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
Dehnen W
(2006)
The velocity dispersion and mass profile of the Milky Way Velocity dispersion profile of the Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Delrez L
(2016)
WASP-121 b: a hot Jupiter close to tidal disruption transiting an active F star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Derekas A
(2011)
HD 181068: a red giant in a triply eclipsing compact hierarchical triple system.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Dickey J
(2013)
GASKAP-The Galactic ASKAP Survey
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Dominik M
(2010)
Realisation of a fully-deterministic microlensing observing strategy for inferring planet populations
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Doran E
(2013)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Doyle A
(2013)
Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Doyle A
(2012)
Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Eggenberger P
(2007)
The Geneva stellar evolution code
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Ekström S
(2012)
Grids of stellar models with rotation I. Models from 0.8 to 120 M ? at solar metallicity ( Z = 0.014)?
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 |