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
Soria R
(2010)
Discovery of an optical counterpart to the hyperluminous X-ray source in ESO 243-49
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McHardy I
(2007)
Discovery of multiple Lorentzian components in the X-ray timing properties of the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Ark 564 Multiple Lorentzians in Ark 564
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rymer A
(2009)
Discrete classification and electron energy spectra of Titan's varied magnetospheric environment
in Geophysical Research Letters
Brocksopp C
(2010)
Disentangling jet and disc emission from the 2005 outburst of XTE J1118+480 The 2005 outburst of XTE J1118+480
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Swartz Douglas A.
(2008)
Do ultraluminous X-ray sources exist in dwarf galaxies?
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Brocksopp C
(2011)
Double-double radio galaxies: further insights into the formation of the radio structures DDRG: formation of the radio structures
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wright A
(2008)
Downward current electron beam observed by Cluster and FAST
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Stallard Tom
(2008)
Dusk-brightening event in Saturn's H
3
+ aurora
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL LETTERS
Stallard T
(2008)
Dusk-brightening Event in Saturn's H[FORMULA][F][SUP]+[/SUP][INF]3[/INF][/F][/FORMULA] Aurora
in The Astrophysical Journal
Schady P
(2007)
Dust and gas in the local environments of gamma-ray bursts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Schady P
(2010)
Dust and metal column densities in gamma-ray burst host galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Deng X
(2009)
Dynamics and waves near multiple magnetic null points in reconnection diffusion region
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Baumjohann W
(2007)
Dynamics of thin current sheets: Cluster observations
in Annales Geophysicae
De Pasquale M
(2007)
Early afterglow detection in the Swift observations of GRB 050801
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Esposito P
(2010)
Early X-ray and optical observations of the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 0418+5729
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Piro L
(2008)
EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions
in Experimental Astronomy
Escoubet C
(2008)
Effect of a northward turning of the interplanetary magnetic field on cusp precipitation as observed by Cluster
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Tanaka K
(2008)
Effects on magnetic reconnection of a density asymmetry across the current sheet
in Annales Geophysicae
Aikio A
(2008)
EISCAT and Cluster observations in the vicinity of the dynamical polar cap boundary
in Annales Geophysicae
Asano Y
(2010)
Electron acceleration signatures in the magnetotail associated with substorms
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Kopf A
(2010)
Electron beams as the source of whistler-mode auroral hiss at Saturn
in Geophysical Research Letters
Rymer A
(2008)
Electron circulation in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Pedersen A
(2008)
Electron density estimations derived from spacecraft potential measurements on Cluster in tenuous plasma regions
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Lefebvre B
(2007)
Electron dynamics and cross-shock potential at the quasi-perpendicular Earth's bow shock
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Asano Y
(2008)
Electron flat-top distributions around the magnetic reconnection region
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics