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
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
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
Christian D
(2006)
The WASP project in the era of robotic telescope networks
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Christian D
(2006)
The SuperWASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: candidates from fields 23 h < RA < 03 h
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Christian D
(2009)
WASP-10b: a 3M J , gas-giant planet transiting a late-type K star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Christian D
(2007)
Erratum: The Super WASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: candidates from fields 23 h < RA < 03 h
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chumak Y
(2010)
Numerical simulations of tidal tails for the open cluster NGC 188
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cioni M
(2011)
The VMC survey I. Strategy and first data
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cioni M
(2014)
The VMC survey IX. Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data???
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cioni M
(2013)
The Magellanic Clouds as a Template for the Study of Stellar Populations and Galaxy Interactions
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
| 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 |