Larger and faster: revised properties and a shorter orbital period for the WASP-57 planetary system from a pro-am collaboration

Southworth, John; Mancini, L.; Tregloan-Reed, J.; Calchi Novati, S.; Ciceri, S.; D'Ago, G.; Delrez, L.; Dominik, M.; Evans, D.F.; Gillon, M.; Jehin, E.; Jørgensen, U.G.; Haugbølle, T.; Lendl, M.; Arena, C.; Barbieri, L.; Barbieri, M.; Corfini, G.; Lopresti, C.; Marchini, A.; Marino, G.; Alsubai, K.A.; Bozza, V.; Bramich, D.M.; Figuera Jaimes, R.; Hinse, T.C.; Th. Henning; Hundertmark, M.; Juncher, D.; Korhonen, H.; Popovas, A.; Rabus, M.; Rahvar, S.; Schmidt, R.W.; Skottfelt, J.; Snodgrass, C.; Starkey, D.; Surdej, J.; Wertz, O.

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Three irradiated and bloated hot Jupiters: WASP-76b, WASP-82b, and WASP-90b (2016)
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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)
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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,

s-process production in rotating massive stars at solar and low metallicities (2015)
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Frischknecht, U., Hirschi, R., Pignatari, M., Maeder, A., Meynet, G., Chiappini, C., …Ekström, S. (2016). s-process production in rotating massive stars at solar and low metallicities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(2), 1803 - 1825. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2723

Rotation was shown to have a strong impact on the structure and light element nucleosynthesis in massive stars. In particular, models including rotation can reproduce the primary nitrogen observed in halo extremely metal poor (EMP) stars. Additional... Read More about s-process production in rotating massive stars at solar and low metallicities.

Host anion and cationdiffusion in lithium niobate at high temperatures (2015)
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Fielitz, P., Borchardt, G., & Jackson, R. A. (2015). Host anion and cationdiffusion in lithium niobate at high temperatures. Annales de Chimie - Science des Matériaux, 39(3-4), 217-224. https://doi.org/10.3166/acsm.39.217-224

Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves (2015)
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Booth, A. D., & Pringle, J. K. (2016). Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 125, 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.11.016

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys have proven useful for locating clandestine graves in a number of forensic searches. There has been extensive research into the geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine graves in different burial scenario... Read More about Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves.

Physical properties of the planetary systemsWASP-45 and WASP-46 from simultaneous multiband photometry (2015)
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Ciceri, S., Mancini, L., Southworth, J., Lendl, M., Tregloan-Reed, J., Brahm, R., …Wertz, O. (2016). Physical properties of the planetary systemsWASP-45 and WASP-46 from simultaneous multiband photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(1), 990 -1002. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2698

Accurate measurements of the physical characteristics of a large number of exoplanets are useful to strongly constrain theoretical models of planet formation and evolution, which lead to the large variety of exoplanets and planetary-system configurat... Read More about Physical properties of the planetary systemsWASP-45 and WASP-46 from simultaneous multiband photometry.

Doppler imaging of the planetary debris disc at the white dwarf SDSS J122859.93+104032.9 (2015)
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Manser, C. J., Gänsicke, B. T., Marsh, T. R., Veras, D., Koester, D., Breedt, E., …Southworth, J. (2016). Doppler imaging of the planetary debris disc at the white dwarf SDSS J122859.93+104032.9. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455(4), 4467 -4478. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2603

Debris discs which orbit white dwarfs are signatures of remnant planetary systems. We present 12 yr of optical spectroscopy of the metal-polluted white dwarf SDSS J1228+1040, which shows a steady variation in the morphology of the 8600?Å Ca?II triple... Read More about Doppler imaging of the planetary debris disc at the white dwarf SDSS J122859.93+104032.9.

Incorporation of Cobalt-Cyclen Complexes into Templated Nanogels Results in Enhanced Activity (2015)
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Jorge, A. R., Chernobryva, M., Rigby, S. E. J., Watkinson, M., & Resmini, M. (2016). Incorporation of Cobalt-Cyclen Complexes into Templated Nanogels Results in Enhanced Activity. Chemistry - A European Journal, 22(11), 3764-3774. https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201503946

Recent advances in nanomaterials have identified nanogels as an excellent matrix for novel biomimetic catalysts using the molecular imprinting approach. Polymerisable Co-cyclen complexes with phosphonate and carbonate templates have been prepared, fu... Read More about Incorporation of Cobalt-Cyclen Complexes into Templated Nanogels Results in Enhanced Activity.

