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
Åsnes A
(2008)
Multispacecraft observation of electron beam in reconnection region
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Milan Steve
(2008)
Looking through the oval window
in ASTRONOMY & GEOPHYSICS
Achilleos N
(2008)
Large-scale dynamics of Saturn's magnetopause: Observations by Cassini
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Dzifcáková E
(2008)
Nonthermal and thermal diagnostics of a solar flare observed with RESIK and RHESSI
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Asano, Y. And Nakamura, R. And Shinohara, I. And Fujimoto, M. And Takada, T. And Baumjohann, W. And Owen, C. J. And Fazakerley, A. N.
(2008)
High temperature emission from solar flares
in Asian Journal of Physics
Nobili L
(2008)
X-ray spectra from magnetar candidates - II. Resonant cross-sections for electron-photon scattering in the relativistic regime
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wu K
(2008)
High and low states of the system AM Herculis
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schippers P
(2008)
Multi-instrument analysis of electron populations in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Taylor M
(2008)
The plasma sheet and boundary layers under northward IMF: A multi-point and multi-instrument perspective
in Advances in Space Research
Takada T
(2008)
Local field-aligned currents in the magnetotail and ionosphere as observed by a Cluster, Double Star, and MIRACLE conjunction
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Lasker B
(2008)
THE SECOND-GENERATION GUIDE STAR CATALOG: DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
in The Astronomical Journal
Morgan A
(2008)
Optimal Co-Addition of Imaging Data for Rapidly Fading Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hara H
(2008)
2006 December 17 Long Duration Flare Observed with the Hinode EUV Imaging Spectrometer
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
McNamara A
(2008)
X-ray polarization signatures of Compton scattering in magnetic cataclysmic variables
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wu Kinwah
(2008)
General Relativistic Radiative Transfer: Applications to Black-Hole Systems
in CHINESE JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Sylwester B
(2008)
He-like Ar xvii triplet observed by RESIK
in Advances in Space Research
Smith A
(2008)
LunarEX-a proposal to cosmic vision
in Experimental Astronomy
Mignani R
(2008)
Near infrared VLT / MAD observations of the isolated neutron stars RX J0420.0-5022 and RX J1856.5-3754
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lewis G
(2008)
Derivation of density and temperature from the Cassini-Huygens CAPS electron spectrometer
in Planetary and Space Science
Dubinin E
(2008)
Access of solar wind electrons into the Martian magnetosphere
in Annales Geophysicae
Shen C
(2008)
Flattened current sheet and its evolution in substorms
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Nobili L
(2008)
X-ray spectra from magnetar candidates - I. Monte Carlo simulations in the non-relativistic regime
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hu R
(2008)
Cluster observations of the midaltitude cusp under strong northward interplanetary magnetic field
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
McAndrews H
(2008)
Evidence for reconnection at Saturn's magnetopause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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
De Luca A.
(2008)
Deep infrared observations of the puzzling central X-ray source in RCW 103
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Asano Y
(2008)
Electron flat-top distributions around the magnetic reconnection region
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Coppin K
(2008)
Testing the evolutionary link between submillimetre galaxies and quasars: CO observations of QSOs at z ~ 2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
André N
(2008)
Identification of Saturn's magnetospheric regions and associated plasma processes: Synopsis of Cassini observations during orbit insertion
in Reviews of Geophysics
Schwartz S
(2008)
Cross-scale: multi-scale coupling in space plasmas
in Experimental Astronomy
Bowler L
(2008)
Hinode unveils a new Sun
in Astronomy & Geophysics
De Pasquale M
(2009)
Jet breaks at the end of the slow decline phase of Swift GRB light curves
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Murray M
(2009)
Outflows at the Edges of an Active Region in a Coronal Hole: A Signature of Active Region Expansion?
in Solar Physics
Salvaterra R
(2009)
GRB 090423 at a redshift of z approximately 8.1.
in Nature
Maitra D
(2009)
Constraining jet/disc geometry and radiative processes in stellar black holes XTE J1118+480 and GX 339-4
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mignani R
(2009)
VLT optical observations of the isolated neutron star RX J0420.0-5022
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Murphy K
(2009)
Reply to comment by K. Liou and Y.-L. Zhang on "Wavelet-based ULF wave diagnosis of substorm expansion phase onset"
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Mignani R
(2009)
VLT/NACO near-infrared observations of the transient radio magnetar 1E 1547.0-5408
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lee Khee-Gan
(2009)
Relativistic reflection X-ray spectra of accretion disks
in RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Ma Y
(2009)
Time-dependent global MHD simulations of Cassini T32 flyby: From magnetosphere to magnetosheath
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Vuitton V
(2009)
Negative ion chemistry in Titan's upper atmosphere
in Planetary and Space Science
Liewer P
(2009)
Stereoscopic Analysis of the 19 May 2007 Erupting Filament
in Solar Physics
Rymer A
(2009)
Discrete classification and electron energy spectra of Titan's varied magnetospheric environment
in Geophysical Research Letters
Masters A
(2009)
Surface waves on Saturn's dawn flank magnetopause driven by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability
in Planetary and Space Science
Baker D.
(2009)
Signatures of interchange reconnection: STEREO, ACE and Hinode observations combined
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Cai H. T.
(2009)
Cusp observations during a sequence of fast IMF
BZ reversals
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Shi Q
(2009)
Spatial structures of magnetic depression in the Earth's high-altitude cusp: Cluster multipoint observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Hannikainen D
(2009)
Revisiting the relativistic ejection event in XTE J1550-564 during the 1998 outburst
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lavraud B
(2009)
Tracing solar wind plasma entry into the magnetosphere using ion-to-electron temperature ratio
in Geophysical Research Letters
Wang Y
(2009)
ENDPOINT BRIGHTENINGS IN ERUPTING FILAMENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal