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
Maxted P
(2011)
Discovery of a stripped red giant core in a bright eclipsing binary system? J0247-25
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2010)
WASP-22 b: A TRANSITING "HOT JUPITER" PLANET IN A HIERARCHICAL TRIPLE SYSTEM
in The Astronomical Journal
Maxted P
(2013)
EL CVn-type binaries - discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2010)
WASP-32b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Lithium-Poor, Solar-Type Star
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Maxted P
(2013)
WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System1
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Maxted P
(2009)
A survey for post-common-envelope binary stars using GALEX and SDSS photometryâ? A survey for PCEBs using GALEX and SDSS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2010)
WASP-32b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Lithium-Poor, Solar-Type Star
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Maxted P
(2011)
UBV(RI)C photometry of transiting planet hosting stars UBV(RI)C photometry of transiting planet hosting stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2011)
WASP-41b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Magnetically Active G8V Star
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Maxted P
(2008)
A survey for low-mass spectroscopic binary stars in the young clusters around s Orionis and ? Orionis
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2007)
The mass and radius of the M-dwarf in the short-period eclipsing binary RR Caeli
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2013)
Spitzer 3.6 and 4.5 µm full-orbit light curves of WASP-18
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P. F. L.
(2010)
WASP-32b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Lithium-Poor, Solar-Type Star
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Maxted P. F. L.
(2016)
VizieR Online Data Catalog: ellc: a fast, flexible light curve model (Maxted, 2016)
in VizieR Online Data Catalog
Maxted PF
(2013)
Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red-giant star in an eclipsing binary system.
in Nature
Maxted PF
(2006)
Astronomy. A ghostly star revealed in silhouette.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Maxted PF
(2006)
Survival of a brown dwarf after engulfment by a red giant star.
in Nature
Mayne N
(2007)
Empirical isochrones and relative ages for young stars, and the radiative-convective gap Empirical isochrones
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2010)
Discovery of long-period variable stars in the very metal-poor globular cluster M15 Long-period variables in M15
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2007)
Dust, pulsation, chromospheres and their rôle in driving mass loss from red giants in Galactic globular clusters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
McDonald I
(2009)
Giants in the globular cluster ? Centauri: dust production, mass-loss and distance
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2011)
DUST PRODUCTION AND MASS LOSS IN THE GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTER 47 TUCANAE
in The Astrophysical Journal
McDonald I
(2012)
Carbon enrichment of the evolved stars in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2011)
Spitzer spectra of evolved stars in ? Centauri and their low-metallicity dust production Dust production in ? Centauri
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2011)
FUNDAMENTAL PARAMETERS, INTEGRATED RED GIANT BRANCH MASS LOSS, AND DUST PRODUCTION IN THE GALACTIC GLOBULAR CLUSTER 47 TUCANAE
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
| 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 |