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.

Publications

10 25 50
publication icon
{Ballo}, L. And {Braito}, V. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Sambruna}, R.~M. And {Tombesi}, F. (2011) The high-energy view of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 111 in \mnras

publication icon
{Suda}, T. And {Hirschi}, R. And {Fujimoto}, M.~Y. (2011) Stellar Evolution Constraints on the Triple-{$\alpha$} Reaction Rate in \apj

publication icon
{Laki{\'c}evi{\'c}}, M. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Patat}, F. And {Staveley-Smith}, L. And {Zanardo}, G. (2011) The remnant of SN 1987A revealed at (sub-)mm wavelengths in \aap

publication icon
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

publication icon
Bell C (2012) Pre-main-sequence isochrones - I. The Pleiades benchmark The Pleiades benchmark in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

publication icon
Smith A (2012) Thermal emission from WASP-24b at 3.6 and 4.5 µ m in Astronomy & Astrophysics

publication icon
Bachelet E (2012) A brown dwarf orbiting an M-dwarf: MOA 2009-BLG-411L in Astronomy & Astrophysics

publication icon
{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

publication icon
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

publication icon
Tinetti G (2012) EChO Exoplanet characterisation observatory in Experimental Astronomy

publication icon
{Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Jehin}, E. And {Lendl}, M. 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 {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Todd}, I. And {Udry}, S. (2012) WASP-44b, WASP-45b and WASP-46b: three short-period, transiting extrasolar planets in \mnras

publication icon
{Southworth}, J. And {Mancini}, L. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Bruni}, I. And {Tregloan-Reed}, J. And {Barbieri}, M. And {Ruocco}, N. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. (2012) Physical properties and radius variations in the HAT-P-5 planetary system from simultaneous four-colour photometry in \mnras

publication icon
Cioni M (2012) The VMC Survey VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system? in Astronomy & Astrophysics

publication icon
{Tatum}, M.~M. And {Turner}, T.~J. And {Sim}, S.~A. And {Miller}, L. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Patrick}, A.~R. And {Long}, K.~S. (2012) Modeling the Fe K Line Profiles in Type I Active Galactic Nuclei with a Compton-thick Disk Wind in \apj

publication icon
Ferrarese L (2012) THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY (NGVS). I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY* in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

publication icon
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

publication icon
Lakicevic M (2012) Zooming in on Supernova 1987A at submillimetre wavelengths in Astronomy & Astrophysics

publication icon
Muijres L (2012) Mass-loss predictions for evolved very metal-poor massive stars in Astronomy & Astrophysics

publication icon
{Jones}, S. And {Hirschi}, R. And {Herwig}, F. And {Paxton}, B. And {Timmes}, F.~X. And {Nomoto}, K. (2012) Progenitors of electron-capture supernovae

publication icon
Allen T (2012) SPITZER IMAGING OF THE NEARBY RICH YOUNG CLUSTER, Cep OB3b in The Astrophysical Journal

publication icon
{Allen}, T.~S. And {Gutermuth}, R.~A. And {Kryukova}, E. And {Megeath}, S.~T. And {Pipher}, J.~L. And {Naylor}, T. And {Jeffries}, R.~D. And {Wolk}, S.~J. And {Spitzbart}, B. And {Muzerolle}, J. (2012) Spitzer Imaging of the nearby Rich Young Cluster, Cep OB3b in \apj

publication icon
{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

publication icon
{Ripepi}, V. And {Moretti}, M.~I. And {Marconi}, M. And {Clementini}, G. And {Cioni}, M.-R.~L. And {Marquette}, J.~B. And {Girardi}, L. And {Rubele}, S. And {Groenewegen}, M.~A.~T. And {de Grijs}, R. And {Gibson}, B.~K. And {Oliveira}, J.~M. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Emerson}, J.~P. (2012) The VMC survey - V. First results for classical Cepheids in \mnras

publication icon
Lakicevic M (2012) The remnant of supernova 1987A resolved at 3-mm wavelength in Astronomy & Astrophysics

publication icon
{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

publication icon
{Hellier}, C. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Fumel}, A. And {Gillon}, M. 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 {Smalley}, B. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Southworth}, J. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G. (2012) Seven transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b and WASP-67b in \mnras

publication icon
OLIVEIRA J (2012) PROTO-NEUTRON STAR FORMATION WITH DELTA-RESONANCE MATTER AND TRAPPED NEUTRINOS in International Journal of Modern Physics D

publication icon
McQuillin R (2012) Novae in the SuperWASP data base Novae in the SuperWASP data base 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