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.
Organisations
Publications
Lavraud B
(2007)
Strong bulk plasma acceleration in Earth's magnetosheath: A magnetic slingshot effect?
in Geophysical Research Letters
Mignani R
(2007)
The optical spectrum of the Vela pulsar
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rea N
(2007)
X-ray intensity-hardness correlation and deep IR observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1RXS J170849-400910
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Seehafer N
(2007)
Force-free magnetic fields in the solar atmosphere
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Strohmayer T
(2007)
Quasi-periodic Variability in NGC 5408 X-1
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ramsay G
(2007)
XMM-Newton observations of the eclipsing polar V2301 Oph
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dere K
(2007)
The Structure and Dynamics of the Quiet Corona from Observations with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer on Hinode
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Culhane J
(2007)
The EUV Imaging Spectrometer for Hinode
in Solar Physics
Walsh A
(2007)
Near-simultaneous magnetotail flux rope observations with Cluster and Double Star
in Annales Geophysicae
Zane S
(2007)
Neutron star surface emission: Beyond the dipole model
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Schady P
(2007)
Dust and gas in the local environments of gamma-ray bursts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Watanabe T
(2007)
Temperature and Density Structures of Solar Corona-A Test of Iron Line Diagnostic Capability of EIS Instrument on Board Hinode
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
McGowan K
(2007)
RETRACTED ARTICLE: X-ray observations of PSR B0355+54 and its pulsar wind nebula
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Mineo T
(2007)
GRB 050410 and GRB 050412: are they really dark gamma-ray bursts?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Murray M
(2007)
Emerging flux tubes from the solar interior into the atmosphere: effects of non-constant twist
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
McHardy I
(2007)
Discovery of multiple Lorentzian components in the X-ray timing properties of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Ark 564 Multiple Lorentzians in Ark 564
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Page M
(2007)
The XMM-SSC survey of hard-spectrum XMM-Newton sources - I. Optically bright sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Attrill G
(2007)
Coronal "wave": A signature of the mechanism making CMEs largescale in the low corona?
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Garcet O
(2007)
The XMM large scale structure survey: optical vs. X-ray classifications of active galactic nuclei and the unified scheme
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Page K
(2007)
GRB 061121: Broadband Spectral Evolution through the Prompt and Afterglow Phases of a Bright Burst
in The Astrophysical Journal
RetinĂ² A
(2007)
In situ evidence of magnetic reconnection in turbulent plasma
in Nature Physics
Balan N.
(2007)
Response of the magnetosheath-cusp region to a coronal mass ejection
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Valori G
(2007)
Magnetofrictional Extrapolations of Low and Lou's Force-Free Equilibria
in Solar Physics
Teste A
(2007)
CLUSTER observations of electron outflowing beams carrying downward currents above the polar cap by northward IMF
in Annales Geophysicae