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A comparison of gyrochronological and isochronal age estimates for transiting exoplanet host stars (2015)
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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.

Peer and simple? (2015)
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Haxton, K. (2015). Peer and simple?. Education in Chemistry,

Peer assessment – where students mark the work of their classmates – is a popular way of helping students engage with all aspects of a piece of work, and in many cases is a very authentic method of assessment. It’s a valuable activity, providing an o... Read More about Peer and simple?.

Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods (2015)
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Dick, H. C., Pringle, J. K., Sloane, B., Carver, J., Wisniewski, K. D., Haffenden, A., …Cassidy, N. J. (2015). Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods. Journal of Archaeological Science, 59, 132-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2015.04.010

The construction of the new Crossrail railway discovered 25 well preserved skeletons shallowly buried in Central London in 2013. Subsequent carbon dating and aDNA analysis confirmed the archaeological age and presence of the Yersinia pestis “Black De... Read More about Detection and characterisation of Black Death burials by multi-proxy geophysical methods.

Physical properties of the HAT-P-23 and WASP-48 planetary systems from multi-colour photometry (2015)
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Ciceri, S., Mancini, L., Southworth, J., Bruni, I., Nikolov, N., D’Ago, G., …Th. Henning. (2015). Physical properties of the HAT-P-23 and WASP-48 planetary systems from multi-colour photometry. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 577, Article A54. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425449

Context. Accurate and repeated photometric follow-up observations of planetary transit events are important to precisely characterize the physical properties of exoplanets. A good knowledge of the main characteristics of the exoplanets is fundamental... Read More about Physical properties of the HAT-P-23 and WASP-48 planetary systems from multi-colour photometry.

Transits and starspots in the WASP-6 planetary system (2015)
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Tregloan-Reed, J., Southworth, J., Burgdorf, M., Calchi Novati, S., Dominik, M., Finet, F., …Surdej, J. (2015). Transits and starspots in the WASP-6 planetary system. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 450(2), 1760 -1769. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv730

We present updates to PRISM, a photometric transit-starspot model, and GEMC, a hybrid optimization code combining MCMC and a genetic algorithm. We then present high-precision photometry of four transits in the WASP-6 planetary system, two of which co... Read More about Transits and starspots in the WASP-6 planetary system.

OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: A JOVIAN MICROLENSING PLANET ORBITING AN M DWARF (2015)
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Skowron, J., Shin, I., Udalski, A., Han, C., Sumi, T., Shvartzvald, Y., …Wertz, O. (2015). OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: A JOVIAN MICROLENSING PLANET ORBITING AN M DWARF. Astrophysical Journal, 804(1), Article 33. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/33

We report the discovery of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting an M-dwarf star that gave rise to the microlensing event OGLE-2011-BLG-0265. Such a system is very rare among known planetary systems and thus the discovery is important for theoretical studie... Read More about OGLE-2011-BLG-0265Lb: A JOVIAN MICROLENSING PLANET ORBITING AN M DWARF.

The stellar populations in the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59 (2015)
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Van Loon. (2015). The stellar populations in the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1338 - 1348. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv690

Low-luminosity galaxies may be the building blocks of more luminous systems. Southern African Large Telescope observations of the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59 are obtained and analysed. These data are used to measure the stellar populatio... Read More about The stellar populations in the low-luminosity, early-type galaxy NGC 59.

PATHWAY TO THE GALACTIC DISTRIBUTION OF PLANETS: COMBINED SPITZER AND GROUND-BASED MICROLENS PARALLAX MEASUREMENTS OF 21 SINGLE-LENS EVENTS (2015)
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Calchi Novati, S., Gould, A., Udalski, A., Menzies, J., Bond, I., Shvartzvald, Y., …DePoy, D. (2015). PATHWAY TO THE GALACTIC DISTRIBUTION OF PLANETS: COMBINED SPITZER AND GROUND-BASED MICROLENS PARALLAX MEASUREMENTS OF 21 SINGLE-LENS EVENTS. Astrophysical Journal, 804(1), Article 20. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/804/1/20

We present microlens parallax measurements for 21 (apparently) isolated lenses observed toward the Galactic bulge that were imaged simultaneously from Earth and Spitzer, which was ~1 AU west of Earth in projection. We combine these measurements with... Read More about PATHWAY TO THE GALACTIC DISTRIBUTION OF PLANETS: COMBINED SPITZER AND GROUND-BASED MICROLENS PARALLAX MEASUREMENTS OF 21 SINGLE-LENS EVENTS.

The synthesis and characterisation of coordination and hydrogen-bonded networks based on 4-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzoic acid (2015)
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Bryant, M. R., Burrows, A. D., Fitchett, C. M., Hawes, C. S., Hunter, S. O., Keenan, L. L., …Richardson, C. (in press). The synthesis and characterisation of coordination and hydrogen-bonded networks based on 4-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzoic acid. Dalton Transactions, 44(19), 9269-9280. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5dt00011d

The synthesis, structural and thermal characterisation of a number of coordination complexes featuring the N,O-heteroditopic ligand 4-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzoate, HL are reported. The reaction of H2L with cobalt(II) and nickel(II) nitrates... Read More about The synthesis and characterisation of coordination and hydrogen-bonded networks based on 4-(3,5-dimethyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)benzoic acid.

