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
Bisi M
(2010)
From the Sun to the Earth: The 13 May 2005 Coronal Mass Ejection
in Solar Physics
Blustin A
(2008)
Properties of X-ray-selected broad absorption-line quasars ?
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
Bogdanova Y
(2008)
Formation of the low-latitude boundary layer and cusp under the northward IMF: Simultaneous observations by Cluster and Double Star
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Bone L
(2009)
Formation, Interaction and Merger of an Active Region and a Quiescent Filament Prior to Their Eruption on 19 May 2007
in Solar Physics
Boselli A
(2010)
FIR colours and SEDs of nearby galaxies observed with Herschel
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Boselli A.
(2010)
The Herschel Reference Survey
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Bowler L
(2008)
Hinode unveils a new Sun
in Astronomy & Geophysics