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
Gillon M
(2013)
WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Skillen I
(2009)
The 0.5 M J transiting exoplanet WASP-13b
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
Gillon M
(2009)
VLT transit and occultation photometry for the bloated planet CoRoT-1b
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geballe T
(2007)
Infrared spectroscopy of carbon monoxide in V838 Monocerotis during 2002-2006
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2013)
A progenitor binary and an ejected mass donor remnant of faint type Ia supernovae
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
Triaud A
(2011)
WASP-23b: a transiting hot Jupiter around a K dwarf and its Rossiter-McLaughlin effect
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2009)
Discovery and characterization of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting a solar-type star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
West R
(2016)
Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Anderson D
(2011)
WASP-31b: a low-density planet transiting a metal-poor, late-F-type dwarf star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nebot Gómez-Morán A
(2011)
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XII. The orbital period distribution???
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Kirkby-Kent J
(2016)
Absolute parameters for AI Phoenicis using WASP photometry
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Papadakis I
(2008)
A correlation between the spectral and timing properties of AGN
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lohr M
(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 Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tappert C
(2009)
Observations of three pre-cataclysmic variables from the Edinburgh-Cape blue object survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lampens P
(2011)
Multi-site, multi-year monitoring of the oscillating Algol-type eclipsing binary CT Herculis
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Turner T
(2008)
Tracing a disk wind in NGC 3516
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2009)
Improved parameters for the transiting hot Jupiters WASP-4b and WASP-5b
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
Cescutti G
(2013)
The s -process in the Galactic halo: the fifth signature of spinstars in the early Universe?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hirschi R
(2006)
Very low-metallicity massive stars: Pre-SN evolution models and primary nitrogen production
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
Norton A
(2011)
Short period eclipsing binary candidates identified using SuperWASP
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Georgy C
(2013)
Grids of stellar models with rotation III. Models from 0.8 to 120 M ? at a metallicity Z = 0.002?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smith A
(2013)
WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Miller L
(2006)
The variable X-ray spectrum of Markarian 766 I. Principal components analysis
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Uytterhoeven K
(2011)
The Kepler characterization of the variability among A- and F-type stars I. General overview
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
Rubele S
(2012)
The VMC survey IV. The LMC star formation history and disk geometry from four VMC tiles???
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
(2013)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey IX. The interstellar medium seen through diffuse interstellar bands and neutral sodium?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cioni M
(2011)
The VMC survey I. Strategy and first data
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pavlenko Y
(2006)
The properties of V838 Monocerotis in 2002 November
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Batista V
(2011)
MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb: a massive planet orbiting an M dwarf
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ricci D
(2011)
Flux and color variations of the quadruply imaged quasar HE 0435-1223
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Porquet D
(2006)
An XMM-Newton view of the X-ray flat radio-quiet quasar PG 1416-129
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lakicevic M
(2012)
Zooming in on Supernova 1987A at submillimetre wavelengths
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schaffenroth V
(2013)
A new bright eclipsing hot subdwarf binary from the ASAS and SuperWASP surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Evans C
(2011)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey I. Introduction and observational overview?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Magrini L
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Abundance ratios in the inner-disk open clusters Trumpler 20, NGC 4815, NGC 6705
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sana H
(2013)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Braito V
(2009)
A Suzaku observation of the ULIRG IRAS19254-7245: discerning the AGN component
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Otsuka M
(2010)
Dust in the bright supernova remnant N49 in the LMC
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Bouchy F
(2010)
WASP-21b: a hot-Saturn exoplanet transiting a thick disc star
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Schreiber M
(2010)
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS VIII. Evidence for disrupted magnetic braking
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Boyer M
(2010)
Cold dust in three massive evolved stars in the LMC
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Tombesi F
(2010)
Evidence for ultra-fast outflows in radio-quiet AGNs I. Detection and statistical incidence of Fe K-shell absorption lines
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Queloz D
(2010)
WASP-8b : a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Fouqué P
(2010)
OGLE 2008-BLG-290: an accurate measurement of the limb darkening of a galactic bulge K Giant spatially resolved by microlensing
in Astronomy and 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 |