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
Nakos T
(2008)
A multi-wavelength survey of AGN in the XMM-LSS field I. Quasar selection via the KX technique
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kanani S
(2010)
A new form of Saturn's magnetopause using a dynamic pressure balance model, based on in situ, multi-instrument Cassini measurements
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Delannée C
(2007)
A New Model for Propagating Parts of EIT Waves: A Current Shell in a CME
in Solar Physics
HARRA L
(2012)
A NEW VIEW OF THE SUN FROM THE HINODE SPACE MISSION
in International Journal of Modern Physics D
Mignani R
(2008)
A possible optical counterpart to the old nearby pulsar J0108-1431
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ramsay G
(2007)
A search for electron cyclotron maser emission from compact binaries
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sylwester J
(2010)
A SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC ABSOLUTE ABUNDANCE OF ARGON FROM RESIK
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Oates S
(2009)
A statistical study of gamma-ray burst afterglows measured by the Swift Ultraviolet Optical Telescope
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Milan S
(2009)
A superposed epoch analysis of auroral evolution during substorm growth, onset and recovery: open magnetic flux control of substorm intensity
in Annales Geophysicae