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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.

Publications

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Miyake N (2011) A SUB-SATURN MASS PLANET, MOA-2009-BLG-319Lb in The Astrophysical Journal

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Blecic J (2013) THERMAL EMISSION OF WASP-14b REVEALED WITH THREE SPITZER ECLIPSES in The Astrophysical Journal

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Tatum M (2012) MODELING THE Fe K LINE PROFILES IN TYPE I ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI WITH A COMPTON-THICK DISK WIND in The Astrophysical Journal

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Cargile P (2010) IDENTIFICATION OF THE LITHIUM DEPLETION BOUNDARY AND AGE OF THE SOUTHERN OPEN CLUSTER BLANCO 1 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Kamenetzky J (2013) CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD DEBRIS OF SUPERNOVA 1987A in The Astrophysical Journal

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Southworth J (2009) PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE 0.94-DAY PERIOD TRANSITING PLANETARY SYSTEM WASP-18 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Boyer M (2009) A SPITZER STUDY OF ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH STARS. III. DUST PRODUCTION AND GAS RETURN IN LOCAL GROUP DWARF IRREGULAR GALAXIES in The Astrophysical Journal

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Choi J (2012) CHARACTERIZING LENSES AND LENSED STARS OF HIGH-MAGNIFICATION SINGLE-LENS GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS WITH LENSES PASSING OVER SOURCE STARS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Choi J (2012) A NEW TYPE OF AMBIGUITY IN THE PLANET AND BINARY INTERPRETATIONS OF CENTRAL PERTURBATIONS OF HIGH-MAGNIFICATION GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Sheets H (2013) DUSTY OB STARS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD. I. OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY REVEALS PREDOMINANTLY MAIN-SEQUENCE OB STARS in The Astrophysical Journal

 
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