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astro-ph.EP2012★ 94 cited

WASP-77 Ab: A transiting hot Jupiter planet in a wide binary system

P. F. L. Maxted, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron +16

We report the discovery of a transiting planet with an orbital period of 1.36d orbiting the brighter component of the visual binary star BD -07 436. The host star, WASP-77A, is a m…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 132 cited

WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WASP-60b: four new transiting close-in giant planets

G. Hebrard, A. Collier Cameron, D. J. A. Brown +30

We present the discovery of four new transiting hot jupiters, detected mainly from SuperWASP-North and SOPHIE observations. These new planets, WASP-52b, WASP-58b, WASP-59b, and WAS…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 4 cited

Physical and dynamical characterisation of low Delta-V NEA (190491) 2000 FJ10

A. A. Christou, T. Kwiatkowski, M. Butkiewicz +4

We investigated the physical properties and dynamical evolution of Near Earth Asteroid (NEA) (190491) 2000 FJ10 in order to assess the suitability of this accessible NEA as a space…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 11 cited

Extinction in the Coma of Comet 17P/Holmes

Pedro Lacerda, David Jewitt

On 2007 October 29 the outbursting comet 17P/Holmes passed within 0.79 arcsec of a background star. We recorded the event using optical, narrowband photometry and detect a 3% to 4%…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 26 cited

The first planet detected in the WTS: an inflated hot-Jupiter in a 3.35 day orbit around a late F-star

M. Cappetta, R. P. Saglia, J. L. Birkby +36

We report the discovery of WTS-1b, the first extrasolar planet found by the WFCAM Transit Survey, which began observations at the 3.8-m United Kingdom Infrared Telescope. Light cur…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 28 cited

WASP-54b, WASP-56b and WASP-57b: Three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP

F. Faedi, D. Pollacco, S. C. C. Barros +38

We present three newly discovered sub-Jupiter mass planets from the SuperWASP survey: WASP-54b is a heavily bloated planet of mass 0.636 \mj and radius 1.653$^{…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 18 cited

A transiting companion to the eclipsing binary KIC002856960

D. Armstrong, D. Pollacco, C. A. Watson +7

We present an early result from an automated search of Kepler eclipsing binary systems for circumbinary companions. An intriguing tertiary signal has been discovered in the short p…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 13 cited

Comet P/2010 TO20 LINEAR-Grauer as a Mini-29P/SW1

Pedro Lacerda

Discovered in October 2010 by the LINEAR survey, P/2010 TO20 LINEAR-Grauer (LG) was initially classified as an inert Jupiter Trojan. Subsequent observations obtained in October 201…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 20 cited

Characterisation of candidate members of (136108) Haumea's family: II. Follow-up observations

Benoit Carry, Colin Snodgrass, Pedro Lacerda +2

From a dynamical analysis of the orbital elements of transneptunian objects (TNOs), Ragozzine & Brown reported a list of candidate members of the first collisional family found amo…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 139 cited

A hot Uranus transiting the nearby M dwarf GJ3470. Detected with HARPS velocimetry. Captured in transit with TRAPPIST photometry

X. Bonfils, M. Gillon, S. Udry +15

We report on the discovery of GJ3470b, a transiting hot Uranus of mass m_p = 14.0+-1.8 Mearth, radius R_p = 4.2+-0.6 Rearth and period P=3.3371+-0.0002 day. Its host star is a near…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 82 cited

The Bimodal Colors of Centaurs and Small Kuiper Belt Objects

Nuno Peixinho, Audrey Delsanti, Aurélie Guilbert-Lepoutre +2

Ever since the very first photometric studies of Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) their visible color distribution has been controversial. That controversy gave rise to a pr…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 58 cited

z'-band Ground-Based Detection of the Secondary Eclipse of WASP-19b

J. R. Burton, C. A. Watson, S. P. Littlefair +4

We present the ground-based detection of the secondary eclipse of the transiting exoplanet WASP-19b. The observations were made in the Sloan z'-band using the ULTRACAM triple-beam…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 72 cited

