Professor Stuart Littlefair
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Professor of Astrophysics
s.littlefair@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 4525
+44 114 222 4525
F29, Hicks Building
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Professor Stuart Littlefair
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
F29
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
91直播
S3 7RH
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
F29
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
91直播
S3 7RH
- Research interests
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- Interacting binary stars
- Brown dwarfs and low-mass stars
- Star formation
- High time resolution Astrophysics
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Journal articles
- . The Astronomical Journal, 169(1), 21-21.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(1), 1805-1822.
- . Nature, 626(7997), E2-E2.
- . Research Notes of the AAS, 8(1), 6-6.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(3), 6388-6388.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527(2), 4353-4358.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 948(2).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521(2), 1880-1896.
- . Nature, 614(7947), 239-243.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520(1), 542-559.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519(3), 3366-3382.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(4), 5123-5139.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(1), 752-762.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 931(1).
- . Nature, 605(7908), 41-45.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512(4), 6122-6133.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 511(2), 2405-2422.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 509(4), 5086-5101.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(4), 5463-5476.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505(3), 3452-3469.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 652.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 507(1), 350-366.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505(3), 4345-4361.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 501(3), 3847-3870.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 38.
- . Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 38.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 899(2).
- . Nature Astronomy.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 891(1).
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 633(January 2020).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497(1), 726-738.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496(2), 1243-1261.
- . The Astronomical Journal, 159(1).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486(4), 5535-5551.
- . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 625.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485(2), 1614-1625.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 875(2).
- . Nature Astronomy, 3, 553-560.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 484(2), 2692-2710.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481(1), 1083-1096.
- . The Astronomical Journal, 156(3).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477(4), 4483-4490.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 477(4), 5646-5656.
- . Science, 360(6386), eaat9270-eaat9270.
- . ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL, 155(3).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems VII.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475(2), 1427-1446.
- . Science, 358(6368), 1299-1302.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472(3), 2800-2807.
- . Nature Astronomy, 1(12), 859-864.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 471(1), 976-986.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 470(4), 4473-4492.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469(4), 4465-4482.
- . Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 63(6213).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 466(4), 4250-4258.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467(1), 1024-1032.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 465(1), L124-L128.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 835(2).
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(2), 2202-2209.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(3), 2922-2931.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462(3), 2396-2417.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464(2), 1353-1364.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 460(4), 3873-3887.
- . Proceedings of SPIE.
- . Nature, 537, 374-377.
- . Surveys in Geophysics, 37(4), 705-756.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459(1), 554-572.
- . Nature, 533(7603), 366-368.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 589.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458(3), 2793-2812.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(3), 2446-2456.
- . Astronomische Nachrichten, 337(3), 261-285.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 456(1), 633-640.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 584, A104-A104.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 454(4), 4316-4325.
- . Nature, 523(7562), 568-571.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453(4), 3462-3474.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(1), 1060-1067.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 449(2), 2194-2204.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451(1), 114-125.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(1), 691-697.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(3), 2870-2870.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447(4), 3218-3226.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446(1), 1071-1082.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(2), 2106-2115.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445(2), 1924-1931.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 444(4), 4009-4021.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 444(2), 1674-1682.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics, 571, A48-A48.
- . Astronomy and Astrophysics, 561.
- . Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 9(S302), 91-99.
- . mnras, 432, 1632-1639-1632-1639.
- . Astronomische Nachrichten, 334(1-2), 40-43.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(3), 2661-2667.
- . Nature, 491(7425), 566-569.
- GRB 120116A: WHT optical observations.. GRB Coordinates Network, 12841, 1-1.
- Confirming Auroral Emissions on an Ultracool Dwarf. NOAO Proposal, 584-584.
- The Forbidden High-Ionization-Line Region Of The Type 2 Quasar Sdss J11311.05+162739.5: A clear view of the inner face of the torus?. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- Search for p-mode oscillations in da white dwarfs with VLT-ULTRACAM: I. Upper limits to the p-modes. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 525(19).
- Young stars in Cepheus OB3b (Littlefair+, 2010). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 740, 30545-30545.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 403(2), 545-557.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 402(3), 1824-1840.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 402(4), 2591-2608.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 505(2), 901-902.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 397(4), 2170-2188.
- OGLE-TR-10 u鈥, g鈥 and i鈥-band photometry (Bentley+, 2009). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 350, 50901-50901.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 397(1), 405-410.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 496(3), 833-840.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 393(1), 157-170.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 389(4), 1771-1779.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 388(4), 1582-1594.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 481(1), 149-159.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 381(2), 827-834.
- Cousins RI photometry of NGC 2169 (Jeffries+, 2007). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 837, 60580-60580.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 378(3), 825-840.
- BVI photometry of young stars in 10 clusters (Mayne+, 2007). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 837, 51220-51220.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 376(2), 580-598.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 375(4), 1220-1240.
- Spectra of 5 faint cataclysmic variables (Southworth+, 2006). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 837, 30687-30687.
- Spectra of 5 faint cataclysmic variables (Southworth+, 2006). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 737, 30687-30687.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 374(4), 1334-1346.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 373(4), 1416-1422.
- . Science, 314(5805), 1578-1580.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 373(2), 687-699.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 372(4), 1879-1887.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 372(1), 209-212.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 371(3), 1435-1440.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 370(3), 1208-1212.
- Optical Spectroscopy of Swift J0732.5-1331. The Astronomer鈥檚 Telegram, 763, 1-1.
- Optical identification of Swift J0732.5-1331. The Astronomer鈥檚 Telegram, 760, 1-1.
- RV of Sigma Ori low-mass candidate members (Burningham+, 2005). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 835, 61583-61583.
- RV of Sigma Ori low-mass candidate members (Burningham+, 2005). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 735, 61583-61583.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 364(4), 1158-1167.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 363(4), 1389-1397.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 363(2), 609-614.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 440(2), 701-709.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 437(2), 637-639.
- Ic photometry of IC 348 (Littlefair+, 2005). VizieR Online Data Catalog, 735, 80341-80341.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 358(2), 341-352.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 358(1), L21-L24.
- . MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 357(3), 881-894.
- GRB 050520: VLT/ULTRACAM observations.. GRB Coordinates Network, 3433, 1-1.
- GRB 050520: VLT/ULTRACAM observations.. GRB Coordinates Network, 3445, 1-1.
- Do Accretion Discs Regulate the Rotation Rates of Young Stars?. Protostars and Planets V, 8359-8359.
- Evidence for high accretion rates in weak-line T Tauri stars?. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 347(3), 937-941.
- Mass segregation in the young open cluster NGC 2547. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 345(4), 1205-1211.
- On the evidence for brown dwarf secondary stars in cataclysmic variables. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 340(1), 264-268.
- . ASTRON ASTROPHYS, 393(2), 611-615.
- The mass of the white dwarf in the recurrent nova U Scorpii. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 327(4), 1323-1333.
- Mirror eclipses in the cataclysmic variable IP Peg. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 327(2), 475-482.
- K-band spectroscopy of the intermediate polar XY Ari. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 327(2), 669-672.
- Investigating the structure of the accretion disc in WZ Sge from multiwaveband time-resolved spectroscopic observations - I. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 318(2), 429-439.
- Investigating the structure of the accretion disc in WZ Sge from multiwaveband time-resolved spectroscopic observations - II. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 318(2), 440-452.
- Infrared spectroscopy of cataclysmic variables - III. Dwarf novae below the period gap and nova-like variables. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 314(4), 826-838.
- Investigating the structure of the accretion disk in WZ Sge using multiwave-band spectroscopic observations. nar, 44, 11P-11P.
- J-band spectroscopy of cataclysmic variables. MON NOT R ASTRON SOC, 313(1), 117-128.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Astronomy & Astrophysics.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Nature.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Nature.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Nature Astronomy.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- . Nature.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 815(1), 64-64.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 800(2), L21-L21.
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- . ApJ, 789, 113.
- Spectroscopically confirmed brown dwarf members of Coma Berenices and the Hyades.
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- A search for rocky planets transiting brown dwarfs.
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- . AIP Conference Proceedings, 1331, 281-286.
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- The Recurrent Nova U Scorpii - A Type Ia Supernova Progenitor.
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- WD1032+011, an inflated brown dwarf in an old eclipsing binary with a white dwarf.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 898(1), L25-L25.
- . The Astrophysical Journal, 883(1), 42-42.
- . Letters of the Astrophysical Journal, 818(1).
- Transient-optimised real-bogus classification with Bayesian Convolutional Neural Networks -- sifting the GOTO candidate stream.
- . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
- A systematic search of Zwicky Transient Facility data for ultracompact binary LISA-detectable gravitational-wave sources.
Conference proceedings papers
- . Proceedings of SPIE : Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy VI, Vol. 11452. Online conference, 14 December 2020 - 18 December 2020.
- . Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 10709, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018.
- . Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 10702, 10 June 2018 - 15 June 2018.
- Gaia14aae: the first fully-eclipsing AM CVn. 20th European Workshop on White Dwarfs (EuroWD16), Vol. 509 (pp 567-570), 25 July 2016 - 29 July 2016.
- Stellar occultation by the trans-Neptunian object 2002 KX14. European Planetary Science Congress 2012 (pp 482-482)
- Probable z鈥-band Ground-based Detection of the Secondary Eclipse of WASP-19b. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #219, Vol. 219 (pp #432.05-#432.05)
- Towards Earth-like Worlds: Identifying and Removing Stellar Jitter. American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #219, Vol. 219 (pp #432.03-#432.03)
- The stellar occultation by Makemake on 2011 April 23. EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011 (pp 704-704)
- . PLANETARY SYSTEMS BEYOND THE MAIN SEQUENCE, Vol. 1331 (pp 281-286)
- http://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=108, id.45 Physical properties of IP Pegasi: an eclipsing dwarf nova with an unusually cool white dwarf. Proceedings of High Time Resolution Astrophysics - The Era of Extremely Large Telescopes (HTRA-IV). May 5 - 7, 2010. Agios Nikolaos, Crete Greece. Published online at
- http://pos.sissa.it/cgi-bin/reader/conf.cgi?confid=108, id.23 ULTRACAM observations of SDSS J0926+3624: The first known eclipsing AM CVn star. Proceedings of High Time Resolution Astrophysics - The Era of Extremely Large Telescopes (HTRA-IV). May 5 - 7, 2010. Agios Nikolaos, Crete Greece. Published online at
- . AGES OF STARS, Vol. 4(258) (pp 103-110)
- ULTRACAM observations of two CV pulsators. HYDROGEN-DEFICIENT STARS, Vol. 391 (pp 289-292)
- On the evolutionary status of short period cataclysmic variables. UNIVERSE AT SUB-SECOND TIMESCALES: HIGH TIME RESOLUTION ASTROPHYSICS, Vol. 984 (pp 23-31)
- High time resolution observations of cataclysmic variables. HIGH TIME RESOLUTION ASTROPHYSICS, Vol. 351 (pp 21-35)
- Photometry of V407 Vul and RXJ0806.3+1527: Twin systems ?. MULTICOLORED LANDSCAPE OF COMPACT OBJECTS AND THEIR EXPLOSIVE ORIGINS, Vol. 924 (pp 873-876)
- The nature of the close magnetic white dwarf plus probable brown dwarf SDSS J121209.31+013627.7. 15TH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON WHITE DWARFS, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 372 (pp 477-482)
- Search for p-mode pulsations in DA white dwarfs with VLT-ULTRACAM. 15TH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON WHITE DWARFS, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 372 (pp 593-596)
- SDSS J0926+3624, the first eclipsing AM CVn star, as seen with ULTRACAM. 15TH EUROPEAN WORKSHOP ON WHITE DWARFS, PROCEEDINGS, Vol. 372 (pp 431-436)
- Can Variability Account for Apparent Age Spreads in OB Association Colour-Magnitude Diagrams?. Protostars and Planets V (pp 8491-8491)
- Estimating the low-mass IMF in OB associations: sigma orionis. Initial Mass Function 50 years Later, Vol. 327 (pp 141-142)
- Age Spreads and Composite Spectra. Galactic Star Formation Across the Stellar Mass Spectrum, Vol. 287 (pp 133-139-133-139)
- Mirror eclipses in the dwarf nova IP Peg. The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, Vol. 261 (pp 499-499)
- Finding compact hot subdwarf binaries in the Galactic disc
Theses / Dissertations
- A telescope control and scheduling system for the Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO).
