Search Results - "West, R G"
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Stellar rotation in the Hyades and Praesepe: gyrochronology and braking time-scale
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-05-2011)“…We present the results of photometric surveys for stellar rotation in the Hyades and in Praesepe, using data obtained as part of the SuperWASP exoplanetary…”
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WASP-121 b: a hot Jupiter close to tidal disruption transiting an active F star
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-06-2016)“…We present the discovery by the WASP-South survey of WASP-121 b, a new remarkable short-period transiting hot Jupiter. The planet has a mass of…”
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Seven transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b and WASP-67b
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-10-2012)“…Abstract We present seven new transiting hot Jupiters from the WASP-South survey. The planets are all typical hot Jupiters orbiting stars from F4 to K0 with…”
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WASP-12b: The Hottest Transiting Extrasolar Planet Yet Discovered
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2009)“…We report on the discovery of WASP-12b, a new transiting extrasolar planet with R pl = 1.79+0.09 -0.09 RJ and M pl = 1.41+0.10 -0.10 M J. The planet and host…”
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NEAR-ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION, CHROMOSPHERIC ACTIVITY, AND STAR-PLANET INTERACTIONS IN THE WASP-12 SYSTEM
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-11-2012)“…Extended gas clouds have been previously detected surrounding the brightest known close-in transiting hot Jupiter exoplanets, HD 209458 b and HD 189733 b; we…”
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WASP-South transiting exoplanets: WASP-130b, WASP-131b, WASP-132b, WASP-139b, WASP-140b, WASP-141b and WASP-142b
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-03-2017)“…We describe seven exoplanets transiting stars of brightness V = 10.1-12.4. WASP-130b is a 'warm Jupiter' having an orbital period of 11.6 d around a metal-rich…”
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An orbital period of 0.94 days for the hot-Jupiter planet WASP-18b
Published in Nature (London) (27-08-2009)“…The 'hot Jupiters' that abound in lists of known extrasolar planets are thought to have formed far from their host stars, but migrate inwards through…”
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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
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-12-2014)“…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…”
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WASP-41b: A Transiting Hot Jupiter Planet Orbiting a Magnetically Active G8V Star
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-05-2011)“…We report the discovery of a transiting planet with an orbital period of 3.05 days orbiting the star TYC 7247-587-1. The star, WASP-41, is a moderately bright…”
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Line-profile tomography of exoplanet transits – II. A gas-giant planet transiting a rapidly rotating A5 star
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-09-2010)“…Most of our knowledge of extrasolar planets rests on precise radial-velocity measurements, either for direct detection or for confirmation of the planetary…”
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The WASP Project and the SuperWASP Cameras
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-10-2006)“…The SuperWASP cameras are wide‐field imaging systems at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, and at the…”
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Statistical Signatures of Nanoflare Activity. III. Evidence of Enhanced Nanoflaring Rates in Fully Convective stars as Observed by the NGTS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2023)“…Abstract Previous examinations of fully convective M-dwarf stars have highlighted enhanced rates of nanoflare activity on these distant stellar sources…”
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WASP-180Ab: Doppler tomography of a hot Jupiter orbiting the primary star in a visual binary
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-12-2019)“…ABSTRACT We report the discovery and characterization of WASP-180Ab, a hot Jupiter confirmed by the detection of its Doppler shadow and by measuring its mass…”
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WASP-South hot Jupiters: WASP-178b, WASP-184b, WASP-185b, and WASP-192b
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-11-2019)“…ABSTRACT We report on four new transiting hot Jupiters discovered by the WASP-South survey. WASP-178b transits a V = 9.9, A1V star with Teff = 9350 ± 150 K,…”
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Detection limits for close eclipsing and transiting substellar and planetary companions to white dwarfs in the WASP survey
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-01-2011)“…We have performed extensive simulations to explore the possibility of detecting eclipses and transits of close, substellar and planetary companions to white…”
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Transiting hot Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-95b to WASP-101b
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-05-2014)“…We report the discovery of the transiting exoplanets WASP-95b, WASP-96b, WASP-97b, WASP-98b, WASP-99b, WASP-100b and WASP-101b. All are hot Jupiters with…”
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Wasp-17b: An Ultra-Low Density Planet in a Probable Retrograde Orbit
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-01-2010)“…We report the discovery of the transiting giant planet WASP-17b, the least-dense planet currently known. It is 1.6 Saturn masses but 1.5-2 Jupiter radii,…”
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Pleistocene glaciation of Fenland, England, and its implications for evolution of the region
Published in Royal Society open science (01-01-2018)“…Detailed investigation of landforms and their underlying deposits on the eastern margin of Fenland, East Anglia, demonstrated that they represent a series of…”
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A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-12-2006)“…We present a fast and efficient hybrid algorithm for selecting exoplanetary candidates from wide-field transit surveys. Our method is based on the widely used…”
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Discovery of a stripped red giant core in a bright eclipsing binary system
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-12-2011)“…We have identified a star in the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) archive photometry with an unusual light curve due to the total eclipse of a small, hot…”
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