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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Itoh T (2008) Suzaku Wide-Band X-Ray Spectroscopy of the Seyfert2 AGN in NGC 4945 in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

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Jackson R (2012) Why do some young cool stars show spot modulation while others do not? Starspots on M dwarfs in NGC 2516 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Jackson R (2009) The radii of M-dwarfs in the young open cluster NGC 2516 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

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Jackson R (2010) Are the spin axes of stars randomly aligned within a cluster? in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Jackson R (2013) On the relationship between the size and surface coverage of starspots on magnetically active low-mass stars 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