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
Mignani R
(2009)
HST observations of the nebula around the central compact object in the Vela Jr. supernova remnant
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Mignani R
(2007)
VLT / NACO observations of the high-magnetic field radio pulsar PSR J1119-6127
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mignani R
(2007)
VLT observations of the central compact object in the Vela Jr. supernova remnant
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mignani R
(2007)
Studies of neutron stars at optical/IR wavelengths
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Milan S
(2009)
A superposed epoch analysis of auroral evolution during substorm growth, onset and recovery: open magnetic flux control of substorm intensity
in Annales Geophysicae
Milan Steve
(2008)
Looking through the oval window
in ASTRONOMY & GEOPHYSICS
Mineo T
(2007)
GRB 050410 and GRB 050412: are they really dark gamma-ray bursts?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Moradi H
(2010)
Modeling the Subsurface Structure of Sunspots
in Solar Physics
Morgan A
(2008)
Optimal Co-Addition of Imaging Data for Rapidly Fading Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows
in The Astrophysical Journal
Morooka M. W.
(2009)
The electron density of Saturn's magnetosphere
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Moss D
(2007)
A deep Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope 610-MHz survey of the 1HXMM-Newton/Chandra survey field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Motch C
(2010)
The X-ray source content of the XMM-Newton Galactic plane survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Muglach K
(2009)
EVIDENCE FOR MIXED HELICITY IN ERUPTING FILAMENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mura A
(2008)
ENA detection in the dayside of Mars: ASPERA-3 NPD statistical study
in Planetary and Space Science
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
Murray M
(2009)
Outflows at the Edges of an Active Region in a Coronal Hole: A Signature of Active Region Expansion?
in Solar Physics
Murray M
(2008)
Simulations of emerging flux in a coronal hole: oscillatory reconnection
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Murray M
(2007)
Emerging flux tubes from the solar interior into the atmosphere: effects of non-constant twist
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mutel R
(2010)
CMI growth rates for Saturnian kilometric radiation
in Geophysical Research Letters
Mühlbachler S
(2009)
Cluster observations showing the indication of the formation of a modified-two-stream instability in the geomagnetic tail
in Advances in Space Research
Nakajima A
(2010)
Simultaneous FAST and Double Star TC1 observations of broadband electrons during a storm time substorm
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Nakamura R
(2008)
Cluster observations of an ion-scale current sheet in the magnetotail under the presence of a guide field
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Nakos T
(2008)
A multi-wavelength survey of AGN in the XMM-LSS field I. Quasar selection via the KX technique
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nesvadba N
(2009)
CO line emission in the halo of a radio galaxy at z = 2.6
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Nguyen H
(2010)
HerMES: The SPIRE confusion limit
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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
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
Novara G
(2009)
A deep XMM-Newton serendipitous survey of a middle-latitude area II. New deeper X-ray and optical observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
O'Halloran B
(2010)
Herschel photometric observations of the low metallicity dwarf galaxy NGC 1705
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Oates S
(2007)
The two-component afterglow of Swift GRB 050802 GRB 050802
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oates S
(2009)
A statistical study of gamma-ray burst afterglows measured by the Swift Ultraviolet Optical Telescope
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oliver S
(2010)
HerMES: SPIRE galaxy number counts at 250, 350, and 500 µ m
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
Owen C
(2008)
Cluster observations of "crater" flux transfer events at the dayside high-latitude magnetopause
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Pacciani L
(2010)
THE 2009 DECEMBER GAMMA-RAY FLARE OF 3C 454.3: THE MULTIFREQUENCY CAMPAIGN
in The Astrophysical Journal
Page K
(2007)
GRB 061121: Broadband Spectral Evolution through the Prompt and Afterglow Phases of a Bright Burst
in The Astrophysical Journal
Page M
(2007)
The XMM-SSC survey of hard-spectrum XMM-Newton sources - I. Optically bright sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Panuzzo P
(2010)
Probing the molecular interstellar medium of M82 with Herschel -SPIRE spectroscopy
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Parks GK
(2007)
Solitary electromagnetic pulses detected with super-Alfvénic flows in Earth's geomagnetic tail.
in Physical review letters
Pasetto S
(2008)
Planar distribution of the galaxies in the Local Group
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Pasetto S
(2010)
Isolated dwarf galaxies: from cuspy to flat dark matter density profiles and metalicity gradients
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pasetto S
(2009)
Tidal effects on the spatial structure of the Local Group
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pavan L
(2009)
Topology of magnetars external field - I. Axially symmetric fields
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pedersen A
(2008)
Correction to "Electron density estimations derived from spacecraft potential measurements on Cluster in tenuous plasma regions"
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Pedersen A
(2008)
Electron density estimations derived from spacecraft potential measurements on Cluster in tenuous plasma regions
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Pellegrini S
(2007)
A Deep Chandra Look at the Low- L B Elliptical NGC 821: X-Ray Binaries, a Galactic Wind, and Emission at the Nucleus
in The Astrophysical Journal
Perna R
(2008)
How rapidly do neutron stars spin at birth? Constraints from archival X-ray observations of extragalactic supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Persoon A
(2009)
A diffusive equilibrium model for the plasma density in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Phillips K
(2010)
Highly Ionized sodium X-ray line emission from the solar corona and the abundance of sodium
in Astronomy and Astrophysics