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
Jordan Andres
(2006)
Trends in the globular cluster luminosity function of early-type galaxies
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Evans P
(2006)
XMM-Newton observations of the complex spin pulse of the intermediate polar PQ Geminorum
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Watson D
(2006)
Outshining the quasars at reionization: The X-ray spectrum and light curve of the redshift 6.29 gamma-ray burst GRB 050904
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Braito V
(2006)
The iron emission line complex of MCG-5-23-16: the long XMMNewton look
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Pollacco D. L.
(2006)
The WASP project and the SuperWASP cameras
in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC
Burleigh M
(2006)
A near-infrared spectroscopic detection of the brown dwarf in the post common envelope binary WD 0137-349
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Parley N
(2006)
Serendipitous Asteroid Lightcurve Survey Using SuperWASP
in Earth, Moon, and Planets
Naylor T
(2006)
A maximum-likelihood method for fitting colour-magnitude diagrams
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted PF
(2006)
Astronomy. A ghostly star revealed in silhouette.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Christian D
(2006)
The SuperWASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: candidates from fields 23 h < RA < 03 h
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 |