Establishing a European Heliophysics Community (EHC)

Rumi Nakamura; Thierry Dudok de Wit; Geraint H. Jones; Matt G.G.T. Taylor; Nicolas André; Charlotte Goetz; Lina Z. Hadid; Laura A. Hayes; Heli Hietala; Caitríona M. Jackman; Larry Kepko; Aurélie Marchaudon; Adam Masters; Mathew Owens; Noora Partamies; Stefaan Poedts; Jonathan Rae; Yuri Shprits; Manuela Temmer; Daniel Verscharen; Robert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber

doi:10.5194/angeo-43-855-2025

Establishing a European Heliophysics Community (EHC)

Rumi Nakamura^*, Thierry Dudok de Wit, Geraint H. Jones, Matt G.G.T. Taylor, Nicolas André, Charlotte Goetz, Lina Z. Hadid, Laura A. Hayes, Heli Hietala, Caitríona M. Jackman, Larry Kepko, Aurélie Marchaudon, Adam Masters, Mathew Owens, Noora Partamies, Stefaan Poedts, Jonathan Rae, Yuri Shprits, Manuela Temmer, Daniel VerscharenRobert F. Wimmer-Schweingruber

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School of Engineering Physics and Mathematics

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Europe hosts a large and highly active community of scientists working in the broad domain of Heliophysics. This broad discipline addresses plasmas in the regions of space and atmosphere influenced by the Sun and solar wind. However, this community has historically been fragmented, both geographically and thematically, which has limited the potential for strategic coordination, collaboration, and growth. This has recently prompted a grass-roots community-building effort to foster communication and interactions within the European Heliophysics Community (EHC). This white paper outlines the motivation, priorities, and initial steps towards establishing the EHC, and presents a vision for the future of Heliophysics in Europe. As a crucial first step of this endeavour, a dedicated EHC website is now available: https://www.heliophysics.eu/ (last access: November 2025).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	855-879
Number of pages	25
Journal	Annales Geophysicae
Volume	43
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-855-2025
Publication status	Published - 15 Dec 2025

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Nakamura, R., de Wit, T. D., Jones, G. H., Taylor, M. G. G. T., André, N., Goetz, C., Hadid, L. Z., Hayes, L. A., Hietala, H., Jackman, C. M., Kepko, L., Marchaudon, A., Masters, A., Owens, M., Partamies, N., Poedts, S., Rae, J., Shprits, Y., Temmer, M., ... Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F. (2025). Establishing a European Heliophysics Community (EHC). Annales Geophysicae, 43(2), 855-879. https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-43-855-2025

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