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Transiting circumbinary planets Kepler-34 b and Kepler-35 b
Welsh, William F., Orosz, Jerome A., Carter, Joshua A., Fabrycky, Daniel C., Ford, Eric B., Lissauer, Jack J., Prsa, Andrej, Quinn, Samuel N., Ragozzine, Darin, Short, Donald R., Torres, Guillermo, Winn, Joshua N., Doyle, Laurance R., Barclay, Thomas, Batalha, Natalie, Bloemen, Steven, Brugamyer, Erik, Buchhave, Lars A., Caldwell, Caroline, ..., Borucki, William J.. 2012. "Transiting circumbinary planets Kepler-34 b and Kepler-35 b." Nature. 481 (7382), pp. 475-479. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10768

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Two Earth-sized planets orbiting Kepler-20
Fressin, Francois, Torres, Guillermo, Rowe, Jason F., Charbonneau, David, Rogers, Leslie A., Ballard, Sarah, Batalha, Natalie M., Borucki, William J., Bryson, Stephen T., Buchhave, Lars A., Ciardi, David R., Desert, Jean Michel, Dressing, Courtney D., Fabrycky, Daniel C., Ford, Eric B., Gautier, Thomas N., Henze, Christopher E., Holman, Matthew J., Howard, Andrew, ..., Uddin, Kamal. 2012. "Two Earth-sized planets orbiting Kepler-20." Nature. 482 (7384), pp. 195-198. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10780

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An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities
Buchhave, Lars A., Latham, David W., Johansen, Anders, Bizzarro, Martin, Torres, Guillermo, Rowe, Jason F., Batalha, Natalie M., Borucki, William J., Brugamyer, Erik, Caldwell, Caroline, Bryson, Stephen T., Ciardi, David R., Cochran, William D., Endl, Michael, Esquerdo, Gilbert A., Ford, Eric B., Geary, John C., Gilliland, Ronald L., Hansen, Terese, ..., Quinn, Samuel N.. 2012. "An abundance of small exoplanets around stars with a wide range of metallicities." Nature. 486 (7403), pp. 375-377. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature11121

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The same frequency of planets inside and outside open clusters of stars
Meibom, Soren, Torres, Guillermo, Fressin, Francois, Latham, David W., Rowe, Jason F., Ciardi, David R., Bryson, Steven T., Rogers, Leslie A., Henze, Christopher E., Janes, Kenneth, Barnes, Sydney A., Marcy, Geoffrey W., Isaacson, Howard, Fischer, Debra A., Howell, Steve B., Horch, Elliott P., Jenkins, Jon M., Schuler, Simon C. and Crepp, Justin. 2013. "The same frequency of planets inside and outside open clusters of stars." Nature. 499 (7456), pp. 55-58. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature12279

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Design and construction of absorption cells for precision radial velocities in the K band using methane isotopologues
Anglada-Escude, Guillem, Plavchan, Peter, Mills, Sean, Gao, Peter, Garcia-Berrios, Edgardo, Lewis, Nathan S., Sung, Keeyoon, Ciardi, David, Beichman, Chas, Brinkworth, Carolyn, Johnson, John, Davison, Cassy, White, Russel and Prato, Lisa. 2012. "Design and construction of absorption cells for precision radial velocities in the K band using methane isotopologues." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 124 (916), pp. 586-597. https://doi.org/10.1086/666489

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Speckle camera imaging of the planet Pluto
Howell, Steve B., Horch, Elliott P., Everett, Mark E. and Ciardi, David R.. 2012. "Speckle camera imaging of the planet Pluto." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 124 (920), pp. 1124-1131. https://doi.org/10.1086/668405

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The NASA exoplanet archive: data and tools for exoplanet research
Akeson, R. L., Chen, X., Ciardi, D., Crane, M., Good, J., Harbut, M., Jackson, E., Kane, S. R., Laity, A. C., Leifer, S., Lynn, M., McElroy, D. L., Papin, M., Plavchan, P., Ramirez, S. V., Rey, R., von Braun, K., Wittman, M., Abajian, M., ..., Zhang, A.. 2013. "The NASA exoplanet archive: data and tools for exoplanet research." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 125 (930), pp. 989-999. https://doi.org/10.1086/672273

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Two new, rare, high-effusion outburst eruptions at Rarog and Heno Paterae on Io
de Pater, Imke, Davies, Ashley Gerard, Adamkovics, Mate and Ciardi, David R.. 2014. "Two new, rare, high-effusion outburst eruptions at Rarog and Heno Paterae on Io." Icarus. 242, pp. 365-378. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2014.06.016

