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
Elkin V
(2011)
The discovery of rapid oscillations in the magnetic Ap stars HD 69013 and HD 96237? New roAp stars HD 69013 and HD 96237
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lagadec E
(2007)
Dust mass-loss rates from asymptotic giant branch stars in the Fornax and Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxies Mass-losing AGB stars in Sgr and Fornax
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oliveira J
(2006)
Massive young stellar objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud: water masers and ESO-VLT 3-4 m spectroscopy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sim S
(2010)
Multidimensional modelling of X-ray spectra for AGN accretion disc outflows - II
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Anderson D
(2011)
Thermal emission at 4.5 and 8 µm of WASP-17b, an extremely large planet in a slightly eccentric orbit Thermal emission at 4.5 and 8 µm of WASP-17b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2012)
High-precision photometry by telescope defocusing - IV. Confirmation of the huge radius of WASP-17 b High-precision defocused photometry of WASP-17
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lister T
(2007)
SuperWASP-North extrasolar planet candidates: candidates from fields 17 h < RA < 18 h
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cameron A
(2007)
WASP-1b and WASP-2b: two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Patrick A
(2011)
Assessing black hole spin in deep Suzaku observations of Seyfert 1 AGN Black hole spin in deep observations
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Breger M
(2011)
Regularities in frequency spacings of d Scuti stars: the Kepler star KIC 9700322? Regularities in frequency spacings
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Patrick A
(2012)
A Suzaku survey of Fe K lines in Seyfert 1 active galactic nuclei Suzaku observations of iron lines
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Brown D
(2012)
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect measurements for WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31? The alignment of WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeffries R
(2013)
A lithium depletion boundary age of 22 Myr for NGC 1960
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Holdsworth D
(2014)
High-frequency A-type pulsators discovered using SuperWASP?â€
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lobban A
(2010)
Evidence for a truncated accretion disc in the low-luminosity Seyfert galaxy, NGC 7213? The Suzaku view of NGC 7213
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jackson R
(2012)
Why do some young cool stars show spot modulation while others do not? Starspots on M dwarfs in NGC 2516
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smalley B
(2017)
Pulsation versus metallicism in Am stars as revealed by LAMOST and WASP
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Balona L
(2012)
Kepler observations of the high-amplitude d Scuti star V2367 Cyg Kepler observations of V2367 Cyg
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Naylor T
(2006)
A maximum-likelihood method for fitting colour-magnitude diagrams
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Botticella M
(2009)
SN 2008S: an electron-capture SN from a super-AGB progenitor?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2009)
High-precision photometry by telescope defocusing - I. The transiting planetary system WASP-5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Braito V
(2013)
Decoupling absorption and continuum variability in the Seyfert 2 NGC 4507
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gänsicke B
(2009)
SDSS unveils a population of intrinsically faint cataclysmic variables at the minimum orbital period
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2008)
A survey for low-mass spectroscopic binary stars in the young clusters around s Orionis and ? Orionis
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Da Rio N
(2014)
Strong biases in estimating the time dependence of mass accretion rates in young stars
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 |