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Transiting planets from WASP-South, Euler, and TRAPPIST WASP-68 b, WASP-73 b, and WASP-88 b, three hot Jupiters transiting evolved solar-type stars (2014)
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Delrez, L., Van Grootel, V., Anderson, D., Collier-Cameron, A., Doyle, A., Fumel, A., …West, R. (2014). Transiting planets from WASP-South, Euler, and TRAPPIST WASP-68 b, WASP-73 b, and WASP-88 b, three hot Jupiters transiting evolved solar-type stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 563, Article A143. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323204

Using the WASP transit survey, we report the discovery of three new hot Jupiters, WASP-68 b, WASP-73 b and WASP-88 b. The planet WASP-68 bhas a mass of 0.95 ± 0.03 MJup, a radius of 1.24-0.06+0.10 RJup, and orbits a V = 10.7 G0-type star (1.24 ± 0.0... Read More about Transiting planets from WASP-South, Euler, and TRAPPIST WASP-68 b, WASP-73 b, and WASP-88 b, three hot Jupiters transiting evolved solar-type stars.

Rapidly varying A-type stars in the SuperWASP archive (2014)
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Smalley. (2014). Rapidly varying A-type stars in the SuperWASP archive. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 423- 424. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921313014865

The searches for transiting exoplanets have produced a vast amount of time-resolved photometric data of many millions of stars. One of the leading ground-based surveys is the SuperWASP project. We present the initial results of a survey of over 1.5 m... Read More about Rapidly varying A-type stars in the SuperWASP archive.

High-frequency A-type pulsators discovered using SuperWASP(star)dagger (2014)
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Holdsworth, D. L., Smalley, B., Gillon, M., Clubb, K. I., Southworth, J., Maxted, P. F. L., …Wheatley, P. J. (2014). High-frequency A-type pulsators discovered using SuperWASP(star)dagger. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 439(2), 2078 - 2095. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu094

We present the results of a survey using the WASP archive to search for high-frequency pulsations in F-, A- and B-type stars. Over 1.5 million targets have been searched for pulsations with amplitudes greater than 0.5 millimagnitude. We identify over... Read More about High-frequency A-type pulsators discovered using SuperWASP(star)dagger.

Normal A0-A1 stars with low v sin i (2014)
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Smalley. (2014). Normal A0-A1 stars with low v sin i. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 265 - 269. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322762

Context. The study of rotational velocity distributions for normal stars requires an accurate spectral characterization of the objects in order to avoid polluting the results with undetected binary or peculiar stars. This piece of information is a ke... Read More about Normal A0-A1 stars with low v sin i.

Normal A0-A1 stars with low rotational velocities I. Abundance determination and classification (2014)
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Smalley. (2014). Normal A0-A1 stars with low rotational velocities I. Abundance determination and classification. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322762

Context. The study of rotational velocity distributions for normal stars requires an accurate spectral characterization of the objects in order to avoid polluting the results with undetected binary or peculiar stars. This piece of information is a ke... Read More about Normal A0-A1 stars with low rotational velocities I. Abundance determination and classification.

WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption (2014)
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Gillon, M., Anderson, D., Collier-Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., …West, R. (2014). WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 562, Article L3. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201323014

We report the discovery of WASP-103?b, a new ultra-short-period planet (P = 22.2 h) transiting a 12.1 V-magnitude F8-type main-sequence star (1.22 ± 0.04 M?, 1.44-0.03+0.05 R?, Teff = 6110 ± 160 K). WASP-103?b is significantly more massive (1.49 ± 0.... Read More about WASP-103 b: a new planet at the edge of tidal disruption.

Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries – III. The metallic-lined system YZ Cassiopeiae (2013)
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Pavlovski, K., Southworth, J., Kolbas, V., & Smalley, B. (2014). Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries – III. The metallic-lined system YZ Cassiopeiae. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 590-603. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2229

The bright binary system YZ Cassiopeiae is a remarkable laboratory for studying the Am phenomenon. It consists of a metallic-lined A2 star and an F2 dwarf on a circular orbit, which undergo total and annular eclipses. We present an analysis of 15 pub... Read More about Absolute dimensions of detached eclipsing binaries – III. The metallic-lined system YZ Cassiopeiae.

EL CVn-type binaries - discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems (2013)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Bloemen, S., Heber, U., Geier, S., Wheatley, P. J., Marsh, T. R., …Hadigal, S. (2014). EL CVn-type binaries - discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(2), 1681-1697. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2007

The star 1SWASP J024743.37−251549.2 was recently discovered to be a binary star in which an A-type dwarf star eclipses the remnant of a disrupted red giant star (WASP 0247−25 B). The remnant is in a rarely observed state evolving to higher effective... Read More about EL CVn-type binaries - discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems.

Discovery of WASP-65b and WASP-75b: Two hot Jupiters without highly inflated radii (2013)
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Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Faedi, F., Pollacco, D., Brown, D. J. A., Doyle, A. P., Collier Cameron, A., …Watson, C. (2013). Discovery of WASP-65b and WASP-75b: Two hot Jupiters without highly inflated radii. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 559, Article A36. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322314

We report the discovery of two transiting hot Jupiters, WASP-65b (Mpl = 1.55 ± 0.16 MJ; Rpl = 1.11 ± 0.06 RJ), and WASP-75b (Mpl = 1.07 ± 0.05 MJ; Rpl = 1.27 ± 0.05 RJ). They orbit their host star every ~2.311, and ~2.484 days, respectively. The plan... Read More about Discovery of WASP-65b and WASP-75b: Two hot Jupiters without highly inflated radii.

