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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{Sambruna}, R.~M. And {Tombesi}, F. And {Reeves}, J.~N. And {Braito}, V. And {Ballo}, L. And {Gliozzi}, M. And {Reynolds}, C.~S. (2011) The Suzaku view of 3C 382 in \apj

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{Hellier}, C. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Gillon}, M. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {West}, R.~G. And {Wilson}, D.~M. And {Alsubai}, K. And {Bentley}, S.~J. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Hebb}, L. And {Horne}, K. And {Irwin}, J. And {Kane}, S.~R. And {Mayor}, M. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Skillen}, I. And {Udry}, S. And {Wheatley}, P.~J. And {Christian}, D.~J. And {Enoch}, R. And {Haswell}, C.~A. And {Josh (2009) Wasp-7: A Bright Transiting-Exoplanet System in the Southern Hemisphere in \apjl

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{Gordon}, K.~D. And {Bot}, C. And {Muller}, E. And {Misselt}, K.~A. And {Bolatto}, A. And {Bernard}, J.-P. And {Reach}, W. And {Engelbracht}, C.~W. And {Babler}, B. And {Bracker}, S. And {Block}, M. And {Clayton}, G.~C. And {Hora}, J. And {Indebetouw}, R. And {Israel}, F.~P. And {Li}, A. And {Madden}, S. And {Meade}, M. And {Meixner}, M. And {Sewilo}, M. And {Shiao}, B. And {Smith}, L.~J. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Whitney}, B.~A. (2009) The Dust-to-Gas Ratio in the Small Magellanic Cloud Tail in \apjl

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{Hellier}, C. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier-Cameron}, A. And {Miller}, G.~R.~M. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Southworth}, J. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. (2011) On the Orbit of the Short-period Exoplanet WASP-19b in \apjl

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{Evans}, C.~J. And {Walborn}, N.~R. And {Crowther}, P.~A. And {H{\'e}nault-Brunet}, V. And {Massa}, D. And {Taylor}, W.~D. And {Howarth}, I.~D. And {Sana}, H. And {Lennon}, D.~J. And {van Loon}, J.~T. (2010) A Massive Runaway Star from 30 Doradus in \apjl

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{Hellier}, C. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Lendl}, M. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {West}, R.~G. And {Brown}, D.~J.~A. And {Enoch}, B. And {Lister}, T.~A. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Udry}, S. (2010) WASP-29b: A Saturn-sized Transiting Exoplanet in \apjl

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{Cargile}, P.~A. And {James}, D.~J. And {Jeffries}, R.~D. (2010) Identification of the Lithium Depletion Boundary and Age of the Southern Open Cluster Blanco 1 in \apjl

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{Boyer}, M.~L. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {McDonald}, I. And {Gordon}, K.~D. And {Babler}, B. And {Block}, M. And {Bracker}, S. And {Engelbracht}, C. And {Hora}, J. And {Indebetouw}, R. And {Meade}, M. And {Meixner}, M. And {Misselt}, K. And {Sewilo}, M. And {Shiao}, B. And {Whitney}, B. (2010) Is Dust Forming on the Red Giant Branch in 47 Tuc? in \apjl

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{McDonald}, I. And {Boyer}, M.~L. And {van Loon}, J.~T. And {Zijlstra}, A.~A. And {Hora}, J.~L. And {Babler}, B. And {Block}, M. And {Gordon}, K. And {Meade}, M. And {Meixner}, M. And {Misselt}, K. And {Robitaille}, T. And {Sewi{\l}o}, M. And {Shiao}, B. And {Whitney}, B. (2011) Fundamental Parameters, Integrated Red Giant Branch Mass Loss, and Dust Production in the Galactic Globular Cluster 47 Tucanae in \apjs

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{Eggenberger}, P. And {Meynet}, G. And {Maeder}, A. And {Hirschi}, R. And {Charbonnel}, C. And {Talon}, S. And {Ekstr{\"o}m}, S. (2008) The Geneva stellar evolution code in \apss

 
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