D. J. Christian

Publication List Details

Period

1997 - 2008

Number

52

Co-Authors

6^Li in the atmosphere of GJ 117 Revisited (2008)

Christian, D. J., Mathioudakis, M., Jevremovic, D.

Detection of 6^Li has been shown for energetic solar events, one chromospherically active binary, and several dwarf halo stars. We had previously found a 6^Li/7^Li = 0.03+/-0.01 for active K dwarf GJ...

WASP-14b: 7.3 Mj transiting planet in an eccentric orbit (2008)

Joshi, Y. C., Pollacco, D., Cameron, A. Collier, Skillen, I., Simpson, E., Steele, I., ...

We report the discovery of a 7.3 Mjup exoplanet WASP-14b, one of the most massive transiting exoplanets observed to date. The planet orbits the tenth-magnitude F5V star USNO-B1 11118-0262485 with a...

WASP-10b: a 3M_J, eccentric transiting gas-giant planet (2008)

Christian, D. J., Gibson, N. P., Simpson, E. K., Street, R. A., Skillen, I., Pollacco, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-10b, a new transiting extrasolar planet (ESP) discovered by the WASP Consortium and confirmed using NOT FIES and SOPHIE radial velocity data. A 3.09 day period, 33...

WASP-7: The brightest transiting-exoplanet system in the Southern hemisphere (2008)

Hellier, Coel, Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Lister, T. A., Maxted, P. F. L., Queloz, D., ...

We report that a Jupiter-mass planet, WASP-7b, transits the V = 9.5 star HD197286 every 4.95 d. This is the brightest discovery from the WASP-South transit survey and the brightest...

WASP-3b: a strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet (2008)

Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Collier Cameron, A., Loeillet, B., Stempels, H. C., Bouchy, F., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-3b, the third transiting exoplanet to be discovered by the WASP and SOPHIE collaboration. WASP-3b transits its host star USNO-B1.0 1256−0285133 every 1.846 834 ±...

SuperWASP-N extrasolar planet candidates from fields 06h < RA < 16h (2008)

Kane, S.R., Clarkson, W. I., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Christian, D. J., Collier Cameron, A., ...

The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey currently operates two installations, designated SuperWASP-N and SuperWASP-S, located in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively. These...

WASP-4b: a 12th-magnitude transiting hot-Jupiter in the Southern hemisphere (2008)

Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE...

WASP-5b: a dense, very-hot Jupiter transiting a 12th-mag Southern-hemisphere star (2008)

Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-5b, a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting a 12th-mag G-type star in the Southern hemisphere. The 1.6-d orbital period places WASP-5b in the class of very-hot Jupiters and...

WASP-4b: a 12th-magnitude transiting hot-Jupiter in the Southern hemisphere (2008)

Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE...

SuperWASP-N Extra-solar Planet Candidates from Fields 06hr < RA < 16hr (2007)

Kane, S. R., Clarkson, W. I., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Christian, D. J., Cameron, A. Collier, ...

The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) survey currently operates two installations, designated SuperWASP-N and SuperWASP-S, located in the northern and southern hemispheres respectively. These...

WASP-3b: a strongly-irradiated transiting gas-giant planet (2007)

Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Cameron, A. Collier, Loeillet, B., Stempels, H. C., Bouchy, F., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-3b, the third transiting exoplanet to be discovered by the WASP and SOPHIE collaboration. WASP-3b transits its host star USNO-B1.0 1256-0285133 every...

SuperWASP-North extrasolar planet candidates between 3h < RA < 6h (2007)

Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Haswell, C. A., Norton, A. J., Christian, D. J., Collier Cameron, A., ...

The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) photometrically surveys a large number of nearby stars to uncover candidate extrasolar planet systems by virtue of small-amplitude light curve dips on a

SuperWASP-North Extra-solar Planet Candidates between 3hr < RA < 6hr (2007)

Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Haswell, C. A., Norton, A. J., Christian, D. J., Cameron, A. Collier, ...

The Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) photometrically surveys a large number of nearby stars to uncover candidate extrasolar planet systems by virtue of small-amplitude lightcurve dips on a <...

SuperWASP-North extrasolar planet candidates: candidates from fields 17h < RA < 18h (2007)

Lister, T.A., West, R.G., Wilson, D.M., Collier Cameron, A., Clarkson, W.I., Street, R.A., ...

We have performed photometric observations of nearly seven million stars with 8 < V < 15 with the SuperWASP-North instrument from La Palma between 2004 May to September. Fields in the right ascension...

SuperWASP-N extrasolar planet candidates between 18h < RA < 21h (2007)

Street, R. A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Collier Cameron, A., Enoch, B., Kane, S. R., ...

The SuperWASP-I (Wide Angle Search for Planets-I) instrument observed 6.7 million stars between 8 and 15mag from La Palma during the 2004 May-September season. Our transit-hunting algorithm selected...

Efficient identification of exoplanetary transit candidates from SuperWASP light curves (2007)

Cameron, A. Collier, Wilson, D. M., West, R. G., Hebb, L., Aigrain, S., ...

Transiting extrasolar planets constitute only a small fraction of the range of stellar systems found to display periodic, shallow dimmings in wide-field surveys employing small-aperture camera...

Spectral analysis of the Chandra comet survey (2007)

Bodewits, D., Christian, D.J., Torney, M.*, Dryer, M., Lisse, C.M., Dennerl, K., ...

Aims.We present results of the analysis of cometary X-ray spectra with an extended version of our charge exchange emission model (Bodewits et al. 2006). We have applied this model to the sample of 8...

Spectral analysis of the Chandra comet survey (2007)

Bodewits, D., Christian, D.J., Torney, M., Dryer, M., Lisse, C.M., Dennerl, K., ...

Aims.We present results of the analysis of cometary X-ray spectra with an extended version of our charge exchange emission model (Bodewits et al. 2006). We have applied this model to the sample of 8...

SuperWASP-N Extra-solar Planet Candidates Between 18hr < RA < 21hr (2007)

Street, R. A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Cameron, A. Collier, Enoch, B., Kane, S. R., ...

The SuperWASP-I instrument observed 6.7 million stars between 8-15 mag from La Palma during the 2004 May-September season. Our transit-hunting algorithm selected 11,626 objects from the 184,442 stars...

SuperWASP-North Extrasolar Planet Candidates. Candidates from Fields 17hr < RA < 18hr (2007)

Lister, T. A., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., Cameron, A. Collier, Clarkson, W. I., Street, R. A., ...

We have performed photometric observations of nearly 7 million stars with 8 < V < 15 with the SuperWASP-North instrument from La Palma between 2004 May-September. Fields in the RA range 17-18hr,...

New periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT sources discovered using SuperWASP (2007)

Norton, A. J., Wheatley, P. J., West, R .G., Haswell, C. A., Street, R. A., Collier Cameron, A., ...

We present optical lightcurves of 428 periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT X-ray sources, detected using the first run of the SuperWASP photometric survey. Only 68 of these were previously...

Spectral Analysis of the Chandra Comet Survey (2007)

Bodewits, D., Christian, D. J., Torney, M., Dryer, M., Lisse, C. M., Dennerl, K., ...

We present results of the analysis of cometary X-ray spectra with an extended version of our charge exchange emission model (Bodewits et al. 2006). We have applied this model to the sample of 8...

WASP-1b and WASP-2b: two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE (2007)

Collier Cameron, A., Bouchy, F., Hebrard, G., Maxted, P., Pollacco, D., Pont, F., ...

We have detected low-amplitude radial-velocity variations in two stars, USNO-B1.0 1219-0005465 (GSC 02265-00107 = WASP-1 ) and USNO-B1.0 0964-0543604 (GSC 00522-01199 = WASP-2 ). Both stars were...

New periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT sources discovered using SuperWASP (2007)

Norton, A. J., Wheatley, P. J., West, R. G., Haswell, C. A., Street, R. A., Cameron, A. Collier, ...

We present optical lightcurves of 428 periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT X-ray sources, detected using the first run of the SuperWASP photometric survey. Only 68 of these were previously...

Opacity in the upper atmospheres of active stars II. AD Leonis (2007)

Christian, D. J., Mathioudakis, M., Bloomfield, D. S., Dupuis, J., Keenan, F. P., Pollacco, D. L., ...

We present FUV and UV spectroscopic observations of AD Leonis, with the aim of investigating opacity effects in the transition regions of late-type stars. The C III lines in FUSE spectra show...

The colour of noise in SuperWASP data and the implications for finding extra-solar planets (2006)

Smith, A. M. S., Cameron, A. Collier, Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Evans, A., ...

A recent study demonstrated that there is significant covariance structure in the noise on data from ground-based photometric surveys designed to detect transiting extrasolar planets. Such...

A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches (2006)

Collier Cameron, A., Pollacco, D., Street, R .A., Lister, T. A., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., ...

We present a fast and efficient hybrid algorithm for selecting exoplanetary candidates from wide-field transit surveys. Our method is based on the widely used SysRem and Box Least-Squares (BLS)...

The impact of correlated noise on SuperWASP detection rates for transiting extrasolar planets (2006)

Smith, A. M. S., Collier Cameron, A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Evans, A., Haswell, C. A., ...

We present a model of the stellar populations in the fields observed by one of the SuperWASP-N cameras in the 2004 observing season. We use the Besançon Galactic model to define the range of stellar...

The SuperWASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: candidates from fields 23 h < RA < 03 h (2006)

Christian, D. J., Pollacco, D. L., Skillen, I., Street, R. A., Keenan, F. P., Clarkson, W. I., ...

Photometric transit surveys promise to complement the currently known sample of extra-solar planets (ESPs) by providing additional information on the planets and especially their radii. Here, we...

The WASP Project and the SuperWASP Cameras (2006)

Pollacco, D. L., Skillen, I., Collier Cameron, A., Christian, D. J., Hellier, C., Irwin, J., ...

The SuperWASP cameras are wide-field imaging systems at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, and at the Sutherland Station of the South African...

WASP-1b and WASP-2b: Two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE (2006)

Cameron, A. Collier, Bouchy, F., Hebrard, G., Maxted, P., Pollacco, D., Pont, F., ...

We have detected low-amplitude radial-velocity variations in two stars, USNO-B1.0 1219-0005465 (GSC 02265-00107 = WASP-1) and USNO-B1.0 0964-0543604 (GSC 00522-01199 = WASP-2). Both stars were...

The impact of correlated noise on SuperWASP detection rates for transiting extra-solar planets (2006)

Smith, A. M. S., Cameron, A. Collier, Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Enoch, B., Evans, A., ...

We present a model of the stellar populations in the fields observed by one of the SuperWASP-N cameras in the 2004 observing season. We use the Besancon Galactic model to define the range of stellar...

A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches (2006)

Cameron, A. Collier, Pollacco, D., Street, R. A., Lister, T. A., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., ...

We present a fast and efficient hybrid algorithm for selecting exoplanetary candidates from wide-field transit surveys. Our method is based on the widely-used SysRem and Box Least-Squares (BLS)...

SuperWASP observations of the transiting extrasolar planet XO-1b (2006)

Wilson, D. M., Enoch, B., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Collier Cameron, A., Deeg, H. J., ...

We report on observations of 11 transit events of the transiting extrasolar planet XO-1b by the SuperWASP North observatory. From our data, obtained during 2004 May–September, we find that the...

The WASP Project and the SuperWASP Cameras (2006)

Pollacco, D. L., Skillen, I., Cameron, A. Collier, Christian, D. J., Hellier, C., Irwin, J., ...

