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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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Gillon M (2014) WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Papadakis I (2008) A correlation between the spectral and timing properties of AGN in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Skillen I (2009) The 0.5 M J transiting exoplanet WASP-13b in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Lehmann H (2011) Spectral analysis of Kepler SPB and ß Cephei candidate stars in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Nebot Gómez-Morán A (2009) Post common envelope binaries from SDSS IV. SDSS J121258.25-012310.1, a new eclipsing system in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Chiappini C (2006) A strong case for fast stellar rotation at very low metallicities in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Lakicevic M (2011) The remnant of SN 1987A revealed at (sub-)mm wavelengths in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Moretti A (2006) Swift and XMM- Newton observations of the dark GRB 050326 in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Hellier C (2011) WASP-43b: the closest-orbiting hot Jupiter in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Sewilo M (2010) The youngest massive protostars in the Large Magellanic Cloud in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Fedele D (2010) Timescale of mass accretion in pre-main-sequence stars in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Younes G (2010) X-ray and multiwavelength view of NGC 4278 A LINER-Seyfert connection? in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Meynet G (2010) Are C-rich ultra iron-poor stars also He-rich? in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Otsuka M (2010) Dust in the bright supernova remnant N49 in the LMC in Astronomy and 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