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
Falder J
(2011)
THE SPITZER EXTRAGALACTIC REPRESENTATIVE VOLUME SURVEY: THE ENVIRONMENTS OF HIGH- z SDSS QUASI-STELLAR OBJECTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dai Y
(2012)
A POPULATION OF DUST-RICH QUASARS AT z ~ 1.5
in The Astrophysical Journal
Goryaev F
(2014)
STUDY OF EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET EMISSION AND PROPERTIES OF A CORONAL STREAMER FROM PROBA2 /SWAP, HINODE /EIS AND MAUNA LOA Mk4 OBSERVATIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lo Faro B
(2013)
THE COMPLEX PHYSICS OF DUSTY STAR-FORMING GALAXIES AT HIGH REDSHIFTS AS REVEALED BY HERSCHEL AND SPITZER
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
Yardley S
(2016)
FLUX CANCELLATION AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE ERUPTIVE FILAMENT OF 2011 JUNE 7
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wardlow J
(2013)
HerMES: CANDIDATE GRAVITATIONALLY LENSED GALAXIES AND LENSING STATISTICS AT SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTHS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sterling A
(2011)
LATERAL OFFSET OF THE CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS FROM THE X-FLARE OF 2006 DECEMBER 13 AND ITS TWO PRECURSOR ERUPTIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zheng W
(2012)
PANCHROMATIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE TEXTBOOK GRB 110205A: CONSTRAINING PHYSICAL MECHANISMS OF PROMPT EMISSION AND AFTERGLOW
in The Astrophysical Journal
De Luca A
(2011)
DISCOVERY OF A FAINT X-RAY COUNTERPART AND A PARSEC-LONG X-RAY TAIL FOR THE MIDDLE-AGED, ?-RAY-ONLY PULSAR PSR J0357+3205
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sainz Dalda A
(2012)
MAGNETIC TOPOLOGY OF A NAKED SUNSPOT: IS IT REALLY NAKED?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Li C
(2011)
CORONAL JETS, MAGNETIC TOPOLOGIES, AND THE PRODUCTION OF INTERPLANETARY ELECTRON STREAMS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Racusin J
(2011)
FERMI AND SWIFT GAMMA-RAY BURST AFTERGLOW POPULATION STUDIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Harra L
(2012)
NON-THERMAL RESPONSE OF THE CORONA TO THE MAGNETIC FLUX DISPERSAL IN THE PHOTOSPHERE OF A DECAYING ACTIVE REGION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ma S
(2011)
OBSERVATIONS AND INTERPRETATION OF A LOW CORONAL SHOCK WAVE OBSERVED IN THE EUV BY THE SDO/AIA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Williams D
(2013)
MASS ESTIMATES OF RAPIDLY MOVING PROMINENCE MATERIAL FROM HIGH-CADENCE EUV IMAGES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Viero M
(2013)
HerMES: COSMIC INFRARED BACKGROUND ANISOTROPIES AND THE CLUSTERING OF DUSTY STAR-FORMING GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Smith M
(2012)
THE HERSCHEL EXPLOITATION OF LOCAL GALAXY ANDROMEDA (HELGA). II. DUST AND GAS IN ANDROMEDA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Gibson S
(2010)
THREE-DIMENSIONAL MORPHOLOGY OF A CORONAL PROMINENCE CAVITY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Norris R
(2011)
DEEP SPITZER OBSERVATIONS OF INFRARED-FAINT RADIO SOURCES: HIGH-REDSHIFT RADIO-LOUD ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Brown P
(2012)
A SWIFT LOOK AT SN 2011fe: THE EARLIEST ULTRAVIOLET OBSERVATIONS OF A TYPE Ia SUPERNOVA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Marshall F
(2011)
THE LATE PEAKING AFTERGLOW OF GRB 100418A
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pérez-González P
(2013)
SHARDS: AN OPTICAL SPECTRO-PHOTOMETRIC SURVEY OF DISTANT GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Stratta G
(2013)
THE ULTRA-LONG GRB 111209A. II. PROMPT TO AFTERGLOW AND AFTERGLOW PROPERTIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sterling A
