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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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Bachelet E (2012) A brown dwarf orbiting an M-dwarf: MOA 2009-BLG-411L in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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{Kraemer}, S.~B. And {Crenshaw}, D.~M. And {Dunn}, J.~P. And {Turner}, T.~J. And {Lobban}, A.~P. And {Miller}, L. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Fischer}, T.~C. And {Braito}, V. (2012) Observations of Outflowing Ultraviolet Absorbers in NGC 4051 with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph in \apj

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Southworth John (2012) ASTRONOMY A new class of planet in NATURE

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{Smolders}, K. And {Neyskens}, P. And {Blommaert}, J.~A.~D.~L. And {Hony}, S. And {van Winckel}, H. And {Decin}, L. And {van Eck}, S. And {Sloan}, G.~C. And {Cami}, J. And {Uttenthaler}, S. And {Degroote}, P. And {Barry}, D. And {Feast}, M. And {Groenewegen}, M.~A.~T. And {Matsuura}, M. And {Menzies}, J. And {Sahai}, R. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Zijlstra}, A.~A. And {Acke}, B. And {Bloemen}, S. And {Cox}, N. And {De Cat}, P. And {Desmet}, M. And {Exter}, K. And {Ladjal}, D. And {{\O}stensen}, (2012) The Spitzer spectroscopic survey of S-type stars in \aap

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Yusof N (2012) Fate of most massive stars in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

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McDonald I (2012) Carbon enrichment of the evolved stars in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal Carbon enrichment in the Sgr dSph in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Evans A (2012) Solid-phase C60 in the peculiar binary XX Oph? in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

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Ferrarese L (2012) THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY (NGVS). I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY* in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

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{Boyer}, M.~L. And {Srinivasan}, S. And {Riebel}, D. And {McDonald}, I. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Clayton}, G.~C. And {Gordon}, K.~D. And {Meixner}, M. And {Sargent}, B.~A. And {Sloan}, G.~C. (2012) The Dust Budget of the Small Magellanic Cloud: Are Asymptotic Giant Branch Stars the Primary Dust Source at Low Metallicity? in \apj

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Lakicevic M (2012) Zooming in on Supernova 1987A at submillimetre wavelengths in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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{Massimi}, C. And {Koehler}, P. And {Bisterzo}, S. And {Colonna}, N. And {Gallino}, R. And {Gunsing}, F. And {K{\"a}ppeler}, F. And {Lorusso}, G. And {Mengoni}, A. And {Pignatari}, M. And {Vannini}, G. And {Abbondanno}, U. And {Aerts}, G. And {{\'A}lvarez}, H. And {{\'A}lvarez-Velarde}, F. And {Andriamonje}, S. And {Andrzejewski}, J. And {Assimakopoulos}, P. And {Audouin}, L. And {Badurek}, G. And {Barbagallo}, M. And {Baumann}, P. And {Be{\v C}v{\'a}{\v R}}, F. And {Belloni}, F. And {Bennett}, (2012) Resonance neutron-capture cross sections of stable magnesium isotopes and their astrophysical implications in \prc

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{Frischknecht}, U. And {Hirschi}, R. And {Thielemann}, F.-K. (2012) Non-standard s-process in low metallicity massive rotating stars in \aap

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{Brown}, D.~J.~A. And {Cameron}, A.~C. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Enoch}, B. And {Hellier}, C. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Miller}, G.~R.~M. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {Simpson}, E. And {Smalley}, B. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Boisse}, I. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Gillon}, M. And {H{\'e}brard}, G. (2012) Rossiter-McLaughlin effect measurements for WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31 in \mnras

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Smith R (2012) Dust discs around intermediate-mass and Sun-like stars in the 16 Myr old NGC 1960 open cluster Debris discs in NGC 1960 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Kraemer S (2012) OBSERVATIONS OF OUTFLOWING ULTRAVIOLET ABSORBERS IN NGC 4051 WITH THE COSMIC ORIGINS SPECTROGRAPH in The Astrophysical Journal

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Lendl M (2012) WASP-42 b and WASP-49 b: two new transiting sub-Jupiters in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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{Tombesi}, F. And {Cappi}, M. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Braito}, V. (2012) Evidence for ultrafast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs - III. Location and energetics in \mnras

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Bruntt H (2012) Accurate fundamental parameters and detailed abundance patterns from spectroscopy of 93 solar-type Kepler targets?† Parameters of solar-type Kepler targets in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Rubele S (2012) The VMC survey IV. The LMC star formation history and disk geometry from four VMC tiles??? in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Reeves JB (2012) Mid-infrared spectroscopy of biochars and spectral similarities to coal and kerogens: what are the implications? in Applied spectroscopy

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Southworth J (2012) Physical properties and radius variations in the HAT-P-5 planetary system from simultaneous four-colour photometry The physical properties of HAT-P-5 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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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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Tinetti G (2012) EChO Exoplanet characterisation observatory in Experimental Astronomy

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Hellier C (2012) Seven transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b and WASP-67b WASP-South hot Jupiters in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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{Lendl}, M. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier-Cameron}, A. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Jehin}, E. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. (2012) WASP-42 b and WASP-49 b: two new transiting sub-Jupiters in \aap

 
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