A christmas nugget special, two instead of one:

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 29. Particle dynamics in the heliospheric current sheethttp://www.uksolphys.org/?p=5699 by Valentina Zharkova (University of Bradford) and O. Khabarova (Heliophysical Laboratory of IZMIRAN, Russia) A model for particle interactions with the heliospheric current sheet solves three puzzles at once

http://www.uksolphys.org/?p=5699

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 30. Could the unusual solar minimum have been predicted?http://www.uksolphys.org/?p=5673 by Anne-Marie Broomhall*,#, S. Basu†, W.J. Chaplin#, Y. Elsworth# *University of Warwick, #University of Birmingham, †Yale University Helioseismic warnings of the Sun’s strange behaviour.

http://www.uksolphys.org/?p=5673

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UKSP Nuggets are published on a monthly basis highlighting solar physics research in the UK http://www.uksolphys.org/uksp-nuggets

All the best for the holiday season and 2013 Iain Hannah and Lyndsay Fletcher

-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Iain G. Hannah Eml: iain.hannah@glasgow.ac.uk Astronomy & Astrophysics Group, Tel: +44 (0)141 330 6427 School of Physics & Astronomy, Fax: +44 (0)141 330 5183 Kelvin Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK G12 8QQ Web: http://www.astro.gla.ac.uk/~iain/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~