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
Stevens J
(2010)
An excess of star-forming galaxies in the fields of high-redshift QSOs Galaxy formation around high-redshift QSOs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Soderberg AM
(2008)
An extremely luminous X-ray outburst at the birth of a supernova.
in Nature
Zane S
(2008)
An Optical Counterpart Candidate for the Isolated Neutron Star RBS 1774
in The Astrophysical Journal
Menietti J
(2009)
Analysis of narrowband emission observed in the Saturn magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Menietti J
(2008)
Analysis of plasma waves observed in the inner Saturn magnetosphere
in Annales Geophysicae
Menietti J
(2008)
Analysis of plasma waves observed within local plasma injections seen in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Lundin, R. And Barabash, S. And Holmström, M. And Andersson, H. And Yamauchi, M. And Nilsson, H. And Grigorev, A. And Winningham, D. And Frahm, R. And Sharber, J. R. And Sauvaud, J. A. And Fedorov, A. And Budnik, E. And Thocaven, J. J. And Asamura, K. And Hayakawa, H. And Coates, A. J. And Soobiah, Y. And Linder, D. R. And Kataria, D. O. And Curtis, C. And Hsieh, K. C. And Sandel, B. R. And Grande, M. And Carter, M. And Reading, D. H. And Koskinen, H. And Kallio, E. And Riihela, P. And Sales, T
(2009)
Aspera-3: Analyser of space plasmas and energetic neutral atoms
in European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Cousins CR
(2010)
Astrobiological considerations for the selection of the geological filters on the ExoMars PanCam instrument.
in Astrobiology
Cowley S
(2008)
Auroral current systems in Saturn's magnetosphere: comparison of theoretical models with Cassini and HST observations
in Annales Geophysicae
Cowley S
(2008)
Auroral current systems in Saturn's magnetosphere: comparison of theoretical models with Cassini and HST observations
in Annales Geophysicae