Predicting Space Weather Using Solar Radio Bursts. Australia's scientific standing and expertise will be enhanced in the fields of space weather, space physics, plasma physics, and complex systems by the new prediction methods and scientific discoveries expected. Better predictions will increase the utility of Ionospheric Prediction Service reports to customers in defence (better communications) and satellite operations (improved survivability), industry (reduced infrastructure damage), and els ....Predicting Space Weather Using Solar Radio Bursts. Australia's scientific standing and expertise will be enhanced in the fields of space weather, space physics, plasma physics, and complex systems by the new prediction methods and scientific discoveries expected. Better predictions will increase the utility of Ionospheric Prediction Service reports to customers in defence (better communications) and satellite operations (improved survivability), industry (reduced infrastructure damage), and elsewhere. Australia's research base will be strengthened by high-level training of Research Associates and students, while its scientific infrastructure and role in international space efforts will be enhanced.Read moreRead less
Solar radio bursts, the origin and properties of the sun's corona and solar wind, and space weather. This project uses solar radio bursts to answer fundamental scientific questions about the Sun, predict space weather events at Earth, and motivate theories for the bursts and shocks. It will discover the corona's origin and where the solar wind is accelerated, understand how shocks reform and accelerate particles, and develop quantitative theories for radio bursts. These discoveries and associate ....Solar radio bursts, the origin and properties of the sun's corona and solar wind, and space weather. This project uses solar radio bursts to answer fundamental scientific questions about the Sun, predict space weather events at Earth, and motivate theories for the bursts and shocks. It will discover the corona's origin and where the solar wind is accelerated, understand how shocks reform and accelerate particles, and develop quantitative theories for radio bursts. These discoveries and associated high-level training of staff and students will increase Australia's international scientific standing, expertise, infrastructure, and human capital. It involves international collaborations on NASA's $600M STEREO mission and the MWA radio telescope, among others, and supports the new Decadal Plan for Australian Space Science.Read moreRead less
Wave Localization and Burstiness in Type III Solar Radio Bursts. The project will raise Australia's scientific standing and expertise in space and plasma physics, space weather, and complex systems due to new discoveries, theories, publications, and invited talks. It supports Australia's involvement in NASA's $600M STEREO mission and other space efforts, and greatly leverages Australia's small numbers and budget on the world stage. The project will enhance Australia's human capital due to high-l ....Wave Localization and Burstiness in Type III Solar Radio Bursts. The project will raise Australia's scientific standing and expertise in space and plasma physics, space weather, and complex systems due to new discoveries, theories, publications, and invited talks. It supports Australia's involvement in NASA's $600M STEREO mission and other space efforts, and greatly leverages Australia's small numbers and budget on the world stage. The project will enhance Australia's human capital due to high-level training and increased expertise of new staff, students, and CIs. The new data and methods will develop, better exploit, and make more competitive Australia's scientific infrastructure. Last, the exciting discoveries expected will attract the international media and increase science's appeal to the public.Read moreRead less
Critical Issues in Space Physics. Wave-particle interactions are vitally important in, and fundamental to plasma physics, with widespread applications to space and astrophysical phenomena. They link the generation and properties of waves and radiation with the heating, acceleration, and transport of plasma particles. The research program aims to develop theories tested with observational data that resolve four critical issues in space physics: (1) whether linear mode conversion is important, (2) ....Critical Issues in Space Physics. Wave-particle interactions are vitally important in, and fundamental to plasma physics, with widespread applications to space and astrophysical phenomena. They link the generation and properties of waves and radiation with the heating, acceleration, and transport of plasma particles. The research program aims to develop theories tested with observational data that resolve four critical issues in space physics: (1) whether linear mode conversion is important, (2) why waves and radiation are typically bursty, (3) how heating and particle acceleration occur in magnetic reconnection regions such as the solar atmosphere, and (4) how to explain important solar, interplanetary, and magnetospheric radio phenomena that depend on both microscopic wave-particle physics and largescale source structure.Read moreRead less