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
Israel G
(2008)
A Swift Gaze into the 2006 March 29 Burst Forest of SGR 1900+14
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dubinin E
(2008)
Access of solar wind electrons into the Martian magnetosphere
in Annales Geophysicae
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
Tripathi D
(2009)
ACTIVE REGION LOOPS: HINODE /EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET IMAGING SPECTROMETER OBSERVATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Testa V
(2008)
Adaptive optics, near-infrared observations of magnetars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Masson A
(2009)
Advances in Plasmaspheric Wave Research with CLUSTER and IMAGE Observations
in Space Science Reviews
Le Roux, J. A. And Florinski, V. And Zank, G. P. And Coates, A. J.
(2010)
AIP Conference Proceedings: Preface
in AIP Conference Proceedings
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
Aplin, K. L. And Sawyer, E. C. And Coates, A. J. And Parker, D. J. And Jones, G. H. And Bowles, N. E. And Whalley, M. S.
(2008)
An electric field sensor to measure charged dust on the Marco Polo asteroid sample return mission
in International Astronautical Federation - 59th International Astronautical Congress 2008, IAC 2008
Masters A
(2008)
An empirical model of Saturn's bow shock: Cassini observations of shock location and shape
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics