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Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars I. Development of the method and application to AI Phoenicis (2020)
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Smalley, & Maxted. (2020). Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars I. Development of the method and application to AI Phoenicis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2899-2909. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2167

Stars with accurate and precise effective temperature (Teff) measurements are needed to test stellar atmosphere models and calibrate empirical methods to determine Teff. There are few standard stars currently available to calibrate temperature indica... Read More about Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars I. Development of the method and application to AI Phoenicis.

The Compact Triply Eclipsing Triple Star TIC 209409435 Discovered with TESS (2020)
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Maxted. (2020). The Compact Triply Eclipsing Triple Star TIC 209409435 Discovered with TESS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4624-4636. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1817

We report the discovery in TESS Sectors 3 and 4 of a compact triply eclipsing triple star system. TIC 209409435 is a previously unknown eclipsing binary with a period of 5.717 days, and the presence of a third star in an outer eccentric orbit of 121.... Read More about The Compact Triply Eclipsing Triple Star TIC 209409435 Discovered with TESS.

The TESS light curve of AI Phoenicis (2020)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Gaulme, P., Graczyk, D., Hełminiak, K. G., Johnston, C., Orosz, J. A., …Chaplin, W. J. (2020). The TESS light curve of AI Phoenicis. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 498(1), 332-343. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa1662

Accurate masses and radii for normal stars derived from observations of detached eclipsing binary stars are of fundamental importance for testing stellar models and may be useful for calibrating free parameters in these model if the masses and radii... Read More about The TESS light curve of AI Phoenicis.

Two Transiting Hot Jupiters from the WASP Survey: WASP-150b and WASP-176b (2020)
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Cooke, B. F., Pollacco, D., Almleaky, Y., Barkaoui, K., Benkhaldoun, Z., Blake, J. A., …Alikakos, J. (2020). Two Transiting Hot Jupiters from the WASP Survey: WASP-150b and WASP-176b. Astronomical Journal, 159(6), Article 255. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab88db

We report the discovery of two transiting exoplanets from the WASP survey, WASP-150b and WASP-176b. WASP-150b is an eccentric (e = 0.38) hot Jupiter on a 5.6 day orbit around a V = 12.03, F8 main-sequence host. The host star has a mass and radius of... Read More about Two Transiting Hot Jupiters from the WASP Survey: WASP-150b and WASP-176b.

TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet (2020)
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Kostov, V. B., Orosz, J. A., Feinstein, A. D., Welsh, W. F., Cukier, W., Haghighipour, N., …van der Straeten, T. (2020). TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet. Astronomical Journal, 159(6), https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab8a48

We report the detection of the first circumbinary planet (CBP) found by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The target, a known eclipsing binary, was observed in sectors 1 through 12 at 30 minute cadence and in sectors 4 through 12 at 2 min... Read More about TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet.

TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet (2020)
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Maxted. (2020). TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet. Astronomical Journal, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab8a48

We report the detection of the first circumbinary planet (CBP) found by Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The target, a known eclipsing binary, was observed in sectors 1 through 12 at 30 minute cadence and in sectors 4 through 12 at 2 min... Read More about TOI-1338: TESS' First Transiting Circumbinary Planet.

A multiplicity study of transiting exoplanet host stars I. High-contrast imaging with VLT/SPHERE (2020)
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Bohn, A., Southworth, J., Ginski, C., Kenworthy, M., Maxted, P., & Evans, D. (2020). A multiplicity study of transiting exoplanet host stars I. High-contrast imaging with VLT/SPHERE. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 635, Article A73. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201937127

Context. Many main-sequence stars are part of multiple systems. The effect of stellar multiplicity on planet formation and migration, however, is poorly understood. Aims. We study the multiplicity of stars hosting known transiting extra-solar plan... Read More about A multiplicity study of transiting exoplanet host stars I. High-contrast imaging with VLT/SPHERE.

TICs 167692429 and 220397947: the first compact hierarchical triple stars discovered with TESS (2020)
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Maxted. (2020). TICs 167692429 and 220397947: the first compact hierarchical triple stars discovered with TESS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 5005 - 5023. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa495

We report the discovery and complex analyses of the first two compact hierarchical triple star systems discovered with TESS in or near its southern continuous viewing zone during Year 1. Both TICs 167692429 and 220397947 were previously unknown eclip... Read More about TICs 167692429 and 220397947: the first compact hierarchical triple stars discovered with TESS.

The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn (2020)
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Maxted. (2020). The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn. Astronomical Journal, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ab52fa

EL CVn is the prototype of a class of eclipsing binaries that consist of an A- or F-type main-sequence star and a hot, low-mass, pre-He white dwarf (pre-He WD), the stripped down remains of the former mass donor. Here we present the first direct dete... Read More about The Pre-He White Dwarf in the Post-mass Transfer Binary EL CVn.

WASP-South hot Jupiters: WASP-178b, WASP-184b, WASP-185b & WASP-192b (2019)
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Smalley, Hellier, & Maxted. (2019). WASP-South hot Jupiters: WASP-178b, WASP-184b, WASP-185b & WASP-192b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1479-1487. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2713

We report on four new transiting hot Jupiters discovered by the WASP-South survey. WASP-178b transits a V = 9.9, A1V star with Teff = 9350 ± 150 K, the second-hottest transit host known. It has a highly bloated radius of 1.81 ± 0.09 RJup, in line wit... Read More about WASP-South hot Jupiters: WASP-178b, WASP-184b, WASP-185b & WASP-192b.

