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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{Sambruna}, R.~M. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Braito}, V. And {Lewis}, K.~T. And {Eracleous}, M. And {Gliozzi}, M. And {Tavecchio}, F. And {Ballantyne}, D.~R. And {Ogle}, P.~M. And {Barth}, A.~J. And {Tueller}, J. (2009) Structure of the Accretion Flow in Broad-Line Radio Galaxies: The Case of 3C 390.3 in \apj

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Oliveira J (2009) The low-mass initial mass function in the young cluster NGC 6611 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Pavlovski K (2009) Chemical evolution of high-mass stars in close binaries - I. The eclipsing binary V453 Cygni in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Skillen I (2009) The 0.5 M J transiting exoplanet WASP-13b in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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West R (2009) The sub-Jupiter mass transiting exoplanet WASP-11b in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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West R (2009) THE LOW DENSITY TRANSITING EXOPLANET WASP-15b in The Astronomical Journal

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Risaliti G (2009) A STRONG EXCESS IN THE 20-100 keV EMISSION OF NGC 1365 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Jeffries R (2009) The stellar association around Gamma Velorum and its relationship with Vela OB2 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

 
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