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
Papadakis I
(2008)
A correlation between the spectral and timing properties of AGN
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Goad M
(2006)
A deep XMM-Newton observation of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1: the case against a 1000-M ? black hole
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jordán A
(2013)
A GROUND-BASED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF WASP-6b
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Reeves J
(2013)
A HIGH RESOLUTION VIEW OF THE WARM ABSORBER IN THE QUASAR MR 2251-178
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Jeffries R
(2013)
A lithium depletion boundary age of 22 Myr for NGC 1960
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Watson D.
(2006)
A log
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HI=22.6 damped Lya absorber in a dark gamma-ray burst:: The environment of GRB 050401
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Evans C
(2010)
A MASSIVE RUNAWAY STAR FROM 30 DORADUS
in The Astrophysical Journal
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 |