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WTS-2 b: Too close for comfort?

EPJ Web of Conferences EDP Sciences 47 (2013) 01004

Authors:

JL Birkby, M Cappetta, P Cruz, J Koppenhoefer, O Ivanyuk, A Mustill, ST Hodgkin, DJ Pinfield, B Sipőcz, G Kovács, R Saglia, Y Pavlenko

WTS1 b: The first planet detected in the WFCAM Transit Survey

EPJ Web of Conferences EDP Sciences 47 (2013) 01003

Authors:

M Cappetta, RP Saglia, JL Birkby, J Koppenhoefer, DJ Pinfield, ST Hodgkin, P Cruz, G Kovács, B Sipőcz

J-band variability of M dwarfs in the WFCAM Transit Survey

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 427:4 (2012) 3358-3373

Authors:

NT Goulding, JR Barnes, DJ Pinfield, G Kovács, J Birkby, S Hodgkin, S Catalán, B Sipőcz, HRA Jones, C del Burgo, SV Jeffers, S Nefs, M-C Gálvez-Ortiz, EL Martin

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

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Oxford University Press (OUP) 427:3 (2012) 1877-1890

Authors:

M Cappetta, RP Saglia, JL Birkby, J Koppenhoefer, DJ Pinfield, ST Hodgkin, P Cruz, G Kovács, B Sipőcz, D Barrado, B Nefs, YV Pavlenko, L Fossati, C del Burgo, EL Martín, I Snellen, J Barnes, A Bayo, DA Campbell, S Catalan, MC Gálvez-Ortiz, N Goulding, C Haswell, O Ivanyuk, HR Jones, M Kuznetsov, N Lodieu, F Marocco, D Mislis, F Murgas, R Napiwotzki, E Palle, D Pollacco, L Sarro Baro, E Solano, P Steele, H Stoev, R Tata, J Zendejas

First observation in the south of titan's far-infrared 220 cm-1 cloud

Astrophysical Journal Letters 761:1 (2012)

Authors:

DE Jennings, CM Anderson, RE Samuelson, FM Flasar, CA Nixon, GL Bjoraker, PN Romani, RK Achterberg, V Cottini, BE Hesman, VG Kunde, RC Carlson, R De Kok, A Coustenis, S Vinatier, G Bampasidis, NA Teanby, SB Calcutt

Abstract:

An emission feature at 220 cm-1 which has been attributed to a cloud of condensed material in Titan's winter stratosphere has been seen for the first time in the south. This feature had previously been found only at high northern latitudes during northern winter and spring. The material emitting at 220 cm-1, as yet unidentified, may be volatiles associated with nitrile gases that accumulate in the absence of ultraviolet sunlight. Not detected as recently as 2012 February, the 220 cm-1 feature clearly appeared at the south pole in Cassini spectra recorded on 2012 July 24, indicating a rapid onset of the emission. This is the first indication of the winter buildup of condensation in the southern stratosphere that has been expected as the south pole moves deeper into shadow. In the north the 220 cm-1 feature continued to decrease in intensity with a half-life of 3 years. © 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.