The lives of massive stars from birth to supernovae
Lead Research Organisation:
Queen's University Belfast
Department Name: Sch of Mathematics and Physics
Abstract
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Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Stephen Smartt (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Botticella M
(2009)
SN2008S an intriguing event
Hunter I
(2009)
The VLT-FLAMES survey of massive stars: constraints on stellar evolution from the chemical compositions of rapidly rotating Galactic and Magellanic Cloud B-type stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smartt S
(2009)
Progenitors of Core-Collapse Supernovae
in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Smartt S
(2009)
The death of massive stars - I. Observational constraints on the progenitors of Type II-P supernovae
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hunter D
(2009)
Extensive optical and near-infrared observations of the nearby, narrow-lined type Ic SN 2007gr: days 5 to 415
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Botticella M
(2009)
SN 2008S: an electron-capture SN from a super-AGB progenitor?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pastorello A
(2009)
SN 1999ga: a low-luminosity linear type II supernova?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mattila S
(2008)
Massive stars exploding in a He-rich circumstellar medium - III. SN 2006jc: infrared echoes from new and old dust in the progenitor CSM
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Crockett R
(2008)
The type IIb SN 2008ax: the nature of the progenitor
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Mattila S
(2008)
VLT Detection of a Red Supergiant Progenitor of the Type II-P Supernova 2008bk
in The Astrophysical Journal
Description | This was the same grant as PP/C506805/1, so one should refer to information entered there for here here (it was a EURYI award and hence was one award, but for a reason I don't fully understand there were two grants created). |
Exploitation Route | See above - same as PP/C506805/1 |
Sectors | Education |
URL | http://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/~sjs |
Description | As noted above - see details for PP/C506805/1 |
First Year Of Impact | 2005 |
Sector | Education,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal |
Description | See the list in the narrative |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | Yes |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Schools |
Results and Impact | Significant increase in interest in astronomy and science in general from the talks, PRs etc. Increase in number of work experience requests for physics based opportunities. Quantitative increase in applications to Physics course from students in NI - I don't personally take credit for this, but all my outreach activities contributed to the University's Physics amd astronomy extensive outreach programme which did lead to increase in applications and students studying Physics based courses (quantifiable evidence submitted to REF 2013). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2006,2007,2008,2009,2010 |
URL | https://star.pst.qub.ac.uk/wiki/doku.php/public/outreach/outreach_history_2008_may2014 |