St Andrews Astronomy: PATT linked travel and subsistence
Lead Research Organisation:
University of St Andrews
Department Name: Physics and Astronomy
Abstract
We request travel and subsistence support in the form of a PATT-linked grant to enable observers in the Astronomy group at the University of St Andrews to take up telescope time awarded by peer review panels such as PATT, on major international facilities. We also seek approval for travel to other, smaller telescopes. In particular, we seek support for follow-up radial-velocity observations during Semester 2011A and Semester 2012A using the SOPHIE spectrograph on the 1.9-m telescope at Haute-Provence (OHP) and CORALIE on the 1.2-m Swiss Euler telescope at la Silla. This will enable us to measure the masses and spin-orbit misalignments of extra-solar planets found by the SuperWASP Wide-Field Sky Patrol Camera, which is currently beginning its sixth year of operation on La Palma. We are active members of the PLANET and MiNDSTEp consortia, and seek approval for occasional travel to small telescopes in the southern hemisphere to assist in intensive observing campaigns on Galactic Bulge microlensing events.
Organisations
Publications
Bonomo A
(2014)
Characterization of the planetary system Kepler-101 with HARPS-N A hot super-Neptune with an Earth-sized low-mass companion
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Antel C
(2014)
Investigating Dunedin whistlers using volcanic lightning
in Geophysical Research Letters
Wang X
(2014)
THE REFINED PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF TRANSITING EXOPLANETARY SYSTEM WASP-11/HAT-P-10
in The Astronomical Journal
Nisi RS
(2014)
An altitude and distance correction to the source fluence distribution of TGFs.
in Journal of geophysical research. Space physics
Rostron J
(2014)
The thermal emission of the exoplanet WASP-3b
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Neveu-VanMalle M
(2014)
WASP-94 A and B planets: hot-Jupiter cousins in a twin-star system
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Anderson D
(2015)
WASP-20b and WASP-28b: a hot Saturn and a hot Jupiter in near-aligned orbits around solar-type stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dressing C
(2015)
THE MASS OF Kepler-93b AND THE COMPOSITION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Grunblatt S
(2015)
DETERMINING THE MASS OF KEPLER-78b WITH NONPARAMETRIC GAUSSIAN PROCESS ESTIMATION
in The Astrophysical Journal
David T
(2015)
HII 2407: AN ECLIPSING BINARY REVEALED BY K2 OBSERVATIONS OF THE PLEIADES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Description | The grant funded travel and subsistence at telescopes in a variety of research areas. |
Exploitation Route | Not applicable |
Sectors | Education |