WASP-78b and WASP-79b: Two highly-bloated hot Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type stars in Eridanus

B. Smalley, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier-Cameron +16

We report the discovery of WASP-78b and WASP-79b, two highly-bloated Jupiter-mass exoplanets orbiting F-type host stars. WASP-78b orbits its V=12.0 host star (TYC 5889-271-1) every…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 136 cited

WASP-42 b and WASP-49 b: two new transiting sub-Jupiters

M. Lendl, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier-Cameron +16

We report the discovery of two new transiting planets from the WASP survey. WASP-42 b is a 0.500 +/- 0.035 M_jup planet orbiting a K1 star at a separation of 0.0548 +/- 0.0017 AU w…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 170 cited

Seven transiting hot-Jupiters from WASP-South, Euler and TRAPPIST: WASP-47b, WASP-55b, WASP-61b, WASP-62b, WASP-63b, WASP-66b & WASP-67b

Coel Hellier, D. R. Anderson, A. Collier Cameron +15

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 magnitudes of V = 10.3 to 12.5.…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 39 cited

K-shell photoionization of ground-state Li-like carbon ions [C]: experiment, theory and comparison with time-reversed photorecombination

A Müller, S. Schippers, R. A. Phaneuf +10

Absolute cross sections for the K-shell photoionization of ground-state Li-like carbon [C(1s2s S)] ions were measured by employing the ion-photon merged-beams techni…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 30 cited

K-shell photoionization of ground-state Li-like boron ions [B]: Experiment and Theory

A. Müller, S. Schippers, R. A. Phaneu +6

Absolute cross sections for the K-shell photoionization of ground-state Li-like boron [B(1s2s S)] ions were measured by employing the ion-photon merged-beams techniq…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 49 cited

Rossiter-McLaughlin Effect Measurements for WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31

D. J. A. Brown, A. Collier Cameron, D. R. Anderson +13

We present new measurements of the Rossiter-McLaughlin (RM) effect for three WASP planetary systems, WASP-16, WASP-25 and WASP-31, from a combined analysis of their complete sets o…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 52 cited

K-Shell Photoionization of Singly Ionized Atomic Nitrogen: Experiment and Theory

M. F. Gharaibeh, J. M. Bizau, D. Cubaynes +8

Absolute cross sections for the K-shell photoionization of C-like nitrogen ions were measured by employing the ion-photon merged-beam technique at the SOLEIL synchrotron radiation…

astro-ph.EP2012

K-shell x-ray spectroscopy of atomic nitrogen

M. M. Sant'Anna, A. S. Schlachter, G. Öhrwall +3

Absolute {\it K}-shell photoionization cross sections for atomic nitrogen have been obtained from both experiment and state-of-the-art theoretical techniques. Due to the difficulty…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 42 cited

Photoionization Cross-Sections for the trans-iron element Se from 18 eV to 31 eV

Brendan M. McLaughlin, Connor P. Ballance

Absolute photoionization cross-section calculations are presented for Se using large-scale close-coupling calculations within the Breit-Pauli and Dirac-Coulomb R-matrix approxi…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 30 cited

Photoionization cross section calculations for the halogen-like ions Kr and Xe

B. M. McLaughlin, C. P. Ballance

Photoionization cross sections calculations on the halogen-like ions; Kr and Xe have been performed for a photon energy range from each ion threshold to 15 eV, using large-…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 24 cited

Thermal emission from WASP-24b at 3.6 and 4.5 μm

A. M. S. Smith, D. R. Anderson, N. Madhusudhan +11

Aims. We observe occultations of WASP-24b to measure brightness temperatures and to determine whether or not its atmosphere exhibits a thermal inversion (stratosphere). Methods. We…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 63 cited

Discovery of Main-Belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1

Henry H. Hsieh, Bin Yang, Nader Haghighipour +39

Main belt asteroid (300163) 2006 VW139 (later designated P/2006 VW139) was discovered to exhibit comet-like activity by the Pan-STARRS1 survey telescope using automated point-sprea…