Browsing Research publications by Author "Jones, H.R.A."

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    • A 1500 deg(2) near infrared proper motion catalogue from the UKIDSS Large Area Survey 

      Smith, Leigh; Lucas, P.W.; Burningham, B.; Jones, H.R.A.; Smart, R.L.; Andrei, A.H.; Catalan, S.; Pinfield, D.J. (2014-02)
      The United Kingdom Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Large Area Survey (LAS) began in 2005, with the start of the UKIDSS programme as a 7 year effort to survey roughly 4000 deg(2) at high Galactic latitudes in Y, J, H and ...

    • A 2 epoch proper motion catalogue from the UKIDSS Large Area Survey 

      Smith, Leigh; Lucas, P.W.; Burningham, B.; Jones, H.R.A.; Pinfield, D.J.; Smart, Ricky; Andrei, Alexandre (EDP Sciences, 2013)
      The UKIDSS Large Area Survey (LAS) began in 2005, with the start of the UKIDSS program as a 7 year effort to survey roughly 4000 square degrees at high galactic latitudes in Y, J, H and K bands. The survey also included a ...

    • The 2:1 resonant exoplanetary system orbiting HD 73526 

      Tinney, C.G.; Butler, R.P.; Marcy, G.W.; Jones, H.R.A.; Laughlin, G.; Carter, B.D.; Bailey, J.; O'Toole, S. (2006)
      We report the detection of a second exoplanet orbiting the G6 V dwarf HD 73526. This second planet has an orbital period of 377 days, putting it in a 2:1 resonance with the previously known exoplanet, the orbital period ...

    • 47 new T dwarfs from the UKIDDS large area survey 

      Burningham, B.; Pinfield, D.J.; Lucas, P.W.; Leggett, S.K.; Deacon, Niall; Tamura, M.; Tinney, C.G.; Lodieu, N.; Zhang, Z.; Huelamo, N.; Jones, H.R.A.; Murray, D.N.; Mortlock, D.J.; Patel, M.; Barrado y Navascues, D.; Zapatero Osorio, M.R.; Ishii, M.; Kuzuhara, M.; Smart, R.L. (2010)
      We report the discovery of 47 new T dwarfs in the Fourth Data Release (DR4) from the Large Area Survey (LAS) of the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) Infrared Deep Sky Survey with spectral types ranging from T0 to ...

    • 49 new T dwarfs identified using methane imaging 

      Cardoso, C. V.; Burningham, B.; Smart, R. L.; Spaandonk, L. van; Baker, D.; Smith, L. C.; Andrei, A.H.; Bucciarelli, B.; Dhital, S.; Jones, H.R.A.; Lattanzi, M. G.; Magazzu, A.; Pinfield, D.J.; Tinney, C. G. (2015-07-01)
      We present the discovery of 49 new photometrically classified T dwarfs from the combination of large infrared and optical surveys combined with follow-up TNG photometry. We used multi-band infrared and optical photometry ...

    • 76 T dwarfs from the UKIDSS LAS : benchmarks, kinematics and an updated space density 

      Burningham, B.; Cardoso, C. V.; Smith, Leigh; Leggett, S.K.; Smart, R.L.; Mann, A. W.; Dhital, S.; Lucas, P.W.; Tinney, C.G.; Pinfield, D.J.; Zhang, Z.; Morley, C.; Saumon, D.; Aller, K.; Littlefair, S. P.; Homeier, D.; Lodieu, N.; Deacon, Niall; Marley, M. S.; van Spaandonk, L.; Baker, D.; Allard, F.; Andrei, A.H.; Canty, J.; Clarke, J.; Day-Jones, A. C.; Dupuy, T.; Fortney, J. J.; Gomes, J.; Ishii, M.; Jones, H.R.A.; Liu, M.; Magazzu, A.; Marocco, F.; Murray, D. N.; Rojas-Ayala, B.; Tamura, M. (2013-07)
      We report the discovery of 76 new T dwarfs from the UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) Large Area Survey (LAS). Near-infrared broad- and narrow-band photometry and spectroscopy are presented for the new objects, along ...

