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
Collinson G
(2009)
Electron optical study of the Venus Express ASPERA-4 Electron Spectrometer (ELS) top-hat electrostatic analyser
in Measurement Science and Technology
Dunlop M
(2008)
Electron structure of the magnetopause boundary layer: Cluster/Double Star observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Štverák Š
(2008)
Electron temperature anisotropy constraints in the solar wind
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
He J
(2008)
Electron trapping around a magnetic null
in Geophysical Research Letters
Del Zanna G
(2008)
Electron-impact excitation of Be-like Mg
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pickett J. S.
(2009)
Electrostatic solitary waves in current layers: from Cluster observations during a super-substorm to beam experiments at the LAPD
in NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS
Caccianiga A
(2007)
Elusive AGN in the XMM-Newton bright serendipitous survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Murray M
(2007)
Emerging flux tubes from the solar interior into the atmosphere: effects of non-constant twist
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mura A
(2008)
ENA detection in the dayside of Mars: ASPERA-3 NPD statistical study
in Planetary and Space Science
Wang Y
(2009)
ENDPOINT BRIGHTENINGS IN ERUPTING FILAMENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Roussos E
(2010)
Energetic electron microsignatures as tracers of radial flows and dynamics in Saturn's innermost magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Kondratiev V
(2010)
ERRATUM: "NEW LIMITS ON RADIO EMISSION FROM X-RAY DIM ISOLATED NEUTRON STARS" (2009, ApJ, 702, 692)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Young P
(2007)
EUV Emission Lines and Diagnostics Observed with Hinode/EIS
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Hasegawa H
(2010)
Evidence for a flux transfer event generated by multiple X-line reconnection at the magnetopause
in Geophysical Research Letters
Muglach K
(2009)
EVIDENCE FOR MIXED HELICITY IN ERUPTING FILAMENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
McAndrews H
(2008)
Evidence for reconnection at Saturn's magnetopause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Williams D
(2009)
Evidence from the Extreme-Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer for Axial Filament Rotation before a Large Flare
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
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
Balmaceda L
(2010)
Evidence of small-scale magnetic concentrations dragged by vortex motion of solar photospheric plasma
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Foullon C
(2008)
Evolution of Kelvin-Helmholtz activity on the dusk flank magnetopause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Smith R
(2008)
Exploring the nuclear environment of the NLS1 galaxy Arakelian 564 with XMM-Newton RGS
in Astronomy & Astrophysics