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
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
Oates S
(2007)
The two-component afterglow of Swift GRB 050802 GRB 050802
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rea N
(2007)
Spectral Modeling of the High-Energy Emission of the Magnetar 4U 0142+614
in The Astrophysical Journal
Caccianiga A
(2007)
Elusive AGN in the XMM-Newton bright serendipitous survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Fuerst S
(2007)
Line emission from optically thick relativistic accretion tori
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kosugi T
(2007)
The Hinode (Solar-B) Mission: An Overview
in Solar Physics
Dere K
(2007)
The Structure and Dynamics of the Quiet Corona from Observations with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer on Hinode
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan