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
Southworth John
(2012)
ASTRONOMY A new class of planet
in NATURE
Madhusudhan N
(2010)
A high C/O ratio and weak thermal inversion in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-12b
in Nature
Madhusudhan N
(2011)
A high C/O ratio and weak thermal inversion in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-12b.
in Nature
Chiappini C
(2011)
Erratum: Imprints of fast-rotating massive stars in the Galactic Bulge
in Nature
Hellier C
(2009)
An orbital period of 0.94 days for the hot-Jupiter planet WASP-18b.
in Nature
Maxted PF
(2006)
Survival of a brown dwarf after engulfment by a red giant star.
in Nature
Chiappini C
(2011)
Imprints of fast-rotating massive stars in the Galactic Bulge.
in Nature
Gänsicke B
(2008)
SDSS J084539.17+225728.0: the first DBZ white dwarf with a metal-rich gaseous debris disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Evans A
(2006)
The Spitzer Infrared Spectrometer view of V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object)
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Evans A
(2012)
Solid-phase C60 in the peculiar binary XX Oph?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Littlefair S
(2011)
Accretion-induced luminosity spreads in young clusters: evidence from stellar rotation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Anderson D
(2008)
WASP-5b: a dense, very hot Jupiter transiting a 12th-mag Southern-hemisphere star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Risaliti G
(2009)
The XMM-Newton long look of NGC 1365: uncovering of the obscured X-ray source
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Binks A
(2013)
A lithium depletion boundary age of 21 Myr for the Beta Pictoris moving group
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Miller L
(2009)
The absorption-dominated model for the X-ray spectra of type I active galaxies: MCG-6-30-15
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Tkachenko A
(2012)
Detection of gravity modes in the massive binary V380 Cyg from Kepler space-based photometry and high-resolution spectroscopy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Tombesi F
(2012)
Evidence for ultrafast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs - III. Location and energetics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Littlefair S
(2011)
Accretion-induced luminosity spreads in young clusters: evidence from stellar rotation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Oliveira J
(2011)
Ice chemistry in massive young stellar objects: the role of metallicity
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Burleigh M
(2006)
A near-infrared spectroscopic detection of the brown dwarf in the post common envelope binary WD 0137-349
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Reeves J
(2008)
On why the iron K-shell absorption in AGN is not a signature of the local warm/hot intergalactic medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Tombesi F
(2011)
X-ray evidence for the accretion disc-outflow connection in 3C 111
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Jackson R
(2009)
The radii of M-dwarfs in the young open cluster NGC 2516
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Evans A
(2012)
Infrared observations of the recurrent nova T Pyxidis: ancient dust basks in the warm glow of the 2011 outburst
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Jeffries R
(2006)
Kinematic structure in the young s Orionis association
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
| 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 |