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
Masters A
(2008)
Cassini encounters with hot flow anomaly-like phenomena at Saturn's bow shock
in Geophysical Research Letters
Sylwester B
(2008)
X-ray studies of flaring plasma
in Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
Bogdanova Y
(2008)
Formation of the low-latitude boundary layer and cusp under the northward IMF: Simultaneous observations by Cluster and Double Star
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Taylor M
(2008)
The plasma sheet and boundary layers under northward IMF: A multi-point and multi-instrument perspective
in Advances in Space Research
Rymer A
(2008)
Electron circulation in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Daum P
(2008)
Global MHD simulation of flux transfer events at the high-latitude magnetopause observed by the Cluster spacecraft and the SuperDARN radar system
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Fedorov A
(2008)
Comparative analysis of Venus and Mars magnetotails
in Planetary and Space Science
Kallio E
(2008)
The Venusian induced magnetosphere: A case study of plasma and magnetic field measurements on the Venus Express mission
in Planetary and Space Science
Cowley S
(2008)
Auroral current systems in Saturn's magnetosphere: comparison of theoretical models with Cassini and HST observations
in Annales Geophysicae
Shen C
(2008)
Flattened current sheet and its evolution in substorms
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Juusola L
(2008)
Ionospheric signatures during a magnetospheric flux rope event
in Annales Geophysicae
Foullon C
(2008)
Evolution of Kelvin-Helmholtz activity on the dusk flank magnetopause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Mura A
(2008)
ENA detection in the dayside of Mars: ASPERA-3 NPD statistical study
in Planetary and Space Science
Soria R
(2008)
Black hole mass estimates from soft X-ray spectra
in Advances in Space Research
Langlais B
(2008)
Mars environment and magnetic orbiter model payload
in Experimental Astronomy
Reed J
(2008)
300mK and 50mK cooling systems for long-life space applications
in Cryogenics
Gomboc A.
(2008)
MULTIWAVELENGTH ANALYSIS OF THE INTRIGUING GRB 061126: THE REVERSE SHOCK SCENARIO AND MAGNETIZATION
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Smith R
(2008)
Exploring the nuclear environment of the NLS1 galaxy Arakelian 564 with XMM-Newton RGS
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Stallard T
(2008)
Dusk-brightening Event in Saturn's H[FORMULA][F][SUP]+[/SUP][INF]3[/INF][/F][/FORMULA] Aurora
in The Astrophysical Journal
Soria R
(2008)
The Oldest X-Ray Supernovae: X-Ray Emission from 1941C, 1959D, and 1968D
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wu Kinwah
(2008)
Ultra-compact Double Degenerate Binaries: Gravitational Waves, X-rays and Masers
in CHINESE JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Soderberg AM
(2008)
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova.
in Nature
Israel G
(2008)
A Swift Gaze into the 2006 March 29 Burst Forest of SGR 1900+14
in The Astrophysical Journal
Asano Y
(2008)
Electron flat-top distributions around the magnetic reconnection region
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Mateos S
(2008)
High precision X-ray log N - log S distributions: implications for the obscured AGN population
in Astronomy & Astrophysics