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
Dehnen W
(2006)
The velocity dispersion and mass profile of the Milky Way Velocity dispersion profile of the Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hirschi R
(2006)
Very low-metallicity massive stars: Pre-SN evolution models and primary nitrogen production
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Matsuura M
(2007)
Spitzer Space Telescope spectral observations of AGB stars in the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Braito V.
(2007)
Relativistic iron K emission and absorption in the seyfert 1.9 galaxy MCG-5-23-16
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
McQuinn K. B. W.
(2007)
The M33 variable star population revealed by
spitzer
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Markowitz A.
(2007)
The energy-dependent X-ray timing characteristics of the narrow-line Seyfert 1 Mrk 766
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Mayne N
(2007)
Empirical isochrones and relative ages for young stars, and the radiative-convective gap Empirical isochrones
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Evans P. A.
(2007)
Why do some intermediate polars show soft X-ray emission?: A survey of
XMM-Newton spectra
in ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Jeffries R
(2007)
Using rotation rates to probe age spreads in the Orion Nebula Cluster Age spreads in the ONC
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Turner T
(2007)
The variable X-ray spectrum of Markarian 766 II. Time-resolved spectroscopy
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 |