The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres. (2024)
Journal Article
Sebastian, D., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Brogi, M., Baycroft, T. A., Standing, M. R., Maxted, P. F. L., Martin, D. V., Sairam, L., & Nielsen, M. B. (2024). The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), 2572–2589. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae459

High-contrast eclipsing binaries with low mass M-dwarf secondaries are precise benchmark stars to build empirical mass-radius relationships for fully convective low-mass ($\rm M_{\star } < 0.35\, M_{\odot }$) dwarf stars. The contributed light... Read More about The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres..

The MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud (2024)
Journal Article
Cotton, W. D., Filipović, M. D., Camilo, F., Indebetouw, R., Alsaberi, R. Z. E., Anih, J. O., Baker, M., Bastian, T. S., Bojičić, I., Carli, E., Cavallaro, F., Crawford, E. J., Dai, S., Haberl, F., Levin, L., Luken, K., Pennock, C. M., Rajabpour, N., Stappers, B. W., van Loon, J. T., …Serylak, M. (in press). The MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 529(3), 2443-2472. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae277

We present new radio continuum images and a source catalogue from the MeerKAT survey in the direction of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The observations, at a central frequency of 1.3 GHz across a bandwidth of 0.8 GHz, encompass a field of view ∼7... Read More about The MeerKAT 1.3 GHz Survey of the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Sustainable supercapacitor with a natural rubber-based electrolyte and natural graphite-based electrodes (2023)
Journal Article
Perera, K., Vidanapathirana, K., Adams, L. J., & Balakrishnan, N. (2023). Sustainable supercapacitor with a natural rubber-based electrolyte and natural graphite-based electrodes. Electrochemical Science Advances, Article e2300025. https://doi.org/10.1002/elsa.202300025

Supercapacitors are at the forefront of energy storage devices due to their ability to fulfill quick power requirements. However, safety and cost are important parameters for their real-world applications. Green materials-based electrodes and electro... Read More about Sustainable supercapacitor with a natural rubber-based electrolyte and natural graphite-based electrodes.

A new method for spatially resolving the turbulence driving mixture in the ISM with application to the Small Magellanic Cloud (2023)
Journal Article
Gerrard, I. A., Federrath, C., Pingel, N. M., McClure-Griffiths, N. M., Marchal, A., Joncas, G., Clark, S. E., Stanimirović, S., Lee, M.-Y., van Loon, J. T., Dickey, J., Dénes, H., Ma, Y. K., Dempsey, J., & Lynn, C. (2023). A new method for spatially resolving the turbulence driving mixture in the ISM with application to the Small Magellanic Cloud. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 526(1), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad2718

Turbulence plays a crucial role in shaping the structure of the interstellar medium. The ratio of the three-dimensional density contrast ($\sigma _{\rho /\rho _0}$) to the turbulent sonic Mach number ($\mathcal {M}$) of an isothermal, compressible ga... Read More about A new method for spatially resolving the turbulence driving mixture in the ISM with application to the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Interaction between pentacene molecules and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (2023)
Journal Article
Black, E., Kratzer, P., & Morbec, J. M. (2023). Interaction between pentacene molecules and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(43), 29444-29450. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3cp01895d

Using first-principles calculations based on density-functional theory, we investigated the adsorption of pentacene molecules on monolayer two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMD). We considered the four most popular TMDs, namely, MoS2,... Read More about Interaction between pentacene molecules and monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides.

Another shipment of six short-period giant planets from TESS (2023)
Journal Article
Rodriguez, J. E., Quinn, S. N., Vanderburg, A., Zhou, G., Eastman, J. D., Thygesen, E., Cale, B., Ciardi, D. R., Reed, P. A., Oelkers, R. J., Collins, K. A., Bieryla, A., Latham, D. W., Gonzales, E. J., Gaudi, B. S., Hellier, C., Jones, M. I., Brahm, R., Sokolovsky, K., Schulte, J., …Zobel, E. (2023). Another shipment of six short-period giant planets from TESS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(2), 2765-2785. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad595

We present the discovery and characterization of six short-period, transiting giant planets from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) -- TOI-1811 (TIC 376524552), TOI-2025 (TIC 394050135), TOI-2145 (TIC 88992642), TOI-2152 (TIC 3953932... Read More about Another shipment of six short-period giant planets from TESS.

Validation of TOI-1221 b: A Warm Sub-Neptune Exhibiting Transit Timing Variations around a Sun-like Star (2023)
Journal Article
Mann, C., Lafreniere, D., Dragomir, D., Quinn, S. N., Tan, T.-G., Collins, K. A., Howell, S. B., Ziegler, C., Mann, A. W., Stassun, K. G., Kristiansen, M. H., Osborn, H., Boyajian, T., Eisner, N., Hellier, C., Ricker, G. R., Vanderspek, R., Latham, D. W., Seager, S., Winn, J. N., …Schwarz, R. P. (2023). Validation of TOI-1221 b: A Warm Sub-Neptune Exhibiting Transit Timing Variations around a Sun-like Star. Astronomical Journal, 165(5), Article 217. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/acc8d4

We present a validation of a long-period (91.68278 (+0.00032)(-0.00041) days) transiting sub-Neptune planet, TOI-1221 b (TIC 349095149.01), around a Sun-like (m(V)= 10.5) star. This is one of the few known exoplanets with a period >50 days, and belon... Read More about Validation of TOI-1221 b: A Warm Sub-Neptune Exhibiting Transit Timing Variations around a Sun-like Star.

Mapping the distribution of OB stars and associations in Auriga (2023)
Journal Article
Quintana, A. L., Wright, N. J., & Jeffries, R. D. (2023). Mapping the distribution of OB stars and associations in Auriga. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522(2), 3124-3137. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad1160

OB associations are important probes of recent star formation and Galactic structure. In this study, we focus on the Auriga constellation, an important region of star formation due to its numerous young stars, star-forming regions, and open clusters.... Read More about Mapping the distribution of OB stars and associations in Auriga.