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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Pignatari M (2013) THE 12 C + 12 C REACTION AND THE IMPACT ON NUCLEOSYNTHESIS IN MASSIVE STARS in The Astrophysical Journal

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Kittang A (2013) Adaptation response of Arabidopsis thaliana to random positioning in Advances in Space Research

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Gofford J (2013) The Suzaku view of highly ionized outflows in AGN - I. Statistical detection and global absorber properties in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Gould A (2013) MOA-2010-BLG-523: "FAILED PLANET" = RS CVn STAR in The Astrophysical Journal

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{Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Fumel}, A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Jehin}, E. And {Lendl}, M. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Southworth}, K. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G. (2013) WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System in \pasp

 
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