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
Len C
(2007)
Hinode EUV Study of Jets in the Sun's South Polar Corona
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Bowler L
(2008)
Hinode unveils a new Sun
in Astronomy & Geophysics
Masters A
(2009)
Hot flow anomalies at Saturn's bow shock
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Harra L
(2007)
How Does Large Flaring Activity from the Same Active Region Produce Oppositely Directed Magnetic Clouds?
in Solar 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
Mignani R
(2009)
HST observations of the nebula around the central compact object in the Vela Jr. supernova remnant
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mignani R
(2010)
HST/WFPC2 observations of the LMC pulsar PSR B0540-69
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
De Luca A
(2007)
Hubble Space Telescope Multiepoch Imaging of the PSR B0540-69 System Unveils a Highly Dynamic Synchrotron Nebula
in The Astrophysical Journal
Schippers P
(2009)
Identification of photoelectron energy peaks in Saturn's inner neutral torus
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
André N
(2008)
Identification of Saturn's magnetospheric regions and associated plasma processes: Synopsis of Cassini observations during orbit insertion
in Reviews of Geophysics
Bartlett J
(2010)
Improved performance of an engineering model cryogen free double adiabatic demagnetization refrigerator
in Cryogenics
Retinò A
(2007)
In situ evidence of magnetic reconnection in turbulent plasma
in Nature Physics
Achilleos N
(2010)
Influence of hot plasma pressure on the global structure of Saturn's magnetodisk
in Geophysical Research Letters
Coates A
(2008)
Interaction of Titan's ionosphere with Saturn's magnetosphere
in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences
Stenberg G
(2007)
Internal structure and spatial dimensions of whistler wave regions in the magnetopause boundary layer
in Annales Geophysicae
Seymour N
(2009)
Investigating the far-IR/radio correlation of star-forming Galaxies to z = 3
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sittler E
(2008)
Ion and neutral sources and sinks within Saturn's inner magnetosphere: Cassini results
in Planetary and Space Science
Galand M
(2010)
Ionization sources in Titan's deep ionosphere
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Coates A
(2008)
Ionospheric photoelectrons at Venus: Initial observations by ASPERA-4 ELS
in Planetary and Space Science
Coates A
(2011)
Ionospheric photoelectrons: Comparing Venus, Earth, Mars and Titan
in Planetary and Space Science
Juusola L
(2008)
Ionospheric signatures during a magnetospheric flux rope event
in Annales Geophysicae
Copperwheat C
(2007)
Irradiation models for ULXs and fits to optical data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pasetto S
(2010)
Isolated dwarf galaxies: from cuspy to flat dark matter density profiles and metalicity gradients
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
De Pasquale M
(2009)
Jet breaks at the end of the slow decline phase of Swift GRB light curves
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galametz A
(2009)
Large scale structures around radio galaxies at z ~ 1.5
in Astronomy & Astrophysics