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
Mineo T
(2007)
GRB 050410 and GRB 050412: are they really dark gamma-ray bursts?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Rauch T
(2007)
High-resolution FUSE and HST ultraviolet spectroscopy of the white dwarf central star of Sh 2-216
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mignani R
(2007)
The optical spectrum of the Vela pulsar
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Wei X
(2007)
Cluster observations of waves in the whistler frequency range associated with magnetic reconnection in the Earth's magnetotail
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
Tiengo A
(2007)
Long term spectral variability in the soft gamma-ray repeater SGR 1900+14
in Astrophysics and Space Science
McGowan K
(2007)
RETRACTED ARTICLE: X-ray observations of PSR B0355+54 and its pulsar wind nebula
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Waite JH
(2007)
The process of tholin formation in Titan's upper atmosphere.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Ibrahim A
(2007)
The continuum and line spectra of SGR 1806-20 bursts
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Vaivads A
(2007)
Source of whistler emissions at the dayside magnetopause
in Geophysical Research Letters