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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Gordon K (2009) THE DUST-TO-GAS RATIO IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD TAIL in The Astrophysical Journal

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{Sambruna}, R.~M. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Braito}, V. And {Lewis}, K.~T. And {Eracleous}, M. And {Gliozzi}, M. And {Tavecchio}, F. And {Ballantyne}, D.~R. And {Ogle}, P.~M. And {Barth}, A.~J. And {Tueller}, J. (2009) Structure of the Accretion Flow in Broad-Line Radio Galaxies: The Case of 3C 390.3 in \apj

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West R (2009) The sub-Jupiter mass transiting exoplanet WASP-11b in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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{Oliveira}, J.~M. And {Jeffries}, R.~D. And {van Loon}, J.~T. (2009) The low-mass initial mass function in the young cluster NGC6611 in \mnras

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{Gillon}, M. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Hellier}, C. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pollaco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {West}, R.~G. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {Bentley}, S.~J. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Enoch}, B. And {Hebb}, L. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Joshi}, Y.~C. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Mayor}, M. And {Pepe}, F. And {Parley}, N. And {Segransan}, D. And {Udry}, S. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. (2009) Discovery and characterization of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting a solar-type star in \aap

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{Hebb}, L. And {Collier-Cameron}, A. And {Loeillet}, B. And {Pollacco}, D. And {H{\'e}brard}, G. And {Street}, R.~A. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Stempels}, H.~C. And {Moutou}, C. And {Simpson}, E. And {Udry}, S. And {Joshi}, Y.~C. And {West}, R.~G. And {Skillen}, I. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {McDonald}, I. And {Gibson}, N.~P. And {Aigrain}, S. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Benn}, C.~R. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Enoch}, B. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Lister (2009) WASP-12b: The Hottest Transiting Extrasolar Planet Yet Discovered in \apj

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{Sandstrom}, K.~M. And {Bolatto}, A.~D. And {Stanimirovi{\'c}}, S. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Smith}, J.~D.~T. (2009) Measuring Dust Production in the Small Magellanic Cloud Core-Collapse Supernova Remnant 1E 0102.2-7219 in \apj

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{Collier Cameron}, A. And {Davidson}, V.~A. And {Hebb}, L. And {Skinner}, G. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Clarkson}, W.~I. And {Enoch}, B. And {Irwin}, J. And {Joshi}, Y. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Horne}, K.~D. And {Kane}, S.~R. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Norton}, A.~J. And {Parley}, N. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Ryans}, R. And {Scholz}, A. And {Skillen}, I. And {Smalley}, B. And {Street}, R.~A. And {West}, R.~G. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And { (2009) The main-sequence rotation-colour relation in the Coma Berenices open cluster in \mnras

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Smith A (2009) A SuperWASP search for additional transiting planets in 24 known systems in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Christian D (2009) WASP-10b: a 3M J , gas-giant planet transiting a late-type K star in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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{Gordon}, K.~D. And {Bot}, C. And {Muller}, E. And {Misselt}, K.~A. And {Bolatto}, A. And {Bernard}, J.-P. And {Reach}, W. And {Engelbracht}, C.~W. And {Babler}, B. And {Bracker}, S. And {Block}, M. And {Clayton}, G.~C. And {Hora}, J. And {Indebetouw}, R. And {Israel}, F.~P. And {Li}, A. And {Madden}, S. And {Meade}, M. And {Meixner}, M. And {Sewilo}, M. And {Shiao}, B. And {Smith}, L.~J. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Whitney}, B.~A. (2009) The Dust-to-Gas Ratio in the Small Magellanic Cloud Tail in \apjl

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Unda-Sanzana E (2009) The not-so-extreme white dwarf of the CV GD 552 in Journal of Physics: Conference Series

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Jeffries R (2009) The stellar association around Gamma Velorum and its relationship with Vela OB2 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Joshi Y (2009) WASP-14b: 7.3 M J transiting planet in an eccentric orbit in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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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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Terashima Y (2009) X-Ray Spectral Variability of the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 4051 Observed with Suzaku in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan

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McDonald I (2009) Giants in the globular cluster ? Centauri: dust production, mass-loss and distance in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Markowitz A (2009) ASUZAKUOBSERVATION OF NGC 4593: ILLUMINATING THE TRUNCATED DISK in The Astrophysical Journal

