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

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Southworth J (2009) Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets - II. Physical properties in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Southworth J (2009) High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing - II. The transiting planetary system WASP-4 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Southworth J (2009) High-precision photometry by telescope defocusing - I. The transiting planetary system WASP-5 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Holdsworth D (2014) High-frequency A-type pulsators discovered using SuperWASP?† in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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{Clayton}, G.~C. And {Sargent}, B. And {Boyer}, M.~L. And {Whitney}, B.~A. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Meixner}, M. And {Tisserand}, P. And {Engelbracht}, C. And {Hony}, S. And {Indebetouw}, R. And {Misselt}, K.~A. And {Okumura}, K. And {Panuzzo}, P. And {Roman-Duval}, J. And {Sauvage}, M. And {Oliveira}, J.~M. And {Sewi{\l}o}, M. And {Churchwell}, E. (2010) Herschel Observations of a Newly Discovered UX Ori Star in the Large Magellanic Cloud in \apj

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{Meixner}, M. And {Galliano}, F. And {Hony}, S. And {Roman-Duval}, J. And {Robitaille}, T. And {Panuzzo}, P. And {Sauvage}, M. And {Gordon}, K. And {Engelbracht}, C. And {Misselt}, K. And {Okumura}, K. And {Beck}, T. And {Bernard}, J.-P. And {Bolatto}, A. And {Bot}, C. And {Boyer}, M. And {Bracker}, S. And {Carlson}, L.~R. And {Clayton}, G.~C. And {Chen}, C.-H.~R. And {Churchwell}, E. And {Fukui}, Y. And {Galametz}, M. And {Hora}, J.~L. And {Hughes}, A. And {Indebetouw}, R. And {Israel}, F.~P. (2010) HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE): The Large Magellanic Cloud dust in \aap

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Matsuura M (2011) Herschel detects a massive dust reservoir in supernova 1987A. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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{Matsuura}, M. And {Dwek}, E. And {Meixner}, M. And {Otsuka}, M. And {Babler}, B. And {Barlow}, M.~J. And {Roman-Duval}, J. And {Engelbracht}, C. And {Sandstrom}, K. And {Laki{\'c}evi{\'c}}, M. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Sonneborn}, G. And {Clayton}, G.~C. And {Long}, K.~S. And {Lundqvist}, P. And {Nozawa}, T. And {Gordon}, K.~D. And {Hony}, S. And {Panuzzo}, P. And {Okumura}, K. And {Misselt}, K.~A. And {Montiel}, E. And {Sauvage}, M. (2011) Herschel Detects a Massive Dust Reservoir in Supernova 1987A in Science

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Worley C (2010) Heavy-element abundances in low-gravity globular cluster stars: 47 Tuc in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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{Anderson}, D.~R. And {Gillon}, M. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Barman}, T.~S. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. (2010) H-band thermal emission from the 19-h period planet WASP-19b in \aap

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Anderson D (2010) H -band thermal emission from the 19-h period planet WASP-19b in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Uytterhoeven K (2010) Ground-based follow-up in relation to Kepler asteroseismic investigation in Astronomische Nachrichten

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Hirschi R. (2006) GRB progenitors at low metallicities in NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-BASIC TOPICS IN PHYSICS

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McDonald I (2009) Giants in the globular cluster ? Centauri: dust production, mass-loss and distance in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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{Unda-Sanzana}, E. And {Marsh}, T.~R. And {G{\"a}nsicke}, B.~T. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Morales-Rueda}, L. And {Dhillon}, V.~S. And {Thoroughgood}, T.~D. And {Tremou}, E. And {Watson}, C.~A. And {Hinojosa-Go{\~n}i}, R. (2008) GD 552: a cataclysmic variable with a brown dwarf companion? in \mnras

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Unda-Sanzana E (2008) GD 552: a cataclysmic variable with a brown dwarf companion? in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Dickey J (2013) GASKAP-The Galactic ASKAP Survey in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

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{McDonald}, I. And {Boyer}, M.~L. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Zijlstra}, A.~A. And {Hora}, J.~L. And {Babler}, B. And {Block}, M. And {Gordon}, K. And {Meade}, M. And {Meixner}, M. And {Misselt}, K. And {Robitaille}, T. And {Sewi{\l}o}, M. And {Shiao}, B. And {Whitney}, B. (2011) Fundamental Parameters, Integrated Red Giant Branch Mass Loss, and Dust Production in the Galactic Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae in \apjs

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Arévalo P (2008) Fourier-resolved energy spectra of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Mkn 766 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Yusof N (2012) Fate of most massive stars in Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

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RODRIGUES H (2012) EXO 0748-676 AS A QUARK STAR in International Journal of Modern Physics D

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Yusof N (2013) Evolution and fate of very massive stars in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Tombesi F (2012) Evidence for ultrafast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs - III. Location and energetics in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

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{Tombesi}, F. And {Cappi}, M. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Braito}, V. (2012) Evidence for ultrafast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs - III. Location and energetics in \mnras

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{Tombesi}, F. And {Cappi}, M. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Palumbo}, G.~G.~C. And {Braito}, V. And {Dadina}, M. (2011) Evidence for Ultra-fast Outflows in Radio-quiet Active Galactic Nuclei. II. Detailed Photoionization Modeling of Fe K-shell Absorption Lines in \apj

 
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