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
Boyer M
(2008)
A SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE ATLAS OF ? CENTAURI: THE STELLAR POPULATION, MASS LOSS, AND THE INTRACLUSTER MEDIUM
in The Astronomical Journal
Smith A
(2012)
WASP-36b: A NEW TRANSITING PLANET AROUND A METAL-POOR G-DWARF, AND AN INVESTIGATION INTO ANALYSES BASED ON A SINGLE TRANSIT LIGHT CURVE
in The Astronomical Journal
Van Loon J
(2010)
ASPITZER SPACE TELESCOPEFAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL ATLAS OF COMPACT SOURCES IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. I. THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
in The Astronomical Journal
Jordán A
(2013)
A GROUND-BASED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF WASP-6b
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wilson D
(2008)
WASP-4b: A 12th Magnitude Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Southern Hemisphere
in The Astrophysical Journal
Indebetouw R
(2013)
ALMA RESOLVES 30 DORADUS: SUB-PARSEC MOLECULAR CLOUD STRUCTURE NEAR THE CLOSEST SUPER STAR CLUSTER
in The Astrophysical Journal
Volk K
(2011)
ERRATUM: "DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS OF 21 µm FEATURE SOURCES IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS" (2011, ApJ, 735, 127)
in The Astrophysical Journal
Reeves J
(2009)
A COMPTON-THICK WIND IN THE HIGH-LUMINOSITY QUASAR, PDS 456
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bolatto A
(2011)
THE STATE OF THE GAS AND THE RELATION BETWEEN GAS AND STAR FORMATION AT LOW METALLICITY: THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD
in The Astrophysical Journal
Shin I
(2012)
CHARACTERIZING LOW-MASS BINARIES FROM OBSERVATION OF LONG-TIMESCALE CAUSTIC-CROSSING GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hellier C
(2011)
ON THE ORBIT OF THE SHORT-PERIOD EXOPLANET WASP-19b
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lawton B
(2010)
SPITZER ANALYSIS OF H II REGION COMPLEXES IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS: DETERMINING A SUITABLE MONOCHROMATIC OBSCURED STAR FORMATION INDICATOR
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pignatari M
(2013)
PRODUCTION OF CARBON-RICH PRESOLAR GRAINS FROM MASSIVE STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Anderson D
(2011)
WASP-30b: A 61 M Jup BROWN DWARF TRANSITING A V = 12, F8 STAR
in The Astrophysical Journal
Turner T
(2010)
SIGNIFICANT X-RAY LINE EMISSION IN THE 5-6 keV BAND OF NGC 4051
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bachelet E
(2012)
MOA 2010-BLG-477Lb: CONSTRAINING THE MASS OF A MICROLENSING PLANET FROM MICROLENSING PARALLAX, ORBITAL MOTION, AND DETECTION OF BLENDED LIGHT
in The Astrophysical Journal
Anderson D
(2010)
WASP-17b: AN ULTRA-LOW DENSITY PLANET IN A PROBABLE RETROGRADE ORBIT
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hernández J
(2008)
A Spitzer View of Protoplanetary Disks in the ? Velorum Cluster
in The Astrophysical Journal
Shin I
(2012)
MICROLENSING BINARIES WITH CANDIDATE BROWN DWARF COMPANIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sandstrom K
(2012)
THE SPITZER SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD (S 4 MC): PROBING THE PHYSICAL STATE OF POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS IN A LOW-METALLICITY ENVIRONMENT
in The Astrophysical Journal
Sambruna R
(2011)
THE SUZAKU VIEW OF 3C 382
in The Astrophysical Journal
Van Loon J
(2008)
Spitzer Space Telescope Evidence in NGC 6791: No Super Mass Loss at Supersolar Metallicity to Explain Helium White Dwarfs?
in The Astrophysical Journal
Lister T
(2009)
WASP-16b: A NEW JUPITER-LIKE PLANET TRANSITING A SOUTHERN SOLAR ANALOG
in The Astrophysical Journal
Hellier C
(2009)
WASP-7: A BRIGHT TRANSITING-EXOPLANET SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
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 |