Probing the Local Bubble with diffuse interstellar bands: I. Project overview and southern hemisphere survey⋆ (2015)
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Bailey, M., van Loon, J. T., Farhang, A., Javadi, A., Khosroshahi, H. G., Sarre, P. J., & Smith, K. T. (2016). Probing the Local Bubble with diffuse interstellar bands: I. Project overview and southern hemisphere survey⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 585, A12. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526656

Context. The Sun traverses a low-density, hot entity called the Local Bubble. Despite its relevance to life on Earth, the conditions in the Local Bubble and its exact configuration are not very well known. Besides that, there is some unknown interste... Read More about Probing the Local Bubble with diffuse interstellar bands: I. Project overview and southern hemisphere survey⋆.

Detection of Rotational CO Emission From the Red-supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2015)
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Matsuura, M., Sargent, B., Swinyard, B., Yates, J., Royer, P., Barlow, M., …Woods, P. (2015). Detection of Rotational CO Emission From the Red-supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud. EAS Publications Series, 71-72, 53-56. https://doi.org/10.1051/eas/1571010

It is yet well understood how mass-loss rates from evolved stars depend on metallicities. With a half of the solar metallicity and the distance of only 50 kpc, the evolved stars of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) are an ideal target for studying mas... Read More about Detection of Rotational CO Emission From the Red-supergiants in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Rotation periods and astrometric motions of the Luhman 16AB brown dwarfs by high-resolution lucky-imaging monitoring (2015)
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Mancini, L., Giacobbe, P., Littlefair, S., Southworth, J., Bozza, V., Damasso, M., …Wertz, O. (2015). Rotation periods and astrometric motions of the Luhman 16AB brown dwarfs by high-resolution lucky-imaging monitoring. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 584, Article A104. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201526899

Context. Photometric monitoring of the variability of brown dwarfs can provide useful information about the structure of clouds in their cold atmospheres.The brown-dwarf binary system Luhman?16AB is an interesting target for such a study, because its... Read More about Rotation periods and astrometric motions of the Luhman 16AB brown dwarfs by high-resolution lucky-imaging monitoring.

The Age of Taurus: Environmental Effects on Disc Lifetimes (2015)
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Rees, J. M., Wilson, T., Bell, C. P. M., Jeffries, R. D., & Naylor, T. (2015). The Age of Taurus: Environmental Effects on Disc Lifetimes. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 10(S314), 205-206. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1743921315006286

Using semi-empirical isochrones, we find the age of the Taurus star-forming region to be 3-4 Myr. Comparing the disc fraction in Taurus to young massive clusters suggests discs survive longer in this low density environment. We also present a method... Read More about The Age of Taurus: Environmental Effects on Disc Lifetimes.

Chemical Strategies of the Beetle Metoecus Paradoxus, Social Parasite of the Wasp Vespula Vulgaris (2015)
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Van Oystaeyen, A., van Zweden, J. S., Huyghe, H., Drijfhout, F., Bonckaert, W., & Wenseleers, T. (2015). Chemical Strategies of the Beetle Metoecus Paradoxus, Social Parasite of the Wasp Vespula Vulgaris. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 41(12), 1137-1147. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10886-015-0652-0

The parasitoid beetle Metoecus paradoxus frequently parasitizes colonies of the common wasp, Vespula vulgaris. It penetrates a host colony as a larva that attaches itself onto a foraging wasp’s body and, once inside the nest, it feeds on a wasp larva... Read More about Chemical Strategies of the Beetle Metoecus Paradoxus, Social Parasite of the Wasp Vespula Vulgaris.

Metallosupramolecular architectures based upon new 2-(1-pyrazolyl)-benzimidazole chelating ligands (2015)
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Hawes, C. S., & Kruger, P. E. (2015). Metallosupramolecular architectures based upon new 2-(1-pyrazolyl)-benzimidazole chelating ligands. Supramolecular Chemistry, 27(11-12), 757-771. https://doi.org/10.1080/10610278.2015.1067315

In this article, we report the synthesis and characterisation of five ligands L1–L5 containing the 2-(pyrazol-1-yl)-benzimidazole chelating group, and investigate their structural chemistry when reacted with either Cu(II) or Zn(II) ions. The mononucl... Read More about Metallosupramolecular architectures based upon new 2-(1-pyrazolyl)-benzimidazole chelating ligands.

Virtual geology special issue: developing training, teaching and research skillsets for geoscientists (2015)
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Pringle. (2015). Virtual geology special issue: developing training, teaching and research skillsets for geoscientists. Geology Today, 31(6), 213 -215. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12118

Current physical science students and researchers are becoming ever more diverse in their learning needs and styles, in their ways of learning and indeed their scientific backgrounds in the subjects that they study. Current schools, colleges and High... Read More about Virtual geology special issue: developing training, teaching and research skillsets for geoscientists.

The distribution of blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval lengths and its implications for estimating post mortem intervals (2015)
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Moffatt, C., Heaton, V., & De Haan, D. (2016). The distribution of blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval lengths and its implications for estimating post mortem intervals. International Journal of Legal Medicine, 130(1), 287-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-015-1289-9

The length or stage of development of blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae may be used to estimate a minimum postmortem interval, often by targeting the largest individuals of a species in the belief that they will be the oldest. However, natural... Read More about The distribution of blow fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larval lengths and its implications for estimating post mortem intervals.

2dF-AAOmega spectroscopy of massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds: The north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud⋆⋆⋆ (2015)
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Evans, C. J., van Loon, J. T., Hainich, R., & Bailey, M. (2015). 2dF-AAOmega spectroscopy of massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds: The north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud⋆⋆⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 584, Article A5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201525882

We present spectral classifications from optical spectroscopy of 263 massive stars in the north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The observed two-degree field includes the massive 30 Doradus star-forming region, the environs of SN1987A,... Read More about 2dF-AAOmega spectroscopy of massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds: The north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud⋆⋆⋆.

Structural Insights into Separase Architecture and Substrate Recognition through Computational Modelling of Caspase-Like and Death Domains (2015)
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Winter, A., Schmid, R., & Bayliss, R. (2015). Structural Insights into Separase Architecture and Substrate Recognition through Computational Modelling of Caspase-Like and Death Domains. PLoS Computational Biology, e1004548 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004548

Separases are large proteins that mediate sister chromatid disjunction in all eukaryotes. They belong to clan CD of cysteine peptidases and contain a well-conserved C-terminal catalytic protease domain similar to caspases and gingipains. However, unl... Read More about Structural Insights into Separase Architecture and Substrate Recognition through Computational Modelling of Caspase-Like and Death Domains.

Mapping atomic and difuse interstellar band absorption across the Magellanic clouds and the Milky Way (2015)
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Bailey, M., Van Loon, J. T., Sarre, P. J., & Beckman, J. E. (2015). Mapping atomic and difuse interstellar band absorption across the Magellanic clouds and the Milky Way. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(4), 4013-4026. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2178

Diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs) trace warm neutral and weakly ionized diffuse interstellar medium (ISM). Here we present a dedicated, high signal-to-noise spectroscopic survey of two of the strongest DIBs, at 5780 and 5797 Å, in optical spectra of... Read More about Mapping atomic and difuse interstellar band absorption across the Magellanic clouds and the Milky Way.

Larger and faster: revised properties and a shorter orbital period for the WASP-57 planetary system from a pro-am collaboration (2015)
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Southworth, J., Mancini, L., Tregloan-Reed, J., Calchi Novati, S., Ciceri, S., D'Ago, G., …Wertz, O. (2015). Larger and faster: revised properties and a shorter orbital period for the WASP-57 planetary system from a pro-am collaboration. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(3), 3094 -3107. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2183

Transits in the WASP-57 planetary system have been found to occur half an hour earlier than expected. We present 10 transit light curves from amateur telescopes, on which this discovery was based, 13 transit light curves from professional facilities... Read More about Larger and faster: revised properties and a shorter orbital period for the WASP-57 planetary system from a pro-am collaboration.

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