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
Rouillard A
(2009)
A solar storm observed from the Sun to Venus using the STEREO, Venus Express, and MESSENGER spacecraft
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Mignani R
(2009)
VLT/NACO near-infrared observations of the transient radio magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Matthews S
(2009)
Magnetic coupling in the solar system
in Astronomy & Geophysics
Cai H. T.
(2009)
Cusp observations during a sequence of fast IMF
BZ reversals
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Mignani R
(2009)
VLT optical observations of the isolated neutron star RX J0420.0-5022
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Wu Kinwah
(2009)
Magnetic interaction in ultra-compact binary systems
in RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Vuitton V
(2009)
Negative ion chemistry in Titan's upper atmosphere
in Planetary and Space Science
Ma Y
(2009)
Time-dependent global MHD simulations of Cassini T32 flyby: From magnetosphere to magnetosheath
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Vande Putte D
(2009)
Detecting the effect of globular cluster impacts on the disc of the Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rea N
(2009)
The first outburst of the new magnetar candidate SGR 0501+4516
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gao Y
(2009)
Molecular line profiles of collapsing gas clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Enoto T
(2009)
SUZAKU OBSERVATION OF THE NEW SOFT GAMMA REPEATER SGR 0501+4516 IN OUTBURST
in The Astrophysical Journal
Coates A
(2009)
Plasma environment of Jupiter family comets
in Planetary and Space Science
Esposito P
(2009)
Spin-down rate and inferred dipole magnetic field of the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1627-41
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Zhang, Q. And Liu, R. And Huang, J. And Dunlop, M. W. And Bogdonava, Y. V. And Walsh, A. P.
(2009)
Simultaneous TC-1 and Cluster observations of FTE on 13 March 2004
in Chinese Journal of Space Science
McAndrews H
(2009)
Plasma in Saturn's nightside magnetosphere and the implications for global circulation
in Planetary and Space Science
Arridge C
(2009)
The effect of spacecraft radiation sources on electron moments from the Cassini CAPS electron spectrometer
in Planetary and Space Science
Lee Khee-Gan
(2009)
Relativistic reflection X-ray spectra of accretion disks
in RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Provan G
(2009)
Polarization and phase of planetary-period magnetic field oscillations on high-latitude field lines in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Harra, L.
(2009)
Solar flares and associated phenomena
in Asian Journal of Physics
Muglach K
(2009)
EVIDENCE FOR MIXED HELICITY IN ERUPTING FILAMENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Forsyth C
(2009)
Solar wind and substorm excitation of the wavy current sheet
in Annales Geophysicae
Masters A
(2009)
Surface waves on Saturn's dawn flank magnetopause driven by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
in Planetary and Space Science
Makarevich R
(2009)
Time evolution of the subauroral electric fields: A case study during a sequence of two substorms
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Murray M
(2009)
Outflows at the Edges of an Active Region in a Coronal Hole: A Signature of Active Region Expansion?
in Solar Physics
Galametz A
(2009)
Large scale structures around radio galaxies at z ~ 1.5
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Salvaterra R
(2009)
GRB 090423 at a redshift of z ˜ 8.1
in Nature
Marchaudon A.
(2009)
Shape, size, velocity and field-aligned currents of dayside plasma injections: a multi-altitude study
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Sarty G
(2009)
Periodicities in the high-mass X-ray binary system RX J0146.9+6121/LS I+61°235
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wei H
(2009)
Plasma environment at Titan's orbit with Titan present and absent
in Geophysical Research Letters
Fender R
(2009)
An anticorrelation between X-ray luminosity and Ha equivalent width in X-ray binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Esposito P
(2009)
XMM-NEWTON DISCOVERY OF 2.6 s PULSATIONS IN THE SOFT GAMMA-RAY REPEATER SGR 1627-41
in The Astrophysical Journal
Yan G
(2009)
Solar wind entry via flux tube into magnetosphere observed by Cluster measurements at dayside magnetopause during southward IMF
in Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences
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
Hasegawa H
(2009)
Boundary layer plasma flows from high-latitude reconnection in the summer hemisphere for northward IMF: THEMIS multi-point observations
in Geophysical Research Letters
Grimald S
(2009)
Modulation of NTC frequencies by Pc5 ULF pulsations: Experimental test of the generation mechanism and magnetoseismology of the emitting surface
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Novara G
(2009)
A deep XMM-Newton serendipitous survey of a middle-latitude area II. New deeper X-ray and optical observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pickett J. S.
(2009)
Electrostatic solitary waves in current layers: from Cluster observations during a super-substorm to beam experiments at the LAPD
in NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS
Mignani R
(2009)
Deep optical observations of the central X-ray source in the Puppis A supernova remnant
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Fear R
(2009)
Simultaneous observations of flux transfer events by THEMIS, Cluster, Double Star, and SuperDARN: Acceleration of FTEs
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Lindstedt T
(2009)
Separatrix regions of magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
in Annales Geophysicae
Kuin N
(2009)
GRB 081203A: Swift UVOT captures the earliest ultraviolet spectrum of a gamma-ray burst
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Simon S.
(2009)
Titan's plasma environment during a magnetosheath excursion: Real-time scenarios for Cassini's T32 flyby from a hybrid simulation
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Hannikainen D
(2009)
Revisiting the relativistic ejection event in XTE J1550-564 during the 1998 outburst
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
CRAVENS T
(2009)
Model-data comparisons for Titan's nightside ionosphere
in Icarus
Jackman C
(2009)
Northward field excursions in Saturn's magnetotail and their relationship to magnetospheric periodicities
in Geophysical Research Letters
Tripathi D
(2009)
TEMPERATURE TOMOGRAPHY OF A CORONAL SIGMOID SUPPORTING THE GRADUAL FORMATION OF A FLUX ROPE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Collinson G
(2009)
Electron optical study of the Venus Express ASPERA-4 Electron Spectrometer (ELS) top-hat electrostatic analyser
in Measurement Science and Technology
Shi Q
(2009)
Spatial structures of magnetic depression in the Earth's high-altitude cusp: Cluster multipoint observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Shi Q
(2009)
Cluster observations of the entry layer equatorward of the cusp under northward interplanetary magnetic field
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics