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
Runov A
(2008)
Observations of an active thin current sheet
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Imada S.
(2008)
Non-Gaussian line profiles in a large solar flare observed on 2006 December 13
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Asano, Y. And Nakamura, R. And Shinohara, I. And Fujimoto, M. And Takada, T. And Baumjohann, W. And Owen, C. J. And Fazakerley, A. N.
(2008)
High temperature emission from solar flares
in Asian Journal of Physics
Schwartz S
(2008)
Cross-scale: multi-scale coupling in space plasmas
in Experimental Astronomy
Escoubet C
(2008)
Two sources of magnetosheath ions observed by Cluster in the mid-altitude polar cusp
in Advances in Space Research
Schrijver Carolus J.
(2008)
Observations and modeling of the early acceleration phase of erupting filaments involved in coronal mass ejections
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Esposito P
(2008)
The 2008 May burst activation of SGR 1627-41
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Sylwester B
(2008)
He-like Ar xvii triplet observed by RESIK
in Advances in Space Research
Chifor C
(2008)
Magnetic flux cancellation associated with a recurring solar jet observed with Hinode , RHESSI , and STEREO /EUVI
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
De Luca A.
(2008)
Deep infrared observations of the puzzling central X-ray source in RCW 103
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Blustin A
(2008)
Properties of X-ray-selected broad absorption-line quasars ?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Storrie-Lombardi M
(2008)
Potential for non-destructive astrochemistry using the ExoMars PanCam
in Geophysical Research Letters
Sylwester J
(2008)
RESIK Observations of Helium-like Argon X-Ray Line Emission in Solar Flares
in The Astrophysical Journal
Morgan A
(2008)
Optimal Co-Addition of Imaging Data for Rapidly Fading Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows
in The Astrophysical Journal
Shen C
(2008)
Surveys on magnetospheric plasmas based on the Double Star Project (DSP) exploration
in Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences
Imada S
(2008)
Non-Gaussian Line Profiles in a Large Solar Flare Observed on 2006 December 13
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mignani R
(2008)
Near infrared VLT / MAD observations of the isolated neutron stars RX J0420.0-5022 and RX J1856.5-3754
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Perna R
(2008)
How rapidly do neutron stars spin at birth? Constraints from archival X-ray observations of extragalactic supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Symeonidis M
(2008)
The properties of 70 µm-selected high-redshift galaxies in the Extended Groth Strip
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sergeev V
(2008)
Study of near-Earth reconnection events with Cluster and Double Star
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Barstow M
(2008)
Stellar And Galactic Environment survey (SAGE)
in Experimental Astronomy
Owen C
(2008)
Cluster observations of "crater" flux transfer events at the dayside high-latitude magnetopause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Zane S
(2008)
An Optical Counterpart Candidate for the Isolated Neutron Star RBS 1774
in The Astrophysical Journal
He J
(2008)
Electron trapping around a magnetic null
in Geophysical Research Letters
Seymour N
(2008)
The star formation history of the Universe as revealed by deep radio observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society