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WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system (2014)
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Neveu-VanMalle, M., Queloz, D., Anderson, D., Charbonnel, C., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., …West, R. (2014). WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424744

We report the discovery of two hot-Jupiter planets, each orbiting one of the stars of a wide binary system. WASP-94A (2MASS 20550794–3408079) is an F8 type star hosting a transiting planet with a radius of 1.72 ± 0.06 RJup, a mass of 0.452 ± 0.034 MJ... Read More about WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system.

Three WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-74b, WASP-83b & WASP-89b (2014)
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Hellier, C., Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Jehin, E., …West, R. (2014). Three WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-74b, WASP-83b & WASP-89b. Astronomical Journal, 150(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/150/1/18

We report the discovery of three new transiting hot Jupiters by WASP-South together with the TRAPPIST photometer and the Euler/CORALIE spectrograph. WASP-74b orbits a star of V = 9.7, making it one of the brighter systems accessible to Southern teles... Read More about Three WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-74b, WASP-83b & WASP-89b.

Six newly-discovered hot Jupiters transiting F/G stars: WASP-87b, WASP-108b, WASP-109b, WASP-110b, WASP-111b & WASP-112b (2014)
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Anderson, D., Brown, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Fumel, A., Gillon, M., …West, R. (2014). Six newly-discovered hot Jupiters transiting F/G stars: WASP-87b, WASP-108b, WASP-109b, WASP-110b, WASP-111b & WASP-112b. arXiv,

We present the discoveries of six transiting hot Jupiters: WASP-87b, WASP-108b, WASP-109b, WASP-110b, WASP-111b and WASP-112b. The planets have masses of 0.51--2.2 MJup and radii of 1.19--1.44 RJup and are in orbits of 1.68--3.78 d around stars with... Read More about Six newly-discovered hot Jupiters transiting F/G stars: WASP-87b, WASP-108b, WASP-109b, WASP-110b, WASP-111b & WASP-112b.

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.

WASP-117b: a 10-day-period Saturn in an eccentric and misaligned orbit (2014)
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Hellier, Smalley, & Maxted. (2014). WASP-117b: a 10-day-period Saturn in an eccentric and misaligned orbit. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424481

We report the discovery of WASP-117b, the first planet with a period beyond 10 days found by the WASP survey. The planet has a mass of Mp = 0.2755 ± 0.0089 MJ, a radius of and is in an eccentric (e = 0.302 ± 0.023), 10.02165 ± 0.00055 d orbit around... Read More about WASP-117b: a 10-day-period Saturn in an eccentric and misaligned orbit.

Period and amplitude variations in post-common-envelope eclipsing binaries observed with SuperWASP (2014)
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Smalley, Hellier, C., & Maxted, P. (2014). Period and amplitude variations in post-common-envelope eclipsing binaries observed with SuperWASP. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424027

Period or amplitude variations in eclipsing binaries may reveal the presence of additional massive bodies in the system, such as circumbinary planets. Here, we have studied twelve previously-known eclipsing post-common-envelope binaries for evidence... Read More about Period and amplitude variations in post-common-envelope eclipsing binaries observed with SuperWASP.

A window on exoplanet dynamical histories: Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b (2014)
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Smalley, Maxted, & Hellier. (2014). A window on exoplanet dynamical histories: Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3392 -3401. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu520

We present Rossiter–McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b and determine the sky-projected angle between the normal of the planetary orbit and the stellar rotation axis (?). WASP-13b and WASP-32b both have prograde orbits and are consistent... Read More about A window on exoplanet dynamical histories: Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b.

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.

SPITZER OBSERVATIONS OF THE THERMAL EMISSION FROM WASP-43b (2014)
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Hellier. (2014). SPITZER OBSERVATIONS OF THE THERMAL EMISSION FROM WASP-43b. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/781/2/116

WASP-43b is one of the closest-orbiting hot Jupiters, with a semimajor axis of a = 0.01526 ± 0.00018 AU and a period of only 0.81 days. However, it orbits one of the coolest stars with a hot Jupiter (T * = 4520 ± 120 K), giving the planet a modest eq... Read More about SPITZER OBSERVATIONS OF THE THERMAL EMISSION FROM WASP-43b.

The Magnetospheric Boundary in Cataclysmic Variables (2014)
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Hellier, C. (2014). The Magnetospheric Boundary in Cataclysmic Variables. EPJ Web of Conferences, 64, https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20136407001

The magnetic cataclysmic variables (MCVs) present a wealth of observational diagnostics for studying accretion flows interacting with a magnetosphere. Spin-period pulsations from the rotation of the white dwarf are seen in optical light, in the UV an... Read More about The Magnetospheric Boundary in Cataclysmic Variables.