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The Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS)
CEH member Peter Wheatley, PI of the NGTS transiting exoplanet survey, has published a paper describing the project.
This work was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 475, Issue 4, p.4476-4493
CEH members involved: Peter Wheatley (lead), Richard West, Don Pollacco, James McCormac, David Armstrong, Emma Foxell, Boris Gänsicke, James Jackman & Tom Louden
Exploring the cosmic evolution of habitability with galaxy merger trees
CEH member Dr. Elizabeth Stanway published an interesting study on galactic habitability, and how it might evolve over time.
This work was publised in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 475, Issue 2, p.1829-1842
Open access link: arXiv
CEH members involved: Elizabeth Stanway, Matthew Hoskin, Greg Brown, Henry Childs & Andrew Levan
Interstellar Object ’Oumuamua as an Extinct Fragment of an Ejected Cometary Planetesimal
CEH member Dimitri Veras was part of a team investigating the possibility that 'Oumuamua might have been part of a comet.
This work was published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 856, Number 1
Open access link: arXiv
CEH members involved: Dimitri Veras
Qatar Exoplanet Survey: Qatar-6b—A Grazing Transiting Hot Jupiter
Members of the CEH contributed to the discovery of the Qatar Exoplanet Survey's 6th exoplanet.
This work was published in The Astronomical Journal, Volume 155, Number 2
Open access link: arXiv
CEH members involved: James McCorcmac & Richard West
The critical binary star separation for a planetary system origin of white dwarf pollution
CEH member Dimitri Veras lead this interesting study on pollution of white dwarf atmospheres by giant planets.
This work was published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 473, Issue 3, January 2018, Pages 2871–2880
Open access link: arXiv
CEH members involved: Dimitri Veras