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WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star (2013)
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Smith, A. M. S., Anderson, D. R., Bouchy, F., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., Fumel, A., Gillon, M., Hébrard, G., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., Lendl, M., Maxted, P. F. L., Moutou, C., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Santerne, A., Segransan, D., Smalley, B., Southworth, J., …West, R. G. (2013). WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 552, Article A120. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220727

We report the discovery by the WASP transit survey of a highly-irradiated, massive (2.242 ± 0.080 MJup) planet which transits a bright (V = 10.6), evolved F8 star every 2.9 days. The planet, WASP-71b, is larger than Jupiter (1.46 ± 0.13 RJup), but le... Read More about WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star.

Spectrum analysis of bright Kepler late B- to early F-stars★ (2013)
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Tkachenko, A., Lehmann, H., Smalley, B., & Uytterhoeven, K. (2013). Spectrum analysis of bright Kepler late B- to early F-stars★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 431(4), 3685-3696. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt453

The Kepler satellite mission was designed to search for transiting exoplanets and delivers single band-pass light curves of a huge number of stars observed in the Cygnus–Lyra region. At the same time, it opens a new window for asteroseismology. In or... Read More about Spectrum analysis of bright Kepler late B- to early F-stars★.

WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets (2013)
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Gillon, M., Anderson, D. R., Collier-Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., Fumel, A., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., Lendl, M., Maxted, P. F. L., Montalbán, J., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Ségransan, D., Smith, A. M. S., Smalley, B., Southworth, J., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Udry, S., & West, R. G. (2013). WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 552, Article A82. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220561

We report the discovery by the WASP transit survey of two new highly irradiated giant planets. WASP-64 b is slightly more massive (1.271 ± 0.068 MJup) and larger (1.271 ± 0.039 RJup) than Jupiter, and is in very-short (a = 0.02648 ± 0.00024 AU, P = 1... Read More about WASP-64 b and WASP-72 b: two new transiting highly irradiated giant planets.

WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf (2013)
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Triaud, A. H. M. J., Anderson, D. R., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., Fumel, A., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., Lendl, M., Lovis, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Ségransan, D., Smalley, B., Smith, A. M. S., Udry, S., West, R. G., & Wheatley, P. J. (2013). WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 551, Article A80. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220900

We report the discovery of a planet transiting the star WASP-80 (1SWASP J201240.26-020838.2; 2MASS J20124017-0208391; TYC 5165-481-1; BPM 80815; V = 11.9, K = 8.4). Our analysis shows this is a 0.55 ± 0.04 Mjup, 0.95 ± 0.03 Rjup gas giant on a circul... Read More about WASP-80b: a gas giant transiting a cool dwarf.

WASP-54b, WASP-56b, and WASP-57b: Three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP (2013)
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Faedi, F., Pollacco, D., Barros, S. C. C., Brown, D., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., Enoch, R., Gillon, M., Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Hébrard, G., Lendl, M., Liebig, C., Smalley, B., Triaud, A. H. M. J., West, R. G., Wheatley, P. J., Alsubai, K. A., Anderson, D. R., Armstrong, D., Bento, J., …Watson, C. (2013). WASP-54b, WASP-56b, and WASP-57b: Three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 551, Article A73. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220520

We present three newly discovered sub-Jupiter mass planets from the SuperWASP survey: WASP-54b is a heavily bloated planet of mass 0.636+0.025-0.024MJ and radius 1.653+0.090-0.083RJ. It orbits a F9 star, evolving off the main sequence, every 3.69 day... Read More about WASP-54b, WASP-56b, and WASP-57b: Three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP.

Thermal emission at 3.6–8 μm from WASP-19b: a hot Jupiter without a stratosphere orbiting an active star (2013)
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Anderson, D. R., Smith, A. M. S., Madhusudhan, N., Wheatley, P. J., Collier Cameron, A., Hellier, C., Campo, C., Gillon, M., Harrington, J., Maxted, P. F. L., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Smalley, B., Triaud, A. H. M. J., & West, R. G. (2013). Thermal emission at 3.6–8 μm from WASP-19b: a hot Jupiter without a stratosphere orbiting an active star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430(4), 3422-3431. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt140

We report detection of thermal emission from the exoplanet WASP-19b at 3.6, 4.5, 5.8 and 8.0 μm. We used the InfraRed Array Camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope to observe two occultations of WASP-19b by its host star. We combine our new detections... Read More about Thermal emission at 3.6–8 μm from WASP-19b: a hot Jupiter without a stratosphere orbiting an active star.

WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets (2013)
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Hébrard, G., Collier Cameron, A., Brown, D. J. A., Díaz, R. F., Faedi, F., Smalley, B., Anderson, D. R., Armstrong, D., Barros, S. C. C., Bento, J., Bouchy, F., Doyle, A. P., Enoch, B., Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Hébrard, É. M., Hellier, C., Lendl, M., Lister, T. A., Maxted, P. F. L., McCormac, J., …Wheatley, P. J. (2013). WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, Article A134. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220363

We present the discovery of four new transiting hot Jupiters, detected mainly from SuperWASP-North and SOPHIE observations. These new planets, WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b, have orbital periods ranging from 1.7 to 7.9 days, masses betwe... Read More about WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: Four new transiting close-in giant planets.

WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System1 (2012)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Anderson, D. R., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., Fumel, A., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., Lendl, M., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D. L., Queloz, D., Ségransan, D., Smalley, B., Southworth, K., Smith, A. M. S., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Udry, S., & West, R. G. (2013). WASP-77 Ab: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet in a Wide Binary System1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 125(923), 48-55. https://doi.org/10.1086/669231

The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit (2012)
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Triaud, A. H. M. J., Hebb, L., Anderson, D. R., Cargile, P., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., Faedi, F., Gillon, M., Gomez Maqueo Chew, Y., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., Maxted, P., Naef, D., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Ségransan, D., Smalley, B., Stassun, K., Udry, S., & West, R. G. (2013). The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, A18. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219643

This paper introduces a series of papers aiming to study the dozens of low-mass eclipsing binaries (EBLM), with F, G, K primaries, that have been discovered in the course of the WASP survey. Our objects are mostly single-line binaries whose eclipses... Read More about The EBLM project: I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit.

Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars★ (2012)
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Doyle, A. P., Smalley, B., Maxted, P. F. L., Anderson, D. R., Cameron, A. C., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Triaud, A. H. M. J., & West, R. G. (2013). Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(4), 3164-3172. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts267

We have made a detailed spectral analysis of 11 Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) planet host stars using high signal-to-noise ratio (S/N) HARPS spectra. Our line list was carefully selected from the spectra of the Sun and Procyon, and we made a c... Read More about Accurate spectroscopic parameters of WASP planet host stars★.