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
Street R
(2006)
Looking towards the detection of exoearths with SuperWASP
in International Journal of Astrobiology
Dehnen W
(2006)
The velocity dispersion and mass profile of the Milky Way Velocity dispersion profile of the Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Blommaert J
(2006)
ISO mid-infrared spectroscopy of Galactic Bulge AGB stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hirschi R.
(2006)
GRB progenitors at low metallicities
in NUOVO CIMENTO DELLA SOCIETA ITALIANA DI FISICA B-BASIC TOPICS IN PHYSICS
Van Loon J
(2006)
Stellar mass loss and the intracluster medium in Galactic globular clusters: a deep radio survey for H i and OH Mass loss and the ICM in globular clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oliveira J
(2006)
Massive young stellar objects in the Large Magellanic Cloud: water masers and ESO-VLT 3-4 m spectroscopy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeffries R
(2006)
Kinematic structure in the young Orionis association
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Moretti A
(2006)
Swift and XMM- Newton observations of the dark GRB 050326
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Watson D.
(2006)
A log N-HI=22.6 damped Ly alpha absorber in a dark gamma-ray burst: The environment of GRB 050401
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Zijlstra A
(2006)
A Spitzer mid-infrared spectral survey of mass-losing carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud Mass-losing AGB stars in the LMC
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 |