A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL (2018)
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Maxted. (2018). A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL. Experimental Astronomy, 135 - 209. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-018-9598-x

Thousands of exoplanets have now been discovered with a huge range of masses, sizes and orbits: from rocky Earth-like planets to large gas giants grazing the surface of their host star. However, the essential nature of these exoplanets remains largel... Read More about A chemical survey of exoplanets with ARIEL.

Aeroacoustic response of an array of tubes with and without bias-flow (2018)
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Surendran, A., Heckl, M. A., Peerlings, L., Boij, S., Bodén, H., & Hirschberg, A. (2018). Aeroacoustic response of an array of tubes with and without bias-flow. Journal of Sound and Vibration, 454, 1 -16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsv.2018.07.022

Heat exchangers, consisting of tube arrays in a cross-flow are a vital component of power generation systems. They are of interest from an acoustic point of view, because they can reflect, transmit and absorb an incident sound wave; in other words, t... Read More about Aeroacoustic response of an array of tubes with and without bias-flow.

The Exoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE) (2018)
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Maxted. (2018). The Exoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE). Proceedings of SPIE, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314225

Although there are a large number of known exoplanets, there is little data on their global atmospheric properties. Phase-resolved spectroscopy of transiting planets – continuous spectroscopic observation of planets during their full orbits – probes... Read More about The Exoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE).

Epitaxial growth of ?-InSe and a, ß, and ?-In2Se3 on e-GaSe (2018)
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Balakrishnan, N., Steer, E., Patanè, A., Beton, P., Kovalyuk, Z., Eaves, L., Smith, E., & Kudrynskyi, Z. (2018). Epitaxial growth of ?-InSe and a, ß, and ?-In2Se3 on e-GaSe. 2D Materials, 035026 - 035026. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aac479

We demonstrate that ?-InSe and the a, ß and ? phases of In2Se3 can be grown epitaxially on e-GaSe substrates using a physical vapour transport method. By exploiting the temperature gradient within the tube furnace, we can grow selectively different p... Read More about Epitaxial growth of ?-InSe and a, ß, and ?-In2Se3 on e-GaSe.

Experimental studies of hydrated analogue materials of relevance to Solar System bodies using synchrotron radiation (2018)
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Safi, E. Experimental studies of hydrated analogue materials of relevance to Solar System bodies using synchrotron radiation. (Thesis). Keele University. https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/410393

Synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction on beamline I11 at the Diamond Light Source is used to study the in situ formation of CO2/CH4 clathrates. Frozen aqueous salt solutions were subjected to gas pressures between 5-26 bar and thermally cycled in the... Read More about Experimental studies of hydrated analogue materials of relevance to Solar System bodies using synchrotron radiation.

The Gaia_ESO Survey: double, triple and quadruple-line spectroscopic binary candidates (2017)
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Jeffries. (2017). The Gaia_ESO Survey: double, triple and quadruple-line spectroscopic binary candidates. Astronomy and Astrophysics, https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730442

Context. The Gaia-ESO Survey (GES) is a large spectroscopic survey that provides a unique opportunity to study the distribution of spectroscopic multiple systems among different populations of the Galaxy. Aims. Our aim is to detect binarity/multiplic... Read More about The Gaia_ESO Survey: double, triple and quadruple-line spectroscopic binary candidates.

Indium coverage of the Si(111)- 7×3 -In surface (2017)
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Suzuki, T., Lawrence, J., Walker, M., Morbec, J., Blowey, P., Yagyu, K., Kratzer, P., & Costantini, G. (2017). Indium coverage of the Si(111)- 7×3 -In surface. Physical Review B, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.035412

The indium coverage of the Si(111)-v7×v3-In surface is investigated by means of x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and first-principles density functional theory calculations. Both experimental and theoretical results indicate that the In coverage is a... Read More about Indium coverage of the Si(111)- 7×3 -In surface.

Mechanical and electronic properties of SiC nanowires: An ab initio study (2017)
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Oliveira, J., Morbec, J., & Miwa, R. (2017). Mechanical and electronic properties of SiC nanowires: An ab initio study. Journal of Applied Physics, 104302 - 104302. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4977996

Using first-principles calculations, based on the density functional theory, we have investigated the mechanical and electronic properties of hydrogen-passivated 3C-, 2H-, 4H-, and 6H-SiC nanowires (NWs), analyzing the effects of the diameter on thes... Read More about Mechanical and electronic properties of SiC nanowires: An ab initio study.

