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Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary (2014)
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Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Doyle, A., Faedi, F., Fumel, A., …West, R. (2014). Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(2), 1114 -1129. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1737

We report the discovery of the transiting exoplanets WASP-69b, WASP-70Ab and WASP-84b, each of which orbits a bright star (V ~ 10). WASP-69b is a bloated Saturn-mass planet (0.26 MJup, 1.06 RJup) in a 3.868-d period around an active, ~1-Gyr, mid-K dw... Read More about Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary.

Eclipsing Am binary systems in the SuperWASP survey (2014)
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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.

Transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b (2014)
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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., …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., …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., …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.

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., …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., …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★.

WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus (2012)
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Smalley, B., R. Anderson, D., Collier-Cameron, A., P. Doyle, A., Fumel, A., Gillon, M., …G. West, R. (2012). WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 547, Article A61. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201219731

We report the discovery of WASP-78b and WASP-79b, two highly-bloated Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type host stars. WASP-78b orbits its V=12.0 host star (TYC 5889-271-1) every 2.175 days and WASP-79b orbits its V=10.1 host star (CD-30 1812) ever... Read More about WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus.

SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars (2011)
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Smalley, B., Kurtz, D., Smith, A. S., Fossati, L., Anderson, D., Barros, S. C., …Wood, P. L. (2011). SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 535, Article A3. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201117230

We have studied over 1600 Am stars at a photometric precision of 1 mmag with SuperWASP photometric data. Contrary to previous belief, we find that around 200 Am stars are pulsating delta Sct and gamma Dor stars, with low amplitudes that have been mis... Read More about SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars.

WASP-34b: a near-grazing transiting sub-Jupiter-mass exoplanet in a hierarchical triple system (2011)
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Smalley, B., R. Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Hellier, C., Lendl, M., F. L. Maxted, P., …Bento, J. (2011). WASP-34b: a near-grazing transiting sub-Jupiter-mass exoplanet in a hierarchical triple system. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015992

We report the discovery of WASP-34b, a sub-Jupiter-mass exoplanet transiting its 10.4-magnitude solar-type host star (1SWASP J110135.89-235138.4; TYC 6636-540-1) every 4.3177 days in a slightly eccentric orbit (e = 0.038 +/- 0.012). We find a planeta... Read More about WASP-34b: a near-grazing transiting sub-Jupiter-mass exoplanet in a hierarchical triple system.