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
Van Loon J
(2007)
A spectral atlas of post-main-sequence stars in ? Centauri: kinematics, evolution, enrichment and interstellar medium Spectral atlas of ? Centauri
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2012)
Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets - V. New results for 38 planets Studies of transiting extrasolar planets - V.
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ballo L
(2011)
The high-energy view of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 111 High-energy view of 3C 111
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hellier C
(2017)
WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-130b, WASP-131b, WASP-132b, WASP-139b, WASP-140b, WASP-141b and WASP-142b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2011)
Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets - IV. Thirty systems with space-based light curves Studies of transiting extrasolar planets - IV
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2012)
Refined physical properties of the HAT-P-13 planetary system Physical properties of HAT-P-13
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Doyle A
(2013)
Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeffries R
(2007)
The Keele-Exeter young cluster survey - I. Low-mass pre-main-sequence stars in NGC 2169
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2011)
Kepler photometry of KIC 10661783: a binary star with total eclipses and d Scuti pulsations KIC 10661783: an eclipsing d Scuti star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McQuillin R
(2013)
Black hole wind speeds and the M - s relation
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
Bruntt H
(2010)
Accurate fundamental parameters for 23 bright solar-type stars Fundamental parameters for 23 solar-type stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Crowther P
(2010)
The R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 M? stellar mass limit Very massive stars in R136 and NGC 3603
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oliveira J
(2009)
The low-mass initial mass function in the young cluster NGC 6611
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oliveira J
(2013)
Early-stage young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith A
(2011)
Thermal emission from WASP-33b, the hottest known planet? Thermal emission from WASP-33b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Patrick A
(2011)
Assessing black hole spin in deep Suzaku observations of Seyfert 1 AGN
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeffries R
(2009)
The stellar association around Gamma Velorum and its relationship with Vela OB2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Javadi A
(2011)
The UK Infrared Telescope M33 monitoring project - II. The star formation history in the central square kiloparsec M33 monitoring - II
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Houdebine E
(2009)
Observation and modelling of main sequence star chromospheres ??? XIII. The Na???i D1 and D2, and He???i D3 lines in dM1 stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bennett M
(2012)
The effect of 12C +12C rate uncertainties on the evolution and nucleosynthesis of massive stars The effect of 12C +12C rate uncertainties
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Copperwheat C
(2009)
ULTRACAM observations of two accreting white dwarf pulsators
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2010)
Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets - III. Additional planets and stellar models Studies of transiting extrasolar planets - III
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bell C
(2013)
Pre-main-sequence isochrones - II. Revising star and planet formation time-scales
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McLaughlin D
(2008)
Structural parameters for globular clusters in NGC 5128 - III. ACS surface brightness profiles and model fits Globular clusters in NGC 5128
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| 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 |