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
Christian D
(2009)
WASP-10b: a 3M J , gas-giant planet transiting a late-type K star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gillon M
(2014)
WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2014)
WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mahtani D
(2013)
Warm Spitzer occultation photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6 and 4.5 µm
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gillon M
(2009)
VLT transit and occultation photometry for the bloated planet CoRoT-1b
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
{Gillon}, M. And {Demory}, B.-O. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Barman}, T. And {Hebb}, L. And {Montalb{\'a}n}, J. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {Deleuil}, M. And {Magain}, P.
(2009)
VLT transit and occultation photometry for the bloated planet CoRoT-1b
in \aap
Lendl M.
(2016)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: WASP-49b FORS2 multi-epoch spectra (Lendl+, 2016)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Maxted P. F. L.
(2016)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: ellc: a fast, flexible light curve model (Maxted, 2016)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Hirschi R
(2006)
Very low-metallicity massive stars: Pre-SN evolution models and primary nitrogen production
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Van Loon J
(2006)
Very Large Telescope three micron spectra of dust-enshrouded red giants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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 |