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
Magrini L
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Abundance ratios in the inner-disk open clusters Trumpler 20, NGC 4815, NGC 6705
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Van Loon J
(2013)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey IX. The interstellar medium seen through diffuse interstellar bands and neutral sodium?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
West R
(2016)
Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2013)
WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Barros S
(2010)
WASP-38b: a transiting exoplanet in an eccentric, 6.87d period orbit
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Blommaert J
(2006)
ISO mid-infrared spectroscopy of Galactic Bulge AGB stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lakicevic M
(2011)
The remnant of SN 1987A revealed at (sub-)mm wavelengths
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gullieuszik M
(2012)
The VMC survey III. Mass-loss rates and luminosities of LMC AGB stars??????
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Faedi F
(2011)
WASP-39b: a highly inflated Saturn-mass planet orbiting a late G-type star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smith A
(2013)
WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2014)
Orbital solutions of eight close sdB binaries and constraints on the nature of the unseen companions
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Triaud A
(2013)
WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Southworth J
(2010)
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS VIII. A slingshot prominence in SDSS J003941.06 + 005427.5??
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Porquet D
(2006)
An XMM-Newton view of the X-ray flat radio-quiet quasar PG 1416-129
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Anderson D
(2010)
H -band thermal emission from the 19-h period planet WASP-19b
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Bouchy F
(2010)
WASP-21b: a hot-Saturn exoplanet transiting a thick disc star
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Tombesi F
(2010)
Evidence for ultra-fast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs I. Detection and statistical incidence of Fe K-shell absorption lines
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Schreiber M
(2010)
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS VIII. Evidence for disrupted magnetic braking
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Meynet G
(2010)
Are C-rich ultra iron-poor stars also He-rich?
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Southworth J
(2010)
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS VII. Four new eclipsing systems
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Queloz D
(2010)
WASP-8b : a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Otsuka M
(2010)
Dust in the bright supernova remnant N49 in the LMC
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Fedele D
(2010)
Timescale of mass accretion in pre-main-sequence stars
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Hirschi R
(2010)
The GSF instability and turbulence do not account for the relatively low rotation rate of pulsars
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Meixner M
(2010)
HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE): The Large Magellanic Cloud dust
in Astronomy and 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 |