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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McLaughlin D (2008) Shaping the Globular Cluster Mass Function by Stellar-Dynamical Evaporation in The Astrophysical Journal

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Jordán A (2013) A GROUND-BASED OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF WASP-6b in The Astrophysical Journal

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Behar E (2010) REMARKABLE SPECTRAL VARIABILITY OF PDS 456 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Shin I (2012) MICROLENSING BINARIES DISCOVERED THROUGH HIGH-MAGNIFICATION CHANNEL in The Astrophysical Journal

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Campo C (2011) ON THE ORBIT OF EXOPLANET WASP-12b in The Astrophysical Journal

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Sambruna R (2011) THE SUZAKU VIEW OF 3C 382 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Markowitz A (2009) A COMPREHENSIVE X-RAY SPECTRAL ANALYSIS OF THE SEYFERT 1.5 NGC 3227 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Walborn N (2010) THE Onfp CLASS IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS in The Astronomical Journal

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

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Lee M (2009) INFRARED DARK CLOUDS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD? in The Astronomical Journal

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Exter K (2010) THE EXOTIC ECLIPSING NUCLEUS OF THE RING PLANETARY NEBULA SuWt 2 in The Astronomical Journal

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Greiss S (2012) INITIAL DATA RELEASE OF THE KEPLER -INT SURVEY in The Astronomical Journal

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Barmby P (2009) A SPITZER SEARCH FOR COLD DUST WITHIN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS in The Astronomical Journal

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Simpson E (2011) INDEPENDENT DISCOVERY OF THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET HAT-P-14b in The Astronomical Journal

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Simpson E (2011) WASP-37b: A 1.8 M J EXOPLANET TRANSITING A METAL-POOR STAR in The Astronomical Journal

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Sloan GC (2009) Dust formation in a galaxy with primitive abundances. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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Maxted PF (2006) Astronomy. A ghostly star revealed in silhouette. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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Matsuura M (2011) Herschel detects a massive dust reservoir in supernova 1987A. in Science (New York, N.Y.)

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{Sloan}, G.~C. And {Matsuura}, M. And {Zijlstra}, A.~A. And {Lagadec}, E. And {Groenewegen}, M.~A.~T. And {Wood}, P.~R. And {Szyszka}, C. And {Bernard-Salas}, J. And {van Loon}, J.~T. (2009) Dust Formation in a Galaxy with Primitive Abundances in Science

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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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Maxted P. F. L. (2010) WASP-32b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Lithium-Poor, Solar-Type Star in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

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Anderson D (2011) WASP-40b: Independent Discovery of the 0.6  M Jup Transiting Exoplanet HAT-P-27b in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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Maxted P (2010) WASP-32b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Lithium-Poor, Solar-Type Star in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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Maxted P (2013) WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System1 in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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Pollacco D. L. (2006) The WASP project and the SuperWASP cameras in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

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Maxted P (2010) WASP-32b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Lithium-Poor, Solar-Type Star in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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Spake J (2016) WASP-135b: A Highly Irradiated, Inflated Hot Jupiter Orbiting a G5V Star in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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Maxted P (2011) WASP-41b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Magnetically Active G8V Star in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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Mocnik T (2016) WASP-157b, a Transiting Hot Jupiter Observed with K2 in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific

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Wilson D. M. (2006) SuperWASP observations of the transiting extrasolar planet XO-1b in PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC

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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

 
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