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
Breeveld A
(2010)
Further calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope Further calibration of the Swift UVOT
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Branduardi-Raymont G
(2011)
AXIOM: advanced X-ray imaging of the magnetosphere
in Experimental Astronomy
Branduardi-Raymont G
(2010)
X-rays from Saturn: a study with XMM-Newton and Chandra over the years 2002-05
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Branduardi-Raymont G
(2008)
Spectral morphology of the X-ray emission from Jupiter's aurorae
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Bowler L
(2008)
Hinode unveils a new Sun
in Astronomy & Geophysics
Boselli A.
(2010)
The Herschel Reference Survey
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Boselli A
(2010)
FIR colours and SEDs of nearby galaxies observed with Herschel
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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