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
{Jeffries}, R.~D. And {Naylor}, T. And {Walter}, F.~M. And {Pozzo}, M.~P. And {Devey}, C.~R.
(2009)
The stellar association around Gamma Velorum and its relationship with Vela OB2
in \mnras
{Jackson}, R.~J. And {Jeffries}, R.~D.
(2012)
Why do some young cool stars show spot modulation while others do not?
in \mnras
{Anderson}, D.~R. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pepe}, F. And {Queloz}, D. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Smalley}, B. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Bentley}, S.~J. And {Blecha}, A. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Enoch}, B. And {Hebb}, L. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Joshi}, Y.~C. And {Kane}, S.~R. And {Marmier}, M. And {Mayor}, M. And {Parley}, N.~R. And {Pollacco}, D.~L. And {Pont}, F. And {Ryans}, R. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Skillen},
(2008)
WASP-5b: a dense, very hot Jupiter transiting a 12th-mag Southern-hemisphere star
in \mnras
{Javadi}, A. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Mirtorabi}, M.~T.
(2011)
The UK Infrared Telescope M33 monitoring project - II. The star formation history in the central square kiloparsec
in \mnras
{Lagadec}, E. And {Zijlstra}, A.~A. And {Sloan}, G.~C. And {Wood}, P.~R. And {Matsuura}, M. And {Bernard-Salas}, J. And {Blommaert}, J.~A.~D.~L. And {Cioni}, M.-R.~L. And {Feast}, M.~W. And {Groenewegen}, M.~A.~T. And {Hony}, S. And {Menzies}, J.~W. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Whitelock}, P.~A.
(2009)
Metal-rich carbon stars in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in \mnras
{Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Burleigh}, M.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Heber}, U. And {G{\"a}nsicke}, B.~T. And {Geier}, S. And {Kupfer}, T. And {Marsh}, T.~R. And {Nelemans}, G. And {O'Toole}, S.~J. And {{\O}stensen}, R.~H. And {Smalley}, B. And {West}, R.~G.
(2011)
Discovery of a stripped red giant core in a bright eclipsing binary system
in \mnras
{Copperwheat}, C.~M. And {Morales-Rueda}, L. And {Marsh}, T.~R. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Heber}, U.
(2011)
Radial-velocity measurements of subdwarf B stars
in \mnras
{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
{Jeffries}, R.~D. And {Jackson}, R.~J. And {Briggs}, K.~R. And {Evans}, P.~A. And {Pye}, J.~P.
(2011)
Investigating coronal saturation and supersaturation in fast-rotating M-dwarf stars
in \mnras
{Bell}, C.~P.~M. And {Naylor}, T. And {Mayne}, N.~J. And {Jeffries}, R.~D. And {Littlefair}, S.~P.
(2012)
Pre-main-sequence isochrones - I. The Pleiades benchmark
in \mnras
| 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 |