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
Rea N
(2007)
X-ray intensity-hardness correlation and deep IR observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1RXS J170849-400910
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Mignani R
(2007)
The optical polarisation of the Vela pulsar revisited
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rea N
(2007)
Accurate X-ray position and multiwavelength observations of the isolated neutron star RBS 1774
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Harra L
(2007)
How Does Large Flaring Activity from the Same Active Region Produce Oppositely Directed Magnetic Clouds?
in Solar Physics
Schady P
(2007)
Dust and gas in the local environments of gamma-ray bursts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Blustin A
(2007)
The mass-energy budget of the ionised outflow in NGC 7469
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
Götz D
(2007)
Long term hard X-ray variability of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1RXS J170849.0-400910 discovered with INTEGRAL
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lui A
(2007)
Breakdown of the frozen-in condition in the Earth's magnetotail
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Menezes D
(2007)
The QCD phase diagram and the gamma-ray bursts
in Nuclear Physics A
Zane S
(2007)
Giant flares in soft gamma-ray repeaters and short GRBs.
in Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences
Chen L
(2007)
Observation of energetic electrons within magnetic islands
in Nature Physics
Zane S
(2007)
Neutron star surface emission: Beyond the dipole model
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Lavraud B
(2007)
Strong bulk plasma acceleration in Earth's magnetosheath: A magnetic slingshot effect?
in Geophysical Research Letters
Barcons X
(2007)
The XMM-Newton serendipitous survey IV. Optical identification of the XMM-Newton medium sensitivity survey (XMS)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chaston CC
(2007)
Mode conversion and anomalous transport in Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices and kinetic Alfvén waves at the Earth's magnetopause.
in Physical review letters
Stenberg G
(2007)
Internal structure and spatial dimensions of whistler wave regions in the magnetopause boundary layer
in Annales Geophysicae
Troja E
(2007)
Swift Observations of GRB 070110: An Extraordinary X-Ray Afterglow Powered by the Central Engine
in The Astrophysical Journal
Israel G
(2007)
Linking the X-ray timing and spectral properties of the glitching AXP 1RXS J170849-400910
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Fear R
(2007)
Motion of flux transfer events: a test of the Cooling model
in Annales Geophysicae
Rea N
(2007)
Very deep X-ray observations of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U 0142+614
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zhang Y
(2007)
The magnetic structure of an earthward-moving flux rope observed by Cluster in the near-tail
in Annales Geophysicae
Walsh A
(2007)
Near-simultaneous magnetotail flux rope observations with Cluster and Double Star
in Annales Geophysicae
Rea N
(2007)
Spectral Modeling of the High-Energy Emission of the Magnetar 4U 0142+614
in The Astrophysical Journal