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
O'Halloran B
(2010)
Herschel photometric observations of the low metallicity dwarf galaxy NGC 1705
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Achilleos N
(2010)
A model of force balance in Saturn's magnetodisc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Phillips K
(2010)
THE SOLAR X-RAY CONTINUUM MEASURED BY RESIK
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ambroz J.
(2010)
The SECIS instrument on the Lomnicky Peak Observatory
in CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY SKALNATE PLESO
Cattaneo M. B. Bavassano
(2010)
Global reconnection topology as inferred from plasma observations inside Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Mutel R
(2010)
CMI growth rates for Saturnian kilometric radiation
in Geophysical Research Letters
Doherty M
(2010)
Optical and near-IR spectroscopy of candidate red galaxies in two z ~ 2.5 proto-clusters
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Curran P
(2010)
ON THE ELECTRON ENERGY DISTRIBUTION INDEX OF SWIFT GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Clarke K
(2010)
Magnetopause oscillations near the planetary period at Saturn: Occurrence, phase, and amplitude
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Galametz M
(2010)
Herschel photometric observations of the nearby low metallicity irregular galaxy NGC 6822
in Astronomy and Astrophysics