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
Pillitteri I
(2013)
AN X-RAY SURVEY OF THE YOUNG STELLAR POPULATION OF THE LYNDS 1641 AND IOTA ORIONIS REGIONS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Jeffries R
(2006)
An XMM-Newton observation of the young open cluster NGC 2547: coronal activity at 30 Myr
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Nandra K
(2006)
An XMM-Newton survey of broad iron lines in AGN
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Nandra K
(2007)
An XMM-Newton survey of broad iron lines in Seyfert galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Porquet D
(2006)
An XMM-Newton view of the X-ray flat radio-quiet quasar PG 1416-129
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Brown D
(2012)
ANALYSIS OF SPIN-ORBIT ALIGNMENT IN THE WASP-32, WASP-38, AND HAT-P-27/WASP-40 SYSTEMS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Meibom S
(2013)
Angular momentum evolution of cool stars: Toward a synthesis of observations and theory before and after the ZAMS
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Pavlovski K
(2011)
APSIDAL MOTION OF THE ECLIPSING BINARY AS CAMELOPARDALIS: DISCREPANCY RESOLVED
in The Astrophysical Journal
Meynet G
(2010)
Are C-rich ultra iron-poor stars also He-rich?
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Brown D
(2011)
Are falling planets spinning up their host stars? Are falling planets spinning up their host stars?
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 |