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
Smith A
(2013)
WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
{Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier Cameron}, A. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Fumel}, A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C. And {Jehin}, E. And {Lendl}, M. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D.~L. And {Queloz}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smalley}, B. And {Southworth}, K. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G.
(2013)
WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System
in \pasp
Maxted P
(2013)
WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System1
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Smalley B
(2012)
WASP-78b and WASP-79b: two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
{Smalley}, B. And {Anderson}, D.~R. And {Collier-Cameron}, A. And {Doyle}, A.~P. And {Fumel}, A. And {Gillon}, M. And {Hellier}, C., And {Jehin}, E. And {Lendl}, M. And {Maxted}, P.~F.~L. And {Pepe}, F. And {Pollacco}, D. And {Queloz}, D. And {S{\'e}gransan}, D. And {Smith}, A.~M.~S. And {Southworth}, J. And {Triaud}, A.~H.~M.~J. And {Udry}, S. And {West}, R.~G.
(2012)
WASP-78b and WASP-79b: two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus
in \aap
Hellier C
(2009)
WASP-7: A BRIGHT TRANSITING-EXOPLANET SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
in The Astrophysical Journal
{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
Triaud A
(2013)
WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Triaud A
(2013)
WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Faedi F
(2016)
WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets
| 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 |