Skip to main content

Research Repository

Advanced Search

Outputs (100)

BURN OUT OR FADE AWAY? ON THE X-RAY AND MAGNETIC DEATH OF INTERMEDIATE MASS STARS (2014)
Journal Article
Drake, J. J., Braithwaite, J., Kashyap, V., Günther, H. M., & Wright, N. J. (in press). BURN OUT OR FADE AWAY? ON THE X-RAY AND MAGNETIC DEATH OF INTERMEDIATE MASS STARS. Astrophysical Journal, 786(2), 136. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/786/2/136

The nature of the mechanisms apparently driving X-rays from intermediate mass stars lacking strong convection zones or massive winds remains poorly understood, and the possible role of hidden, lower mass close companions is still unclear. A 20 ks Cha... Read More about BURN OUT OR FADE AWAY? ON THE X-RAY AND MAGNETIC DEATH OF INTERMEDIATE MASS STARS.

AN ANOMALOUS EXTINCTION LAW IN THE Cep OB3b YOUNG CLUSTER: EVIDENCE FOR DUST PROCESSING DURING GAS DISPERSAL (2014)
Journal Article
Allen, T. S., Prchlik, J. J., Megeath, S. T., Gutermuth, R. A., Pipher, J. L., Naylor, T., & Jeffries, R. D. (2014). AN ANOMALOUS EXTINCTION LAW IN THE Cep OB3b YOUNG CLUSTER: EVIDENCE FOR DUST PROCESSING DURING GAS DISPERSAL. Astrophysical Journal, 786(2), 113. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/786/2/113

We determine the extinction law through Cep OB3b, a young cluster of 3000 stars undergoing gas dispersal. The extinction is measured toward 76 background K giants identified with MMT/Hectospec spectra. Color excess ratios were determined toward each... Read More about AN ANOMALOUS EXTINCTION LAW IN THE Cep OB3b YOUNG CLUSTER: EVIDENCE FOR DUST PROCESSING DURING GAS DISPERSAL.

Separation of Scaptotrigona postica Workers into Defined Task Groups by the Chemical Profile on Their Epicuticle Wax Layer (2014)
Journal Article
Poiani, S. B., Morgan, E. D., Drijfhout, F. P., & da Cruz-Landim, C. (2014). Separation of Scaptotrigona postica Workers into Defined Task Groups by the Chemical Profile on Their Epicuticle Wax Layer. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 40(4), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-014-0423-3

During evolution, the cuticle surface of insects acquired functions in communication, such as inter- and intra-specific recognition, identification of gender, physiological state, and fertility. In eusocial bees, the information in the cuticular surf... Read More about Separation of Scaptotrigona postica Workers into Defined Task Groups by the Chemical Profile on Their Epicuticle Wax Layer.

Spitzer View Of Massive Star Formation In The Tidally Stripped Magellanic Bridge (2014)
Journal Article
Rosie Chen, C., Indebetouw, R., Muller, E., Kawamura, A., Gordon, K. D., Sewiło, M., …Van Loon, J. (2014). Spitzer View Of Massive Star Formation In The Tidally Stripped Magellanic Bridge. Astrophysical Journal, 785(2), Article 162. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/162

The Magellanic Bridge is the nearest low-metallicity, tidally stripped environment, offering a unique high-resolution view of physical conditions in merging and forming galaxies. In this paper, we present an analysis of candidate massive young stella... Read More about Spitzer View Of Massive Star Formation In The Tidally Stripped Magellanic Bridge.

The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG: III: The retrograde orbit of HAT-P-18b (2014)
Journal Article
Esposito, M., Covino, E., Mancini, L., Harutyunyan, A., Southworth, J., Biazzo, K., …Smareglia, R. (2014). The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG: III: The retrograde orbit of HAT-P-18b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 564, Article L13. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423735

The measurement of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for transiting exoplanets places constraints on the orientation of the orbital axis with respect to the stellar spin axis, which can shed light on the mechanisms shaping the orbital configuration of p... Read More about The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG: III: The retrograde orbit of HAT-P-18b.

Identifying 1st instar larvae for three forensically important blowfly species using “fingerprint” cuticular hydrocarbon analysis (2014)
Journal Article
Moore, H. E., Adam, C. D., & Drijfhout, F. P. (2014). Identifying 1st instar larvae for three forensically important blowfly species using “fingerprint” cuticular hydrocarbon analysis. Forensic Science International, 240, 48-53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.04.002

Calliphoridae are known to be the most forensically important insects when it comes to establishing the minimum post mortem interval (PMImin) in criminal investigations. The first step in calculating the PMImin is to identify the larvae present to sp... Read More about Identifying 1st instar larvae for three forensically important blowfly species using “fingerprint” cuticular hydrocarbon analysis.

Eclipsing Am binary systems in the SuperWASP survey (2014)
Journal Article
Smalley, B., Southworth, J., I. Pintado, O., Gillon, M., L. Holdsworth, D., R. Anderson, D., …J. Wheatley, P. (2014). Eclipsing Am binary systems in the SuperWASP survey. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 564, Article A69. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323158

The results of a search for eclipsing Am star binaries using photometry from the SuperWASP survey are presented. The light curves of 1742 Am stars fainter than V = 8.0 were analysed for the presence of eclipses. A total of 70 stars were found to exhi... Read More about Eclipsing Am binary systems in the SuperWASP survey.

The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XVI. The optical and NIR extinction laws in 30 Doradus and the photometric determination of the effective temperatures of OB stars⋆ (2014)
Journal Article
Maíz Apellániz, J., Evans, C. J., Barbá, R. H., Gräfener, G., Bestenlehner, J. M., Crowther, P. A., …Walborn, N. R. (2014). The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XVI. The optical and NIR extinction laws in 30 Doradus and the photometric determination of the effective temperatures of OB stars⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 564, A63. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423439

Context. The commonly used extinction laws of Cardelli et al. (1989, ApJ, 345, 245) have limitations that, among other issues, hamper the determination of the effective temperatures of O and early B stars from optical and near-infrared (NIR) photomet... Read More about The VLT-FLAMES Tarantula Survey: XVI. The optical and NIR extinction laws in 30 Doradus and the photometric determination of the effective temperatures of OB stars⋆.

Transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b (2014)
Journal Article
Hellier, C., Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Jehin, E., …West, R. (2014). Transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440(3), 1982 -1992. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu410

We report the discovery of the transiting exoplanets WASP-95b, WASP-96b, WASP-97b, WASP-98b, WASP-99b, WASP-100b and WASP-101b. All are hot Jupiters with orbital periods in the range 2.1–5.7 d, masses of 0.5–2.8 MJup and radii of 1.1–1.4 RJup. The or... Read More about Transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b.