Centre for Astrophysics
| Type | School/Centre |
|---|---|
| Director of Research | Prof Brad Carter |
| Parent | Institute for Advanced Engineering and Space Sciences |
| Head | Prof Brad Carter |
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The Pan-Pacific planet search. IV. Two super-Jupiters in a 3:5 resonance orbiting the giant star HD 33844
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Johnson, John Asher, Butler, R. P., Horner, Jonathan, Wang, Liang, Robertson, Paul, Jones, M. I., Jenkins, J. S., Brahm, R., Tinney, C. G., Mengel, M. W. and Clark, J.. 2016. "The Pan-Pacific planet search. IV. Two super-Jupiters in a 3:5 resonance orbiting the giant star HD 33844." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 818 (1), pp. 35-42. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/35Article
Two new long-period giant planets from the McDonald Observatory planet search and two stars with long-period radial velocity signals related to stellar activity cycles
Endl, Michael, Brugamyer, Erik J., Cochran, William D., MacQueen, Phillip J., Robertson, Paul, Meschiari, Stefano, Ramirez, Ivan, Shetrone, Matthew, Gullikson, Kevin, Johnson, Marshall C., Wittenmyer, Robert, Horner, Jonathan, Ciardi, David R., Horch, Elliott, Simon, Attila E., Howell, Steve B., Everett, Mark, Caldwell, Caroline and Castanheira, Barbara G.. 2016. "Two new long-period giant planets from the McDonald Observatory planet search and two stars with long-period radial velocity signals related to stellar activity cycles." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 818 (1), pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/818/1/34Article
The Anglo-Australian planet search. XXIV. The frequency of Jupiter analogs
Wittenmyer, Robert A., Butler, R. P., Tinney, C. G., Horner, Jonathan, Carter, B. D., Wright, D. J., Jones, H. R. A., Bailey, J. and O'Toole, Simon J.. 2016. "The Anglo-Australian planet search. XXIV. The frequency of Jupiter analogs." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 819 (1), pp. 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/819/1/28Article
Evidence for reflected light from the most eccentric exoplanet known
Kane, Stephen R., Wittenmyer, Robert A., Hinkel, Natalie R., Roy, Arpita, Mahadevan, Suvrath, Dragomir, Diana, Matthews, Jaymie M., Henry, Gregory W., Chakraborty, Abhijit, Boyajian, Tabetha S., Wright, Jason T., Ciardi, David R., Fischer, Debra A., Butler, R. Paul, Tinney, C. G., Carter, Brad D., Jones, Hugh R. A ., Bailey, Jeremy and O'Toole, Simon J.. 2016. "Evidence for reflected light from the most eccentric exoplanet known." The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics. 821 (1). https://doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/821/1/65Article
The Discovery and Mass Measurement of a New Ultra-short-period Planet: K2-131b
Dai, Fei, Winn, Joshua N., Gandolfi, Davide, Wang, Sharon X., Teske, Johanna K., Burt, Jennifer, Albrecht, Simon, Barragan, Oscar, Cochran, William D., Endl, Michael, Fridlund, Malcolm, Hatzes, Artie P., Hirano, Teruyuki, Hirsch, Lea A., Johnson, Marshall C., Justesen, Anders Bo, Livingston, John, Persson, Carina M., Prieto-Arranz, Jorge, ..., Wittenmyer, Robert A.. 2017. "The Discovery and Mass Measurement of a New Ultra-short-period Planet: K2-131b." The Astronomical Journal. 154 (6), pp. 1-17. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aa9065Article
Application of the trend filtering algorithm for photometric time series data
Gopalan, Giri, Plavchan, Peter, van Eyken, Julian, Ciardi, David, von Braun, Kaspar and Kane, Stephen R.. 2016. "Application of the trend filtering algorithm for photometric time series data." Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 128 (966). https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/966/084504Article
The curious case of HU Aquarii - dynamically testing proposed planetary systems
Horner, Jonathan, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Marshall, Jonathan P., Tinney, Chris G. and Butters, Oliver W.. 2012. "The curious case of HU Aquarii - dynamically testing proposed planetary systems." Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 11th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC 2011). Canberra, Australia 26 - 29 Sep 2011 Sydney, Australia.Paper
Wobbling ancient binaries - here be planets?
Horner, Jonathan, Wittenmyer, Robert, Hinse, Tobias, Marshall, Jonathan and Mustill, Alex. 2014. "Wobbling ancient binaries - here be planets?" Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 13th Australian Space Science Conference (ASSC 2013). Sydney, Australia 30 Sep - 02 Oct 2013 Sydney, Australia.Paper
The long term dynamical stability of the known Neptune Trojans
Soutter, Jack Lang. 2016. The long term dynamical stability of the known Neptune Trojans. Masters Thesis Master of Science (Research). University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/5bf629cfbc4a4Masters Thesis
Winds of planet hosting stars
Nicholson, B. A., Mengel, M. W., Brookshaw, L., Vidotto, A. A., Carter, B. D., Marsden, S. C., Soutter, J., Waite, I. A. and Horner, J.. 2015. "Winds of planet hosting stars." Short, Wayne and Cairns, Iver (ed.) 14th Australian Space Research Conference (ASRC 2014). Adelaide, Australia 29 Sep - 01 Oct 2014 Sydney, Australia.Paper
Shared skies partnership: a dual-site all-sky live remote observing initiative for research and education
Kielkopf, John F., Hart, Rhodes, Carter, Brad, Collins, Karen A., Brown, Carolyn, Hay, Jeff, Hons, Alex and Marsden, S. 2014. "Shared skies partnership: a dual-site all-sky live remote observing initiative for research and education." 223rd American Astronomical Society Meeting. Washington, United States 05 - 09 Jan 2014 Washington, DC. United States.Poster
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/nature10768Article
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/nature10780Article
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/nature11121Article
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/nature12279Article
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/10.1086/666489Article
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/10.1086/668405Article
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/10.1086/672273Article
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.2014.06.016Article
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.1120970109Article
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.1249403Article
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.Paper
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/nature18293Article
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/S174392131300865XPaper
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/10.1086/683258Article
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/S1473550414000081Article
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.1.2.027002Article
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/S1473550414000317Article
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/10.1088/1674-4527/14/4/006Article
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/nature15527Article
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/10.1088/1538-3873/128/970/125002Article
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/10.1088/0004-6256/141/6/187Article
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/stw2886Article
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.2017.04.029Article
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/s41550-017-0238-6Letter
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 2012Paper
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/10.1088/0004-6256/146/5/134Article
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-xArticle
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/stv1596Article
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/slw046Article
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