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
Rymer A
(2009)
Cassini evidence for rapid interchange transport at Saturn
in Planetary and Space Science
Teolis BD
(2010)
Cassini finds an oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere at Saturn's icy moon Rhea.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Masters A
(2010)
Cassini observations of a Kelvin-Helmholtz vortex in Saturn's outer magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Bunce E
(2007)
Cassini observations of the variation of Saturn's ring current parameters with system size
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Talboys D
(2009)
Characterization of auroral current systems in Saturn's magnetosphere: High-latitude Cassini observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Vargas DomÃnguez S
(2010)
Characterization of horizontal flows around solar pores from high-resolution time series of images
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Walsh A
(2009)
Cluster and Double Star multipoint observations of a plasma bubble
in Annales Geophysicae
Owen C
(2008)
Cluster observations of "crater" flux transfer events at the dayside high-latitude magnetopause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Nakamura R
(2008)
Cluster observations of an ion-scale current sheet in the magnetotail under the presence of a guide field
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Egedal J
(2010)
Cluster observations of bidirectional beams caused by electron trapping during antiparallel reconnection
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics