Rolling Grant
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Mullard Space Science Laboratory
Abstract
A Rolling Grant is designed to support a programme of research within a particular domain. The domain in this case is Space Science, in particular the fields of: 1. Compact Objects (Black Holes and Neutron Stars, seeking to understand the physics associated with the enormously compact objects. this includes studying Gamma-ray bursts (giant supernovae in distant galaxies), isolated neutron stars including those with gigantic magnetic fields, and black holes); 2. Galaxy Formation and Evolution (Understanding these processes using extremely sophisticated computer modelling techniques. Looking at the role of Active Galactic Nuclei, the history of star formation and the role of feedback) 3. Magnetic Coupling and the Heliosphere (The emergence of magnetic field structures on the Sun, how solar eruptions are triggered, the creation of the Solar Wind and how it affects the Earth); 4. Plasma Physics of the Terrestrial and Planetary Environments (The Earth and some other planets are surrounded and protected by magnetic fields which provide a local laboratory for fundamental research into how charged particles interact with complex magnetic field structures. Through the use of in-situ space probes we will study these processes to gain a fuller understanding of this important physics. Many solar system bodies do not have a protective magnetic field and so we will also study the these interactions, especially planets and moons with an atmospheres (e.g. Mars and Titan)); 5. Planetary Surfaces (The surfaces of planets, particularly Mars, provide interesting and alternative geological and meteorological settings to the Earth. We plan to use the plethora of observational data available from currently orbiting spacecraft to study in great detail these terrains). 6. Enabling technologies (Miniature, very low temperature coolers, auroral imagers and plasma analysers will be developed. New methods of constructing 3-dimensional models of planetary surfaces will be produced. A study will be made (with impact trials) of the survivability of an instrumented penetrator into ice at around 700 miles per hour).
Organisations
Publications
Walsh A
(2013)
Sources of electron pitch angle anisotropy in the magnetotail plasma sheet
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Shi QQ
(2013)
Solar wind entry into the high-latitude terrestrial magnetosphere during geomagnetically quiet times.
in Nature communications
Weisskopf M
(2013)
CHANDRA , KECK, AND VLA OBSERVATIONS OF THE CRAB NEBULA DURING THE 2011-APRIL GAMMA-RAY FLARE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Stratta G
(2013)
THE ULTRA-LONG GRB 111209A. II. PROMPT TO AFTERGLOW AND AFTERGLOW PROPERTIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
De Luca A
(2013)
PSR J0357+3205: A FAST-MOVING PULSAR WITH A VERY UNUSUAL X-RAY TRAIL
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rawlings J
(2013)
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon emission in powerful high-redshift radio galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Török T
(2013)
Initiation of Coronal Mass Ejections by Sunspot Rotation
in Solar Physics
Grasset O
(2013)
JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE): An ESA mission to orbit Ganymede and to characterise the Jupiter system
in Planetary and Space Science
Dartnell LR
(2013)
Fluorescence characterization of clinically-important bacteria.
in PloS one
Badman S
(2013)
Bursty magnetic reconnection at Saturn's magnetopause
in Geophysical Research Letters
Kim J
(2013)
Multi-resolution digital terrain models and their potential for Mars landing site assessments
in Planetary and Space Science
Krol M
(2013)
How much CO was emitted by the 2010 fires around Moscow?
in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Remmen G
(2013)
Complex orbital dynamics of a double neutron star system revolving around a massive black hole
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hernán-Caballero A
(2013)
SHARDS: stellar populations and star formation histories of a mass-selected sample of 0.65 < z < 1.1 galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kaastra J
(2013)
Accretion and outflow of gas in Markarian 509
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Démoulin P
(2013)
The 3D Geometry of Active Region Upflows Deduced from Their Limb-to-Limb Evolution
in Solar Physics
Swenson C
(2013)
GAMMA-RAY BURST FLARES: ULTRAVIOLET/OPTICAL FLARING. I.
