High-frequency A-type pulsators discovered using SuperWASP(star)dagger

Holdsworth, Daniel L.; Smalley, Barry; Gillon, M.; Clubb, K. I.; Southworth, John; Maxted, Pierre F. L.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Collier Cameron, A.; Delrez, L.; Faedi, F.; Haswell, C. A.; Hellier, Coel; Horne, K.; Jehin, E.; Norton, A. J.; Pollacco, D.; Skillen, I.; Smith, A. M. S.; West, R. G.; Wheatley, P. J.

doi:10.1093/mnras/stu094

WASP-135b: A Highly Irradiated, Inflated Hot Jupiter Orbiting a G5V Star (2016)
Journal Article
Spake, J. J., Brown, D. J. A., Doyle, A. P., Hébrard, G., McCormac, J., Armstrong, D. J., …Wheatley, P. J. (2016). WASP-135b: A Highly Irradiated, Inflated Hot Jupiter Orbiting a G5V Star. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 128(960), 024401. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/960/024401

We report the discovery of a new transiting planet from the WASP survey. WASP-135b is a hot Jupiter with radius 1.30 ± 0.09 RJup, mass 1.90 ± 0.08 MJup, and an orbital period of 1.401 days. Its host is a Sun-like star, with a G5 spectral type and a m... Read More about WASP-135b: A Highly Irradiated, Inflated Hot Jupiter Orbiting a G5V Star.

Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b (2016)
Journal Article
West, R., Almenara, J., Anderson, D., Bouchy, F., Brown, D., Collier Cameron, A., …Udry, S. (2016). Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 585, Article A126. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201527276

We report on three new transiting hot Jupiter planets, discovered from the WASP surveys, which we combine with radial velocities from OHP/SOPHIE and Euler/CORALIE and photometry from Euler and TRAPPIST. The planets WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b ar... Read More about Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b.

The Population of White Dwarf Binaries with Hot Subdwarf Companions (2015)
Journal Article
Geier, S., Kupfer, T., Heber, U., Barlow, B. . N., Maxted, P. . F. . L., Heuser, C., …Gaensicke, B. . T. (2015). The Population of White Dwarf Binaries with Hot Subdwarf Companions. Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 493,

A New sdo plus DM Binary With Extreme Eclipses And Reflection Effect (2015)
Journal Article
Derekas, A., Németh, P., Southworth, J., Borkovits, T., Sárneczky, K., Pál, A., …Kriskovics, L. (2015). A New sdo plus DM Binary With Extreme Eclipses And Reflection Effect. Astrophysical Journal, 808(2), Article 179. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/808/2/179

We report the discovery of a new totally eclipsing binary (R.A. = ${06}^{{\rm{h}}}{40}^{{\rm{m}}}{29}^{{\rm{s}}}11$; decl. = +38°56'52''2; J = 2000.0; Rmax = 17.2 mag) with an sdO primary and a strongly irradiated red dwarf companion. It has an orbit... Read More about A New sdo plus DM Binary With Extreme Eclipses And Reflection Effect.

Erratum: Radial velocity measurements of Subdwarf B stars: Table 1. (2015)
Journal Article
Copperwheat, C. M., Morales-Rueda, L., Marsh, T. R., Maxted, P. F. L., & Heber, U. (2015). Erratum: Radial velocity measurements of Subdwarf B stars: Table 1. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451(4), 4412-4412. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1248

This is a correction to: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 415, Issue 2, August 2011, Pages 1381–1395, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18786.x

Precise mass and radius measurements for the components of the bright solar-type eclipsing binary star V1094 Tau (2015)
Journal Article
Maxted, P., Hutcheon, R., Torres, G., Lacy, C., Southworth, J., Smalley, B., …Clausen, J. (2015). Precise mass and radius measurements for the components of the bright solar-type eclipsing binary star V1094 Tau. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 578, Article A25. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525873

V1094 Tau is bright eclipsing binary star with an orbital period close to 9 days containing two stars similar to the Sun. Our aim is to test models of Sun-like stars using precise and accurate mass and radius measurements for both stars in V1094 Tau.... Read More about Precise mass and radius measurements for the components of the bright solar-type eclipsing binary star V1094 Tau.

