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
Jackman C
(2011)
Solar Cycle Effects on the Dynamics of Jupiter's and Saturn's Magnetospheres
in Solar Physics
Attrill G
(2008)
The Recovery of CME-Related Dimmings and the ICME's Enduring Magnetic Connection to the Sun
in Solar Physics
Karlický M
(2010)
Reconnection of a Kinking Flux Rope Triggering the Ejection of a Microwave and Hard X-ray Source I. Observations and Interpretation
in Solar Physics
Kosugi T
(2007)
The Hinode (Solar-B) Mission: An Overview
in Solar Physics
Green L
(2007)
Transient Coronal Sigmoids and Rotating Erupting Flux Ropes
in Solar Physics
Foullon C
(2009)
The Apparent Layered Structure of the Heliospheric Current Sheet: Multi-Spacecraft Observations
in Solar Physics
Bone L
(2009)
Formation, Interaction and Merger of an Active Region and a Quiescent Filament Prior to Their Eruption on 19 May 2007
in Solar Physics
Culhane J
(2007)
The EUV Imaging Spectrometer for Hinode
in Solar Physics
Moradi H
(2010)
Modeling the Subsurface Structure of Sunspots
in Solar Physics
Martínez Pillet V
(2010)
The Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment (IMaX) for the Sunrise Balloon-Borne Solar Observatory
in Solar Physics
Zhang Y
(2007)
Coronal Magnetic Connectivity and EUV Dimmings
in Solar Physics
Lavraud B
(2009)
Observation of a Complex Solar Wind Reconnection Exhaust from Spacecraft Separated by over 1800 R E
in Solar Physics
Matsuzaki K
(2007)
Data Archive of the Hinode Mission
in Solar Physics
Harra L
(2010)
Response of the Solar Atmosphere to the Emergence of 'Serpentine' Magnetic Field
in Solar Physics
Wang J
(2007)
Solar Trans-equatorial Activity
in Solar Physics
Bisi M
(2010)
From the Sun to the Earth: The 13 May 2005 Coronal Mass Ejection
in Solar Physics
Valori G
(2007)
Magnetofrictional Extrapolations of Low and Lou's Force-Free Equilibria
in Solar Physics
Kliem B
(2010)
Reconnection of a Kinking Flux Rope Triggering the Ejection of a Microwave and Hard X-Ray Source II. Numerical Modeling
in Solar Physics
Delannée C
(2007)
A New Model for Propagating Parts of EIT Waves: A Current Shell in a CME
in Solar Physics
Van Driel-Gesztelyi L
(2008)
Magnetic Flux Emergence, Activity, Eruptions and Magnetic Clouds: Following Magnetic Field from the Sun to the Heliosphere
in Space Science Reviews
Masson A
(2009)
Advances in Plasmaspheric Wave Research with CLUSTER and IMAGE Observations
in Space Science Reviews
Lasker B
(2008)
THE SECOND-GENERATION GUIDE STAR CATALOG: DESCRIPTION AND PROPERTIES
in The Astronomical Journal
Harra L
(2008)
Outflows at the Edges of Active Regions: Contribution to Solar Wind Formation?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Israel G
(2008)
A Swift Gaze into the 2006 March 29 Burst Forest of SGR 1900+14
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sylwester J
(2010)
A SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC ABSOLUTE ABUNDANCE OF ARGON FROM RESIK
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wang Y
(2009)
ENDPOINT BRIGHTENINGS IN ERUPTING FILAMENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Imada S
(2008)
Non-Gaussian Line Profiles in a Large Solar Flare Observed on 2006 December 13
in The Astrophysical Journal
Troja E
(2007)
Swift Observations of GRB 070110: An Extraordinary X-Ray Afterglow Powered by the Central Engine
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Enoto T
(2009)
SUZAKU OBSERVATION OF THE NEW SOFT GAMMA REPEATER SGR 0501+4516 IN OUTBURST
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mignani R
(2010)
OPTICAL-ULTRAVIOLET SPECTRUM AND PROPER MOTION OF THE MIDDLE-AGED PULSAR B1055-52
in The Astrophysical Journal
Doschek G
(2008)
Flows and Nonthermal Velocities in Solar Active Regions Observed with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer on Hinode : A Tracer of Active Region Sources of Heliospheric Magnetic Fields?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Swenson C
(2010)
GRB 090926A AND BRIGHT LATE-TIME FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOWS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kondratiev V
(2009)
NEW LIMITS ON RADIO EMISSION FROM X-RAY DIM ISOLATED NEUTRON STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rea N
(2007)
Spectral Modeling of the High-Energy Emission of the Magnetar 4U 0142+614
in The Astrophysical Journal
Stallard T
(2008)
Dusk-brightening Event in Saturn's H[FORMULA][F][SUP]+[/SUP][INF]3[/INF][/F][/FORMULA] Aurora
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sterling A
(2007)
New Evidence for the Role of Emerging Flux in a Solar Filament's Slow Rise Preceding Its CME-producing Fast Eruption
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
Tiengo A
(2010)
THE DUST-SCATTERING X-RAY RINGS OF THE ANOMALOUS X-RAY PULSAR 1E 1547.0-5408
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rea N
(2008)
Resonant Cyclotron Scattering in Magnetars' Emission
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
Li C
(2010)
MAJOR ELECTRON EVENTS AND CORONAL MAGNETIC CONFIGURATIONS OF THE RELATED SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kozlowski S
(2010)
MID-INFRARED VARIABILITY FROM THE SPITZER DEEP WIDE-FIELD SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Soria R
(2008)
The Oldest X-Ray Supernovae: X-Ray Emission from 1941C, 1959D, and 1968D
in The Astrophysical Journal
Schmit D
(2009)
LARGE-SCALE FLOWS IN PROMINENCE CAVITIES
in The Astrophysical Journal