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
Testa V
(2008)
Adaptive optics, near-infrared observations of magnetars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Teolis BD
(2010)
Cassini finds an oxygen-carbon dioxide atmosphere at Saturn's icy moon Rhea.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Taylor M
(2008)
The plasma sheet and boundary layers under northward IMF: A multi-point and multi-instrument perspective
in Advances in Space Research
Tanaka K
(2008)
Effects on magnetic reconnection of a density asymmetry across the current sheet
in Annales Geophysicae
Talboys D
(2009)
Signatures of field-aligned currents in Saturn's nightside magnetosphere
in Geophysical Research Letters
Talboys D
(2009)
Characterization of auroral current systems in Saturn's magnetosphere: High-latitude Cassini observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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
Szego K
(2009)
O + ion flow below the magnetic barrier at Venus post terminator
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets
Symeonidis, M. And Rosario, D. And Georgakakis, A. And Harker, J. And Laird, E. S. And Page, M. J.
(2009)
The central energy source of 70micron-selected galaxies: Starburst or AGN?
Symeonidis M
(2010)
The central energy source of 70 µm-selected galaxies: starburst or AGN?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society