WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system (2014)
Journal Article
Neveu-VanMalle, M., Queloz, D., Anderson, D., Charbonnel, C., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., Lendl, M., Maxted, P., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D., Ségransan, D., Smalley, B., Smith, A., Southworth, J., Triaud, A., Udry, S., & West, R. (2014). WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424744

We report the discovery of two hot-Jupiter planets, each orbiting one of the stars of a wide binary system. WASP-94A (2MASS 20550794–3408079) is an F8 type star hosting a transiting planet with a radius of 1.72 ± 0.06 RJup, a mass of 0.452 ± 0.034 MJ... Read More about WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system.

Determining stellar macroturbulence using asteroseismic rotational velocities from Kepler (2014)
Journal Article
Smalley. (2014). Determining stellar macroturbulence using asteroseismic rotational velocities from Kepler. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3592 -3602. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1692

The Rossiter–McLaughlin effect observed for transiting exoplanets often requires prior knowledge of the stellar projected equatorial rotational velocity (v?sin?i). This is usually provided by measuring the broadening of spectral lines, however this m... Read More about Determining stellar macroturbulence using asteroseismic rotational velocities from Kepler.

Spectral and morphological analysis of the remnant of supernova 1987A with Alma and Atca (2014)
Journal Article
Van Loon. (2014). Spectral and morphological analysis of the remnant of supernova 1987A with Alma and Atca. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/796/2/82

We present a comprehensive spectral and morphological analysis of the remnant of supernova (SN) 1987A with the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The non-thermal and thermal component... Read More about Spectral and morphological analysis of the remnant of supernova 1987A with Alma and Atca.

Pair-instability supernovae in the local universe (2014)
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Whalen, D. J., Smidt, J., Heger, A., Hirschi, R., Yusof, N., Even, W., Fryer, C. L., Stiavelli, M., Chen, K.-J., & Joggerst, C. C. (2014). Pair-instability supernovae in the local universe. Astrophysical Journal, 797(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/797/1/9

The discovery of 150-300 M ? stars in the Local Group and pair-instability supernova candidates at low redshifts has excited interest in this exotic explosion mechanism. Realistic light curves for pair-instability supernovae at near-solar metalliciti... Read More about Pair-instability supernovae in the local universe.

The impact of mass-loss on the evolution and pre-supernova properties of red supergiants (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). The impact of mass-loss on the evolution and pre-supernova properties of red supergiants. Astronomy & Astrophysics, A60 - ?

The post main-sequence evolution of massive stars is very sensitive to many parameters of the stellar models. Key parameters are the mixing processes, the metallicity, the mass-loss rate and the effect of a close companion. We study how the red super... Read More about The impact of mass-loss on the evolution and pre-supernova properties of red supergiants.

Three WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-74b, WASP-83b & WASP-89b (2014)
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Hellier, C., Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Jehin, E., Lendl, M., Maxted, P., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Ségransan, D., Smalley, B., Smith, A., Southworth, J., Triaud, A., Turner, O., Udry, S., & West, R. (2014). Three WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-74b, WASP-83b & WASP-89b. Astronomical Journal, 150(1), Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/150/1/18

We report the discovery of three new transiting hot Jupiters by WASP-South together with the TRAPPIST photometer and the Euler/CORALIE spectrograph. WASP-74b orbits a star of V = 9.7, making it one of the brighter systems accessible to Southern teles... Read More about Three WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-74b, WASP-83b & WASP-89b.

A WISE view of novae - I. The data (2014)
Journal Article
(2014). A WISE view of novae - I. The data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1683 - 1697. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1467

We present the results of data-mining the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) archive for data on classical and recurrent novae. We find that the detections are consistent with dust emission, line emission, emission by a stellar photosphere, o... Read More about A WISE view of novae - I. The data.

