Imperial College London

DrRobertForsyth

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Physics

Reader in Space Physics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 7761r.forsyth Website

 
 
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6M64Huxley BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

Reader in Space Physics

My scientific interests lie in understanding the large scale structure and dynamics of the heliospheric magnetic field, the solar wind in which it is embedded, and their relationship and response to the structures present in the Sun’s atmosphere, the corona.  In particular I have played a leading role in exploiting the magnetic field data from the Ulysses spacecraft, the first and only spacecraft to explore the polar regions of the heliosphere, which ceased operations in 2009 after 18 years, well through its third orbit around the Sun.

My current activities are directed at exploiting multi-point observation opportunities provided by the fleet of in-situ spacecraft presently operating in the inner heliosphere (STEREO, ACE, WIND, Artemis, Venus Express, Messenger) in combination with remote sensing observations of the corona and heliosphere from STEREO.

Publications

Journals

Koehn G, Desai R, Davies E, et al., 2022, Successive interacting coronal mass ejections: How to create a perfect storm?, The Astrophysical Journal: an International Review of Astronomy and Astronomical Physics, Vol:941, ISSN:0004-637X

Maunder ML, Foullon C, Forsyth R, et al., 2022, Multi-Spacecraft Observations of an Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection Interacting with Two Solar-Wind Regimes Observed by the Ulysses and Twin-STEREO Spacecraft, Solar Physics, Vol:297, ISSN:0038-0938

Davies EE, Winslow RM, Scolini C, et al., 2022, Multi-spacecraft Observations of the Evolution of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections between 0.3 and 2.2 au: Conjunctions with the Juno Spacecraft, Astrophysical Journal, Vol:933, ISSN:0004-637X

Davies EE, Mostl C, Owens MJ, et al., 2021, In situ multi-spacecraft and remote imaging observations of the first CME detected by Solar Orbiter and BepiColombo, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol:656, ISSN:0004-6361

Kilpua EKJ, Good SW, Dresing N, et al., 2021, Multi-spacecraft observations of the structure of the sheath of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection and related energetic ion enhancement, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol:656, ISSN:0004-6361

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