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MSSL PPARC Rolling Grant Proposal

Lead Research Organisation: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Department Name: Mullard Space Science Laboratory

Abstract

MSSL's PPARC rolling grant supports world-class research in astrophysics and solar system science. Investigators at MSSL are leading programmes to investigate the Earth's magnetosphere, explore the planets, understand the Sun and probe the furthest reaches of the universe. Our academic staffs are involved with the development, design, build, operations and data analysis aspects of space missions. We have hands-on involvement during the lifetime of missions that spans conception to operations. These include an impressive array of missions that are currently operational: Cassini, Cluster, Double Star, Mars Express, Coronas-F, SOHO, Swift, Venus Express and XMM-Newton. In the next grant period Solar-B and Herschel will be launched. We have had hardware involvement in all these missions, and are PI on 5. The drive for this involvement is the cutting edge science that can be achieved from these missions. We are also immersed in the development of future missions including ExoMars, Gaia, KuaFu, Xeus, LISA, and Solar Orbiter. New technologies such as cryogenic coolers for future X-ray missions, instrument miniaturisation for solar system exploration and micropenetrators to explore planets such as Mars and Venus are being developed.

Publications

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Vargas Domínguez S (2010) Characterization of horizontal flows around solar pores from high-resolution time series of images in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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O'Halloran B (2010) Herschel photometric observations of the low metallicity dwarf galaxy NGC 1705 in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Khotyaintsev YV (2010) Observations of slow electron holes at a magnetic reconnection site. in Physical review letters

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Andrews D (2010) Magnetospheric period oscillations at Saturn: Comparison of equatorial and high-latitude magnetic field periods with north and south Saturn kilometric radiation periods in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

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Coates A (2010) Negative ions in the Enceladus plume in Icarus

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Grimald S (2010) Possible wave modes of wideband nonthermal continuum radiation in its source region in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

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Saxton C (2010) Time-dependent radio emission from evolving jets Time-dependent radio emission from evolving jets in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Ambroz J. (2010) The SECIS instrument on the Lomnicky Peak Observatory in CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY SKALNATE PLESO

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Mignani R (2010) VLT observations of the middle-aged pulsar PSR B1055-52 in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Forsyth C (2010) Autumn MIST 2009 in Astronomy & Geophysics