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
Bruntt H
(2012)
Accurate fundamental parameters and detailed abundance patterns from spectroscopy of 93 solar-type Kepler targets?† Parameters of solar-type Kepler targets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bruntt H
(2010)
Accurate fundamental parameters for 23 bright solar-type stars Fundamental parameters for 23 solar-type stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Doyle A
(2012)
Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Doyle A
(2013)
Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kittang A
(2013)
Adaptation response of Arabidopsis thaliana to random positioning
in Advances in Space Research
Jones S
(2013)
ADVANCED BURNING STAGES AND FATE OF 8-10 M ? STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Indebetouw R
(2013)
ALMA RESOLVES 30 DORADUS: SUB-PARSEC MOLECULAR CLOUD STRUCTURE NEAR THE CLOSEST SUPER STAR CLUSTER
in The Astrophysical Journal
Miller L
(2008)
An absorption origin for the X-ray spectral variability of MCG-6-30-15
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hellier C
(2009)
An orbital period of 0.94 days for the hot-Jupiter planet WASP-18b.
in Nature
Tombesi F
(2013)
An outburst scenario for the X-ray spectral variability in 3C 111
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 |