    • ABSOLUTE PROPER MOTIONS OUTSIDE the PLANE (APOP) - A STEP TOWARD the GSC2.4 

      Qi, Zhaoxiang; Yu, Yong; Bucciarelli, Beatrice; Lattanzi, Mario G.; Smart, Richard L.; Spagna, Alessandro; McLean, Brian J.; Tang, Zhenghong; Jones, H.R.A.; Morbidelli, Roberto; Nicastro, Luciano; Vecchiato, Alberto (2015-10-06)
      We present a new catalog of absolute proper motions and updated positions derived from the same Space Telescope Science Institute digitized Schmidt survey plates utilized for the construction of Guide Star Catalog II. As ...

    • The abundance distribution of stars with planets 

      Bond, J.; Tinney, C.G.; Butler, R.P.; Jones, H.R.A.; Marcy, G.W.; Penny, A.J.; Carter, B.D. (2006)
      We present the results of a uniform, high-precision spectroscopic metallicity study of 136 G-type stars from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search, 20 of which are known to harbour extrasolar planets (as at July 2005). ...

    • An activity catalogue of southern stars 

      Jenkins, J.S.; Jones, H.R.A.; Tinney, C.G.; Butler, R.P.; McCarthy, C.; Marcy, G.W.; Pinfield, D.J.; Carter, B.D.; Penny, A.J. (2006)
      We have acquired high-resolution echelle spectra of 225 F6-M5 type stars in the southern hemisphere. The stars are targets or candidates to be targets for the Anglo- Australian Planet Search. CaII HK line cores were used ...

    • The Anglo-Australian planet search XXI : a gas-giant planet in a one year orbit and the habitability of gas-giant satellites 

      Tinney, C. G.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Butler, R. Paul; Jones, H.R.A.; O'Toole, Simon J.; Bailey, Jeremy A.; Carter, Brad D.; Horner, J. (2011-05-01)
      We have detected the Doppler signature of a gas-giant exoplanet orbiting the star HD 38283, in an eccentric orbit with a period of almost exactly one year (P = 363.2 +/- 1.6 d, m sin i = 0.34 +/- 0.02 M-Jup, e = 0.41 +/- ...

    • The Anglo-Australian planet search. XX. A solitary ice-giant planet orbiting HD 102365 

      Tinney, C. G.; Butler, R. Paul; Jones, H.R.A.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; O'Toole, Simon; Bailey, Jeremy; Carter, Brad D. (2011)
      We present 12 years of precision Doppler data for the very nearby G3 star HD 102365, which reveals the presence of a Neptune-like planet with a 16.0 M-Earth minimum mass in a 122.1 day orbit. Very few "Super Earth" planets ...

    • The Anglo-Australian planet search. XXII : Two new multi-planet systems 

      Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Horner, J.; Tuomi, Mikko; Salter, G. S.; Tinney, C.G.; Butler, R. P.; Jones, H.R.A.; O'Toole, S. J.; Bailey, J.; Carter, B. D.; Jenkins, J. S.; Zhang, Z.; Vogt, S. S.; Rivera, Eugenio J. (2012-07-10)
      We report the detection of two new planets from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search. These planets orbit two stars each previously known to host one planet. The new planet orbiting HD 142 has a period of 6005 +/- 427 days, ...

    • Application of Bayesian model inadequacy criterion for multiple data sets to radial velocity models of exoplanet systems 

      Tuomi, M.; Pinfield, D.J.; Jones, H.R.A. (2011-08)
      We present a simple mathematical criterion for determining whether a given statistical model does not describe several independent sets of measurements, or data modes, adequately. We derive this criterion for two data sets ...

    • Atomic lines in infrared spectra for ultracool dwarfs 

      Lyubchik, Y.; Jones, H.R.A.; Pavlenko, Y.; Viti, S.; Pickering, J.C.; Blackwell-Whitehead, R.J. (2004-03)
      We provide a set of atomic lines which are suitable for the description of ultracool dwarf spectra from 10 000 to 25 000 Å. This atomic linelist was made using both synthetic spectra calculations and existing atlases of ...

