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
{Evans}, C.~J. And {Walborn}, N.~R. And {Crowther}, P.~A. And {H{\'e}nault-Brunet}, V. And {Massa}, D. And {Taylor}, W.~D. And {Howarth}, I.~D. And {Sana}, H. And {Lennon}, D.~J. And {van Loon}, J.~T.
(2010)
A Massive Runaway Star from 30 Doradus
in \apjl
Naylor T
(2006)
A maximum-likelihood method for fitting colour-magnitude diagrams
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Southworth J
(2011)
A much lower density for the transiting extrasolar planet WASP-7
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Burleigh M
(2006)
A near-infrared spectroscopic detection of the brown dwarf in the post common envelope binary WD 0137-349
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Schaffenroth V
(2013)
A new bright eclipsing hot subdwarf binary from the ASAS and SuperWASP surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Chiappini C
(2008)
A new imprint of fast rotators: low $\mathsf{^{12}}$C/$\mathsf{^{13}}$C ratios in extremely metal-poor halo stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Platais I
(2011)
A NEW LOOK AT THE OLD STAR CLUSTER NGC 6791
in The Astrophysical Journal
Choi J
(2012)
A NEW TYPE OF AMBIGUITY IN THE PLANET AND BINARY INTERPRETATIONS OF CENTRAL PERTURBATIONS OF HIGH-MAGNIFICATION GRAVITATIONAL MICROLENSING EVENTS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Van Loon J
(2009)
A peculiar H i cloud near the distant globular cluster Pal 4
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Geier S
(2013)
A progenitor binary and an ejected mass donor remnant of faint type Ia supernovae
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 |