(2010)
FIBRILLAR CHROMOSPHERIC SPICULE-LIKE COUNTERPARTS TO AN EXTREME-ULTRAVIOLET AND SOFT X-RAY BLOWOUT CORONAL JET
in The Astrophysical Journal
Macciò A
(2012)
HALO EXPANSION IN COSMOLOGICAL HYDRO SIMULATIONS: TOWARD A BARYONIC SOLUTION OF THE CUSP/CORE PROBLEM IN MASSIVE SPIRALS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Long D
(2011)
THE WAVE PROPERTIES OF CORONAL BRIGHT FRONTS OBSERVED USING SDO /AIA
in The Astrophysical Journal
Turolla R
(2011)
IS SGR 0418+5729 INDEED A WANING MAGNETAR?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Leier D
(2011)
RESOLVING THE BARYON-FRACTION PROFILE IN LENSING GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Scott K
(2011)
REDSHIFT DETERMINATION AND CO LINE EXCITATION MODELING FOR THE MULTIPLY LENSED GALAXY HLSW-01
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
Gavazzi R
(2011)
MODELING OF THE HERMES SUBMILLIMETER SOURCE LENSED BY A DARK MATTER DOMINATED FOREGROUND GROUP OF GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Abdo A
(2011)
OBSERVATIONS OF THE YOUNG SUPERNOVA REMNANT RX J1713.7-3946 WITH THE FERMI LARGE AREA TELESCOPE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Siegel M
(2010)
FAINT NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET/FAR-ULTRAVIOLET STANDARDS FROM SWIFT /UVOT, GALEX , AND SDSS PHOTOMETRY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Mitchell-Wynne K
(2012)
HerMES: A STATISTICAL MEASUREMENT OF THE REDSHIFT DISTRIBUTION OF HERSCHEL-SPIRE SOURCES USING THE CROSS-CORRELATION TECHNIQUE
in The Astrophysical Journal
Riechers D
(2011)
DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE OF THE MOLECULAR INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM IN AN EXTREMELY BRIGHT, MULTIPLY LENSED z ? 3 SUBMILLIMETER GALAXY DISCOVERED WITH HERSCHEL
in The Astrophysical Journal
Galametz A
(2012)
THE MID-INFRARED ENVIRONMENTS OF HIGH-REDSHIFT RADIO GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Holland S
(2012)
GRB 081029: A GAMMA-RAY BURST WITH A MULTI-COMPONENT AFTERGLOW
in The Astrophysical Journal
Swenson C
(2013)
GAMMA-RAY BURST FLARES: ULTRAVIOLET/OPTICAL FLARING. I.
in The Astrophysical Journal
De Breuck C
(2010)
THE SPITZER HIGH-REDSHIFT RADIO GALAXY SURVEY
in The Astrophysical Journal
Trevisan M
(2012)
CONSTRAINTS ON FEEDBACK PROCESSES DURING THE FORMATION OF EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Casey C
(2012)
A POPULATION OF z > 2 FAR-INFRARED HERSCHEL -SPIRE-SELECTED STARBURSTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Conley A
(2011)
DISCOVERY OF A MULTIPLY LENSED SUBMILLIMETER GALAXY IN EARLY HerMES HERSCHEL/SPIRE * DATA
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Suh H
(2010)
DEMOGRAPHY OF SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY EARLY-TYPE GALAXIES FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF RADIAL COLOR GRADIENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Collinson GA
(2012)
The geometric factor of electrostatic plasma analyzers: a case study from the Fast Plasma Investigation for the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission.
in The Review of scientific instruments
Vande Putte, D. V. And Garnier, T. P. And Ferreras, I. And Mignani, R. P. And Cropper, M.
(2011)
Kinematic study of open clusters (Vande Putte+, 2010)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Laureijs R
(2012)
Euclid: ESA's mission to map the geometry of the dark universe
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 | 04/2016 |
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 | 04/2016 |
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 | 04/2013 |
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 |