WASP-169, WASP-171, WASP-175, and WASP-182: three hot Jupiters and one bloated sub-Saturn mass planet discovered by WASP-South (2019)
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Hellier, Smalley, & Maxted. (2019). WASP-169, WASP-171, WASP-175, and WASP-182: three hot Jupiters and one bloated sub-Saturn mass planet discovered by WASP-South. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2478 -2487. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2351

We present the discovery of four new giant planets from the Wide Angle Search for Planets-South (WASP-South), three hot Jupiters and one bloated sub-Saturn mass planet: WASP-169b, WASP-171b, WASP-175b, and WASP-182b. Besides the discovery photometry... Read More about WASP-169, WASP-171, WASP-175, and WASP-182: three hot Jupiters and one bloated sub-Saturn mass planet discovered by WASP-South.

SuperWASP dispositions and false positive catalogue (2019)
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Smalley, & Maxted. (2019). SuperWASP dispositions and false positive catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 4905 - 4915. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2064

SuperWASP, the Northern hemisphere WASP observatory, has been observing the skies from La Palma since 2004. In that time, more than 50 planets have been discovered with data contributions from SuperWASP. In the process of validating planets, many fal... Read More about SuperWASP dispositions and false positive catalogue.

WASP-180Ab: Doppler tomography of an hot Jupiter orbiting the primary star in a visual binary (2019)
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Temple, L. Y., Hellier, C., Anderson, D. R., Barkaoui, K., Bouchy, F., Brown, D. J. A., …Zouhair, B. (2019). WASP-180Ab: Doppler tomography of an hot Jupiter orbiting the primary star in a visual binary. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490(2), 2467-2474. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz2632

We report the discovery and characterization of WASP-180Ab, a hot Jupiter confirmed by the detection of its Doppler shadow and by measuring its mass using radial velocities. We find the 0.9  ±  0.1 MJup, 1.24  ±  0.04 RJup planet to be in a misaligne... Read More about WASP-180Ab: Doppler tomography of an hot Jupiter orbiting the primary star in a visual binary.

WASP-166b: a bloated super-Neptune transiting a V = 9 star (2019)
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Maxted, Hellier, & Smalley. (2019). WASP-166b: a bloated super-Neptune transiting a V = 9 star. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3067 -3075. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz1903

We report the discovery of WASP-166b, a super-Neptune planet with a mass of 0.1 MJup (1.9 MNep) and a bloated radius of 0.63 RJup. It transits a V = 9.36, F9V star in a 5.44-d orbit that is aligned with the stellar rotation axis (sky-projected obliqu... Read More about WASP-166b: a bloated super-Neptune transiting a V = 9 star.

Observing Exoplanets in the Near-Infrared from a High Altitude Balloon Platform (2019)
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Nagler, P. C., Edwards, B., Kilpatrick, B., Lewis, N. K., Maxted, P., Netterfield, C. B., …Waldmann, I. (2019). Observing Exoplanets in the Near-Infrared from a High Altitude Balloon Platform. Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation, 8(3), https://doi.org/10.1142/S2251171719500119

Although there exists a large sample of known exoplanets, little data exists that can be used to study their global atmospheric properties. This deficiency can be addressed by performing phase-resolved spectroscopy — continuous spectroscopic observat... Read More about Observing Exoplanets in the Near-Infrared from a High Altitude Balloon Platform.

The EBLM Project VI. The mass and radius of five low-mass stars in F+M binaries discovered by the WASP survey (2019)
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Gill, S., Maxted, P., Evans, J., Evans, D., Smalley, B., Gary, B., …West, R. (2019). The EBLM Project VI. The mass and radius of five low-mass stars in F+M binaries discovered by the WASP survey. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 626, Article A119. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833054

Some M-dwarfs around F-/G-type stars have been measured to be hotter and larger than predicted by stellar evolution models. Inconsistencies between observations and models need addressing with more mass, radius and luminosity measurements of low-mass... Read More about The EBLM Project VI. The mass and radius of five low-mass stars in F+M binaries discovered by the WASP survey.

The EBLM Project V. Physical properties of ten fully convective, very-low-mass stars (2019)
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Maxted, Smalley, & Hellier. (2019). The EBLM Project V. Physical properties of ten fully convective, very-low-mass stars. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834539

Measurements of the physical properties of stars at the lower end of the main sequence are scarce. In this context we report masses, radii and surface gravities of ten very-low-mass stars in eclipsing binary systems, with orbital periods of the order... Read More about The EBLM Project V. Physical properties of ten fully convective, very-low-mass stars.

Three Hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass-radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181 and WASP-183 (2019)
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Maxted, Smalley, & Hellier. (2019). Three Hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass-radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181 and WASP-183. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 5790-5799. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz742

We present the discovery of 3 transiting planets from the WASP survey, two hot-Jupiters: WASP-177 b (~0.5 MJup, ~1.6 RJup) in a 3.07-d orbit of a V = 12.6 K2 star, WASP-183 b (~0.5 MJup, ~1.5 RJup) in a 4.11-d orbit of a V = 12.8 G9/K0 star; and one... Read More about Three Hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass-radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181 and WASP-183.

The BEBOP radial-velocity survey for circumbinary planets I. Eight years of CORALIE observations of 47 single-line eclipsing binaries and abundance constraints on the masses of circumbinary planets (2019)
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Hellier, & Maxted. (2019). The BEBOP radial-velocity survey for circumbinary planets I. Eight years of CORALIE observations of 47 single-line eclipsing binaries and abundance constraints on the masses of circumbinary planets. Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201833669

We introduce the BEBOP radial velocity survey for circumbinary planets. We initiated this survey using the CORALIE spectrograph on the Swiss Euler Telescope at La Silla, Chile. An intensive four-year observation campaign commenced in 2013, targeting... Read More about The BEBOP radial-velocity survey for circumbinary planets I. Eight years of CORALIE observations of 47 single-line eclipsing binaries and abundance constraints on the masses of circumbinary planets.