WASP-14b: 7.3 Mj transiting planet in an eccentric orbit (2008)
Joshi, Y. C., Pollacco, D., Cameron, A. Collier, Skillen, I., Simpson, E., Steele, I., ...
We report the discovery of a 7.3 Mjup exoplanet WASP-14b, one of the most massive transiting exoplanets observed to date. The planet orbits the tenth-magnitude F5V star USNO-B1 11118-0262485 with a...
WASP-10b: a 3M_J, eccentric transiting gas-giant planet (2008)
Christian, D. J., Gibson, N. P., Simpson, E. K., Street, R. A., Skillen, I., Pollacco, D., ...
We report the discovery of WASP-10b, a new transiting extrasolar planet (ESP) discovered by the WASP Consortium and confirmed using NOT FIES and SOPHIE radial velocity data. A 3.09 day period, 33...
WASP-7: The brightest transiting-exoplanet system in the Southern hemisphere (2008)
Hellier, Coel, Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Lister, T. A., Maxted, P. F. L., Queloz, D., ...
We report that a Jupiter-mass planet, WASP-7b, transits the V = 9.5 star HD197286 every 4.95 d. This is the brightest discovery from the WASP-South transit survey and the brightest...
WASP-3b: a strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet (2008)
Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Collier Cameron, A., Loeillet, B., Stempels, H. C., Bouchy, F., ...
We report the discovery of WASP-3b, the third transiting exoplanet to be discovered by the WASP and SOPHIE collaboration. WASP-3b transits its host star USNO-B1.0 1256−0285133 every 1.846 834 ±...
SuperWASP-N extrasolar planet candidates from fields 06h < RA < 16h (2008)
Kane, S.R., Clarkson, W. I., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Christian, D. J., Collier Cameron, A., ...
The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey currently operates two installations, designated SuperWASP-N and SuperWASP-S, located in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively. These...
WASP-4b: a 12th-magnitude transiting hot-Jupiter in the Southern hemisphere (2008)
Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...
We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE...
WASP-4b: a 12th-magnitude transiting hot-Jupiter in the Southern hemisphere (2008)
Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...
We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE...
SuperWASP-N Extra-solar Planet Candidates from Fields 06hr < RA < 16hr (2007)
Kane, S. R., Clarkson, W. I., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Christian, D. J., Cameron, A. Collier, ...
The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey currently operates two installations, designated SuperWASP-N and SuperWASP-S, located in the northern and southern hemispheres respectively. These...
WASP-3b: a strongly-irradiated transiting gas-giant planet (2007)
Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Cameron, A. Collier, Loeillet, B., Stempels, H. C., Bouchy, F., ...
We report the discovery of WASP-3b, the third transiting exoplanet to be discovered by the WASP and SOPHIE collaboration. WASP-3b transits its host star USNO-B1.0 1256-0285133 every...
SuperWASP-North extrasolar planet candidates between 3h < RA < 6h (2007)
Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Haswell, C. A., Norton, A. J., Christian, D. J., Collier Cameron, A., ...
The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) photometrically surveys a large number of nearby stars to uncover candidate extrasolar planet systems by virtue of small-amplitude light curve dips on a
SuperWASP-North Extra-solar Planet Candidates between 3hr < RA < 6hr (2007)
Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Haswell, C. A., Norton, A. J., Christian, D. J., Cameron, A. Collier, ...
The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) photometrically surveys a large number of nearby stars to uncover candidate extrasolar planet systems by virtue of small-amplitude lightcurve dips on a <...
SuperWASP-N extrasolar planet candidates between 18h < RA < 21h (2007)
Street, R. A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Collier Cameron, A., Enoch, B., Kane, S. R., ...
The SuperWASP-I (Wide Angle Search for Planets-I) instrument observed 6.7 million stars between 8 and 15mag from La Palma during the 2004 May-September season. Our transit-hunting algorithm selected...