    • BASIS: Bayfordbury single-object integral field spectrograph 

      Richards, S.; Martin, Bill; Campbell, D.; Jones, H.R.A.; Bland-Hawthorn, J.; Lawrence, J.; Brinks, E.; Bryant, J.J.; Fogarty, L.; Gallaway, M.; Goodwin, M.; Leon-Saval, S.; Sarzi, M.; Smith, Daniel (SPIE, 2012-09)
      We present an inexpensive (<US$500) and easily replicable integral field unit for use on small aperture telescopes. Based on a commercial small spectrograph (SBIG Self-Guiding Spectrograph) and a 37 optical fibre bundle ...

    • Benchmark cool companions : Ages and abundances for the PZ Tel system 

      Jenkins, J. S.; pavlenko, Yakiv; Ivanyuk, Oleksiy; Gallardo, Jose; jones, Matias; day-jones, Avril; Jones, H.R.A.; Ruiz, Maria-Teresa; Pinfield, D.J.; Yakovina, Larissa (2012-03)
      We present new ages and abundance measurements for the pre-main sequence star PZ Tel. PZ Tel was recently found to host a young and low-mass companion. Using FEROS spectra we have measured atomic abundances (e.g. Fe and ...

    • Benchmark low-mass objects in Moving Groups 

      Galvez-Ortiz, M. C.; Kuznetsov, M.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Pavlenko, Ya. V.; Pinfield, D.J.; Jones, H.R.A.; Jenkins, J. S.; Barnes, J.; Burningham, B.; Day-Jones, A. C.; Martin, E. L.; Perez, A. E. Garcia; Pokorny, R.S. (EDP Sciences, 2013)
      In order to compile a sample of ultracool dwarfs that will serve as benchmarks for testing theoretical formation and evolutionary models, we selected low-mass cool (>M7) objects that are potentially members of five known ...

    • Benchmarking the power of amateur observatories for TTV exoplanets detection 

      Baluev, Roman V.; Sokov, Evgenii N.; Shaidulin, Vakhit Sh; Sokova, Iraida A.; Jones, H.R.A.; Tuomi, Mikko; Anglada-Escudé, Guillem; Benni, Paul; Colazo, Carlos A.; Schneiter, Matias E.; D'Angelo, Carolina S. Villarreal; Burdanov, Artem Yu; Fernández-Lajús, Eduardo; Baştürk, Özgür; Hentunen, Veli-Pekka; Shadick, Stan (2015-07-01)
      We perform an analysis of ~80000 photometric measurements for the following 10 stars hosting transiting planets: WASP-2, -4, -5, -52, Kelt-1, CoRoT-2, XO-2, TrES-1, HD 189733, GJ 436. Our analysis includes mainly transit ...

    • Beyond the Iron Peak: r- and s-process Elemental Abundances in Stars with Planets 

      Bond, J.; Lauretta, D.S.; Tinney, C.G.; Butler, R.P.; Marcy, G.W.; Jones, H.R.A.; Carter, B.D.; O'Toole, S.; Bailey, J. (2008)
      We present elemental abundances of 118 stars (28 of which are known extrasolar planetary host stars) observed as part of the Anglo-Australian Planet Search. Abundances of O, Mg, Cr, Y, Zr, Ba, Nd, and Eu (along with ...

    • Blue not brown: UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey T dwarfs with suppressed K-band flux 

      Murray, D. N.; Burningham, B.; Jones, H.R.A.; Pinfield, D.J.; Lucas, P.W.; Leggett, S. K.; Tinney, C. G.; Day-Jones, A. C.; Weights, D. J.; Lodieu, N.; Perez Prieto, J. A.; Nickson, E.; Zhang, Z. H.; Clarke, J. R. A.; Jenkins, J. S.; Tamura, M. (2011-06)
      We have used blue near-infrared colours to select a group of 12 spectroscopically confirmed United Kingdom InfraRed Telescope (UKIRT) Infrared Deep Sky Survey (UKIDSS) T dwarfs later than T4. From amongst these, we identify ...