in The Astrophysical Journal
Masters A
(2013)
Electron acceleration to relativistic energies at a strong quasi-parallel shock wave
in Nature Physics
Recchi S
(2013)
The [ /Fe] ratios of very metal-poor stars within the integrated galactic initial mass function theory
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Heinis S
(2013)
HerMES: unveiling obscured star formation - the far-infrared luminosity function of ultraviolet-selected galaxies at z ~ 1.5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mignani R
(2013)
The birthplace and age of the isolated neutron star RX J1856.5-3754
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Soffitta P
(2013)
XIPE: the X-ray imaging polarimetry explorer
in Experimental Astronomy
Rhoads J
(2013)
A LYMAN BREAK GALAXY IN THE EPOCH OF REIONIZATION FROM HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE GRISM SPECTROSCOPY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Williams D
(2013)
MASS ESTIMATES OF RAPIDLY MOVING PROMINENCE MATERIAL FROM HIGH-CADENCE EUV IMAGES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Juneau S
(2013)
WIDESPREAD AND HIDDEN ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI IN STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT REDSHIFT >0.3
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hwang K
(2013)
Cluster observations near reconnection X lines in Earth's magnetotail current sheet
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
La Barbera F
(2013)
SPIDER VIII - constraints on the stellar initial mass function of early-type galaxies from a variety of spectral features
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Liu P
(2013)
Using advanced InSAR time series techniques to monitor landslide movements in Badong of the Three Gorges region, China
in International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation
Mignani R
(2013)
Deep optical observations of the ?-ray pulsar PSR J0007+7303 in the CTA 1 supernova remnant
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tiengo A
(2013)
A variable absorption feature in the X-ray spectrum of a magnetar.
in Nature
Wardlow J
(2013)
HerMES: CANDIDATE GRAVITATIONALLY LENSED GALAXIES AND LENSING STATISTICS AT SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mignani R
(2013)
Infrared observations of the candidate double neutron star system PSR J1811-1736
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ackermann M
(2013)
DETERMINATION OF THE POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION FOR THE FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE FROM ON-ORBIT DATA AND LIMITS ON PAIR HALOS OF ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
in The Astrophysical Journal
Rea N
(2013)
A STRONGLY MAGNETIZED PULSAR WITHIN THE GRASP OF THE MILKY WAY'S SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kawata D
(2013)
Calibrating an updated smoothed particle hydrodynamics scheme within gcd+
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Snowden D
(2013)
Auroral electron precipitation and flux tube erosion in Titan's upper atmosphere
in Icarus
Hildebrandt H
(2013)
Inferring the mass of submillimetre galaxies by exploiting their gravitational magnification of background galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wellbrock A
(2013)
Cassini CAPS-ELS observations of negative ions in Titan's ionosphere: Trends of density with altitude
in Geophysical Research Letters
Martel H
(2013)
The connection between star formation and metallicity evolution in barred spiral galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Volwerk M
(2013)
Comparative magnetotail flapping: an overview of selected events at Earth, Jupiter and Saturn
in Annales Geophysicae
Hunt J
(2013)
Disc galaxy modelling with a particle-by-particle made-to-measure method
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Potts D
(2013)
Sensor Intercalibration Over Dome C for the ESA GlobAlbedo Project
in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Nakamura R
(2013)
Flow bouncing and electron injection observed by Cluster
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Massey R
(2013)
Origins of weak lensing systematics, and requirements on future instrumentation (or knowledge of instrumentation)
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cunnama D
(2014)
The environmental dependence of neutral hydrogen in the gimic simulations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kawata D
(2014)
Numerical simulations of bubble-induced star formation in dwarf irregular galaxies with a novel stellar feedback scheme
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Török T
(2014)
The evolution of writhe in kink-unstable flux ropes and erupting filaments
in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Hills M
(2014)
Thermal Magnetoconductivity of Tungsten Below 6 K: Combining the Zero-, Low- and High-Field Cases
in Journal of Low Temperature Physics
Kaastra JS
(2014)
Active galaxies. A fast and long-lived outflow from the supermassive black hole in NGC 5548.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Description | Significant improved understanding in the fields of astrophysics, space plasma physics, solar physics, planetary sciences and instrumentation |
Exploitation Route | Through peer reviewed publications |
Sectors | Other |
Description | Consolidated Grants |
Amount | £2,537,157 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/N000722/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 03/2019 |
Description | Consolidated Grants |
Amount | £1,138,583 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/N000811/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 03/2019 |
Description | STFC Consolidated Grant |
Amount | £2,145,073 (GBP) |
Funding ID | ST/K000977/1 |
Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2013 |
End | 03/2017 |
Title | Cryogenic system elements |
Description | Elements of millK Adiabatic Demagnetisation Refrigerators including heatswitches and magnets. Magnets, cryogenics, vacuum |
Type Of Technology | Systems, Materials & Instrumental Engineering |
Year Produced | 2011 |
Impact | Development will lead to minaturization of coolers which will make them more suitable for space and ground-based applications |