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
Broomhall A
(2011)
Are short-term variations in solar oscillation frequencies the signature of a second solar dynamo?
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Jackson R
(2010)
Are the spin axes of stars randomly aligned within a cluster?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Van Loon J
(2010)
ASPITZER SPACE TELESCOPEFAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL ATLAS OF COMPACT SOURCES IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. I. THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD
in The Astronomical Journal
Van Loon J
(2010)
ASPITZER SPACE TELESCOPEFAR-INFRARED SPECTRAL ATLAS OF COMPACT SOURCES IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS. II. THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD
in The Astronomical Journal
Boyer M
(2009)
ASPITZERSTUDY OF ASYMPTOTIC GIANT BRANCH STARS. III. DUST PRODUCTION AND GAS RETURN IN LOCAL GROUP DWARF IRREGULAR GALAXIES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Patrick A
(2011)
Assessing black hole spin in deep Suzaku observations of Seyfert 1 AGN
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Avelino P
(2012)
Assessing the viability of successful reconstruction of the dynamics of dark energy using varying fundamental couplings
in Physics Letters B
Southworth John
(2012)
ASTRONOMY A new class of planet
in NATURE
Thielemann F
(2011)
Astronomy with Radioactivities
Maxted PF
(2006)
Astronomy. A ghostly star revealed in silhouette.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
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 |