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
Faedi F
(2011)
WASP-39b: a highly inflated Saturn-mass planet orbiting a late G-type star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Triaud A
(2011)
WASP-23b: a transiting hot Jupiter around a K dwarf and its Rossiter-McLaughlin effect
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lehmann H
(2011)
Spectral analysis of Kepler SPB and ß Cephei candidate stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Volk K
(2011)
DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS OF 21 µm FEATURE SOURCES IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Smith D
(2011)
Herschel-ATLAS: counterparts from the ultraviolet-near-infrared in the science demonstration phase catalogue? Herschel-ATLAS: counterparts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
{Simpson}, E.~K. And {Barros}, S.~C.~C. And {Brown}, D.~J.~A. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Skillen}, I. And {Stempels}, H.~C. And {Boisse}, I. And {Faedi}, F. And {H{\'e}brard}, G. And {McCormac}, J. And {Sorensen}, P. And {Street}, R.~A. And {Anderson}, D. And {Bento}, J. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Butters}, O.~W. And {Enoch}, B. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Hebb}, L. And {Hellier}, C. And {Holmes}, S. And {Horne}, K. And {Keenan}, F.~P. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L.
(2011)
Independent Discovery of the Transiting Exoplanet HAT-P-14b
in \aj
Lakicevic M
(2011)
The remnant of SN 1987A revealed at (sub-)mm wavelengths
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Brown D
(2011)
Are falling planets spinning up their host stars? Are falling planets spinning up their host stars?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hellier C
(2011)
WASP-43b: the closest-orbiting hot Jupiter
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Braito V
(2011)
Evidence for a circumnuclear and ionized absorber in the X-ray obscured broad-line radio galaxy 3C 445 Suzaku deep observation of 3C 445
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
{Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Lendl}, M. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {West}, R.~G. And {Brown}, D.~J.~A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Street}, R.~A. And {Udry}, S.
(2011)
WASP-31b: a low-density planet transiting a metal-poor, late-F-type dwarf star
in \aap
Southworth J
(2011)
Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries - II. The metallic-lined system XY Ceti The eclipsing binary system XY Ceti
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Anderson D
(2011)
WASP-40b: Independent Discovery of the 0.6 M Jup Transiting Exoplanet HAT-P-27b
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Woods P
(2011)
The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy programme: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud - Point source classification I SAGE-Spec - Point source classification I
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
{Jeffries}, R.~D. And {Littlefair}, S.~P. And {Naylor}, T. And {Mayne}, N.~J.
(2011)
No wide spread of stellar ages in the Orion Nebula Cluster
in \mnras
Derekas A
(2011)
HD 181068: a red giant in a triply eclipsing compact hierarchical triple system.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
{Patrick}, A.~R. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Porquet}, D. And {Markowitz}, A.~G. And {Lobban}, A.~P. And {Terashima}, Y.
(2011)
Iron line profiles in Suzaku spectra of bare Seyfert galaxies
in \mnras
Wood P
(2011)
Transmission spectroscopy of the sodium 'D' doublet in WASP-17b with the VLT? Transmission spectroscopy of WASP-17b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chiappini C
(2011)
Imprints of fast-rotating massive stars in the Galactic Bulge.
in Nature
{Copperwheat}, C.~M. And {Morales-Rueda}, L. And {Marsh}, T.~R. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Heber}, U.
(2011)
Radial-velocity measurements of subdwarf B stars
in \mnras
Georgy C
(2012)
Grids of stellar models with rotation II. WR populations and supernovae/GRB progenitors at Z = 0.014
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
McDonald I
(2012)
Carbon enrichment of the evolved stars in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rebassa-Mansergas A
(2012)
Post-common envelope binaries from SDSS - XVI. Long orbital period systems and the energy budget of common envelope evolution The longest period SDSS-PCEBs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Geier S
(2012)
MUCHFUSS - Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Goswami N
(2012)
Using the Moon as a high-fidelity analogue environment to study biological and behavioral effects of long-duration space exploration
in Planetary and Space Science
Muijres L
(2012)
Mass-loss predictions for evolved very metal-poor massive stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Deca J
(2012)
PG 1018-047: the longest period subdwarf B binary PG 1018-047: the longest period sdB binary
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
{Geier}, S. And {Schaffenroth}, V. And {Hirsch}, H. And {Tillich}, A. And {Heber}, U. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {{\O}stensen}, R.~H. And {Barlow}, B.~N. And {O'Toole}, S.~J. And {Kupfer}, T. And {Marsh}, T. And {G{\"a}nsicke}, B. And {Napiwotzki}, R. And {Cordes}, O. And {M{\"u}ller}, S. And {Classen}, L. And {Ziegerer}, E. And {Drechsel}, H.
(2012)
MUCHFUSS - Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Shin I
(2012)
CHARACTERIZING LOW-MASS BINARIES FROM OBSERVATION OF LONG-TIMESCALE CAUSTIC-CROSSING GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
{Bell}, C.~P.~M. And {Naylor}, T. And {Mayne}, N.~J. And {Jeffries}, R.~D. And {Littlefair}, S.~P.
(2012)
Pre-main-sequence isochrones - I. The Pleiades benchmark
in \mnras
McQuillin R
(2012)
Novae in the SuperWASP data base Novae in the SuperWASP data base
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
{Laki{\'c}evi{\'c}}, M. And {Zanardo}, G. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Staveley-Smith}, L. And {Potter}, T. And {Ng}, C.-Y. And {Gaensler}, B.~M.
(2012)
The remnant of supernova 1987A resolved at 3-mm wavelength
in \aap
Boyer M
(2012)
ERRATUM: "SURVEYING THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION IN THE TIDALLY STRIPPED, LOW-METALLICITY SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD (SAGE-SMC). II. COOL EVOLVED STARS" (2011, AJ, 142, 103)
in The Astronomical Journal
{McQuillin}, R. And {Evans}, A. And {Wilson}, D. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pollacco}, D. And {West}, R.~G. And {Hounsell}, R.~A. And {Bode}, M.~F.
(2012)
Novae in the SuperWASP data base
in \mnras
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
Avelino P
(2012)
Assessing the viability of successful reconstruction of the dynamics of dark energy using varying fundamental couplings
in Physics Letters B
Gullieuszik M
(2012)
The VMC survey III. Mass-loss rates and luminosities of LMC AGB stars??????
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Smalley B
(2012)
WASP-78b and WASP-79b: two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Anderson D
(2012)
WASP-44b, WASP-45b and WASP-46b: three short-period, transiting extrasolar planets WASP-44b, WASP-45b and WASP-46b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
{Muijres}, L. And {Vink}, J.~S. And {de Koter}, A. And {Hirschi}, R. And {Langer}, N. And {Yoon}, S.-C.
(2012)
Mass-loss predictions for evolved very metal-poor massive stars
in \aap
Tkachenko A
(2012)
Spectrum analysis of bright Kepler Doradus candidate stars? Spectrum analysis of bright Kepler? Doradus candidate stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bachelet E
(2012)
A brown dwarf orbiting an M-dwarf: MOA 2009-BLG-411L
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
{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
Southworth John
(2012)
ASTRONOMY A new class of planet
in NATURE
{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
Yusof N
(2012)
Fate of most massive stars
in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
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
| 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 |