Efficient identification of exoplanetary transit candidates from SuperWASP light curves (2007)
Cameron, A. Collier, Wilson, D. M., West, R. G., Hebb, L., Aigrain, S., ...
Transiting extrasolar planets constitute only a small fraction of the range of stellar systems found to display periodic, shallow dimmings in wide-field surveys employing small-aperture camera...
The Spectrum of the Black Hole X-ray Nova V404 Cygni in Quiescence as Measured by XMM-Newton (2007)
Bradley, C. K., Hynes, R. I., Kong, A. K. H., Haswell, C. A., Casares, J., Gallo, E.
We present XMM observations of the black hole X-ray nova V404 Cygni in quiescence. Its quiescent spectrum can be best fitted by a simple power-law with slope 2. The spectra are consistent with that...
SuperWASP-N Extra-solar Planet Candidates Between 18hr < RA < 21hr (2007)
Street, R. A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Cameron, A. Collier, Enoch, B., Kane, S. R., ...
The SuperWASP-I instrument observed 6.7 million stars between 8-15 mag from La Palma during the 2004 May-September season. Our transit-hunting algorithm selected 11,626 objects from the 184,442 stars...
SuperWASP-North Extrasolar Planet Candidates. Candidates from Fields 17hr < RA < 18hr (2007)
Lister, T. A., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Cameron, A. Collier, Clarkson, W. I., Street, R. A., ...
We have performed photometric observations of nearly 7 million stars with 8 < V < 15 with the SuperWASP-North instrument from La Palma between 2004 May-September. Fields in the RA range 17-18hr,...
New periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT sources discovered using SuperWASP (2007)
Norton, A. J., Wheatley, P. J., West, R .G., Haswell, C. A., Street, R. A., Collier Cameron, A., ...
We present optical lightcurves of 428 periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT X-ray sources, detected using the first run of the SuperWASP photometric survey. Only 68 of these were previously...
Barnard, R., Trudolyubov, S., Kolb, U. C., Haswell, C. A., Osborne, J. P., Priedhorsky, W. C.
Context: Power density spectra (PDS) that are characteristic of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) have been previously reported for M31 X-ray sources, observed by XMM-Newton. However, we have recently...
WASP-1b and WASP-2b: two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE (2007)
Collier Cameron, A., Bouchy, F., Hebrard, G., Maxted, P., Pollacco, D., Pont, F., ...
We have detected low-amplitude radial-velocity variations in two stars, USNO-B1.0 1219-0005465 (GSC 02265-00107 = WASP-1 ) and USNO-B1.0 0964-0543604 (GSC 00522-01199 = WASP-2 ). Both stars were...
New periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT sources discovered using SuperWASP (2007)
Norton, A. J., Wheatley, P. J., West, R. G., Haswell, C. A., Street, R. A., Cameron, A. Collier, ...
We present optical lightcurves of 428 periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT X-ray sources, detected using the first run of the SuperWASP photometric survey. Only 68 of these were previously...
SuperWASP-North extrasolar planet candidates. Candidates from fields 17hr (2007)
Lister, T.A., West, R.G., Wilson, D.M., Collier Cameron, A., Clarkson, W.I., Street, R.A., ...
SuperWASP-N extra-solar planet candidates between 18hr (2007)
Street, R.A., Christian, D.J., Clarkson, W.I., Collier Cameron, A., Enoch, B., Kane, S.R., ...
The Spectrum of the Black Hole X-Ray Nova V404 Cygni in Quiescence as Measured by XMM-Newton (2007)
Bradley, Charles K., Hynes, Robert I., Kong, Albert K. H., Haswell, C. A., Casares, J., Gallo, E.
We present XMM-Newton observations of the black hole X-ray nova V404 Cyg in quiescence. Its quiescent spectrum can be best fitted by a simple power law with slope Γ~2. The spectra are consistent...
The colour of noise in SuperWASP data and the implications for finding extra-solar planets (2006)
Smith, A. M. S., Cameron, A. Collier, Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Evans, A., ...
