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
Brown D
(2017)
Rossiter-McLaughlin models and their effect on estimates of stellar rotation, illustrated using six WASP systems
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bruntt H
(2010)
Accurate fundamental parameters for 23 bright solar-type stars Fundamental parameters for 23 solar-type stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bruntt H
(2012)
Accurate fundamental parameters and detailed abundance patterns from spectroscopy of 93 solar-type Kepler targets?† Parameters of solar-type Kepler targets
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Burleigh M
(2006)
A near-infrared spectroscopic detection of the brown dwarf in the post common envelope binary WD 0137-349
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Butters O
(2010)
The first WASP public data release
in Astronomy and Astrophysics
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
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
Campo C
(2011)
ON THE ORBIT OF EXOPLANET WASP-12b
in The Astrophysical Journal
Cargile P
(2010)
IDENTIFICATION OF THE LITHIUM DEPLETION BOUNDARY AND AGE OF THE SOUTHERN OPEN CLUSTER BLANCO 1
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
| 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 |