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Kepler constraints on planets near hot Jupiters
Steffen, Jason H., Ragozzine, Darin, Fabrycky, Daniel C., Carter, Joshua A., Ford, Eric B., Holman, Matthew J., Rowe, Jason F., Welsh, William F., Borucki, William J., Boss, Alan P., Ciardi, David R. and Quinn, Samuel N.. 2012. "Kepler constraints on planets near hot Jupiters." University of Adelaide. 109 (21), pp. 7982-7987. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120970109

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An Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a cool star
Quintana, Elisa V., Barclay, Thomas, Raymond, Sean N., Rowe, Jason F., Bolmont, Emeline, Caldwell, Douglas A., Howell, Steve B., Kane, Stephen R., Huber, Daniel, Crepp, Justin R., Lissauer, Jack J., Ciardi, David R., Coughlin, Jeffrey L., Everett, Mark E., Henze, Christopher E., Horch, Elliott, Isaacson, Howard, Ford, Eric B., Adams, Fred C., ..., Selsis, Franck. 2014. "An Earth-sized planet in the habitable zone of a cool star." Science. 344 (6181), pp. 277-280. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1249403

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Towards a dynamics-based estimate of the extent of HR 8799’s unresolved warm debris belt
Contro, Bruna, Wittenmyer, Rob, Horner, Jonti and Marshall, Jonathan P.. 2015. "Towards a dynamics-based estimate of the extent of HR 8799’s unresolved warm debris belt." Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 14th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2014). Adelaide, Australia 29 Sep - 01 Oct 2014 Sydney, Australia.

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A Neptune-sized transiting planet closely orbiting a 5-10-million-year-old star
David, Trevor J., Hillenbrand, Lynne A., Petigura, Erik A., Carpenter, John M., Crossfield, Ian J. M., Hinkley, Sasha, Ciardi, David R., Howard, Andrew W., Isaacson, Howard T., Cody, Ann Marie, Schlieder, Joshua E., Beichman, Charles A. and Barenfeld, Scott A.. 2016. "A Neptune-sized transiting planet closely orbiting a 5-10-million-year-old star ." Nature. 534 (7609), pp. 658-661. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18293

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Dynamical constraints on exoplanets
Horner, Jonti, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Tinney, Chris, Hinse, Tobias C. and Marshall, Jonathan P.. 2013. "Dynamical constraints on exoplanets ." Booth, Mark, Matthews, Brenda C. and Graham, James R. (ed.) International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 299 (IAU 299): Exploring the Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems. Victoria, Canada 02 - 07 Jun 2013 United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.1017/S174392131300865X

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The Weihai Observatory search for close-in planets orbiting giant stars
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Gao, Dongyang, Hu, Shao Ming, Villaver, Eva, Endl, Michael and Wright, Duncan. 2015. "The Weihai Observatory search for close-in planets orbiting giant stars." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 127 (956), pp. 1021-1026. https://doi.org/10.1086/683258

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The Mt John university observatory search for earth-mass planets in the habitable zone of α centauri
Endl, Michael, Bergmann, Christoph, Hearnshaw, John, Barnes, Stuart I., Wittenmyer, Robert A., Ramm, David, Kilmartin, Pam, Gunn, Fraser and Brogt, Erik. 2015. "The Mt John university observatory search for earth-mass planets in the habitable zone of α centauri." International Journal of Astrobiology. 14 (2), pp. 305-312. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550414000081

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Miniature exoplanet radial velocity array I: design, commissioning, and early photometric results
Swift, Jonathan J., Bottom, Michael, Johnson, John A., Wright, Jason T., McCrady, Nate, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Plavchan, Peter, Riddle, Reed, Muirhead, Philip S., Herzig, Erich, Myles, Justin, Blake, Cullen H., Eastman, Jason, Beatty, Thomas G., Barnes, Stuart I., Gibson, Steven R., Lin, Brian, Zhao, Ming, Gardner, Paul, ..., Szentgyorgyi, Andrew. 2015. "Miniature exoplanet radial velocity array I: design, commissioning, and early photometric results." Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems. 1 (2). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.1.2.027002

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Searching for Earth-mass planets around α Centauri: precise radial velocities from contaminated spectra
Bergmann, Christoph, Endl, Michael, Hearnshaw, John B., Wittenmyer, Robert A. and Wright, Duncan J.. 2015. "Searching for Earth-mass planets around α Centauri: precise radial velocities from contaminated spectra." International Journal of Astrobiology. 14 (2), pp. 173-176. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1473550414000317

