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
Mocnik T
(2016)
WASP-157b, a Transiting Hot Jupiter Observed with K2
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Ratajczak M
(2016)
Orbital and physical parameters of eclipsing binaries from the ASAS catalogue - IX. Spotted pairs with red giants
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Graczyk Dariusz
(2016)
The Surface Brightness--Color Relations Based on Eclipsing Binary Stars: Toward Precision Better than 1% in Angular Diameter Predictions
in ArXiv e-prints
West R
(2016)
Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Turner O
(2016)
WASP-120 b, WASP-122 b, and WASP-123 b: Three Newly Discovered Planets from the WASP-South Survey
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Spake Jessica
(2016)
Characterising the atmosphere of a uniquely low-density, sub-Saturn mass planet
in Spitzer Proposal
Da Rio N
(2014)
Strong biases in estimating the time dependence of mass accretion rates in young stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gofford J
(2014)
REVEALING THE LOCATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE ACCRETION DISK WIND IN PDS 456
in The Astrophysical Journal
Holdsworth D
(2014)
High-frequency A-type pulsators discovered using SuperWASP?†
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cioni M
(2014)
The VMC survey IX. Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data???
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 |