Engineering p–n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation (2017)
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Balakrishnan, N., Kudrynskyi, Z., Smith, E., Fay, M., Makarovsky, O., Kovalyuk, Z., Eaves, L., Beton, P., & Patanè, A. (2017). Engineering p–n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation. 2D Materials, 025043 - 025043. https://doi.org/10.1088/2053-1583/aa61e0

Exploitation of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) crystals can be hindered by the deterioration of the crystal surface over time due to oxidation. On the other hand, the existence of a stable oxide at room temperature can offer prospects for s... Read More about Engineering p–n junctions and bandgap tuning of InSe nanolayers by controlled oxidation.

[5.11] Exoplanets 101 National Geographic (2017)
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Hellier. (2017). [5.11] Exoplanets 101 National Geographic

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From Dense Hot Jupiter to Low Density Neptune: The Discovery of WASP-127b, WASP-136b and WASP-138b (2017)
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Lam, K., Faedi, F., Brown, D., Anderson, D., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Hébrard, G., Lendl, M., Mancini, L., Southworth, J., Smalley, B., Triaud, A., Turner, O., Hay, K., Armstrong, D., Barros, S., Bonomo, A., Bouchy, F., Boumis, P., Collier Cameron, A., …Wheatley, P. (2017). From Dense Hot Jupiter to Low Density Neptune: The Discovery of WASP-127b, WASP-136b and WASP-138b. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 599, Article A3. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629403

We report three newly discovered exoplanets from the SuperWASP survey. WASP-127b is a heavily inflated super-Neptune of mass 0.18±0.02 MJ and radius 1.37±0.04 RJ. This is one of the least massive planets discovered by the WASP project. It orbits a br... Read More about From Dense Hot Jupiter to Low Density Neptune: The Discovery of WASP-127b, WASP-136b and WASP-138b.

The role of the van der Waals interactions in the adsorption of anthracene and pentacene on the Ag(111) surface (2017)
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Abreu Da Silva Morbec, J. M., & Kratzer, P. (2017). The role of the van der Waals interactions in the adsorption of anthracene and pentacene on the Ag(111) surface. Journal of Chemical Physics, 034702 -034702. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4973839

Using first-principles calculations based on density-functional theory (DFT), we investigated the effects of the van der Waals (vdW) interactions on the structural and electronic properties of anthracene and pentacene adsorbed on the Ag(111) surface.... Read More about The role of the van der Waals interactions in the adsorption of anthracene and pentacene on the Ag(111) surface.

WASP-157b, a Transiting Hot Jupiter Observed with K2 (2016)
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Močnik, T., Anderson, D., Brown, D., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Jehin, E., Lendl, M., Maxted, P., Neveu-VanMalle, M., Pepe, F., Pollacco, D., QueloZ, D., Ségransan, D., Smalley, B., Southworth, J., Triaud, A., Udry, S., & West, R. (2016). WASP-157b, a Transiting Hot Jupiter Observed with K2. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 128(970), Article 124403. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/970/124403

We announce the discovery of the transiting hot Jupiter WASP-157b in a 3.95-d orbit around a V = 12.9 G2 main-sequence star. This moderately inflated planet has a Saturn-like density, with a mass of 0.57 ± 0.10 MJup and a radius of 1.06 ± 0.05 RJup.... Read More about WASP-157b, a Transiting Hot Jupiter Observed with K2.

The deep OB star population in Carina from the VST Photometric H alpha Survey (VPHAS plus ) (2016)
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Wright. (2016). The deep OB star population in Carina from the VST Photometric H alpha Survey (VPHAS plus ). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1807 - 1830. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2751

Massive OB stars are critical to the ecology of galaxies and yet our knowledge of OB stars in the Milky Way, fainter than V ~ 12, remains patchy. Data from the VST Photometric Ha Survey (VPHAS+) permit the construction of the first deep catalogues of... Read More about The deep OB star population in Carina from the VST Photometric H alpha Survey (VPHAS plus ).

