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
Kerber F
(2007)
Galactic planetary nebulae and their central stars II. Proper motions
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Delannée C
(2007)
A New Model for Propagating Parts of EIT Waves: A Current Shell in a CME
in Solar Physics
Harra L
(2007)
Coronal Dimming Observed with Hinode: Outflows Related to a Coronal Mass Ejection
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Barcons X
(2007)
The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey IV. Optical identification of the XMM-Newton medium sensitivity survey (XMS)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schady P
(2007)
Extreme properties of GRB 061007: a highly energetic or a highly collimated burst? Extreme properties of GRB 061007
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rauch T
(2007)
High-resolution FUSE and HST ultraviolet spectroscopy of the white dwarf central star of Sh 2-216
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chen L
(2007)
Observation of energetic electrons within magnetic islands
in Nature Physics
Cirasuolo M
(2007)
The evolution of the near-infrared galaxy luminosity function and colour bimodality up to z ? 2 from the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lo Curto G
(2007)
Deep VLT infrared observations of X-ray dim isolated neutron stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
De Pasquale M
(2007)
Early afterglow detection in the Swift observations of GRB 050801
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mignani R
(2007)
Studies of neutron stars at optical/IR wavelengths
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Ramsay G
(2007)
A search for electron cyclotron maser emission from compact binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Barabash S
(2007)
The Analyser of Space Plasmas and Energetic Atoms (ASPERA-4) for the Venus Express mission
in Planetary and Space Science
Mignani R
(2007)
VLT / NACO observations of the high-magnetic field radio pulsar PSR J1119-6127
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bunce E
(2007)
Cassini observations of the variation of Saturn's ring current parameters with system size
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Zhang Y
(2007)
The magnetic structure of an earthward-moving flux rope observed by Cluster in the near-tail
in Annales Geophysicae
Sakao T
(2007)
Continuous Plasma Outflows from the Edge of a Solar Active Region as a Possible Source of Solar Wind
in Science
Imada S
(2007)
Discovery of a Temperature-Dependent Upflow in the Plage Region during a Gradual Phase of the X-Class Flare
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Barcons, X. And Carrera, F. J. And Ceballos, M. T. And Page, M. J. And Bussons-Gordo, J. And Corral, A. And Ebrero, J. And Mateos, S. And Tedds, J. A. And Watson, M. G. And Baskill, D. And Birkinshaw, M. And Boller, T. And Borisov, N. And Bremer, M. And Bromage, G. E. And Brunner, H. And Caccianiga, A. And Crawford, C. S. And Cropper, M. S. And Della Ceca, R. And Derry, P. And Fabian, A. C. And Guillout, P. And Hashimoto, Y. And Hasinger, G. And Hassall, B. J. M. And Lamer, G. And Loaring, N. S
(2007)
XMM-Newton serendipitous survey. IV (Barcons+, 2007)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Carrera F
(2007)
The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey III. The AXIS X-ray source counts and angular clustering
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mignani R
(2007)
The optical polarisation of the Vela pulsar revisited
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Esposito P
(2007)
SGR 1806-20 about two years after the giant flare: Suzaku , XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Matsuzaki K
(2007)
Data Archive of the Hinode Mission
in Solar Physics
Apatenkov S
(2008)
Conjugate observation of sharp dynamical boundary in the inner magnetosphere by Cluster and DMSP spacecraft and ground network
in Annales Geophysicae