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{Hellier}, C. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Gillon}, M. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {West}, R.~G. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {Alsubai}, K. And {Bentley}, S.~J. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Hebb}, L. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Kane}, S.~R. And {Mayor}, M. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Skillen}, I. And {Udry}, S. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Enoch}, R. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Josh (2009) Wasp-7: A Bright Transiting-Exoplanet System in the Southern Hemisphere in \apjl

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Botticella M (2009) SN 2008S: an electron-capture SN from a super-AGB progenitor? in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Southworth J (2009) Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets - II. Physical properties in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Gänsicke B (2009) SDSS unveils a population of intrinsically faint cataclysmic variables at the minimum orbital period in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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{West}, R.~G. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Hebb}, L. And {Joshi}, Y.~C. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Simpson}, E. And {Skillen}, I. And {Stempels}, H.~C. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. And {Wilson}, D. And {Anderson}, D. And {Bentley}, S. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Christian}, D. And {Enoch}, B. And {Gibson}, N. And {H{\'e}brard}, G. And {Hellier}, C. And {Loeillet}, B. And {Mayor}, M. And {Maxted}, P. And {McDonald}, I. And {Moutou}, C. And {Pont}, F. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Smalley}, B. An (2009) The sub-Jupiter mass transiting exoplanet WASP-11b in \aap

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{Boyer}, M.~L. And {McDonald}, I. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Gordon}, K.~D. And {Babler}, B. And {Block}, M. And {Bracker}, S. And {Engelbracht}, C. And {Hora}, J. And {Indebetouw}, R. And {Meade}, M. And {Meixner}, M. And {Misselt}, K. And {Oliveira}, J.~M. And {Sewilo}, M. And {Shiao}, B. And {Whitney}, B. (2009) Dust Production and Mass Loss in the Galactic Globular Cluster NGC 362 in \apj

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{Pounds}, K.~A. And {Reeves}, J.~N. (2009) Quantifying the fast outflow in the luminous Seyfert galaxy PG1211+143 in \mnras

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Hellier C (2009) WASP-7: A BRIGHT TRANSITING-EXOPLANET SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE in The Astrophysical Journal

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Southworth J (2009) High-precision photometry by telescope defocusing - I. The transiting planetary system WASP-5 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Avelino P (2009) Bifurcation and pattern changing with two real scalar fields in Physical Review D

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{Joshi}, Y.~C. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Skillen}, I. And {Simpson}, E. And {Steele}, I. And {Street}, R.~A. And {Stempels}, H.~C. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Hebb}, L. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Gibson}, N.~P. And {H{\'e}brard}, G. And {Keenan}, F.~P. And {Loeillet}, B. And {Meaburn}, J. And {Moutou}, C. And {Smalley}, B. And {Todd}, I. And {West}, R.~G. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Bentley}, S. And {Enoch}, B. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin} (2009) WASP-14b: 7.3 M$_{J}$ transiting planet in an eccentric orbit in \mnras

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Barmby P (2009) ASPITZERSEARCH FOR COLD DUST WITHIN GLOBULAR CLUSTERS in The Astronomical Journal

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Jeffries R (2009) Low-mass members of the young cluster IC 4665 and pre-main-sequence lithium depletion in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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{West}, R.~G. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hebb}, L. And {Hellier}, C. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {Bentley}, S.~J. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Enoch}, B. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Mayor}, M. And {Parley}, N. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Segransan}, D. And {Spano}, M. And {Udry}, S. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. (2009) The Low Density Transiting Exoplanet WASP-15b in \aj

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Van Loon J (2009) A peculiar H i cloud near the distant globular cluster Pal 4 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Oliveira J (2009) The low-mass initial mass function in the young cluster NGC 6611 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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{Skillen}, I. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Hebb}, L. And {Simpson}, E. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Gibson}, N.~P. And {H{\'e}brard}, G. And {Joshi}, Y.~C. And {Loeillet}, B. And {Smalley}, B. And {Stempels}, H.~C. And {Street}, R.~A. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Barros}, S.~C.~C. And {Enoch}, B. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Hellier}, C. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Keenan}, F.~P. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P. And { (2009) The 0.5M$_{J}$ transiting exoplanet WASP-13b 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