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
Sheets H
(2013)
DUSTY OB STARS IN THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD. I. OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY REVEALS PREDOMINANTLY MAIN-SEQUENCE OB STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Pignatari M
(2013)
PRODUCTION OF CARBON-RICH PRESOLAR GRAINS FROM MASSIVE STARS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bell C
(2013)
Pre-main-sequence isochrones - II. Revising star and planet formation time-scales
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Tatton B
(2013)
The VMC survey VII. Reddening map of the 30 Doradus field and the structure of the cold interstellar medium
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sana H
(2013)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey VIII. Multiplicity properties of the O-type star population
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Georgy C
(2013)
Grids of stellar models with rotation III. Models from 0.8 to 120 M ? at a metallicity Z = 0.002?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sana H
(2013)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Yusof N
(2013)
Evolution and fate of very massive stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mahtani D
(2013)
Warm Spitzer occultation photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6 and 4.5 µm
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Anderson D
(2013)
Thermal emission at 3.6-8 µm from WASP-19b: a hot Jupiter without a stratosphere orbiting an active star
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 |