Gaia-ESO Survey: Analysis of pre-main sequence stellar spectra (2015)
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Lanzafame, A. C., Frasca, A., Damiani, F., Franciosini, E., Cottaar, M., Sousa, S. G., …Zaggia, S. (2015). Gaia-ESO Survey: Analysis of pre-main sequence stellar spectra. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 576, Article A80. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424759

Context. The Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey is obtaining high-quality spectroscopy of some 100 000 Milky Way stars using the FLAMES spectrograph at the VLT, down to V = 19 mag, systematically covering all the main components of the Milky Way an... Read More about Gaia-ESO Survey: Analysis of pre-main sequence stellar spectra.

Theory and Practice: Bulk Synthesis of C3B and its H2- and Li-Storage Capacity (2015)
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King, T. C., Matthews, P. D., Glass, H., Cormack, J. A., Holgado, J. P., Leskes, M., …Wright, D. S. (2015). Theory and Practice: Bulk Synthesis of C3B and its H2- and Li-Storage Capacity. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 54(20), 5919-5923. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201412200

Previous theoretical studies of C3B have suggested that boron-doped graphite is a promising H2- and Li-storage material, with large maximum capacities. These characteristics could lead to exciting applications as a lightweight H2-storage material for... Read More about Theory and Practice: Bulk Synthesis of C3B and its H2- and Li-Storage Capacity.

Selective Lability of Ruthenium(II) Arene Amino Acid Complexes (2015)
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Scrase, T. G., O’Neill, M. J., Peel, A. J., Senior, P. W., Matthews, P. D., Shi, H., …Barker, P. D. (2015). Selective Lability of Ruthenium(II) Arene Amino Acid Complexes. Inorganic Chemistry, 54(7), 3118-3124. https://doi.org/10.1021/ic502051y

A series of organometallic complexes of the form [(PhH)Ru(amino acid)]+ have been synthesized using amino acids able to act as tridentate ligands. The straightforward syntheses gave enantiomerically pure complexes with two stereogenic centers due to... Read More about Selective Lability of Ruthenium(II) Arene Amino Acid Complexes.

SPECTROSCOPIC ORBITAL PERIODS FOR 29 CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY (2015)
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Thorstensen, J. R., Taylor, C. J., Peters, C. S., Skinner, J. N., Southworth, J., & Gänsicke, B. T. (2015). SPECTROSCOPIC ORBITAL PERIODS FOR 29 CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY. Astronomical Journal, 149(4), 128. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/149/4/128

We report follow-up spectroscopy of 29 cataclysmic variables from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), 22 of which were discovered by SDSS and seven of which are previously known systems that were recovered in SDSS. The periods for 16 of these object... Read More about SPECTROSCOPIC ORBITAL PERIODS FOR 29 CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY.

The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG V. A comprehensive analysis of the XO-2 stellar and planetary systems (2015)
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Damasso, M., Biazzo, K., Bonomo, A., Desidera, S., Lanza, A., Nascimbeni, V., …Southworth, J. (2015). The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG V. A comprehensive analysis of the XO-2 stellar and planetary systems. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 575, Article A111. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425332

Aims. XO-2 is the first confirmed wide stellar binary system where the almost twin components XO-2N and XO-2S have planets, and it is a peculiar laboratory in which to investigate the diversity of planetary systems. This stimulated a detailed charact... Read More about The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG V. A comprehensive analysis of the XO-2 stellar and planetary systems.

The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG VI. The curious case of TrES-4b (2015)
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Sozzetti, A., Bonomo, A., Biazzo, K., Mancini, L., Damasso, M., Desidera, S., …Southworth, J. (2015). The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG VI. The curious case of TrES-4b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 575, Article L15. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201425570

We update the TrES-4 system parameters using high-precision HARPS-N radial-velocity measurements and new photometric light curves. A combined spectroscopic and photometric analysis allows us to determine a spectroscopic orbit with a semi-amplitude K... Read More about The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG VI. The curious case of TrES-4b.

High-precision multiband time series photometry of exoplanets Qatar-1b and TrES-5b (2015)
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Mislis, D., Mancini, L., Tregloan-Reed, J., Ciceri, S., Taylor, J., D'Ago, G., …Schroeder, T. (2015). High-precision multiband time series photometry of exoplanets Qatar-1b and TrES-5b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(3), 2617 -2623. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv197

We present an analysis of the Qatar-1 and TrES-5 transiting exoplanetary systems, which contain Jupiter-like planets on short-period orbits around K-dwarf stars. Our data comprise a total of 20 transit light curves obtained using five medium-class te... Read More about High-precision multiband time series photometry of exoplanets Qatar-1b and TrES-5b.

Star formation rates from young-star counts and the structure of the ISM across the NGC 346/N66 complex in the SMC (2015)
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Hony, S., Gouliermis, D., Galliano, F., Galametz, M., Cormier, D., Chen, C., …Wu, R. (2015). Star formation rates from young-star counts and the structure of the ISM across the NGC 346/N66 complex in the SMC. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 448(2), 1847 - 1862. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv107

The rate at which interstellar gas is converted into stars, and its dependence on environment, is one of the pillars on which our understanding of the visible Universe is build. We present a comparison of the surface density of young stars (S?) and d... Read More about Star formation rates from young-star counts and the structure of the ISM across the NGC 346/N66 complex in the SMC.

Evidence for colony-specific differences in chemical mimicry in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor (2015)
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Kather, R., Drijfhout, F. P., & Martin, S. J. (2015). Evidence for colony-specific differences in chemical mimicry in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor. Chemoecology, 25(4), 215-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00049-015-0191-8

In social insects, the integrity of a colony is maintained by recognising and removing intruders. Nest-mates use chemical cues on the cuticle of the individual they encounter to determine whether or not it is part of the colony. Parasites have evolve... Read More about Evidence for colony-specific differences in chemical mimicry in the parasitic mite Varroa destructor.