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
Rea N.
(2008)
RESONANT CYCLOTRON SCATTERING IN MAGNETARS' EMISSION
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Rea N
(2008)
Resonant Cyclotron Scattering in Magnetars' Emission
in The Astrophysical Journal
Balan N
(2007)
Response of the magnetosheath-cusp region to a coronal mass ejection
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Harra L
(2010)
Response of the Solar Atmosphere to the Emergence of 'Serpentine' Magnetic Field
in Solar Physics
McGowan K
(2007)
RETRACTED ARTICLE: X-ray observations of PSR B0355+54 and its pulsar wind nebula
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Hannikainen D
(2009)
Revisiting the relativistic ejection event in XTE J1550-564 during the 1998 outburst
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Arridge C
(2008)
Saturn's magnetodisc current sheet
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Sittler E
(2010)
Saturn's magnetospheric interaction with Titan as defined by Cassini encounters T9 and T18: New results
in Planetary and Space Science
Verwichte E
(2009)
SEISMOLOGY OF A LARGE SOLAR CORONAL LOOP FROM EUVI/ STEREO OBSERVATIONS OF ITS TRANSVERSE OSCILLATION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lindstedt T
(2009)
Separatrix regions of magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
in Annales Geophysicae
Lindstedt T.
(2009)
Separatrix regions of magnetic reconnection at the magnetopause
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Esposito P
(2007)
SGR 1806-20 about two years after the giant flare: Suzaku , XMM-Newton and INTEGRAL observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Marchaudon A.
(2009)
Shape, size, velocity and field-aligned currents of dayside plasma injections: a multi-altitude study
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Talboys D
(2009)
Signatures of field-aligned currents in Saturn's nightside magnetosphere
in Geophysical Research Letters
Baker D.
(2009)
Signatures of interchange reconnection: STEREO, ACE and Hinode observations combined
in ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE
Baker D
(2009)
Signatures of interchange reconnection: STEREO, ACE and Hinode observations combined
in Annales Geophysicae
Murray M
(2008)
Simulations of emerging flux in a coronal hole: oscillatory reconnection
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Qing-He Z
(2008)
Simultaneous Cluster and CUTLASS observations of FTEs on 11 February 2004
in CHINESE JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICS-CHINESE EDITION
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
Fear R
(2009)
Simultaneous observations of flux transfer events by THEMIS, Cluster, Double Star, and SuperDARN: Acceleration of FTEs
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Zhang, Q. And Liu, R. And Huang, J. And Dunlop, M. W. And Bogdonava, Y. V. And Walsh, A. P.
(2009)
Simultaneous TC-1 and Cluster observations of FTE on 13 March 2004
in Chinese Journal of Space Science
Sylwester B
(2010)
Soft X-ray coronal spectra at low activity levels observed by RESIK
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Jackman C
(2011)
Solar Cycle Effects on the Dynamics of Jupiter's and Saturn's Magnetospheres
in Solar Physics
Harra, L.
(2009)
Solar flares and associated phenomena
in Asian Journal of Physics
Matthews S
(2011)
Solar Particle Acceleration Radiation and Kinetics (SPARK) A mission to understand the nature of particle acceleration
in Experimental Astronomy
Li C
(2009)
Solar source of energetic particles in interplanetary space during the 2006 December 13 event
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Wang J
(2007)
Solar Trans-equatorial Activity
in Solar Physics
Forsyth C
(2009)
Solar wind and substorm excitation of the wavy current sheet
in Annales Geophysicae
Yan G
(2009)
Solar wind entry via flux tube into magnetosphere observed by Cluster measurements at dayside magnetopause during southward IMF
in Science in China Series E: Technological Sciences
Parks GK
(2007)
Solitary electromagnetic pulses detected with super-Alfvénic flows in Earth's geomagnetic tail.
in Physical review letters
Vaivads A
(2007)
Source of whistler emissions at the dayside magnetopause
in Geophysical Research Letters
Khurana K
(2009)
Sources of rotational signals in Saturn's magnetosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Shi J
(2010)
South-north asymmetry of field-aligned currents in the magnetotail observed by Cluster
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Shi Q
(2009)
Spatial structures of magnetic depression in the Earth's high-altitude cusp: Cluster multipoint observations
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Hohle M
(2009)
Spectral and temporal variations of the isolated neutron star RX J0720.4-3125: new XMM-Newton observations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rea N
(2007)
Spectral Modeling of the High-Energy Emission of the Magnetar 4U 0142+614
in The Astrophysical Journal
Branduardi-Raymont G
(2008)
Spectral morphology of the X-ray emission from Jupiter's aurorae
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Harra L
(2008)
Spectroscopic observations of coronal waves and coronal mass ejections
in Advances in Space Research
Esposito P
(2009)
Spin-down rate and inferred dipole magnetic field of the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1627-41
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Roussel H
(2010)
SPIRE imaging of M 82: Cool dust in the wind and tidal streams
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Barstow M
(2008)
Stellar and galactic environment survey (SAGE)
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Barstow M
(2008)
Stellar And Galactic Environment survey (SAGE)
in Experimental Astronomy
Liewer P
(2009)
Stereoscopic Analysis of the 19 May 2007 Erupting Filament
in Solar Physics
Lavraud B
(2007)
Strong bulk plasma acceleration in Earth's magnetosheath: A magnetic slingshot effect?
in Geophysical Research Letters
Mereghetti S
(2009)
STRONG BURSTS FROM THE ANOMALOUS X-RAY PULSAR 1E 1547.0-5408 OBSERVED WITH THE INTEGRAL /SPI ANTI-COINCIDENCE SHIELD
in The Astrophysical Journal
Asai Ayumi
(2008)
Strongly blueshifted phenomena observed with
Hinode EIS in the 2006 December 13 solar flare
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Runov A
(2008)
Structure of the near-Earth plasma sheet during tailward flows
in Annales Geophysicae
Robertson I
(2009)
Structure of Titan's ionosphere: Model comparisons with Cassini data
in Planetary and Space Science
Mignani R
(2007)
Studies of neutron stars at optical/IR wavelengths
in Astrophysics and Space Science