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Gap formation in a self-gravitating disk and the associated migration of the embedded giant planet
Zhang, Hui, Liu, Huigen, Zhou, Ji-Lin and Wittenmyer, Robert A.. 2014. "Gap formation in a self-gravitating disk and the associated migration of the embedded giant planet ." Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics. 14 (4), pp. 433-455. https://doi.org/10.1088/1674-4527/14/4/006

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A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf
Vanderburg, Andrew, Johnson, John Asher, Rappaport, Saul, Bieryla, Allyson, Irwin, Jonathan, Lewis, John Arban, Kipping, David, Brown, Warren R., Dufour, Patrick, Ciardi, David R., Angus, Ruth, Schaefer, Laura, Latham, David W., Charbonneau, David, Beichman, Charles, Eastman, Jason, McCrady, Nate, Wittenmyer, Robert A. and Wright, Jason T.. 2015. "A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf ." Nature. 526 (7574), pp. 546-549. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature15527

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WES—Weihai Echelle Spectrograph
Gao, Dong-Yang, Ji, Hang-Xin, Cao, Chen, Hu, Shao-Ming, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Hu, Zhong-Wen, Grupp, Frank, Kellermann, Hanna, Li, Kai and Guo, Di-Fu. 2016. "WES—Weihai Echelle Spectrograph." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 128 (970). https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/970/125002

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The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): third data release
Siebert, A., Williams, M. E. K., Siviero, A., Reid, W., Boeche, C., Steinmetz, M., Fulbright, J., Munari, U., Zwitter, T., Watson, F. G., Wyse, R. F. G., De Jong, R. S., Enke, H., Anguiano, B., Burton, D., Cass, C. J. C., Fiegert, K., Hartley, M., Ritter, A., ..., Wylie-De Boer, E.. 2011. "The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): third data release." The Astronomical Journal. 141 (6), pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/141/6/187

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A high-precision polarimeter for small telescopes
Bailey, Jeremy, Cotton, Daniel V. and Kedziora-Chudczer, Lucyna. 2017. "A high-precision polarimeter for small telescopes." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 465 (2), pp. 1601-1607. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2886

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The 2 μm spectrum of the auroral emission in the polar regions of Jupiter
Kedziora-Chudczer, L., Cotton, D. V., Kedziora, D. J. and Bailey, J.. 2017. "The 2 μm spectrum of the auroral emission in the polar regions of Jupiter." Icarus. 294, pp. 156-171. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2017.04.029

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Polarization due to rotational distortion in the bright star Regulus
Cotton, Daniel V., Bailey, Jeremy, Howarth, Ian D., Bott, Kimberly, Kedziora-Chudczer, Lucyna, Lucas, P. W. and Hough, J. H.. 2017. "Polarization due to rotational distortion in the bright star Regulus." Nature Astronomy. 1 (10), pp. 690-696. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-017-0238-6

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Using portable Moodle and eReaders to enhance learning at a distance for incarcerated offenders
Murphy, Angela, Farley, Helen, Janke, Des and Fowler, Jonathon. 2012. "Using portable Moodle and eReaders to enhance learning at a distance for incarcerated offenders." MoodleMoot Au 2012: Riding the Wave. Gold Coast, Australia 01 - 04 Jul 2012

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The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): fourth data release
Kordopatis, G., Gilmore, G., Steinmetz, M., Boeche, C., Seabroke, G. M., Zwitter, T., Binney, J., Siebert, A., De Laverny, P., Recio-Blanco, A., Williams, M. E. K., Piffl, T., Enke, H., Roeser, S., Bijaoui, A., Wyse, R. F. G., Freeman, K., Munari, U., Carrillo, I., ..., Zerjal, M.. 2013. "The radial velocity experiment (RAVE): fourth data release." The Astronomical Journal. 146 (5), p. 134. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/146/5/134

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The dynamical structure of HR 8799’s inner debris disk
Contro, Bruna, Wittenmyer, Rob, Horner, Jonti and Marshall, Jonathan P.. 2015. "The dynamical structure of HR 8799’s inner debris disk." Origins of Life and Evolution of Biospheres. 45 (1-2), pp. 41-49. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11084-015-9405-x

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The observed distribution of spectroscopic binaries from the Anglo-Australian planet search
Jenkins, J. S., Diaz, M., Jones, H. R. A., Butler, R. P., Tinney, C. G., O'Toole, S. J., Carter, B. D., Wittenmyer, R. A. and Pinfield, D. J.. 2015. "The observed distribution of spectroscopic binaries from the Anglo-Australian planet search." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 453 (2), pp. 1439-1457. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv1596

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The polarization of HD 189733
Bott, Kimberly, Bailey, Jeremy, Kedziora-Chudczer, Lucyna, Cotton, Daniel V., Lucas, P. W., Marshall, Jonathan P. and Hough, J. H.. 2016. "The polarization of HD 189733." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 459 (1), pp. L109-L113. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slw046

