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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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Rea N (2007) Spectral Modeling of the High-Energy Emission of the Magnetar 4U 0142+614 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Israel G (2008) A Swift Gaze into the 2006 March 29 Burst Forest of SGR 1900+14 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Foullon C (2010) FROM LARGE-SCALE LOOPS TO THE SITES OF DENSE FLARING LOOPS: PREFERENTIAL CONDITIONS FOR LONG-PERIOD PULSATIONS IN SOLAR FLARES in The Astrophysical Journal

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Pellegrini S (2007) A Deep Chandra Look at the Low- L B Elliptical NGC 821: X-Ray Binaries, a Galactic Wind, and Emission at the Nucleus in The Astrophysical Journal

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De Luca A (2007) Hubble Space Telescope Multiepoch Imaging of the PSR B0540-69 System Unveils a Highly Dynamic Synchrotron Nebula in The Astrophysical Journal

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Troja E (2007) Swift Observations of GRB 070110: An Extraordinary X-Ray Afterglow Powered by the Central Engine in The Astrophysical Journal

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Enoto T (2009) SUZAKU OBSERVATION OF THE NEW SOFT GAMMA REPEATER SGR 0501+4516 IN OUTBURST in The Astrophysical Journal

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De Pasquale M (2010) SWIFT AND FERMI OBSERVATIONS OF THE EARLY AFTERGLOW OF THE SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURST 090510 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Tiengo A (2010) THE DUST-SCATTERING X-RAY RINGS OF THE ANOMALOUS X-RAY PULSAR 1E 1547.0-5408 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Muglach K (2009) EVIDENCE FOR MIXED HELICITY IN ERUPTING FILAMENTS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Phillips K (2010) THE SOLAR X-RAY CONTINUUM MEASURED BY RESIK in The Astrophysical Journal

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Kozlowski S (2010) MID-INFRARED VARIABILITY FROM THE SPITZER DEEP WIDE-FIELD SURVEY in The Astrophysical Journal

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Curran P (2010) ON THE ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION INDEX OF SWIFT GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Doschek G (2008) Flows and Nonthermal Velocities in Solar Active Regions Observed with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer on Hinode : A Tracer of Active Region Sources of Heliospheric Magnetic Fields? in The Astrophysical Journal

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Li C (2010) MAJOR ELECTRON EVENTS AND CORONAL MAGNETIC CONFIGURATIONS OF THE RELATED SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Esposito P (2009) XMM-NEWTON DISCOVERY OF 2.6 s PULSATIONS IN THE SOFT GAMMA-RAY REPEATER SGR 1627-41 in The Astrophysical Journal

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De Luca A (2008) Deep Infrared Observations of the Puzzling Central X-Ray Source in RCW 103 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Mereghetti S (2009) STRONG BURSTS FROM THE ANOMALOUS X-RAY PULSAR 1E 1547.0-5408 OBSERVED WITH THE INTEGRAL /SPI ANTI-COINCIDENCE SHIELD in The Astrophysical Journal

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Watanabe T (2010) PRODUCTION OF HIGH-TEMPERATURE PLASMAS DURING THE EARLY PHASES OF A C9.7 FLARE in The Astrophysical Journal

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Kondratiev V (2010) ERRATUM: "NEW LIMITS ON RADIO EMISSION FROM X-RAY DIM ISOLATED NEUTRON STARS" (2009, ApJ, 702, 692) in The Astrophysical Journal

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Tripathi D (2009) TEMPERATURE TOMOGRAPHY OF A CORONAL SIGMOID SUPPORTING THE GRADUAL FORMATION OF A FLUX ROPE in The Astrophysical Journal

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Harra L (2008) Erratum: "Outflows at the Edges of Active Regions: Contribution to Solar Wind Formation?" ([URL ADDRESS="/cgi-bin/resolve?2008ApJ...676L.147H" STATUS="OKAY"]ApJ, 676, L147 [2008][/URL]) in The Astrophysical Journal

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Sylwester J (2010) A SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC ABSOLUTE ABUNDANCE OF ARGON FROM RESIK in The Astrophysical Journal

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Enoto T (2010) WIDE-BAND SUZAKU ANALYSIS OF THE PERSISTENT EMISSION FROM SGR 0501+4516 DURING THE 2008 OUTBURST in The Astrophysical Journal

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Sylwester J (2010) HIGHLY IONIZED POTASSIUM LINES IN SOLAR X-RAY SPECTRA AND THE ABUNDANCE OF POTASSIUM in The Astrophysical Journal

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Hara H (2008) Coronal Plasma Motions near Footpoints of Active Region Loops Revealed from Spectroscopic Observations with Hinode EIS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Rea N (2008) Resonant Cyclotron Scattering in Magnetars' Emission in The Astrophysical Journal

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Kondratiev V (2009) NEW LIMITS ON RADIO EMISSION FROM X-RAY DIM ISOLATED NEUTRON STARS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Coppin K (2010) MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY OF CANDIDATE ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI-DOMINATED SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

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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

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Pohlen, M. And Cortese, L. And Smith, M. W. L. And Eales, S. A. And Boselli, A. And Bendo, G. J. And Gomez, H. L. And Papageorgiou, A. And Auld, R. And Baes, M. And Bock, J. J. And Bradford, M. And Buat, V. And Castro-Rodriguez, N. And Chanial, P. And Charlot, S. And Ciesla, L. And Clements, D. L. And Cooray, A. And Cormier, D. And Dwek, E. And Eales, S. A. And Elbaz, D. And Galametz, M. And Galliano, F. And Gear, W. K. And Glenn, J. And Griffin, M. And Hony, S. And Isaak, K. G. And Levenson, L (2010) Radial distribution of gas and dust in the two spiral galaxies M99 and M100

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Symeonidis, M. And Rosario, D. And Georgakakis, A. And Harker, J. And Laird, E. S. And Page, M. J. (2009) The central energy source of 70micron-selected galaxies: Starburst or AGN?

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Storrie-Lombardi M (2008) Epifluorescence surveys of extreme environments using PanCam imaging systems: Antarctica and the Mars regolith

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Sittler E (2009) Titan from Cassini-Huygens