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
Provan G
(2009)
Polarization and phase of planetary-period magnetic field oscillations on high-latitude field lines in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Poole T
(2007)
Photometric calibration of the Swift ultraviolet/optical telescope Photometric calibration of the Swift UVOT
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pohlen, M. And Cortese, L. And Smith, M. W. L. And Eales, S. A. And Boselli, A. And Bendo, G. J. And Gomez, H. L. And Papageorgiou, A. And Auld, R. And Baes, M. And Bock, J. J. And Bradford, M. And Buat, V. And Castro-Rodriguez, N. And Chanial, P. And Charlot, S. And Ciesla, L. And Clements, D. L. And Cooray, A. And Cormier, D. And Dwek, E. And Eales, S. A. And Elbaz, D. And Galametz, M. And Galliano, F. And Gear, W. K. And Glenn, J. And Griffin, M. And Hony, S. And Isaak, K. G. And Levenson, L
(2010)
Radial distribution of gas and dust in the two spiral galaxies M99 and M100
Pohlen M
(2010)
Radial distribution of gas and dust in spiral galaxies The case of M 99 (NGC 4254) and M 100 (NGC 4321)
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pitout F
(2008)
Coordinated Cluster and Double Star observations of the dayside magnetosheath and magnetopause at different latitudes near noon
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Piro L
(2008)
EDGE: Explorer of diffuse emission and gamma-ray burst explosions
in Experimental Astronomy
Pickett J. S.
(2009)
Electrostatic solitary waves in current layers: from Cluster observations during a super-substorm to beam experiments at the LAPD
in NONLINEAR PROCESSES IN GEOPHYSICS
Phillips K
(2010)
Highly Ionized sodium X-ray line emission from the solar corona and the abundance of sodium
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Phillips K
(2008)
Highly ionized Fe X-ray lines at energies 7.7-8.6 keV
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Phillips K
(2010)
THE SOLAR X-RAY CONTINUUM MEASURED BY RESIK
in The Astrophysical Journal
Persoon A
(2009)
A diffusive equilibrium model for the plasma density in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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
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
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
Pavan L
(2009)
Topology of magnetars external field - I. Axially symmetric fields
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Parks GK
(2007)
Solitary electromagnetic pulses detected with super-Alfvénic flows in Earth's geomagnetic tail.
in Physical review letters
Panuzzo P
(2010)
Probing the molecular interstellar medium of M82 with Herschel -SPIRE spectroscopy
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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
Page K
(2007)
GRB 061121: Broadband Spectral Evolution through the Prompt and Afterglow Phases of a Bright Burst
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pacciani L
(2010)
THE 2009 DECEMBER GAMMA-RAY FLARE OF 3C 454.3: THE MULTIFREQUENCY CAMPAIGN
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