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.

Publications

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Risaliti G (2009) A STRONG EXCESS IN THE 20-100 keV EMISSION OF NGC 1365 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Evans C (2010) A MASSIVE RUNAWAY STAR FROM 30 DORADUS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Nymeyer S (2011) SPITZER SECONDARY ECLIPSES OF WASP-18b in The Astrophysical Journal

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David T (2017) A Transient Transit Signature Associated with the Young Star RIK-210 in The Astrophysical Journal

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Anderson D (2011) WASP-30b: A 61 M Jup BROWN DWARF TRANSITING A V = 12, F8 STAR in The Astrophysical Journal

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Hellier C (2010) WASP-29b: A SATURN-SIZED TRANSITING EXOPLANET in The Astrophysical Journal

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Kamenetzky J (2013) CARBON MONOXIDE IN THE COLD DEBRIS OF SUPERNOVA 1987A in The Astrophysical Journal

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Ferrarese L (2012) THE NEXT GENERATION VIRGO CLUSTER SURVEY (NGVS). I. INTRODUCTION TO THE SURVEY* in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

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{Jones}, S. And {Hirschi}, R. And {Herwig}, F. And {Paxton}, B. And {Timmes}, F.~X. And {Nomoto}, K. (2012) Progenitors of electron-capture supernovae

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Thielemann F (2011) Astronomy with Radioactivities

 
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