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
Geier S
(2010)
Hot subdwarfs in binary systems and the nature of their unseen companions
in Astrophysics and Space Science
Geier S
(2013)
A progenitor binary and an ejected mass donor remnant of faint type Ia supernovae
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2011)
BINARIES DISCOVERED BY THE MUCHFUSS PROJECT: SDSS J08205+0008-AN ECLIPSING SUBDWARF B BINARY WITH A BROWN DWARF COMPANION
in The Astrophysical Journal
Geier S
(2014)
Orbital solutions of eight close sdB binaries and constraints on the nature of the unseen companions
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2012)
MUCHFUSS - Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Georgy C
(2012)
Grids of stellar models with rotation II. WR populations and supernovae/GRB progenitors at Z = 0.014
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Georgy C
(2013)
Grids of stellar models with rotation III. Models from 0.8 to 120 M ? at a metallicity Z = 0.002?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gibbes C
(2009)
Wetland conservation: Change and fragmentation in Trinidad's protected areas
in Geoforum
Gillon M
(2013)
WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2014)
WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption
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 |