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Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates (2013)
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Wang, J., Harris, J., Li, M., Plana, D., Barbour, M. E., Fermin, D. J., & Mann, S. (2013). Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates. CrystEngComm, 15(36), 7152. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3ce40704g

Macroporous biomineralized composites in the form of thin slices of tooth dentine were used to prepare oriented arrays of high aspect ratio copper microwires by template-directed electrochemical deposition. The coaligned wires were 1 to 4 μm in thick... Read More about Electrochemical crystallization of spatially organized copper microwire arrays within biomineralized (dentine) templates.

The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: I. Observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterisation of the transiting system Qatar-1⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆ (2013)
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Covino, E., Esposito, M., Barbieri, M., Mancini, L., Nascimbeni, V., Claudi, R., …Turrini, D. (2013). The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: I. Observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterisation of the transiting system Qatar-1⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 554, Article A28. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321298

Context. Our understanding of the formation and evolution of planetary systems is still fragmentary because most of the current data provide limited information about the orbital structure and dynamics of these systems. The knowledge of the orbital p... Read More about The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: I. Observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterisation of the transiting system Qatar-1⋆⋆⋆⋆⋆.

The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: II. No giant planets around the metal-poor star HIP 11952⋆⋆⋆ (2013)
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Desidera, S., Sozzetti, A., Bonomo, A. S., Gratton, R., Poretti, E., Claudi, R., …Southworth, J. (2013). The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: II. No giant planets around the metal-poor star HIP 11952⋆⋆⋆. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 554, Article A29. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321155

In the context of the programme Global Architecture of Planetary Systems (GAPS), we have performed radial velocity monitoring of the metal-poor star HIP 11952 on 35 nights during about 150 days using the newly installed high-resolution spectrograph H... Read More about The GAPS programme with HARPS-N at TNG: II. No giant planets around the metal-poor star HIP 11952⋆⋆⋆.

Analytical model of nonlinear thermo-acoustic effects in a matrix burner (2013)
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Heckl, M. A. (2013). Analytical model of nonlinear thermo-acoustic effects in a matrix burner. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 332(17), 4021-4036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2012.11.010

This paper considers a fundamental thermo-acoustic test rig developed by Noiray (Linear and Nonlinear Analysis of Combustion Instabilities, Application to Multipoint Injection Systems and Control Strategies”, Ph.D. Thesis, École Centrale Paris, 2007)... Read More about Analytical model of nonlinear thermo-acoustic effects in a matrix burner.

Two new SB2 binaries with main sequence B-type pulsators in theKeplerfield (2013)
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Pápics, P. I., Tkachenko, A., Aerts, C., Briquet, M., Marcos-Arenal, P., Beck, P. G., …Debosscher, J. (2013). Two new SB2 binaries with main sequence B-type pulsators in theKeplerfield. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 553, A127. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321088

Context. OB stars are important in the chemistry and evolution of the Universe, but the sample of targets that is well understood from an asteroseismological point of view is still too limited to provide feedback on the current evolutionary models.... Read More about Two new SB2 binaries with main sequence B-type pulsators in theKeplerfield.

The UK Infrared Telescope M33 monitoring project – III. Feedback from dusty stellar winds in the central square kiloparsec (2013)
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Javadi, A., van Loon, J. T., Khosroshahi, H., & Mirtorabi, M. T. (2013). The UK Infrared Telescope M33 monitoring project – III. Feedback from dusty stellar winds in the central square kiloparsec. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(4), 2824-2836. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt640

We have conducted a near-infrared monitoring campaign at the UK Infrared Telescope, of the Local Group spiral galaxy M33 (Triangulum). The main aim was to identify stars in the very final stage of their evolution, and for which the luminosity is more... Read More about The UK Infrared Telescope M33 monitoring project – III. Feedback from dusty stellar winds in the central square kiloparsec.

Big Society, little justice? Community energy and the politics of localism? (2013)
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Catney, P., MacGregor, S., Dobson, A., Hall, S., Royston, S., Robinson, Z., …Ross, S. (2013). Big Society, little justice? Community energy and the politics of localism?. Local Environment, https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2013.792044

This paper challenges ‘Big Society (BS) Localism’, seeing it as an example of impoverished localist thinking which neglects social justice considerations. We do this through a critical examination of recent turns in the localist discourse in the UK w... Read More about Big Society, little justice? Community energy and the politics of localism?.

EMCCD photometry reveals two new variable stars in the crowded central region of the globular cluster NGC 6981 (2013)
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Skottfelt, J., Bramich, D. M., Figuera Jaimes, R., Jørgensen, U. G., Kains, N., W Harpsøe, K. B., …Williams, A. (2013). EMCCD photometry reveals two new variable stars in the crowded central region of the globular cluster NGC 6981. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 553, Article A111. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321430

Two previously unknown variable stars in the crowded central region of the globular cluster NGC 6981 are presented. The observations were made using the electron multiplying CCD (EMCCD) camera at the Danish 1.54 m Telescope at La Silla, Chile. The tw... Read More about EMCCD photometry reveals two new variable stars in the crowded central region of the globular cluster NGC 6981.

