Stellar Astrophysics at Keele
Lead Research Organisation:
Keele University
Department Name: Sch of Chemistry & Physics
Abstract
Our home is a planet orbiting a star. To understand our origins and place in the universe we need to understand how planets and stars form. Using a novel sky-survey instrument, which we are building in South Africa, we will search for planets around other stars. Using the latest and biggest telescopes and satellites we will study stellar nurseries where stars are born. We will investigate how they evolve, how they interact with each other, how they interact with their environment, and how they enrich interstellar space with the chemical ingredients from which a new generation of stars and planets will form, and from which, ultimately, we ourselves are made.
Organisations
Publications
Hernández J
(2008)
A Spitzer View of Protoplanetary Disks in the ? Velorum Cluster
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bentley S
(2009)
A stellar flare during the transit of the extrasolar planet OGLE-TR-10b
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chiappini C
(2006)
A strong case for fast stellar rotation at very low metallicities
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Risaliti G
(2009)
A STRONG EXCESS IN THE 20-100 keV EMISSION OF NGC 1365
in The Astrophysical Journal
Miyake N
(2011)
A SUB-SATURN MASS PLANET, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb
in The Astrophysical Journal
Smith A
(2009)
A SuperWASP search for additional transiting planets in 24 known systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2008)
A survey for low-mass spectroscopic binary stars in the young clusters around s Orionis and ? Orionis
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2009)
A survey for post-common-envelope binary stars using GALEX and SDSS photometryâ? A survey for PCEBs using GALEX and SDSS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Markowitz A
(2009)
A SUZAKU OBSERVATION OF NGC 4593: ILLUMINATING THE TRUNCATED DISK
in The Astrophysical Journal
Braito V
(2009)
A Suzaku observation of the ULIRG IRAS19254-7245: discerning the AGN component
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
| Description | Lots and lots of them |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | We have particpated in dozens and dozens of such activites. Lots. We have about dozens and dozens of such feedbacks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | Pre-2006,2006,2007,2008,2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014 |