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
Southworth J
(2011)
Kepler photometry of KIC 10661783: a binary star with total eclipses and d Scuti pulsations KIC 10661783: an eclipsing d Scuti star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Balona L
(2012)
Kepler observations of the high-amplitude d Scuti star V2367 Cyg Kepler observations of V2367 Cyg
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuura M
(2007)
Spitzer Space Telescope spectral observations of AGB stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oliveira J
(2006)
Circumstellar discs in the young s Orionis cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2009)
Giants in the globular cluster ? Centauri: dust production, mass-loss and distance
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Woods P
(2011)
The SAGE-Spec Spitzer Legacy programme: the life-cycle of dust and gas in the Large Magellanic Cloud - Point source classification I SAGE-Spec - Point source classification I
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Enoch B
(2010)
WASP-25b: a 0.6 MJ planet in the Southern hemisphere WASP-25b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeffries R
(2007)
The distance to the Orion Nebula cluster
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Copperwheat C
(2011)
Radial-velocity measurements of subdwarf B stars Radial-velocity measurements of sdB stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hellier C
(2017)
WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-130b, WASP-131b, WASP-132b, WASP-139b, WASP-140b, WASP-141b and WASP-142b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2011)
UBV(RI)C photometry of transiting planet hosting stars UBV(RI)C photometry of transiting planet hosting stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Brown D
(2012)
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect measurements for WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31? The alignment of WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Oliveira J
(2013)
Early-stage young stellar objects in the Small Magellanic Cloud
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cameron A
(2007)
WASP-1b and WASP-2b: two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Galametz M
(2013)
The thermal dust emission in N158-N159-N160 (LMC) star-forming complex mapped by Spitzer, Herschel and LABOCA
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Street R
(2007)
SuperWASP-N extrasolar planet candidates between 18 < RA < 21 h
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cameron A
(2010)
Line-profile tomography of exoplanet transits - II. A gas-giant planet transiting a rapidly rotating A5 star? A gas-giant planet transiting an A5 star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Marchese E
(2014)
The variable ionized absorber in the Seyfert 2 Mrk 348
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Crowther P
(2010)
The R136 star cluster hosts several stars whose individual masses greatly exceed the accepted 150 M? stellar mass limit Very massive stars in R136 and NGC 3603
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Triaud Amaury H. M. J.
(2017)
Peculiar architectures for the WASP-53 and WASP-81 planet-hosting systems
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in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2008)
A survey for low-mass spectroscopic binary stars in the young clusters around s Orionis and ? Orionis
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Braito V
(2011)
Evidence for a circumnuclear and ionized absorber in the X-ray obscured broad-line radio galaxy 3C 445 Suzaku deep observation of 3C 445
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hay K
(2016)
WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gänsicke B
(2009)
SDSS unveils a population of intrinsically faint cataclysmic variables at the minimum orbital period
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith R
(2011)
Debris discs in the 27 Myr old open cluster IC 4665 Debris discs in IC4665
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bell C
(2013)
Pre-main-sequence isochrones - II. Revising star and planet formation time-scales
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted P
(2007)
The mass and radius of the M-dwarf in the short-period eclipsing binary RR Caeli
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McQuillin R
(2012)
Momentum-driven feedback and the M-s relation in non-isothermal galaxies The M-s relation in non-isothermal galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ballo L
(2011)
The high-energy view of the broad-line radio galaxy 3C 111 High-energy view of 3C 111
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lister T
(2007)
SuperWASP-North extrasolar planet candidates: candidates from fields 17 h < RA < 18 h
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Matsuura M
(2006)
Spitzer observations of acetylene bands in carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud Acetylene bands in LMC AGB stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Patrick A
(2011)
Assessing black hole spin in deep Suzaku observations of Seyfert 1 AGN
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2011)
Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries - II. The metallic-lined system XY Ceti The eclipsing binary system XY Ceti
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith R
(2012)
Dust discs around intermediate-mass and Sun-like stars in the 16 Myr old NGC 1960 open cluster Debris discs in NGC 1960
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lagadec E
(2007)
Dust mass-loss rates from asymptotic giant branch stars in the Fornax and Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal galaxies Mass-losing AGB stars in Sgr and Fornax
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zijlstra A
(2006)
A Spitzer mid-infrared spectral survey of mass-losing carbon stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud Mass-losing AGB stars in the LMC
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Catanzaro G
(2011)
Atmospheric parameters and pulsational properties for a sample of d Sct, ? Dor and hybrid Kepler targets? Physical parameters of Kepler targets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pounds K
(2009)
Quantifying the fast outflow in the luminous Seyfert galaxy PG1211+143
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Arévalo P
(2008)
Fourier-resolved energy spectra of the Narrow-Line Seyfert 1 Mkn 766
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2012)
Carbon enrichment of the evolved stars in the Sagittarius dwarf spheroidal
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeffries R
(2011)
Investigating coronal saturation and supersaturation in fast-rotating M-dwarf stars Coronal supersaturation in M-dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hellier C
(2012)
Seven transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b and WASP-67b WASP-South hot Jupiters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wils P
(2010)
Data mining for dwarf novae in SDSS, GALEX and astrometric catalogues Data mining for dwarf novae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Wood P
(2011)
Transmission spectroscopy of the sodium 'D' doublet in WASP-17b with the VLT? Transmission spectroscopy of WASP-17b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McDonald I
(2011)
Spitzer spectra of evolved stars in ? Centauri and their low-metallicity dust production Dust production in ? Centauri
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Yusof N
(2013)
Evolution and fate of very massive stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mahtani D
(2013)
Warm Spitzer occultation photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6 and 4.5 µm
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2012)
Homogeneous studies of transiting extrasolar planets - V. New results for 38 planets Studies of transiting extrasolar planets - V.
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Anderson D
(2013)
Thermal emission at 3.6-8 µm from WASP-19b: a hot Jupiter without a stratosphere orbiting an active star
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Copperwheat C
(2011)
SDSS J0926+3624: the shortest period eclipsing binary star The shortest period eclipsing binary star
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 |