A comparison of gyrochronological and isochronal age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars (2015)
Journal Article
Maxted, P., Serenelli, A., & Southworth, J. (2015). A comparison of gyrochronological and isochronal age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 577, Article A90. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525774

Previous studies suggest that tidal interactions may be responsible for discrepancies between the ages of exoplanet host stars estimated using stellar models (isochronal ages) and age estimates based on the stars' rotation periods (gyrochronological... Read More about A comparison of gyrochronological and isochronal age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars.

Bayesian mass and age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars (2015)
Journal Article
Maxted, P., Serenelli, A., & Southworth, J. (2015). Bayesian mass and age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 575, Article A36. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425331

The mean density of a star transited by a planet, brown dwarf or low mass star can be accurately measured from its light curve. This measurement can be combined with other observations to estimate its mass and age by comparison with stellar models. O... Read More about Bayesian mass and age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars.

Multiwaveband photometry of the irradiated brown dwarf WD0137-349B (2015)
Journal Article
Casewell, S., Lawrie, K., Maxted, P., Marley, M., Fortney, J., Rimmer, P., …Helling, C. (2015). Multiwaveband photometry of the irradiated brown dwarf WD0137-349B. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3218 -3226. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu2721

WD0137-349 is a white dwarf–brown dwarf binary system in a 116 min orbit. We present radial velocity observations and multiwaveband photometry from V, R and I in the optical, to J, H and Ks in the near-IR and [3.6], [4.5], [5.8] and [8.0] µm in the m... Read More about Multiwaveband photometry of the irradiated brown dwarf WD0137-349B.

Hot subdwarf binaries from the MUCHFUSS project - Analysis of 12 new systems and a study of the short-period binary population (2015)
Journal Article
Kupfer, T., Geier, S., Heber, U., Østensen, R., Barlow, B., Maxted, P., …Gänsicke, B. (2015). Hot subdwarf binaries from the MUCHFUSS project - Analysis of 12 new systems and a study of the short-period binary population. Astronomy & Astrophysics, A44 -?. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425213

The project Massive Unseen Companions to Hot Faint Underluminous Stars from SDSS (MUCHFUSS) aims at finding hot subdwarf stars with massive compact companions like massive white dwarfs (M>1.0 M$_\odot$), neutron stars, or stellar-mass black holes. We... Read More about Hot subdwarf binaries from the MUCHFUSS project - Analysis of 12 new systems and a study of the short-period binary population.

MUCHFUSS: Status and Highlights (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Geier, S., Kupfer, T., Barlow, B. N., Schaffenroth, V., Furst, F., Heuser, C., …Napiwotzki, R. (2014). MUCHFUSS: Status and Highlights.

The MUCHFUSS project aims at finding sdBs with massive compact companions. Here we report on the current status of our spectroscopic and photometric follow-up campaigns and present some highlight results. We derive orbital solutions of seven new sdB... Read More about MUCHFUSS: Status and Highlights.

WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system (2014)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

The contribution of the major planet search surveys to EChO target selection (2014)
Journal Article
Micela, G., Bakos, G. Á., Lopez-Morales, M., Maxted, P. F. L., Pagano, I., Sozzetti, A., & Wheatley, P. J. (2015). The contribution of the major planet search surveys to EChO target selection. Experimental Astronomy, 40(2-3), 577-593. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-014-9412-3

The EChO core science will be based on a three tier survey, each with increasing sensitivity, in order to study the population of exo-planets from super-Earths to Jupiter-like planets, in the very hot to temperate zones (temperatures of 300 K - 3000... Read More about The contribution of the major planet search surveys to EChO target selection.

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.

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.

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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

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