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
Coates A
(2008)
Interaction of Titan's ionosphere with Saturn's magnetosphere
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Imada S
(2008)
Non-Gaussian Line Profiles in a Large Solar Flare Observed on 2006 December 13
in The Astrophysical Journal
Foullon C
(2008)
Evolution of Kelvin-Helmholtz activity on the dusk flank magnetopause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Coustenis A
(2008)
TandEM: Titan and Enceladus mission
in Experimental Astronomy
Escoubet C
(2008)
Two sources of magnetosheath ions observed by Cluster in the mid-altitude polar cusp
in Advances in Space Research
Chen L
(2008)
Evidence of an extended electron current sheet and its neighboring magnetic island during magnetotail reconnection
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Soria R
(2008)
Black hole mass estimates from soft X-ray spectra
in Advances in Space Research
Attrill G
(2008)
The Recovery of CME-Related Dimmings and the ICME's Enduring Magnetic Connection to the Sun
in Solar Physics
Bunce E
(2008)
Origin of Saturn's aurora: Simultaneous observations by Cassini and the Hubble Space Telescope
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Bertucci C
(2008)
The magnetic memory of Titan's ionized atmosphere.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Romano P
(2008)
The Brera multi-scale wavelet Chandra survey I. Serendipitous source catalogue
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Štverák Š
(2008)
Electron temperature anisotropy constraints in the solar wind
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Jackman C
(2008)
A multi-instrument view of tail reconnection at Saturn
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Daum P
(2008)
Global MHD simulation of flux transfer events at the high-latitude magnetopause observed by the Cluster spacecraft and the SuperDARN radar system
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Perna R
(2008)
How rapidly do neutron stars spin at birth? Constraints from archival X-ray observations of extragalactic supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kullen A
(2008)
Plasma transport along discrete auroral arcs and its contribution to the ionospheric plasma convection
in Annales Geophysicae
Smith, A. And Crawford, I. A. And Gowen, R. A. And Pike, W. T.
(2008)
Penetrators as planetary probes and MoonLITE a proposed UK-led mission
in Advances in Space Research
Grisé F
(2008)
The ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 1313 X-2 Its optical counterpart and environment
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Doschek G
(2008)
Flows and Nonthermal Velocities in Solar Active Regions Observed with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer on Hinode : A Tracer of Active Region Sources of Heliospheric Magnetic Fields?
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Rea N.
(2008)
RESONANT CYCLOTRON SCATTERING IN MAGNETARS' EMISSION
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Piro L
(2008)
EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions
in Experimental Astronomy
Van Driel-Gesztelyi L
(2008)
Multi-scale reconnections in a complex CME
in Advances in Space Research
Murray M
(2008)
Simulations of emerging flux in a coronal hole: oscillatory reconnection
in Astronomy & Astrophysics