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
Van Loon J
(2006)
The first 8-13 µ m spectra of globular cluster red giants: circumstellar silicate dust grains in 47 Tucanae (NGC 104)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ricci D
(2011)
Flux and color variations of the quadruply imaged quasar HE 0435-1223
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2011)
The MUCHFUSS project - searching for hot subdwarf binaries with massive unseen companions Survey, target selection and atmospheric parameters???
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smalley B
(2012)
WASP-78b and WASP-79b: two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2014)
Orbital solutions of eight close sdB binaries and constraints on the nature of the unseen companions
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smalley B
(2011)
SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2010)
Massive unseen companions to hot faint underluminous stars from SDSS (MUCHFUSS) Analysis of seven close subdwarf B binaries???
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tamajo E
(2010)
Constrained fitting of disentangled binary star spectra: application to V615 Persei in the open cluster h Persei
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gullieuszik M
(2012)
The VMC survey III. Mass-loss rates and luminosities of LMC AGB stars??????
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Turner T
(2007)
The variable X-ray spectrum of Markarian 766 II. Time-resolved spectroscopy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tappert C
(2009)
Observations of three pre-cataclysmic variables from the Edinburgh-Cape blue object survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Frischknecht U
(2010)
Constraints on rotational mixing from surface evolution of light elements in massive stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ekström S
(2012)
Grids of stellar models with rotation I. Models from 0.8 to 120 M ? at solar metallicity ( Z = 0.014)?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bentley S
(2009)
The masses and radii of HD 186753B and TYC7096-222-1B: the discovery of two M-dwarfs that eclipse A-type stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lakicevic M
(2012)
Zooming in on Supernova 1987A at submillimetre wavelengths
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2009)
VLT transit and occultation photometry for the bloated planet CoRoT-1b
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Triaud A
(2010)
Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets New insights into the dynamical origins of hot Jupiters???
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Doran E
(2013)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Barros S
(2016)
WASP-113b and WASP-114b, two inflated hot Jupiters with contrasting densities
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Southworth J
(2010)
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS VIII. A slingshot prominence in SDSS J003941.06 + 005427.5??
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Southworth J
(2011)
A much lower density for the transiting extrasolar planet WASP-7
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Georgy C
(2012)
Grids of stellar models with rotation II. WR populations and supernovae/GRB progenitors at Z = 0.014
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schaffenroth V
(2013)
A new bright eclipsing hot subdwarf binary from the ASAS and SuperWASP surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Faedi F
(2013)
WASP-54b, WASP-56b, and WASP-57b: Three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Van Loon J
(2008)
Molecules and dust production in the Magellanic Clouds
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cioni M
(2012)
The VMC Survey VI. Quasars behind the Magellanic system?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hellier C
(2011)
WASP-43b: the closest-orbiting hot Jupiter
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tillich A
(2011)
The Hyper-MUCHFUSS project: probing the Galactic halo with sdB stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pavlenko Y
(2006)
The properties of V838 Monocerotis in 2002 November
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hénault-Brunet V
(2012)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey VI. Evidence for rotation of the young massive cluster R136
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lendl M
(2016)
FORS2 observes a multi-epoch transmission spectrum of the hot Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-49b
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Papadakis I
(2008)
A correlation between the spectral and timing properties of AGN
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2014)
WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Anderson D
(2011)
Spin-orbit measurements and refined parameters for the exoplanet systems WASP-22 and WASP-26
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Evans C
(2011)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I. Introduction and observational overview?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cioni M
(2014)
The VMC survey IX. Pilot study of the proper motion of stellar populations in the LMC from 2MASS and VISTA data???
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Miller L
(2008)
An absorption origin for the X-ray spectral variability of MCG-6-30-15
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lendl M
(2012)
WASP-42 b and WASP-49 b: two new transiting sub-Jupiters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2013)
WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Triaud A
(2011)
WASP-23b: a transiting hot Jupiter around a K dwarf and its Rossiter-McLaughlin effect
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cioni M
(2011)
The VMC survey I. Strategy and first data
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Miller L
(2006)
The variable X-ray spectrum of Markarian 766 I. Principal components analysis
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2014)
WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hénault-Brunet V
(2012)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey VII. A low velocity dispersion for the young massive cluster R136
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gómez Maqueo Chew Y
(2013)
Discovery of WASP-65b and WASP-75b: Two hot Jupiters without highly inflated radii
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nebot Gómez-Morán A
(2009)
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS IV. SDSS J121258.25-012310.1, a new eclipsing system
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Norton A
(2007)
New periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT sources discovered using SuperWASP
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2013)
A progenitor binary and an ejected mass donor remnant of faint type Ia supernovae
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Batista V
(2011)
MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb: a massive planet orbiting an M dwarf
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lakicevic M
(2011)
The remnant of SN 1987A revealed at (sub-)mm wavelengths
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 |