WASP-104b and WASP-106b: two transiting hot Jupiters in 1.75-day and 9.3-day orbits (2014)
Journal Article
Smalley, & Maxted. (2014). WASP-104b and WASP-106b: two transiting hot Jupiters in 1.75-day and 9.3-day orbits. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424752

We have used the WASP survey to discover two exoplanetary systems, each consisting of a Jupiter-sized planet transiting an 11th-magnitude (V) main-sequence star. WASP-104b orbits its star in 1.75 d, whereas WASP-106b has the fourth-longest orbital pe... Read More about WASP-104b and WASP-106b: two transiting hot Jupiters in 1.75-day and 9.3-day orbits.

Variable emission from a gaseous disc around a metal-polluted white dwarf (2014)
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Wilson, D., Gänsicke, B., Koester, D., Raddi, R., Breedt, E., Southworth, J., & Parsons, S. (2014). Variable emission from a gaseous disc around a metal-polluted white dwarf. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(2), 1878 -1884. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1876

We present the discovery of strongly variable emission lines from a gaseous disc around the DA white dwarf SDSS J1617+1620, a star previously found to have an infrared excess indicative of a dusty debris disc formed by the tidal disruption of a rocky... Read More about Variable emission from a gaseous disc around a metal-polluted white dwarf.

WASP 1628+10 - an EL CVn-type binary with a very-low-mass stripped-red-giant star and multi-periodic pulsations (2014)
Journal Article
Maxted. (2014). WASP 1628+10 - an EL CVn-type binary with a very-low-mass stripped-red-giant star and multi-periodic pulsations. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 208-216. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1465

The star 1SWASP J162842.31+101416.7 (WASP 1628+10) is one of several EL CVn-type stars recently identified using the WASP database, i.e., an eclipsing binary star in which an A-type dwarf star (WASP 1628+10A) eclipses the remnant of a disrupted red g... Read More about WASP 1628+10 - an EL CVn-type binary with a very-low-mass stripped-red-giant star and multi-periodic pulsations.

The s-process enrichment of the globular clusters M4 and M22 (2014)
Journal Article
Hirschi. (2014). The s-process enrichment of the globular clusters M4 and M22. Astrophysical Journal, https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/795/1/34

We investigate the enrichment in elements produced by the slow neutron-capture process (s-process) in the globular clusters M4 (NGC 6121) and M22 (NGC 6656). Stars in M4 have homogeneous abundances of Fe and neutron-capture elements, but the entire c... Read More about The s-process enrichment of the globular clusters M4 and M22.

Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary (2014)
Journal Article
Anderson, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Doyle, A., Faedi, F., Fumel, A., Gillon, M., Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., Lendl, M., Maxted, P., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D., Queloz, D., Ségransan, D., Skillen, I., Smalley, B., Smith, A., Taylor, J., …West, R. (2014). Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(2), 1114 -1129. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1737

We report the discovery of the transiting exoplanets WASP-69b, WASP-70Ab and WASP-84b, each of which orbits a bright star (V ~ 10). WASP-69b is a bloated Saturn-mass planet (0.26 MJup, 1.06 RJup) in a 3.868-d period around an active, ~1-Gyr, mid-K dw... Read More about Three newly discovered sub-Jupiter-mass planets: WASP-69b and WASP-84b transit active K dwarfs and WASP-70Ab transits the evolved primary of a G4+K3 binary.

KIC 10526294: a slowly rotating B star with rotationally split, quasi-equally spaced gravity modes (2014)
Journal Article
Pápics, P., Moravveji, E., Aerts, C., Tkachenko, A., Triana, S., Bloemen, S., & Southworth, J. (2014). KIC 10526294: a slowly rotating B star with rotationally split, quasi-equally spaced gravity modes. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 570, Article A8. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424094

Context. Massive stars are important for the chemical enrichment of the universe. Since internal mixing processes influence their lives, it is very important to place constraints on the corresponding physical parameters, such as core overshooting and... Read More about KIC 10526294: a slowly rotating B star with rotationally split, quasi-equally spaced gravity modes.

The Gaia-ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars (2014)
Journal Article
Smiljanic, R., Korn, A., Bergemann, M., Frasca, A., Magrini, L., Masseron, T., Pancino, E., Ruchti, G., San Roman, I., Sbordone, L., Sousa, S., Tabernero, H., Tautvaišienė, G., Valentini, M., Weber, M., Worley, C., Zh. Adibekyan, V., Allende Prieto, C., Barisevičius, G., Biazzo, K., …Zaggia, S. (2014). The Gaia-ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 570, Article A122. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423937

Context. The ongoing Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey is using FLAMES at the VLT to obtain high-quality medium-resolution Giraffe spectra for about 105 stars and high-resolution UVES spectra for about 5000 stars. With UVES, the Survey has already... Read More about The Gaia-ESO Survey: The analysis of high-resolution UVES spectra of FGK-type stars.

The VMC Survey XII. Star cluster candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud (2014)
Journal Article
Oliveira, J. (2014). The VMC Survey XII. Star cluster candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Astronomy & Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201424175

Context. In this work we analyse colour-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) of catalogued star clusters located in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), from a YJKs photometric data set obtained by the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) su... Read More about The VMC Survey XII. Star cluster candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

A 3D extinction map of the northern Galactic plane based on IPHAS photometry (2014)
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Sale, S., Drew, J., Barentsen, G., Farnhill, H., Raddi, R., Barlow, M., Eislöffel, J., Vink, J., Rodríguez-Gil, P., & Wright, N. (2014). A 3D extinction map of the northern Galactic plane based on IPHAS photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2907-2922. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1090

We present a 3D map of extinction in the northern Galactic plane derived using photometry from the INT/WFC Photometric Ha Survey of the northern Galactic plane. The map has fine angular (~10 arcmin) and distance (100 pc) sampling allied to a signific... Read More about A 3D extinction map of the northern Galactic plane based on IPHAS photometry.

Ultra-fast outflows in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (2014)
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(2014). Ultra-fast outflows in radio-loud active galactic nuclei. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2154-2182. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1297

Recent X-ray observations show absorbing winds with velocities up to mildly-relativistic values of the order of ~0.1c in a limited sample of 6 broad-line radio galaxies. They are observed as blue-shifted Fe XXV-XXVI K-shell absorption lines, similarl... Read More about Ultra-fast outflows in radio-loud active galactic nuclei.

The second data release of the INT Photometric Ha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS DR2) (2014)
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Wright. (2014). The second data release of the INT Photometric Ha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS DR2). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 3230-3257. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1651

The INT/WFC Photometric Ha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS) is a 1800 deg2 imaging survey covering Galactic latitudes |b| < 5° and longitudes l = 30°–215° in the r, i, and Ha filters using the Wide Field Camera (WFC) on the 2.5-m Isaac N... Read More about The second data release of the INT Photometric Ha Survey of the Northern Galactic Plane (IPHAS DR2).

Tracing CNO exposed layers in the Algol-type binary system u Her (2014)
Journal Article
Kolbas, V., Dervişoğlu, A., Pavlovski, K., & Southworth, J. (2014). Tracing CNO exposed layers in the Algol-type binary system u Her. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 444(4), 3118 -3129. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu1652

The chemical composition of stellar photospheres in mass-transferring binary systems is a precious diagnostic of the nucleosynthesis processes that occur deep within stars, and preserves information on the components’ history. The binary system u Her... Read More about Tracing CNO exposed layers in the Algol-type binary system u Her.

Observational Studies of Transiting Extrasolar Planets (2014)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Southworth, J. Observational Studies of Transiting Extrasolar Planets. Presented at Living Together: Planets, Host Stars and Binaries

The study of transiting extrasolar planets is only 15 years old, but has matured into a rich area of research. I review the observational aspects of this work, concentrating on the discovery of transits, the characterization of planets from photometr... Read More about Observational Studies of Transiting Extrasolar Planets.