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The EBLM Project V. Physical properties of ten fully convective, very-low-mass stars (2019)
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Maxted, Smalley, & Hellier. (2019). The EBLM Project V. Physical properties of ten fully convective, very-low-mass stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834539

Measurements of the physical properties of stars at the lower end of the main sequence are scarce. In this context we report masses, radii and surface gravities of ten very-low-mass stars in eclipsing binary systems, with orbital periods of the order... Read More about The EBLM Project V. Physical properties of ten fully convective, very-low-mass stars.

Three Hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass-radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181 and WASP-183 (2019)
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Maxted, Smalley, & Hellier. (2019). Three Hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass-radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181 and WASP-183. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 5790-5799. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz742

We present the discovery of 3 transiting planets from the WASP survey, two hot-Jupiters: WASP-177 b (~0.5 MJup, ~1.6 RJup) in a 3.07-d orbit of a V = 12.6 K2 star, WASP-183 b (~0.5 MJup, ~1.5 RJup) in a 4.11-d orbit of a V = 12.8 G9/K0 star; and one... Read More about Three Hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass-radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181 and WASP-183.

The BEBOP radial-velocity survey for circumbinary planets I. Eight years of CORALIE observations of 47 single-line eclipsing binaries and abundance constraints on the masses of circumbinary planets (2019)
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Hellier, & Maxted. (2019). The BEBOP radial-velocity survey for circumbinary planets I. Eight years of CORALIE observations of 47 single-line eclipsing binaries and abundance constraints on the masses of circumbinary planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833669

We introduce the BEBOP radial velocity survey for circumbinary planets. We initiated this survey using the CORALIE spectrograph on the Swiss Euler Telescope at La Silla, Chile. An intensive four-year observation campaign commenced in 2013, targeting... Read More about The BEBOP radial-velocity survey for circumbinary planets I. Eight years of CORALIE observations of 47 single-line eclipsing binaries and abundance constraints on the masses of circumbinary planets.

WASP-190b: Tomographic discovery of a transiting hot Jupiter (2019)
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Y. Temple, L., Hellier, C., Almleaky, Y., Anderson, D., Bouchy, F., Brown, D., …West, R. (2019). WASP-190b: Tomographic discovery of a transiting hot Jupiter. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 157(4), Article 141. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab095a

We report the discovery of WASP-190b, an exoplanet on a 5.37 day orbit around a mildly evolved F6 IV-V star with V = 11.7,  = 6400 ± 100 K, M* = 1.35 ± 0.05 M?, and R* = 1.6 ± 0.1 R?. The planet has a radius of RP = 1.15 ± 0.09 RJup and a mass of MP ... Read More about WASP-190b: Tomographic discovery of a transiting hot Jupiter.

Fundamental properties of the pre-main sequence eclipsing stars of MML 53 and the mass of the tertiary (2019)
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Hellier. (2019). Fundamental properties of the pre-main sequence eclipsing stars of MML 53 and the mass of the tertiary. Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833299

We present the most comprehensive analysis to date of the Upper Centaurus Lupus eclipsing binary MML 53 (with PEB = 2.097892 d), and for the first time, confirm the bound-nature of the third star (in a P3 ~ 9 yr orbit) by constraining its mass dynami... Read More about Fundamental properties of the pre-main sequence eclipsing stars of MML 53 and the mass of the tertiary.

Fundamental properties of the pre-main sequence eclipsing stars of MML 53 and the mass of the tertiary (2019)
Journal Article
Hellier. (2019). Fundamental properties of the pre-main sequence eclipsing stars of MML 53 and the mass of the tertiary. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201733299

We present the most comprehensive analysis to date of the Upper Centaurus Lupus eclipsing binary MML 53 (with P-EB = 2.097892 d), and for the first time, confirm the bound-nature of the third star (in a P-3 similar to 9 yr orbit) by constraining its... Read More about Fundamental properties of the pre-main sequence eclipsing stars of MML 53 and the mass of the tertiary.

New transiting hot Jupiters discovered by WASP-South, Euler/CORALIE and TRAPPIST-South (2019)
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Smalley, Hellier, & Maxted. (2019). New transiting hot Jupiters discovered by WASP-South, Euler/CORALIE and TRAPPIST-South. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1379-1391. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2741

We report the discovery of eight hot-Jupiter exoplanets from the WASP-South transit survey. WASP-144b has a mass of 0.44 Mj, a radius of 0.85 Rj, and is in a 2.27-d orbit around a V = 12.9, K2 star which shows a 21-d rotational modulation. WASP-145Ab... Read More about New transiting hot Jupiters discovered by WASP-South, Euler/CORALIE and TRAPPIST-South.

Discovery of WASP-174b: Doppler tomography of a near-grazing transit (2018)
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Maxted, Hellier, & Smalley. (2018). Discovery of WASP-174b: Doppler tomography of a near-grazing transit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 5307-5313. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2197

We report the discovery and tomographic detection of WASP-174b, a planet with a near-grazing transit on a 4.23-d orbit around a V = 11.9, F6V star with [Fe/H] = 0.09 ± 0.09. The planet is in a moderately misaligned orbit with a sky-projected spin–orb... Read More about Discovery of WASP-174b: Doppler tomography of a near-grazing transit.

WASP-147b, 160Bb, 164b, and 165b: two hot Saturns and two Jupiters, including two planets with metal-rich hosts (2018)
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Lendl, M., Anderson, D. R., Bonfanti, A., Bouchy, F., Burdanov, A., Collier Cameron, A., …West, R. G. (2019). WASP-147b, 160Bb, 164b, and 165b: two hot Saturns and two Jupiters, including two planets with metal-rich hosts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482(1), 301 -312. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sty2667

We report the discovery of four transiting hot Jupiters, WASP-147, WASP-160B, WASP-164, and WASP-165 from the WASP survey. WASP-147b is a near Saturn-mass (MP = 0.28MJ) object with a radius of 1.11RJ orbiting a G4 star with a period of 4.6 d. WASP-16... Read More about WASP-147b, 160Bb, 164b, and 165b: two hot Saturns and two Jupiters, including two planets with metal-rich hosts.