Observation of particle events from the polar regions may provide significant input to understanding the explosive transition zone events seen in the UV which may be so important in the energy balance of the solar atmosphere. The group is collaborating with MSSL and RAL, together with the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. on the EUV Imaging Spectrometer for the Japanese Solar-B mission, which will be flown in 2005. Understanding the heliosphere in three dimensions. The onset of coronal mass ejections. The role of prominence eruptions in coronal mass ejections, or vice-versa.
Particle acceleration processes both in the corona and the interplanetary medium.
Understanding the magnetic structure of the inner corona. High temperature plasmas in solar flares. Understanding and definitively identifying the role of energetic protons in the energy transfer during the onset of flares. Ms A.B. Stockton-Chalk and Mr I.M. Robinson.