Physical stability, biocompatibility and potential use of hybrid iron oxide-gold nanoparticles as drug carriers (2013)
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Barnett, C. M., Gueorguieva, M., Lees, M. R., McGarvey, D. J., & Hoskins, C. (2013). Physical stability, biocompatibility and potential use of hybrid iron oxide-gold nanoparticles as drug carriers. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 15(6), https://doi.org/10.1007/s11051-013-1706-2

Hybrid nanoparticles (HNPs) such as iron oxide-gold nanoparticles are currently being exploited for their potential application in image-guided therapies. However, little investigation has been carried out into their physical or chemical stability an... Read More about Physical stability, biocompatibility and potential use of hybrid iron oxide-gold nanoparticles as drug carriers.

MOA-2010-BLG-311: A PLANETARY CANDIDATE BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF RELIABLE DETECTION (2013)
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Yee, J. C., Hung, L., Bond, I. A., Allen, W., Monard, L. A. G., Albrow, M. D., …Consortium, T. M. (in press). MOA-2010-BLG-311: A PLANETARY CANDIDATE BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF RELIABLE DETECTION. Astrophysical Journal, 769(1), Article 77. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/769/1/77

We analyze MOA-2010-BLG-311, a high magnification (Amax > 600) microlensing event with complete data coverage over the peak, making it very sensitive to planetary signals. We fit this event with both a point lens and a two-body lens model and find th... Read More about MOA-2010-BLG-311: A PLANETARY CANDIDATE BELOW THE THRESHOLD OF RELIABLE DETECTION.

Thes-process in the Galactic halo: the fifth signature of spinstars in the early Universe? (2013)
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Cescutti, G., Chiappini, C., Hirschi, R., Meynet, G., & Frischknecht, U. (2013). Thes-process in the Galactic halo: the fifth signature of spinstars in the early Universe?. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 553, Article A51. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220809

Context. Very old halo stars have previously been found to show at least four different abundance anomalies, which models of fast-rotating massive stars (spinstars) can successfully account for: rise of N/O and C/O, low 12C/13C, and a primary-like ev... Read More about Thes-process in the Galactic halo: the fifth signature of spinstars in the early Universe?.

Refined physical properties andg′,r′,i′,z′,J, H, Ktransmission spectrum of WASP-23b from the ground (2013)
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Nikolov, N., Chen, G., Fortney, J. J., Mancini, L., Southworth, J., van Boekel, R., & Henning, T. (2013). Refined physical properties andg′,r′,i′,z′,J, H, Ktransmission spectrum of WASP-23b from the ground. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 553, Article A26. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321084

Context. Multi-band observations of planetary transits using the telescope defocus technique may yield high-quality light curves suitable for refining the physical properties of exoplanets even with small or medium size telescopes. Such observations... Read More about Refined physical properties andg′,r′,i′,z′,J, H, Ktransmission spectrum of WASP-23b from the ground.

SPITZEROBSERVATIONS OF GJ 3470 b: A VERY LOW-DENSITY NEPTUNE-SIZE PLANET ORBITING A METAL-RICH M DWARF (2013)
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Demory, B., Torres, G., Neves, V., Rogers, L., Gillon, M., Horch, E., …Udry, S. SPITZEROBSERVATIONS OF GJ 3470 b: A VERY LOW-DENSITY NEPTUNE-SIZE PLANET ORBITING A METAL-RICH M DWARF. Astrophysical Journal, 768(2), 154. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/768/2/154

We present Spitzer/IRAC 4.5 μm transit photometry of GJ 3470 b, a Neptune-size planet orbiting an M1.5 dwarf star with a 3.3 day period recently discovered in the course of the HARPS M-dwarf survey. We refine the stellar parameters by employing purel... Read More about SPITZEROBSERVATIONS OF GJ 3470 b: A VERY LOW-DENSITY NEPTUNE-SIZE PLANET ORBITING A METAL-RICH M DWARF.

A new bright eclipsing hot subdwarf binary from the ASAS and SuperWASP surveys (2013)
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Schaffenroth, V., Geier, S., Drechsel, H., Heber, U., Wils, P., Østensen, R. H., …di Scala, G. (2013). A new bright eclipsing hot subdwarf binary from the ASAS and SuperWASP surveys. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 553, Article A18. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220929

We report the discovery of a bright (mV = 11.6 mag), eclipsing, hot subdwarf binary of spectral type B with a late main sequence companion from the All Sky Automated Survey (ASAS 102322-3737.0). Such systems are called HW Vir stars after the prototyp... Read More about A new bright eclipsing hot subdwarf binary from the ASAS and SuperWASP surveys.

