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
Triaud A
(2013)
WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hénault-Brunet V
(2012)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey VII. A low velocity dispersion for the young massive cluster R136
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Uytterhoeven K
(2011)
The Kepler characterization of the variability among A- and F-type stars I. General overview
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2009)
Discovery and characterization of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting a solar-type star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Younes G
(2012)
Study of LINER sources with broad H a emission Spectral energy distribution and multiwavelength correlations
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lampens P
(2011)
Multi-site, multi-year monitoring of the oscillating Algol-type eclipsing binary CT Herculis
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cioni M
(2011)
The VMC survey I. Strategy and first data
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2014)
WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Triaud A
(2011)
WASP-23b: a transiting hot Jupiter around a K dwarf and its Rossiter-McLaughlin effect
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smith A
(2013)
WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Van Loon J
(2006)
The first 8-13 µ m spectra of globular cluster red giants: circumstellar silicate dust grains in 47 Tucanae (NGC 104)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ekström S
(2012)
Grids of stellar models with rotation I. Models from 0.8 to 120 M ? at solar metallicity ( Z = 0.014)?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Nebot Gómez-Morán A
(2011)
Post common envelope binaries from SDSS XII. The orbital period distribution???
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chiappini C
(2006)
A strong case for fast stellar rotation at very low metallicities
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ekström S
(2008)
Effects of rotation on the evolution of primordial stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Southworth J
(2011)
A much lower density for the transiting extrasolar planet WASP-7
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Schaffenroth V
(2013)
A new bright eclipsing hot subdwarf binary from the ASAS and SuperWASP surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Doran E
(2013)
The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey XI. A census of the hot luminous stars and their feedback in 30 Doradus
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hony S
(2011)
The Spitzer discovery of a galaxy with infrared emission solely due to AGN activity
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Southworth J
(2009)
Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS VI. The 4.5-h period eclipsing system SDSS J100658.40+233724.4
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hirschi R
(2006)
Very low-metallicity massive stars: Pre-SN evolution models and primary nitrogen production
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Jeffries R
(2014)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Kinematic structure in the Gamma Velorum cluster
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gillon M
(2012)
The TRAPPIST survey of southern transiting planets I. Thirty eclipses of the ultra-short period planet WASP-43 b??????
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Lendl M
(2012)
WASP-42 b and WASP-49 b: two new transiting sub-Jupiters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Norton A
(2011)
Short period eclipsing binary candidates identified using SuperWASP
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
| 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 |