A recent study demonstrated that there is significant covariance structure in the noise on data from ground-based photometric surveys designed to detect transiting extrasolar planets. Such...
A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches (2006)
Collier Cameron, A., Pollacco, D., Street, R .A., Lister, T. A., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., ...
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 SysRem and Box Least-Squares (BLS)...
The impact of correlated noise on SuperWASP detection rates for transiting extrasolar planets (2006)
Smith, A. M. S., Collier Cameron, A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Evans, A., Haswell, C. A., ...
We present a model of the stellar populations in the fields observed by one of the SuperWASP-N cameras in the 2004 observing season. We use the Besançon Galactic model to define the range of stellar...
The SuperWASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: candidates from fields 23 h < RA < 03 h (2006)
Christian, D. J., Pollacco, D. L., Skillen, I., Street, R. A., Keenan, F. P., Clarkson, W. I., ...
Photometric transit surveys promise to complement the currently known sample of extra-solar planets (ESPs) by providing additional information on the planets and especially their radii. Here, we...
Artificial variability in XMM-Newton observations of X-ray sources: M31 as a case study (2006)
Barnard, R., Trudolyubov, S., Haswell, C. A., Kolb, U. C., Osborne, J. P., Priedhorsky, W. H.
Power density spectra (PDS) that are characteristic of low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs) have been previously reported for M31 X-ray sources observed by XMM-Newton. However, we have recently discovered...
The WASP Project and the SuperWASP Cameras (2006)
Pollacco, D. L., Skillen, I., Collier Cameron, A., Christian, D. J., Hellier, C., Irwin, J., ...
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 Sutherland Station of the South African...
WASP-1b and WASP-2b: Two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE (2006)
Cameron, A. Collier, Bouchy, F., Hebrard, G., Maxted, P., Pollacco, D., Pont, F., ...
We have detected low-amplitude radial-velocity variations in two stars, USNO-B1.0 1219-0005465 (GSC 02265-00107 = WASP-1) and USNO-B1.0 0964-0543604 (GSC 00522-01199 = WASP-2). Both stars were...
Smith, A. M. S., Cameron, A. Collier, Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Evans, A., ...
We present a model of the stellar populations in the fields observed by one of the SuperWASP-N cameras in the 2004 observing season. We use the Besancon Galactic model to define the range of stellar...
A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches (2006)
Cameron, A. Collier, Pollacco, D., Street, R. A., Lister, T. A., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., ...
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 SysRem and Box Least-Squares (BLS)...
Multiwavelength observations of EXO 0748-676. I. Reprocessing of X-ray bursts (2006)
Hynes, R.I., Horne, Keith, O'Brien, K., Haswell, C.A., Robinson, E.L., King, Andrew R., ...
The definitive version of this paper is available at http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/journal/issues/ApJ/v648n2/64641/64641.html
Multiwavelength observations of EXO 0748-676. II. Emission-line behavior (2006)
Pearson, K.J., Hynes, R.I., Steeghs, D., Jonker, P.G., Haswell, C.A., King, Andrew R., ...
The definitive version of this paper, with enhancements, is available from http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/ApJ/journal/issues/ApJ/v648n2/64642/64642.html
SuperWASP observations of the transiting extrasolar planet XO-1b (2006)
Wilson, D. M., Enoch, B., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Collier Cameron, A., Deeg, H. J., ...
We report on observations of 11 transit events of the transiting extrasolar planet XO-1b by the SuperWASP North observatory. From our data, obtained during 2004 May–September, we find that the...
The WASP Project and the SuperWASP Cameras (2006)
Pollacco, D. L., Skillen, I., Cameron, A. Collier, Christian, D. J., Hellier, C., Irwin, J., ...
The SuperWASP Cameras are wide-field imaging systems sited at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, and the Sutherland Station of the South...
The SuperWASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: Candidates from Fields 23hr < RA < 03hr (2006)
Christian, D. J., Pollacco, D. L., Skillen, I., Street, R. A., Keenan, F. P., Clarkson, W. I., ...
Photometric transit surveys promise to complement the currently known sample of extra-solar planets by providing additional information on the planets and especially their radii. Here we present...
SuperWASP Observations of the Transiting Extrasolar planet XO-1b (2006)
Wilson, D. M., Enoch, B., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Cameron, A. Collier, Deeg, H. J., ...
We report on observations of 11 transit events of the transiting extrasolar planet XO-1b by the SuperWASP-North observatory. From our data, obtained during May-September 2004, we find that the XO-1b...
Looking towards the detection of exoearths with SuperWASP (2006)
Street, R. A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Collier Cameron, A., Enoch, B., Evans, A., ...
The WASP consortium is conducting an ultra-wide field survey of stars between 8–15 mag from both hemispheres. Our primary science goal is to detect extra-solar ‘hot-Jupiter’-type planets that...
Multiwavelength Observations of EXO 0748--676 -- II. Emission Line Behavior (2006)
Pearson, K. J., Hynes, R. I., Steeghs, D., Jonker, P. G., Haswell, C. A., King, A. R., ...
We present optical and ultraviolet spectra, lightcurves, and Doppler tomograms of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676. Using an extensive set of 15 emission line tomograms, we show that, along...
Multiwavelength Observations of EXO 0748-676 - I. Reprocessing of X-ray Bursts (2006)
Hynes, R. I., Horne, K., O'Brien, K., Haswell, C. A., Robinson, E. L., King, A. R., ...
We present the first high time-resolution simultaneous X-ray, ultraviolet, and optical observations of X-ray bursts in UY Vol, the optical counterpart of the low mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676,...
Disc precession in the M31 dipping X-ray binary Bo 158? (2006)
Barnard, R., Foulkes, S.B., Haswell, C.A., Kolb, U., Osborne, J.P., Murray, J.R.
We present results from three XMM-Newton observations of the M31 low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) XMMU J004314.4+410726.3 (Bo 158), spaced over 3d in 2004 July. Bo 158 was the first dipping LMXB to be...
Discovery and modelling of disc precession in the M31 X-ray binary Bo 158 (2006)
Barnard, Robin, Foulkes, S. B., Haswell, C. A., Kolb, Ulrich, Osborne, J. P., Murray, J. R.
The low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) associated with the M31 globular cluster Bo 158 is known to exhibit intensity dips on a ~2.78 hr period. This is due to obscuration of the X-ray source on the orbital...
Multiwavelength Observations of EXO 0748-676. II. Emission-Line Behavior (2006)
Pearson, K.J., Hynes, R.I., Steeghs, D., Jonker, P.G., Haswell, C.A., King, A.R., ...
We present optical and ultraviolet spectra, light curves, and Doppler tomograms of the low-mass X-ray binary EXO 0748-676. Using an extensive set of 15 emission-line tomograms, we show that, along...
Serendipitous asteroid lightcurve survey using SuperWASP (2005)
Parley, N. R., McBride, N., Green, S., Haswell, C. A., Clarkson, W. I., Norton, A. J., ...
The SuperWASP project is an ultra-wide angle search for extra solar planetary transits. However, it can also serendipitously detect solar system objects, such as asteroids and comets. Each SuperWASP...
Discovery and modelling of disc precession in the M31 X-ray binary Bo 158? (2005)
Barnard, R., Foulkes, S. B., Haswell, C. A., Kolb, U., Osborne, J. P., Murray, J. R.
The low mass X-ray binary (LMXB) associated with the M31 globular cluster Bo 158 is known to exhibit intensity dips on a ~2.78 hr period. This is due to obscuration of the X-ray source on the orbital...
Ultraviolet studies of interacting binaries (2005)
Gaensicke, B. T., De Martino, D., Marsh, T. R., Haswell, C. A., Knigge, C., Long, K. S., ...