Erratum: Physical properties, star-spot activity, orbital obliquity and transmission spectrum of the Qatar-2 planetary system from multicolour photometry (2016)
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Mancini, L., Southworth, J., Ciceri, S., Tregloan-Reed, J., Crossfield, I., Nikolov, N., Bruni, I., Zambelli, R., & Henning, T. (2016). Erratum: Physical properties, star-spot activity, orbital obliquity and transmission spectrum of the Qatar-2 planetary system from multicolour photometry. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462(4), 4266 - 4266. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1991

Many new variable stars discovered in the core of the globular cluster NGC 6715 (M54) with EMCCD observations (2016)
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Figuera Jaimes, R., Bramich, D., Kains, N., Skottfelt, J., Jørgensen, U., Horne, K., Dominik, M., Alsubai, K., Bozza, V., Burgdorf, M., Calchi Novati, S., Ciceri, S., D’Ago, G., Evans, D., Galianni, P., -H. Gu, S., Harpsøe, K., Haugbølle, T., Hinse, T., Hundertmark, M., …MiNDSTEp Consortium, T. (2016). Many new variable stars discovered in the core of the globular cluster NGC 6715 (M54) with EMCCD observations. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 592, Article A120. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201628864

Context. We show the benefits of using electron-multiplying CCDs and the shift-and-add technique as a tool to minimise the effects of atmospheric turbulence, such as blending between stars in crowded fields, and to avoid saturated stars in the fields... Read More about Many new variable stars discovered in the core of the globular cluster NGC 6715 (M54) with EMCCD observations.

Contamination from a nearby star cannot explain the anomalous transmission spectrum of the ultra-short period giant planet WASP-103b (2016)
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Southworth, J., & Evans, D. F. (2016). Contamination from a nearby star cannot explain the anomalous transmission spectrum of the ultra-short period giant planet WASP-103b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(1), 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1943

The planet in the WASP-103 system is an excellent candidate for transmission spectroscopy because of its large radius and high temperature. Application of this technique found a variation of radius with wavelength which was far too strong to be expla... Read More about Contamination from a nearby star cannot explain the anomalous transmission spectrum of the ultra-short period giant planet WASP-103b.

Another one grinds the dust: variability of the planetary debris disc at the white dwarf SDSS J104341.53+085558.2 (2016)
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Manser, C. J., Gänsicke, B. T., Koester, D., Marsh, T. R., & Southworth, J. (2016). Another one grinds the dust: variability of the planetary debris disc at the white dwarf SDSS J104341.53+085558.2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462(2), 1461 - 1469. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1760

We report 9 yr of optical spectroscopy of the metal-polluted white dwarf SDSS J104341.53+085558.2, which presents morphological variations of the line profiles of the 8600 Å Ca?II triplet emission from the gaseous component of its debris disc. Simila... Read More about Another one grinds the dust: variability of the planetary debris disc at the white dwarf SDSS J104341.53+085558.2.

Mass Measurements Of Isolated Objects From Space-Based Microlensing (2016)
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Zhu, W., Calchi Novati, S., Gould, A., Udalski, A., Han, C., Shvartzvald, Y., Ranc, C., Jørgensen, U., Poleski1, R., Bozza, V., Beichman, C., Bryden, G., Carey, S., Gaudi, B., Henderson, C., Pogge, R., Porritt, I., Wibking, B., Yee, J., TEAM, S., …GROUP, M. (2016). Mass Measurements Of Isolated Objects From Space-Based Microlensing. Astrophysical Journal, 825(1), Article 60. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/825/1/60

We report on the mass and distance measurements of two single-lens events from the 2015 Spitzer microlensing campaign. With both finite-source effect and microlens parallax measurements, we find that the lens of OGLE-2015-BLG-1268 is very likely a br... Read More about Mass Measurements Of Isolated Objects From Space-Based Microlensing.

Mass segregation in star clusters is not energy equipartition (2016)
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Wright. (2016). Mass segregation in star clusters is not energy equipartition. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 119-123. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw061

Mass segregation in star clusters is often thought to indicate the onset of energy equipartition, where the most massive stars impart kinetic energy to the lower-mass stars and brown dwarfs/free floating planets. The predicted net result of this is t... Read More about Mass segregation in star clusters is not energy equipartition.