Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions (2013)
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Parker, R. J., Wright, N. J., Goodwin, S. P., & Meyer, M. R. (2013). Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 438(1), 620-638. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2231

We model the dynamical evolution of star-forming regions with a wide range of initial properties. We follow the evolution of the regions’ substructure using the Q-parameter, we search for dynamical mass segregation using the ?MSR technique, and we al... Read More about Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions.

Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions (2013)
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Wright. (2013). Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 620-638. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2231

We model the dynamical evolution of star-forming regions with a wide range of initial properties. We follow the evolution of the regions’ substructure using the Q-parameter, we search for dynamical mass segregation using the ?MSR technique, and we al... Read More about Dynamical evolution of star-forming regions.

Thermal Emission Of Wasp-14b Revealed With Three Spitzer Eclipses (2013)
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Maxted, Blecic, J., Harrington, J., Madhusudhan, N., Stevenson, K. B., Hardy, R. A., …Maxted, P. F. L. (2013). Thermal Emission Of Wasp-14b Revealed With Three Spitzer Eclipses. Astrophysical Journal, 779(1), https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/1/5

Exoplanet WASP-14b is a highly irradiated, transiting hot Jupiter. Joshi et al. calculate an equilibrium temperature (T eq) of 1866 K for zero albedo and reemission from the entire planet, a mass of 7.3 ± 0.5 Jupiter masses (M J), and a radius of 1.2... Read More about Thermal Emission Of Wasp-14b Revealed With Three Spitzer Eclipses.

MOA-2010-BLG-328Lb: A SUB-NEPTUNE ORBITING VERY LATE M DWARF? (2013)
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Furusawa, K., Udalski, A., Sumi, T., Bennett, D., Bond, I., Gould, A., …Collaboration, T. P. (2013). MOA-2010-BLG-328Lb: A SUB-NEPTUNE ORBITING VERY LATE M DWARF?. Astrophysical Journal, 779(2), Article 91. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/779/2/91

We analyze the planetary microlensing event MOA-2010-BLG-328. The best fit yields host and planetary masses of M h = 0.11 ± 0.01 M ? and M p = 9.2 ± 2.2 M ?, corresponding to a very late M dwarf and sub-Neptune-mass planet, respectively. The system l... Read More about MOA-2010-BLG-328Lb: A SUB-NEPTUNE ORBITING VERY LATE M DWARF?.

The VMC Survey - VIII. First results for anomalous Cepheids (2013)
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Ripepi, V., Marconi, M., Moretti, M., Clementini, G., Cioni, M., de Grijs, R., …Oliveira, J. (2014). The VMC Survey - VIII. First results for anomalous Cepheids. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(3), 2307 -2319. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2047

The VISTA near-infrared YJKs survey of the Magellanic Clouds System (VMC, PI M.-R. L. Cioni) is collecting deep Ks-band time-series photometry of the pulsating variable stars hosted in the system formed by the two Magellanic Clouds and the Bridge con... Read More about The VMC Survey - VIII. First results for anomalous Cepheids.

Circum-stellar medium around rotating massive stars at solar metallicity (2013)
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(2013). Circum-stellar medium around rotating massive stars at solar metallicity. Astronomy & Astrophysics,

Aims. Observations show nebulae around some massive stars but not around others. If observed, their chemical composition is far from homogeneous. Our goal is to put these observational features into the context of the evolution of massive stars and t... Read More about Circum-stellar medium around rotating massive stars at solar metallicity.

Fundamental properties of core-collapse Supernova and GRB progenitors: predicting the look of massive stars before death (2013)
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(2013). Fundamental properties of core-collapse Supernova and GRB progenitors: predicting the look of massive stars before death. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321906

We investigate the fundamental properties of core-collapse Supernova (SN) progenitors from single stars at solar metallicity. We combine Geneva stellar evolutionary models with initial masses of Mini=20-120 Msun with atmospheric/wind models using CMF... Read More about Fundamental properties of core-collapse Supernova and GRB progenitors: predicting the look of massive stars before death.

Grids of stellar models with rotation - III. Models from 0.8 to 120 Msun at a metallicity Z = 0.002 (2013)
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Georgy, C., Ekström, S., Eggenberger, P., Meynet, G., Haemmerlé, L., Maeder, A., …Barblan, F. (2013). Grids of stellar models with rotation - III. Models from 0.8 to 120 Msun at a metallicity Z = 0.002. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 558, Article A103. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201322178

(shortened) We provide a grid of single star models covering a mass range from 0.8 to 120 Msun with an initial metallicity Z = 0.002 with and without rotation. We discuss the impact of a change in the metallicity by comparing the current tracks with... Read More about Grids of stellar models with rotation - III. Models from 0.8 to 120 Msun at a metallicity Z = 0.002.

The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program (2013)
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Meixner, M., Panuzzo, P., Roman-Duval, J., Engelbracht, C., Babler, B., Seale, J., …Whitney, B. (2013). The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program. Astronomical Journal, 146(3), Article 62. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/146/3/62

We present an overview of the HERschel Inventory of The Agents of Galaxy Evolution (HERITAGE) in the Magellanic Clouds project, which is a Herschel Space Observatory open time key program. We mapped the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellan... Read More about The Herschel inventory of the agents of galaxy evolution in the Magellanic Clouds, a Herschel open time key program.

Evolution and fate of very massive stars (2013)
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Yusof, N., Hirschi, R., Meynet, G., Crowther, P. A., Ekström, S., Frischknecht, U., …Schnurr, O. (2013). Evolution and fate of very massive stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433(2), 1114-1132. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt794

There is observational evidence that supports the existence of Very Massive Stars in the local universe. First, very massive stars (Mini<=320 M) have been observed in the Large Magellanic Cloud . Second, there are observed SNe that bear the character...

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-8b: characterization of a cool and eccentric exoplanet with Spitzer (2013)
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(2013). WASP-8b: characterization of a cool and eccentric exoplanet with Spitzer. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/768/1/42

WASP-8b has 2.18 times Jupiter's mass and is on an eccentric ($e=0.31$) 8.16-day orbit. With a time-averaged equilibrium temperature of 948 K, it is one of the least-irradiated hot Jupiters observed with the Spitzer Space Telescope. We have analyzed... Read More about WASP-8b: characterization of a cool and eccentric exoplanet with Spitzer.

On the relationship between the size and surface coverage of starspots on magnetically active low-mass stars (2013)
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Jackson, R. J., & Jeffries, R. D. (2013). On the relationship between the size and surface coverage of starspots on magnetically active low-mass stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 431(2), 1883-1890. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt304

We present a model that predicts the light curve amplitude distribution for an ensemble of low-mass magnetically active stars, under the assumptions that stellar spin axes are randomly orientated and that cool starspots have a characteristic scale le... Read More about On the relationship between the size and surface coverage of starspots on magnetically active low-mass stars.

A rapidly spinning supermassive black hole at the centre of NGC?1365. (2013)
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(2013). A rapidly spinning supermassive black hole at the centre of NGC?1365. Nature, 449 - 451. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11938

Broad X-ray emission lines from neutral and partially ionized iron observed in active galaxies have been interpreted as fluorescence produced by the reflection of hard X-rays off the inner edge of an accretion disk. In this model, line broadening and... Read More about A rapidly spinning supermassive black hole at the centre of NGC?1365..