MICROLENSING DISCOVERY OF A POPULATION OF VERY TIGHT, VERY LOW MASS BINARY BROWN DWARFS (2013)
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Choi, J., Han, C., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Gaudi, B. S., Gould, A., …The RoboNet Collaboration. (in press). MICROLENSING DISCOVERY OF A POPULATION OF VERY TIGHT, VERY LOW MASS BINARY BROWN DWARFS. Astrophysical Journal, 768(2), Article 129. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/768/2/129

Although many models have been proposed, the physical mechanisms responsible for the formation of low-mass brown dwarfs (BDs) are poorly understood. The multiplicity properties and minimum mass of the BD mass function provide critical empirical diagn... Read More about MICROLENSING DISCOVERY OF A POPULATION OF VERY TIGHT, VERY LOW MASS BINARY BROWN DWARFS.

AN X-RAY SURVEY OF THE YOUNG STELLAR POPULATION OF THE LYNDS 1641 AND IOTA ORIONIS REGIONS (2013)
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Pillitteri, I., Wolk, S. J., Megeath, S. T., Allen, L., Bally, J., Gagné, M., …Stauffer, J. (in press). AN X-RAY SURVEY OF THE YOUNG STELLAR POPULATION OF THE LYNDS 1641 AND IOTA ORIONIS REGIONS. Astrophysical Journal, 768(2), 99. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/768/2/99

We present an XMM-Newton survey of the part of the Orion A cloud south of the Orion Nebula. This survey includes the Lynds 1641 (L1641) dark cloud, a region of the Orion A cloud with very few massive stars and hence a relatively low ambient UV flux,... Read More about AN X-RAY SURVEY OF THE YOUNG STELLAR POPULATION OF THE LYNDS 1641 AND IOTA ORIONIS REGIONS.

THE HOMOGENEOUS STUDY OF TRANSITING SYSTEMS (HoSTS). I. THE PILOT STUDY OF WASP-13 (2013)
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Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Faedi, F., Cargile, P., Doyle, A. P., Ghezzi, L., Sousa, S., …Stassun, K. G. (in press). THE HOMOGENEOUS STUDY OF TRANSITING SYSTEMS (HoSTS). I. THE PILOT STUDY OF WASP-13. Astrophysical Journal, 768(1), 79. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637x/768/1/79

We present the fundamental stellar and planetary properties of the transiting planetary system WASP-13 within the framework of the Homogeneous Study of Transiting Systems (HoSTS). HoSTS aims to derive the fundamental stellar (Teff, [Fe/H], M⋆, R⋆) an... Read More about THE HOMOGENEOUS STUDY OF TRANSITING SYSTEMS (HoSTS). I. THE PILOT STUDY OF WASP-13.

Warm Spitzer Occultation Photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6{\mu}m and 4.5{\mu}m (2013)
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Mahtani, D. P., Mahtani, D. P., Maxted, P. F. L., Anderson, D. R., Smith, A. M. S., Smalley, B., …West, R. G. (2013). Warm Spitzer Occultation Photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6{\mu}m and 4.5{\mu}m. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432(1), 693-701. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt505

We present new warm Spitzer occultation photometry of WASP-26 at 3.6{\mu}m and 4.5{\mu}m along with new transit photometry taken in the g,r and i bands. We report the first detection of the occultation of WASP-26b, with occultation depths at 3.6{\mu}... Read More about Warm Spitzer Occultation Photometry of WASP-26b at 3.6{\mu}m and 4.5{\mu}m.

WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star (2013)
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Smith, A. M. S., Anderson, D. R., Bouchy, F., Collier Cameron, A., Doyle, A. P., Fumel, A., …West, R. G. (2013). WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 552, Article A120. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220727

We report the discovery by the WASP transit survey of a highly-irradiated, massive (2.242 ± 0.080 MJup) planet which transits a bright (V = 10.6), evolved F8 star every 2.9 days. The planet, WASP-71b, is larger than Jupiter (1.46 ± 0.13 RJup), but le... Read More about WASP-71b: a bloated hot Jupiter in a 2.9-day, prograde orbit around an evolved F8 star.

Spectrum analysis of bright Kepler late B- to early F-stars★ (2013)
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Tkachenko, A., Lehmann, H., Smalley, B., & Uytterhoeven, K. (2013). Spectrum analysis of bright Kepler late B- to early F-stars★. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 431(4), 3685-3696. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt453

The Kepler satellite mission was designed to search for transiting exoplanets and delivers single band-pass light curves of a huge number of stars observed in the Cygnus–Lyra region. At the same time, it opens a new window for asteroseismology. In or... Read More about Spectrum analysis of bright Kepler late B- to early F-stars★.