The SuperWASP Cameras are wide-field imaging systems sited at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on the island of La Palma in the Canary Islands, and the Sutherland Station of the South...

The SuperWASP wide-field exoplanetary transit survey: Candidates from Fields 23hr < RA < 03hr (2006)

Christian, D. J., Pollacco, D. L., Skillen, I., Street, R. A., Keenan, F. P., Clarkson, W. I., ...

Photometric transit surveys promise to complement the currently known sample of extra-solar planets by providing additional information on the planets and especially their radii. Here we present...

SuperWASP Observations of the Transiting Extrasolar planet XO-1b (2006)

Wilson, D. M., Enoch, B., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Cameron, A. Collier, Deeg, H. J., ...

We report on observations of 11 transit events of the transiting extrasolar planet XO-1b by the SuperWASP-North observatory. From our data, obtained during May-September 2004, we find that the XO-1b...

Looking towards the detection of exoearths with SuperWASP (2006)

Street, R. A., Christian, D. J., Clarkson, W. I., Collier Cameron, A., Enoch, B., Evans, A., ...

The WASP consortium is conducting an ultra-wide field survey of stars between 8–15 mag from both hemispheres. Our primary science goal is to detect extra-solar ‘hot-Jupiter’-type planets that...

Opacity in the upper atmospheres of active stars II. AD Leonis (2006)

Christian, D. J., Mathioudakis, M., Bloomfield, D. S., Dupuis, J., Keenan, F. P., Pollacco, D. L., ...

We present FUV and UV spectroscopic observations of AD Leonis, with the aim of investigating opacity effects in the transition regions of late-type stars. The C III lines in FUSE spectra show...

Serendipitous asteroid lightcurve survey using SuperWASP (2005)

Parley, N. R., McBride, N., Green, S., Haswell, C. A., Clarkson, W. I., Norton, A. J., ...

The SuperWASP project is an ultra-wide angle search for extra solar planetary transits. However, it can also serendipitously detect solar system objects, such as asteroids and comets. Each SuperWASP...

6^Li in the atmosphere of GJ 117 (2005)

Christian, D. J., Mathioudakis, M., Jevremovic, D., Hauschildt, P. H., Baron, E.

We present high resolution VLT UVES observations of the active K dwarf GJ 117. 6^Li enhancement has been shown for energetic solar events, one chromospherically active binary, and several dwarf halo...

Current Status of the SuperWASP Project (2004)

Christian, D. J., Pollacco, D. L., Clarkson, W. I., Cameron, A. Collier, Evans, N., Fitzsimmons, A., ...

We present the current status of the SuperWASP project, a Wide Angle Search for Planets. SuperWASP consists of up to 8 individual cameras using ultra-wide field lenses backed by high-quality...

Status of SuperWASP I (La Palma) (2004)

Street, R.A., Christian, D.J., Clarkson, W.I., Collier Cameron, A., Evans, N., Fitzsimmons, A., ...

SuperWASP is an ultra-wide field (over 300 sq. degrees) photometric survey project designed to monitor stars between 7 - 15 mag to high precision and with high cadence over long (2 months)...

Current status of the SuperWASP project (2004)

Christian, D.J., Pollacco, D.L., Clarkson, W.I., Collier Cameron, A., Evans, N., Fitzsimmons, A., ...

We present the current status of the SuperWASP project, a Wide Angle Search for Planets. SuperWASP consists of up to 8 individual cameras using ultra-wide field lenses backed by high-quality...

An active K0 IV--V star and a hot white dwarf (EUVE J0702+129) in a wide binary (1997)

S. Vennes, D. J. Christian, M. Mathioudakis

. We present far ultraviolet and optical spectroscopy of the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer (EUVE ) survey source EUVE J0702+129 revealing a composite K0 star plus DA white dwarf spectrum. The...