Interacting Binaries consist of a variety of stellar objects in different stages of evolution and those containing accreting compact objects still represent a major challenge to our understanding of...
Black hole hunting in the Andromeda Galaxy (2005)
Barnard, R., Osborne, J. P., Kolb, U., Haswell, C. A.
We present a new technique for identifying stellar mass black holes in low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), and apply it to XMM-Newton observations of M31. We examine X-ray time series variability...
ULTRACAM observations of the black hole X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 in quiescence (2005)
Shahbaz, T., Dhillon, V. S., Marsh, T. R., Casares, J., Zurita, C., Charles, P. A., ...
We present high time-resolution multicolour observations of the quiescent soft X-ray transient XTE J1118+480 obtained with ULTRACAM. Superimposed on the double-humped continuum g' and i'-band...
Discovery of disc precession in the M31 dipping X-ray binary Bo 158 (2005)
Barnard, R., Foulkes, S. B., Haswell, C. A., Kolb, U., Osborne, J. P., Murray, J. R.
We present results from three XMM-Newton observations of the M31 low mass X-ray binary XMMU J004314.4+410726.3 (Bo 158), spaced over 3 days in 2004, July. Bo 158 was the first dipping LMXB to be...
Current Status of the SuperWASP Project (2004)
Christian, D. J., Pollacco, D. L., Clarkson, W. I., Cameron, A. Collier, Evans, N., Fitzsimmons, A., ...
We present the current status of the SuperWASP project, a Wide Angle Search for Planets. SuperWASP consists of up to 8 individual cameras using ultra-wide field lenses backed by high-quality...
Status of SuperWASP I (La Palma) (2004)
Street, R.A., Christian, D.J., Clarkson, W.I., Collier Cameron, A., Evans, N., Fitzsimmons, A., ...
SuperWASP is an ultra-wide field (over 300 sq. degrees) photometric survey project designed to monitor stars between 7 - 15 mag to high precision and with high cadence over long (2 months)...
Black hole hunting in the Andromeda Galaxy (2004)
Barnard, R., Osborne, J. P., Kolb, U. C., Haswell, C. A.
We present a new technique for identifying stellar mass black holes in low mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), and apply it to XMM-Newton observations of M31. We examine X-ray time series variability...
Optical spectroscopy of flares from the black hole X-ray transient A0620-00 in quiescence (2004)
Shahbaz, T., Hynes, R. I., Charles, P. A., Zurita, C., Casares, J., Haswell, C. A., ...
We present a time-resolved spectrophotometric study of the optical variability in the quiescent soft X-ray transient A0620-00. Superimposed on the double-humped continuum lightcurve are the well...
Correlated X-ray and Optical Variability in V404 Cyg in Quiescence (2004)
Hynes, R. I., Charles, P. A., Garcia, M. R., Robinson, E. L., Casares, J., Haswell, C. A., ...
We report simultaneous X-ray and optical observations of V404 Cyg in quiescence. The X-ray flux varied dramatically by a factor of >20 during a 60ks observation. X-ray variations were well correlated...
Norton, A.J., Haswell, C.A., Wynn, G.A.
RX J1914.4+2456 and RX J0806.3+1527 have been proposed as double degenerate binaries with orbital periods of 569 s and 321 s respectively. An alternative model, in which the periods are related to...
Hydrodynamic modelling of accretion flows (2004)
Murray, J. R., Truss, M. R., Foulkes, S. B., Haswell, C. A., Manson, K.
In the proceedings of this, and of several recent close binary conferences, there have been several contributions describing smoothed particle hydrodynamics simulations of accretion disks. It is...
Simulations of spectral lines from an eccentric precessing accretion disc (2004)
Foulkes, S. B., Haswell, C. A., Murray, J. R., Rolfe, D. J.
Two dimensional SPH simulations of a precessing accretion disc in a q=0.1 binary system (such as XTE J1118+480) reveal complex and continuously varying shape, kinematics, and dissipation. The...