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
Kondratiev V
(2009)
NEW LIMITS ON RADIO EMISSION FROM X-RAY DIM ISOLATED NEUTRON STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kondratiev V
(2010)
ERRATUM: "NEW LIMITS ON RADIO EMISSION FROM X-RAY DIM ISOLATED NEUTRON STARS" (2009, ApJ, 702, 692)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kopf A
(2010)
Electron beams as the source of whistler-mode auroral hiss at Saturn
in Geophysical Research Letters
Kosugi T
(2007)
The Hinode (Solar-B) Mission: An Overview
in Solar Physics
Kozlowski S
(2010)
MID-INFRARED VARIABILITY FROM THE SPITZER DEEP WIDE-FIELD SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Krumpe M
(2008)
X-ray absorption in distant type II QSOs
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kuin N
(2009)
GRB 081203A: Swift UVOT captures the earliest ultraviolet spectrum of a gamma-ray burst
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Kullen A
(2008)
Plasma transport along discrete auroral arcs and its contribution to the ionospheric plasma convection
in Annales Geophysicae
La Palombara N
(2007)
Multiwavelength observations of the two unidentified EGRET sources 3EG J0616-3310 and 3EG J1249-8330
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Lamy L
(2010)
Properties of Saturn kilometric radiation measured within its source region
in Geophysical Research Letters
Lane K
(2007)
The colour selection of distant galaxies in the UKIDSS Ultra Deep Survey Early Data Release
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Langlais B
(2008)
Mars environment and magnetic orbiter model payload
in Experimental Astronomy
Lasker B
(2008)
THE SECOND-GENERATION GUIDE STAR CATALOG: DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
in The Astronomical Journal
Lavraud B
(2007)
Strong bulk plasma acceleration in Earth's magnetosheath: A magnetic slingshot effect?
in Geophysical Research Letters
Lavraud B
(2009)
Tracing solar wind plasma entry into the magnetosphere using ion-to-electron temperature ratio
in Geophysical Research Letters
Lavraud B
(2009)
Observation of a Complex Solar Wind Reconnection Exhaust from Spacecraft Separated by over 1800 R E
in Solar Physics
Le Roux, J. A. And Florinski, V. And Zank, G. P. And Coates, A. J.
(2010)
AIP Conference Proceedings: Preface
in AIP Conference Proceedings
Leblanc F
(2009)
Mars environment and magnetic orbiter scientific and measurement objectives.
in Astrobiology
Lee Khee-Gan
(2009)
Relativistic reflection X-ray spectra of accretion disks
in RESEARCH IN ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS
Lefebvre B
(2007)
Electron dynamics and cross-shock potential at the quasi-perpendicular Earth's bow shock
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Len C
(2007)
Hinode EUV Study of Jets in the Sun's South Polar Corona
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Lewis G
(2010)
The calibration of the Cassini-Huygens CAPS Electron Spectrometer
in Planetary and Space Science
Lewis G
(2008)
Derivation of density and temperature from the Cassini-Huygens CAPS electron spectrometer
in Planetary and Space Science
Li C
(2010)
MAJOR ELECTRON EVENTS AND CORONAL MAGNETIC CONFIGURATIONS OF THE RELATED SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Li C
(2009)
Solar source of energetic particles in interplanetary space during the 2006 December 13 event
in Astronomy & Astrophysics