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
{Lohr}, M.~E. And {Norton}, A.~J. And {Kolb}, U.~C. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Todd}, I. And {West}, R.~G.
(2013)
Period and period change measurements for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit and discovery of a doubly eclipsing quadruple system
in \aap
Georgy C
(2013)
Grids of stellar models with rotation III. Models from 0.8 to 120 M ? at a metallicity Z = 0.002?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ripepi V
(2013)
The VMC Survey - VIII. First results for anomalous Cepheids?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jackson R
(2013)
On the relationship between the size and surface coverage of starspots on magnetically active low-mass stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gould A
(2013)
MOA-2010-BLG-523: "FAILED PLANET" = RS CVn STAR
in The Astrophysical Journal
Adams J
(2013)
DUSTY OB STARS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD. II. EXTRAGALACTIC DISKS OR EXAMPLES OF THE PLEIADES PHENOMENON?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Triaud A
(2013)
WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2013)
WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Reeves J
(2013)
A HIGH RESOLUTION VIEW OF THE WARM ABSORBER IN THE QUASAR MR 2251-178
in The Astrophysical Journal
Kittang A
(2013)
Adaptation response of Arabidopsis thaliana to random positioning
in Advances in Space Research
| 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 |