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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{Nymeyer}, S. And {Harrington}, J. And {Hardy}, R.~A. And {Stevenson}, K.~B. And {Campo}, C.~J. And {Madhusudhan}, N. And {Collier-Cameron}, A. And {Loredo}, T.~J. And {Blecic}, J. And {Bowman}, W.~C. And {Britt}, C.~B.~T. And {Cubillos}, P. And {Hellier}, C. And {Gillon}, M. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Hebb}, L. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Anderson}, D.~R. (2011) Spitzer Secondary Eclipses of WASP-18b in \apj

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{Norton}, A.~J. And {Payne}, S.~G. And {Evans}, T. And {West}, R.~G. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Barros}, S.~C.~C. And {Butters}, O.~W. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Enoch}, B. And {Faedi}, F. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Holmes}, S. And {Horne}, K.~D. And {Kane}, S.~R. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Parley}, N. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Simpson}, E.~K. And {Skillen}, I. And {Smalley}, B. And {Southworth}, J. And {Street (2011) Short period eclipsing binary candidates identified using SuperWASP in \aap

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{Muijres}, L. And {Vink}, J.~S. And {de Koter}, A. And {Hirschi}, R. And {Langer}, N. And {Yoon}, S.-C. (2012) Mass-loss predictions for evolved very metal-poor massive stars in \aap

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{Miller}, L. And {Turner}, T.~J. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Lobban}, A. And {Kraemer}, S.~B. And {Crenshaw}, D.~M. (2010) Spectral variability and reverberation time delays in the Suzaku X-ray spectrum of NGC 4051 in \mnras

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{Meixner}, M. And {Galliano}, F. And {Hony}, S. And {Roman-Duval}, J. And {Robitaille}, T. And {Panuzzo}, P. And {Sauvage}, M. And {Gordon}, K. And {Engelbracht}, C. And {Misselt}, K. And {Okumura}, K. And {Beck}, T. And {Bernard}, J.-P. And {Bolatto}, A. And {Bot}, C. And {Boyer}, M. And {Bracker}, S. And {Carlson}, L.~R. And {Clayton}, G.~C. And {Chen}, C.-H.~R. And {Churchwell}, E. And {Fukui}, Y. And {Galametz}, M. And {Hora}, J.~L. And {Hughes}, A. And {Indebetouw}, R. And {Israel}, F.~P. (2010) HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE): The Large Magellanic Cloud dust in \aap

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{McQuillin}, R. And {Evans}, A. And {Wilson}, D. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pollacco}, D. And {West}, R.~G. And {Hounsell}, R.~A. And {Bode}, M.~F. (2012) Novae in the SuperWASP data base in \mnras

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{McLaughlin}, D.~E. And {Barmby}, P. And {Harris}, W.~E. And {Forbes}, D.~A. And {Harris}, G.~L.~H. (2008) Structural parameters for globular clusters in NGC 5128 - III. ACS surface brightness profiles and model fits in \mnras

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{McDonald}, I. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Dupree}, A.~K. And {Boyer}, M.~L. (2010) Discovery of long-period variable stars in the very metal-poor globular cluster M15 in \mnras

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{McDonald}, I. And {Boyer}, M.~L. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Zijlstra}, A.~A. And {Hora}, J.~L. And {Babler}, B. And {Block}, M. And {Gordon}, K. And {Meade}, M. And {Meixner}, M. And {Misselt}, K. And {Robitaille}, T. And {Sewi{\l}o}, M. And {Shiao}, B. And {Whitney}, B. (2011) Fundamental Parameters, Integrated Red Giant Branch Mass Loss, and Dust Production in the Galactic Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae in \apjs

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{McDonald}, I. And {Boyer}, M.~L. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Zijlstra}, A.~A. (2011) Dust Production and Mass Loss in the Galactic Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae in \apj

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{Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Street}, R.~A. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {West}, R.~G. And {Gillon}, M. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Udry}, S. (2011) WASP-41b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Magnetically Active G8V Star in \pasp

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{Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Fumel}, A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Jehin}, E. And {Lendl}, M. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Southworth}, K. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G. (2013) WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System in \pasp

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{Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Burleigh}, M.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Heber}, U. And {G{\"a}nsicke}, B.~T. And {Geier}, S. And {Kupfer}, T. And {Marsh}, T.~R. And {Nelemans}, G. And {O'Toole}, S.~J. And {{\O}stensen}, R.~H. And {Smalley}, B. And {West}, R.~G. (2011) Discovery of a stripped red giant core in a bright eclipsing binary system in \mnras

