Space Plasma Physics Group (SPPG) | University of Bergen
Space Research and Space Weather
We research magnetic reconnection, the mechanisms behind magnetic explosions in space.
Cecilia Norgren receives FRIPRO funding from Norges forskningsråd for her proposal ‘Xplode – Why, how, and where do magnetic fields discharge?’. Through a combined use of kinetic particle-in-cell simulations and in situ spacecraft observations by the Magnetospheric MultiScale (MMS) mission, the project will aim to answer the questions of when and where magnetic reconnection is Read More …
On September 28, Håkon Kolstø successfully defended his thesis titled ‘Magnetic reconnection and heavy ions‘! The opponents were Professor Masahiro Hoshino from the University of Tokyo and Gabriella Stenberg Wieser from the Swedish Institute of Space Physics, and the head of the committée was David Sarria from the Birkeland Center for Space Science at the Read More …
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental plasma process that converts magnetic energy to plasma energy, accelerating and heating it. This process plays an important role in shaping plasma environments throughout the Universe, and is the driver of large-scale magnetospheric dynamics directly impacting our ionosphere. Magnetic reconnection powers coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is an intrinsic part of Read More …
The Space Physics Plasma Group (SPPG) explores how magnetic explosions occur in space, how near-Earth space is shaped, and how it reacts to solar eruptions. We also work to understand Space Weather, the dangerous effects space processes have on humans and their equipment in space and on the ground. We are located at the Department Read More …