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Polarization Measurements of Hot Dust Stars and the Local Interstellar Medium
Marshall, J. P., Cotton, D. V., Bott, K., Ertel, S., Kennedy, G. M., Wyatt, M. C., Del Burgo, C., Absil, O., Bailey, J. and Kedziora-Chudczer, L.. 2016. "Polarization Measurements of Hot Dust Stars and the Local Interstellar Medium." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 825 (2), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/825/2/124

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The linear polarization of Southern bright stars measured at the parts-per-million level
Cotton, Daniel V., Bailey, Jeremy, Kedziora-Chudczer, Lucyna, Bott, Kimberly, Lucas, P. W., Hough, J. H. and Marshall, Jonathan P.. 2016. "The linear polarization of Southern bright stars measured at the parts-per-million level." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 455 (2), pp. 1607-1628. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stv2185

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A dynamical analysis of the proposed HU Aquarii planetary system
Horner, J., Marshall, J. P., Wittenmyer, Robert A. and Tinney, C. G.. 2011. "A dynamical analysis of the proposed HU Aquarii planetary system." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters. 416 (1), pp. L11-L15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2011.01087.x

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The Pan-Pacific planet search. II. Confirmation of a two-planet system around HD 121056
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Wang, Liang, Liu, Fan, Horner, Jonathan, Endl, Michael, Johnson, John Asher, Tinney, C. G. and Carter, B. D.. 2015. "The Pan-Pacific planet search. II. Confirmation of a two-planet system around HD 121056." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 800 (74), pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/800/1/74

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A detailed analysis of the HD 73526 2:1 resonant planetary system
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Tan, Xianyu, Lee, Manhoi, Horner, Jonathan, Tinney, C. G., Butler, R. P., Salter, G. S., Carter, B. D., Jones, H. R. A., O'Toole, S. J., Bailey, J., Wright, D., Crane, J. D., Schectman, S. A., Arriagada, P., Thompson, I., Minniti, D. and Diaz, M.. 2014. "A detailed analysis of the HD 73526 2:1 resonant planetary system." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 780 (2), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/140

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GJ 832c: a super-earth in the habitable zone
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Tuomi, Mikko, Butler, R. P., Jones, H. R. A., Anglada-Escude, Guillem, Horner, Jonathan, Tinney, C. G., Marshall, J. P., Carter, B. D., Bailey, J., Salter, G. S., O'Toole, S. J., Wright, D., Crane, J. D., Schectman, S. A., Arriagada, P., Thompson, I., Minniti, D., Jenkins, J. S. and Diaz, M.. 2014. "GJ 832c: a super-earth in the habitable zone." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 791 (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/791/2/114

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On the RZ Draconis substellar circumbinary companions: stability study of the proposed substellar circumbinary system
Hinse, Tobias C., Horner, Jonathan, Lee, Jae Woo, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Lee, Chung-Uk, Park, Jang-Ho and Marshall, Jonathan P.. 2014. "On the RZ Draconis substellar circumbinary companions: stability study of the proposed substellar circumbinary system." Astronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal. 565, p. A104. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201423799

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Revisiting the proposed circumbinary multiplanet system NSVS 14256825
Hinse, Tobias Cornelius, Lee, Jae Woo, Gozdziewski, Krzysztof, Horner, Jonathan and Wittenmyer, Robert A.. 2014. "Revisiting the proposed circumbinary multiplanet system NSVS 14256825." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 438 (1), pp. 307-317. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt2183

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A dynamical investigation of the proposed BD +20 2457 system
Horner, J., Wittenmyer, R. A., Hinse, T. C. and Marshall, J. P.. 2014. "A dynamical investigation of the proposed BD +20 2457 system." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 439 (1), pp. 1176-1181. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stu081

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The Anglo-Australian planet search. XXIII. Two new Jupiter analogs
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Horner, Jonathan, Tinney, C. G., Butler, R. P., Jones, H. R. A., Tuomi, Mikko, Salter, G. S., Carter, B. D., Koch, F. Elliott, O'Toole, S. J., Bailey, J. and Wright, D.. 2014. "The Anglo-Australian planet search. XXIII. Two new Jupiter analogs." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 783 (2), pp. 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/103

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An orbital stability study of the proposed companions of SW Lyncis
Hinse, T. C., Horner, Jonathan and Wittenmyer, Robert A.. 2014. "An orbital stability study of the proposed companions of SW Lyncis." Journal of Astronomy and Space Science. 31 (3), pp. 187-197. https://doi.org/10.5140/JASS.2014.31.3.187

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