:+33-492960339 | |
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| Organization name:THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS | |
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Name:Trish |
College Gate, North Street ST ANDREWS FIFE UNITED KINGDOM Region: |
| Tel:+44-1334467286 | |
| Fax:+44-1334462217 | |
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| URL:http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:ASTRONOMICKY USTAV AVCR VVI | |
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Name:Stepan |
Fricova 298 ONDREJOV CESKA REPUBLIKA Region:CESKA REPUBLIKA STREDNI CECHY Stredocesky |
| Tel:+420-267103389 | |
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| URL:http://www.asu.cas.cz | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:UNIVERSITA DEGLI STUDI DI FIRENZE | |
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Name:Ornella |
Piazza San Marco FLORENCE ITALIA Region: |
| Tel:+39-0554572082 | |
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| URL:http://www.unifi.it | Organization Type: |
| Organization name:SPRINX SYSTEMS AS | |
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Name:Jiri |
VYCHOZI PRAHA CESKA REPUBLIKA Region:CESKA REPUBLIKA PRAHA |
| Tel:+420-251014211 | |
| Fax:+420-251014200 | |
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| URL:http://www.sprinx.cz | Organization Type: |
Record control number:100921