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{Matsuura}, M. And {Dwek}, E. And {Meixner}, M. And {Otsuka}, M. And {Babler}, B. And {Barlow}, M.~J. And {Roman-Duval}, J. And {Engelbracht}, C. And {Sandstrom}, K. And {Laki{\'c}evi{\'c}}, M. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Sonneborn}, G. And {Clayton}, G.~C. And {Long}, K.~S. And {Lundqvist}, P. And {Nozawa}, T. And {Gordon}, K.~D. And {Hony}, S. And {Panuzzo}, P. And {Okumura}, K. And {Misselt}, K.~A. And {Montiel}, E. And {Sauvage}, M. (2011) Herschel Detects a Massive Dust Reservoir in Supernova 1987A in Science

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{Massimi}, C. And {Koehler}, P. And {Bisterzo}, S. And {Colonna}, N. And {Gallino}, R. And {Gunsing}, F. And {K{\"a}ppeler}, F. And {Lorusso}, G. And {Mengoni}, A. And {Pignatari}, M. And {Vannini}, G. And {Abbondanno}, U. And {Aerts}, G. And {{\'A}lvarez}, H. And {{\'A}lvarez-Velarde}, F. And {Andriamonje}, S. And {Andrzejewski}, J. And {Assimakopoulos}, P. And {Audouin}, L. And {Badurek}, G. And {Barbagallo}, M. And {Baumann}, P. And {Be{\v C}v{\'a}{\v R}}, F. And {Belloni}, F. And {Bennett}, (2012) Resonance neutron-capture cross sections of stable magnesium isotopes and their astrophysical implications in \prc

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{Lohr}, M.~E. And {Norton}, A.~J. And {Kolb}, U.~C. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Todd}, I. And {West}, R.~G. (2013) Period and period change measurements for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit and discovery of a doubly eclipsing quadruple system in \aap

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{Lobban}, A.~P. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Porquet}, D. And {Braito}, V. And {Markowitz}, A. And {Miller}, L. And {Turner}, T.~J. (2010) Evidence for a truncated accretion disc in the low-luminosity Seyfert galaxy, NGC 7213? in \mnras

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{Lobban}, A.~P. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Miller}, L. And {Turner}, T.~J. And {Braito}, V. And {Kraemer}, S.~B. And {Crenshaw}, D.~M. (2011) Contemporaneous Chandra HETG and Suzaku X-ray observations of NGC 4051 in \mnras

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{Littlefair}, S.~P. And {Naylor}, T. And {Mayne}, N.~J. And {Saunders}, E.~S. And {Jeffries}, R.~D. (2010) Rotation of young stars in Cepheus OB3b in \mnras

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{Lister}, T.~A. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hebb}, L. And {Smalley}, B.~S. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {West}, R.~G. And {Bentley}, S.~J. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Enoch}, R. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Joshi}, Y.~C. And {Kane}, S.~R. And {Mayor}, M. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Norton}, A.~J. And {Parley}, N. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {Ryans}, R. And {Se (2009) WASP-16b: A New Jupiter-Like Planet Transiting a Southern Solar Analog in \apj

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{Lendl}, M. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier-Cameron}, A. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Jehin}, E. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. (2012) WASP-42 b and WASP-49 b: two new transiting sub-Jupiters in \aap

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{Legg}, E. And {Miller}, L. And {Turner}, T.~J. And {Giustini}, M. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Kraemer}, S.~B. (2012) Direct Measurement of the X-Ray Time-delay Transfer Function in Active Galactic Nuclei in \apj

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{Lee}, M.-Y. And {Stanimirovi{\'c}}, S. And {Ott}, J. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Bolatto}, A.~D. And {Jones}, P.~A. And {Cunningham}, M.~R. And {Devine}, K.~E. And {Oliveira}, J.~M. (2009) Infrared Dark Clouds in the Small Magellanic Cloud? in \aj

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{Laki{\'c}evi{\'c}}, M. And {Zanardo}, G. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Staveley-Smith}, L. And {Potter}, T. And {Ng}, C.-Y. And {Gaensler}, B.~M. (2012) The remnant of supernova 1987A resolved at 3-mm wavelength in \aap

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{Laki{\'c}evi{\'c}}, M. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Stanke}, T. And {De Breuck}, C. And {Patat}, F. (2012) Zooming in on Supernova 1987A at submillimetre wavelengths in \aap

 
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