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
Bartlett J
(2010)
Improved performance of an engineering model cryogen free double adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator
in Cryogenics
Bisi M
(2010)
From the Sun to the Earth: The 13 May 2005 Coronal Mass Ejection
in Solar Physics
Kopf A
(2010)
Electron beams as the source of whistler-mode auroral hiss at Saturn
in Geophysical Research Letters
Vargas DomÃnguez S
(2010)
Characterization of horizontal flows around solar pores from high-resolution time series of images
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Dye S
(2010)
Herschel -ATLAS: Evolution of the 250 µm luminosity function out to z = 0.5
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Nguyen H
(2010)
HerMES: The SPIRE confusion limit
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Saxton C
(2010)
Time-dependent radio emission from evolving jets Time-dependent radio emission from evolving jets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eales S
(2010)
Mapping the interstellar medium in galaxies with Herschel /SPIRE
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Gomez H
(2010)
The dust morphology of the elliptical Galaxy M 86 with SPIRE
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Coates A
(2010)
Negative ions in the Enceladus plume
in Icarus
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
Osten R
(2010)
THE MOUSE THAT ROARED: A SUPERFLARE FROM THE dMe FLARE STAR EV LAC DETECTED BY SWIFT AND KONUS- WIND
in The Astrophysical Journal
Saxton C
(2010)
Polytropic dark haloes of elliptical galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kliem B
(2010)
Reconnection of a Kinking Flux Rope Triggering the Ejection of a Microwave and Hard X-Ray Source II. Numerical Modeling
in Solar Physics
Cai H
(2010)
Cluster observations of high-altitude cusp during multiple fast-turning IMF
in Chinese Science Bulletin
De Pasquale M
(2010)
SWIFT AND FERMI OBSERVATIONS OF THE EARLY AFTERGLOW OF THE SHORT GAMMA-RAY BURST 090510
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sylwester J
(2010)
HIGHLY IONIZED POTASSIUM LINES IN SOLAR X-RAY SPECTRA AND THE ABUNDANCE OF POTASSIUM
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sylwester J
(2011)
The Sun's X-ray Emission During the Recent Solar Minimum
in Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
Jackman C
(2011)
Solar Cycle Effects on the Dynamics of Jupiter's and Saturn's Magnetospheres
in Solar Physics
Branduardi-Raymont G
(2011)
AXIOM: advanced X-ray imaging of the magnetosphere
in Experimental Astronomy
Matthews S
(2011)
Solar Particle Acceleration Radiation and Kinetics (SPARK) A mission to understand the nature of particle acceleration
in Experimental Astronomy
Coates A
(2011)
Ionospheric photoelectrons: Comparing Venus, Earth, Mars and Titan
in Planetary and Space Science
Forsyth C
(2011)
On the effect of line current width and relative position on the multi-spacecraft curlometer technique
in Planetary and Space Science
Brocksopp C
(2011)
Double-double radio galaxies: further insights into the formation of the radio structures DDRG: formation of the radio structures
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
HARRA L
(2012)
A NEW VIEW OF THE SUN FROM THE HINODE SPACE MISSION
in International Journal of Modern Physics D