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
Groenewegen M
(2007)
Luminosities and mass-loss rates of carbon stars in the Magellanic Clouds
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Christian D
(2007)
Erratum: The Super WASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: candidates from fields 23 h < RA < 03 h
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith A
(2006)
The impact of correlated noise on SuperWASP detection rates for transiting extrasolar planets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Van Loon J
(2006)
Very Large Telescope three micron spectra of dust-enshrouded red giants in the Large Magellanic Cloud
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Christian D
(2006)
The SuperWASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: candidates from fields 23 h < RA < 03 h
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Markowitz A
(2006)
Suzaku observation of NGC 3516: complex absorption and the broad and narrow Fe K lines
in Astronomische Nachrichten
Dehnen W
(2006)
The velocity dispersion and mass profile of the Milky Way Velocity dispersion profile of the Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Evans P
(2006)
XMM-Newton observations of the complex spin pulse of the intermediate polar PQ Geminorum
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Goad M
(2006)
A deep XMM-Newton observation of the ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1: the case against a 1000-M ? black hole
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jeffries R
(2006)
Kinematic structure in the young s Orionis association
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
| 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 |