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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{Smith}, R. And {Jeffries}, R.~D. (2012) Dust discs around intermediate-mass and Sun-like stars in the 16 Myr old NGC 1960 open cluster in \mnras

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{Smith}, R. And {Jeffries}, R.~D. And {Oliveira}, J.~M. (2011) Debris discs in the 27 Myr old open cluster IC 4665 in \mnras

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{Smolders}, K. And {Neyskens}, P. And {Blommaert}, J.~A.~D.~L. And {Hony}, S. And {van Winckel}, H. And {Decin}, L. And {van Eck}, S. And {Sloan}, G.~C. And {Cami}, J. And {Uttenthaler}, S. And {Degroote}, P. And {Barry}, D. And {Feast}, M. And {Groenewegen}, M.~A.~T. And {Matsuura}, M. And {Menzies}, J. And {Sahai}, R. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Zijlstra}, A.~A. And {Acke}, B. And {Bloemen}, S. And {Cox}, N. And {De Cat}, P. And {Desmet}, M. And {Exter}, K. And {Ladjal}, D. And {{\O}stensen}, (2012) The Spitzer spectroscopic survey of S-type stars in \aap

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{Southworth}, J. And {Hinse}, T.~C. And {Dominik}, M. And {Glitrup}, M. And {J{\o}rgensen}, U.~G. And {Liebig}, C. And {Mathiasen}, M. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Bozza}, V. And {Browne}, P. And {Burgdorf}, M. And {Calchi Novati}, S. And {Dreizler}, S. And {Finet}, F. And {Harps{\o}e}, K. And {Hessman}, F. And {Hundertmark}, M. And {Maier}, G. And {Mancini}, L. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Rahvar}, S. And {Ricci}, D. And {Scarpetta}, G. And {Skottfelt}, J. And {Snodgrass}, C. And {Surdej}, J. And (2009) Physical Properties of the 0.94-Day Period Transiting Planetary System WASP-18 in \apj

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{Southworth}, J. And {Mancini}, L. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Bruni}, I. And {Tregloan-Reed}, J. And {Barbieri}, M. And {Ruocco}, N. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. (2012) Physical properties and radius variations in the HAT-P-5 planetary system from simultaneous four-colour photometry in \mnras

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{Street}, R.~A. And {Simpson}, E. And {Barros}, S.~C.~C. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Joshi}, Y. And {Todd}, I. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Enoch}, B. And {Parley}, N. And {Stempels}, E. And {Hebb}, L. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Queloz}, D. And {Segransan}, D. And {Pepe}, F. And {Udry}, S. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Depagne}, {\'E}. And {West}, R.~G. And {Norton}, A.~J. And {Smalley}, B. And {Hellier}, C. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Bentley}, S.~J. And {Skillen}, I. And {G (2010) WASP-24 b: A New Transiting Close-in Hot Jupiter Orbiting a Late F-star in \apj

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{Suda}, T. And {Hirschi}, R. And {Fujimoto}, M.~Y. (2011) Stellar Evolution Constraints on the Triple-{$\alpha$} Reaction Rate in \apj

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{Tatum}, M.~M. And {Turner}, T.~J. And {Miller}, L. And {Reeves}, J.~N. (2013) The Global Implications of the Hard X-Ray Excess in Type 1 Active Galactic Nuclei in \apj

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{Tatum}, M.~M. And {Turner}, T.~J. And {Sim}, S.~A. And {Miller}, L. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Patrick}, A.~R. And {Long}, K.~S. (2012) Modeling the Fe K Line Profiles in Type I Active Galactic Nuclei with a Compton-thick Disk Wind in \apj

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{Tillich}, A. And {Heber}, U. And {Geier}, S. And {Hirsch}, H. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {G{\"a}nsicke}, B.~T. And {Marsh}, T.~R. And {Napiwotzki}, R. And {{\O}stensen}, R.~H. And {Scholz}, R.-D. (2011) The Hyper-MUCHFUSS project: probing the Galactic halo with sdB stars in \aap

 
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