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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Cioni M (2013) The Magellanic Clouds as a Template for the Study of Stellar Populations and Galaxy Interactions in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia

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Faedi F (2013) WASP-54b, WASP-56b, and WASP-57b: Three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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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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Herranz R (2013) Proteomic signature of Arabidopsis cell cultures exposed to magnetically induced hyper- and microgravity environments. in Astrobiology

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Sewilo M (2013) SURVEYING THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION IN THE TIDALLY STRIPPED, LOW METALLICITY SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD (SAGE-SMC). III. YOUNG STELLAR OBJECTS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Maxted PF (2013) Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red-giant star in an eclipsing binary system. in Nature

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Meixner M (2013) THE HERschel INVENTORY OF THE AGENTS OF GALAXY EVOLUTION IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS, A HERSCHEL OPEN TIME KEY PROGRAM in The Astronomical Journal

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{H{\'e}brard}, G. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Brown}, D.~J.~A. And {D{\'{\i}}az}, R.~F. And {Faedi}, F. And {Smalley}, B. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Armstrong}, D. And {Barros}, S.~C.~C. And {Bento}, J. And {Bouchy}, F. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Enoch}, B. And {G{\'o}mez Maqueo Chew}, Y. And {H{\'e}brard}, {\'E}.~M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Lendl}, M. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {McCormac}, J. And {Moutou}, C. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {Santerne}, A. And {Skillen (2013) WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets in \aap

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Jones S (2013) ADVANCED BURNING STAGES AND FATE OF 8-10 M ? STARS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Hébrard G (2013) WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets in Astronomy & Astrophysics

 
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