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
Watson D
(2006)
The soft X-ray blast in the apparently subluminous GRB 031203
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Van Loon J
(2006)
Stellar mass loss and the intracluster medium in Galactic globular clusters: a deep radio survey for H i and OH Mass loss and the ICM in globular clusters
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
McLaughlin Dean E.
(2006)
Hubble space telescope proper motions and stellar dynamics in the core of the globular cluster 47 Tucanae
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES
Jordan Andres
(2006)
Trends in the globular cluster luminosity function of early-type galaxies
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Naylor T
(2006)
A maximum-likelihood method for fitting colour-magnitude diagrams
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Koen C
(2006)
Photometry of the magnetic white dwarf SDSS 121209.31+013627.7
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Maxted PF
(2006)
Astronomy. A ghostly star revealed in silhouette.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Van Loon J
(2006)
The first 8-13 ยต m spectra of globular cluster red giants: circumstellar silicate dust grains in 47 Tucanae (NGC 104)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chiappini C
(2006)
A strong case for fast stellar rotation at very low metallicities
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hirschi R
(2006)
Very low-metallicity massive stars: Pre-SN evolution models and primary nitrogen production
in Astronomy & 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 |