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
{Tillich}, A. And {Heber}, U. And {Geier}, S. And {Hirsch}, H. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {G{\"a}nsicke}, B.~T. And {Marsh}, T.~R. And {Napiwotzki}, R. And {{\O}stensen}, R.~H. And {Scholz}, R.-D.
(2011)
The Hyper-MUCHFUSS project: probing the Galactic halo with sdB stars
in \aap
{Gillon}, M. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Hellier}, C. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pollaco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {West}, R.~G. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {Bentley}, S.~J. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Enoch}, B. And {Hebb}, L. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Joshi}, Y.~C. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Mayor}, M. And {Pepe}, F. And {Parley}, N. And {Segransan}, D. And {Udry}, S. And {Wheatley}, P.~J.
(2009)
Discovery and characterization of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting a solar-type star
in \aap
{Hebb}, L. And {Stempels}, H.~C. And {Aigrain}, S. And {Collier-Cameron}, A. And {Hodgkin}, S.~T. And {Irwin}, J.~M. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Street}, R.~A. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {Stassun}, K.~G.
(2010)
MML 53: a new low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary in the Upper Centaurus-Lupus region discovered by SuperWASP
in \aap
{Lohr}, M.~E. And {Norton}, A.~J. And {Kolb}, U.~C. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Todd}, I. And {West}, R.~G.
(2013)
Period and period change measurements for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit and discovery of a doubly eclipsing quadruple system
in \aap
{Smalley}, B. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier-Cameron}, A. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Fumel}, A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C., And {Jehin}, E. And {Lendl}, M. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Southworth}, J. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G.
(2012)
WASP-78b and WASP-79b: two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus
in \aap
{Bouchy}, F. And {Hebb}, L. And {Skillen}, I. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Smalley}, B. And {Udry}, S. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Boisse}, I. And {Enoch}, B. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {H{\'e}brard}, G. And {Hellier}, C. And {Joshi}, Y. And {Kane}, S.~R. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Mayor}, M. And {Moutou}, C. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Simpson}, E.~K. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Stempels}, H.~C. And {Street}, R. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {
(2010)
WASP-21b: a hot-Saturn exoplanet transiting a thick disc star
in \aap
{H{\'e}brard}, G. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Brown}, D.~J.~A. And {D{\'{\i}}az}, R.~F. And {Faedi}, F. And {Smalley}, B. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Armstrong}, D. And {Barros}, S.~C.~C. And {Bento}, J. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Enoch}, B. And {G{\'o}mez Maqueo Chew}, Y. And {H{\'e}brard}, {\'E}.~M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Lendl}, M. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {McCormac}, J. And {Moutou}, C. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {Santerne}, A. And {Skillen
(2013)
WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets
in \aap
{Hirschi}, R. And {Maeder}, A.
(2010)
The GSF instability and turbulence do not account for the relatively low rotation rate of pulsars
in \aap
{Queloz}, D. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hebb}, L. And {Hellier}, C. And {Maxted}, P. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.
(2010)
WASP-8b: a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system
in \aap
{West}, R.~G. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Hebb}, L. And {Joshi}, Y.~C. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Simpson}, E. And {Skillen}, I. And {Stempels}, H.~C. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. And {Wilson}, D. And {Anderson}, D. And {Bentley}, S. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Christian}, D. And {Enoch}, B. And {Gibson}, N. And {H{\'e}brard}, G. And {Hellier}, C. And {Loeillet}, B. And {Mayor}, M. And {Maxted}, P. And {McDonald}, I. And {Moutou}, C. And {Pont}, F. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Smalley}, B. An
(2009)
The sub-Jupiter mass transiting exoplanet WASP-11b
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 |