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
Buchhave L
(2016)
A 1.9 EARTH RADIUS ROCKY PLANET AND THE DISCOVERY OF A NON-TRANSITING PLANET IN THE KEPLER-20 SYSTEM
in The Astronomical Journal
David T
(2015)
HII 2407: AN ECLIPSING BINARY REVEALED BY K2 OBSERVATIONS OF THE PLEIADES
in The Astrophysical Journal
Donati J
(2017)
The hot Jupiter of the magnetically active weak-line T Tauri star V830 Tau
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Donati J
(2014)
Modelling the magnetic activity and filtering radial velocity curves of young Suns : the weak-line T Tauri star LkCa 4
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Dressing C
(2015)
THE MASS OF Kepler-93b AND THE COMPOSITION OF TERRESTRIAL PLANETS
in The Astrophysical Journal
Dumusque X
(2017)
Radial-velocity fitting challenge II. First results of the analysis of the data set?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Dumusque X
(2015)
HARPS-N OBSERVES THE SUN AS A STAR
in The Astrophysical Journal
Díaz R
(2016)
The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXVIII. Bayesian re-analysis of three systems. New super-Earths, unconfirmed signals, and magnetic cycles ???
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Fares R
(2013)
A small survey of the magnetic fields of planet-host stars?
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Faria J
(2016)
Uncovering the planets and stellar activity of CoRoT-7 using only radial velocities
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Description | The grant funded travel and subsistence at telescopes in a variety of research areas. |
Exploitation Route | Not applicable |
Sectors | Education |