Erratum: Asteroseismology of KIC 11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-d binary system (2013)
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Murphy, S. J., Pigulski, A., Kurtz, D. W., Suárez, J. C., Handler, G., Balona, L. A., …Southworth, J. (2013). Erratum: Asteroseismology of KIC 11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-d binary system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436(3), 2877-2877. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1749

The paper ‘Asteroseismology of KIC 11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-d binary system’ was published in MNRAS, 432, 2284 (2013). An error was inadvertently introduced in this paper during copyediting when the term ‘F0’ was globally r... Read More about Erratum: Asteroseismology of KIC 11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-d binary system.

Spectroscopic survey of Kepler stars: high-resolution observations of A- and F-type stars (2013)
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Niemczura, E., Smalley, B., Murphy, S., Catanzaro, G., Uytterhoeven, K., Drobek, D., …Gameiro, J. F. S. (2013). Spectroscopic survey of Kepler stars: high-resolution observations of A- and F-type stars. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 9(S301), 467-468. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921313015081

Basic stellar parameters such as effective temperature, surface gravity, chemical composition, and projected rotational velocity, are important to classify stars and are crucial for successful asteroseismic modelling. However, the Kepler space data d... Read More about Spectroscopic survey of Kepler stars: high-resolution observations of A- and F-type stars.

Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red-giant star in an eclipsing binary system (2013)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Serenelli, A. M., Miglio, A., Marsh, T. R., Heber, U., Dhillon, V. S., …Schaffenroth, V. (2013). Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red-giant star in an eclipsing binary system. Nature, 498(7455), 463-465. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12192

Low-mass white-dwarf stars are the remnants of disrupted red-giant stars in binary millisecond pulsars1 and other exotic binary star systems2,3,4. Some low-mass white dwarfs cool rapidly, whereas others stay bright for millions of years because of st... Read More about Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red-giant star in an eclipsing binary system.

Asteroseismology of KIC 11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-d binary system (2013)
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Murphy, S. J., Pigulski, A., Kurtz, D. W., Suárez, J. C., Handler, G., Balona, L. A., …Southworth, J. (2013). Asteroseismology of KIC 11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-d binary system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(3), 2284-2297. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt587

The candidate SX Phe star KIC 11754974 shows a remarkably high number of combination frequencies in the Fourier amplitude spectrum: 123 of the 166 frequencies in our multifrequency fit are linear combinations of independent modes. Predictable pattern... Read More about Asteroseismology of KIC 11754974: a high-amplitude SX Phe pulsator in a 343-d binary system.

SPITZEROBSERVATIONS OF GJ 3470 b: A VERY LOW-DENSITY NEPTUNE-SIZE PLANET ORBITING A METAL-RICH M DWARF (2013)
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Demory, B., Torres, G., Neves, V., Rogers, L., Gillon, M., Horch, E., …Udry, S. SPITZEROBSERVATIONS OF GJ 3470 b: A VERY LOW-DENSITY NEPTUNE-SIZE PLANET ORBITING A METAL-RICH M DWARF. Astrophysical Journal, 768(2), 154. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/768/2/154

We present Spitzer/IRAC 4.5 μm transit photometry of GJ 3470 b, a Neptune-size planet orbiting an M1.5 dwarf star with a 3.3 day period recently discovered in the course of the HARPS M-dwarf survey. We refine the stellar parameters by employing purel... Read More about SPITZEROBSERVATIONS OF GJ 3470 b: A VERY LOW-DENSITY NEPTUNE-SIZE PLANET ORBITING A METAL-RICH M DWARF.

THE HOMOGENEOUS STUDY OF TRANSITING SYSTEMS (HoSTS). I. THE PILOT STUDY OF WASP-13 (2013)
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Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Faedi, F., Cargile, P., Doyle, A. P., Ghezzi, L., Sousa, S., …Stassun, K. G. (in press). THE HOMOGENEOUS STUDY OF TRANSITING SYSTEMS (HoSTS). I. THE PILOT STUDY OF WASP-13. Astrophysical Journal, 768(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/768/1/79

We present the fundamental stellar and planetary properties of the transiting planetary system WASP-13 within the framework of the Homogeneous Study of Transiting Systems (HoSTS). HoSTS aims to derive the fundamental stellar (Teff, [Fe/H], M⋆, R⋆) an... Read More about THE HOMOGENEOUS STUDY OF TRANSITING SYSTEMS (HoSTS). I. THE PILOT STUDY OF WASP-13.

Warm Spitzer Occultation Photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6{\mu}m and 4.5{\mu}m (2013)
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Mahtani, D. P., Mahtani, D. P., Maxted, P. F. L., Anderson, D. R., Smith, A. M. S., Smalley, B., …West, R. G. (2013). Warm Spitzer Occultation Photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6{\mu}m and 4.5{\mu}m. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(1), 693-701. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt505

We present new warm Spitzer occultation photometry of WASP-26 at 3.6{\mu}m and 4.5{\mu}m along with new transit photometry taken in the g,r and i bands. We report the first detection of the occultation of WASP-26b, with occultation depths at 3.6{\mu}... Read More about Warm Spitzer Occultation Photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6{\mu}m and 4.5{\mu}m.

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., …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., …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., …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.