Preprints
- , arXiv.
- Expanding the ultracompacts: gravitational wave-driven mass transfer in the shortest-period binaries with accretion disks.
- Calibrating the clock of JWST, arXiv.
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- The only inflated brown dwarf in an eclipsing white dwarf-brown dwarf binary: WD1032+011B, arXiv.
- Analysis of optical spectroscopy and photometry of the type I X-ray bursting system UW CrB, arXiv.
- The fast X-ray transient EP240315a: a z ~ 5 gamma-ray burst in a Lyman continuum leaking galaxy, arXiv.
- Using Gaussian Processes to detect AGN flares, arXiv.
- A Survey for Radio Emission from White Dwarfs in the VLA Sky Survey, arXiv.
- The double low-mass white dwarf eclipsing binary system J2102-4145 and its possible evolution, arXiv.
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- A rotating white dwarf shows different compositions on its opposite faces, arXiv.
- An Eclipsing 47 minute Double White Dwarf Binary at 400 pc, arXiv.
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- A 5.3-minute-period pulsing white dwarf in a binary detected from radio to X-rays, arXiv.
- A catalogue of cataclysmic variables from 20 years of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey with new classifications, periods, trends and oddities.
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- A black widow population dissection through HiPERCAM multi-band light curve modelling.
- A rapid optical and X-ray timing study of the neutron star X-ray binary Swift J1858.6-0814.
- First detection of the outer edge of an AGN accretion disc: Very fast multiband optical variability of NGC 4395 with GTC/HiPERCAM and LT/IO:O, arXiv.
- Two decades of optical timing of the shortest-period binary star system HM Cancri, arXiv.
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- A tentative 114-minute orbital period challenges the ultra-compact nature of the X-ray binary 4U 1812-12, arXiv.
- Characterising eclipsing white dwarf M dwarf binaries from multi-band eclipse photometry, arXiv.
- The post-common-envelope binary central star of the planetary nebula Ou 5: a doubly-eclipsing post-red-giant-branch system, arXiv.
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- The Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO): prototype performance and prospects for transient science, arXiv.
- Optical detection of the rapidly spinning white dwarf in V1460 Her, arXiv.
- Searching For Fermi GRB Optical Counterparts With The Prototype Gravitational-Wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO), arXiv.
- Found: a rapidly spinning white dwarf in LAMOST J024048.51+195226.9, arXiv.
- HiPERCAM: a quintuple-beam, high-speed optical imager on the 10.4-m Gran Telescopio Canarias, arXiv.
- System parameters of three short period cataclysmic variable stars, arXiv.
- Discovery and characterization of five new eclipsing AM CVn systems, arXiv.
- Gaia Photometric Science Alerts, arXiv.
- The Evolution of Rapid Optical/X-ray Timing Correlations in the Initial Hard State of MAXI J1820+070, arXiv.
- Light curve classification with recurrent neural networks for GOTO: dealing with imbalanced data, arXiv.
- Processing GOTO data with the Rubin Observatory LSST Science Pipelines II: Forced Photometry and light curves, arXiv.
- Transient-optimised real-bogus classification with Bayesian Convolutional Neural Networks -- sifting the GOTO candidate stream, arXiv.
- Magnetic white dwarfs in post-common-envelope binaries, arXiv.
- Developing the GOTO telescope control system, arXiv.
- A quantitative in-depth analysis of the prototype sdB+BD system SDSS J08205+0008 revisited in the Gaia era, arXiv.
- Processing GOTO data with the Rubin Observatory LSST Science Pipelines I : Production of coadded frames, arXiv.
- A systematic search of Zwicky Transient Facility data for ultracompact binary LISA-detectable gravitational-wave sources, arXiv.
- Machine Learning for Transient Recognition in Difference Imaging With Minimum Sampling Effort, arXiv.
- A new class of Roche lobe-filling hot subdwarf binaries, arXiv.
- WD1032+011, an inflated brown dwarf in an old eclipsing binary with a white dwarf, arXiv.
- Spectroscopic and Photometric Periods of Six Ultracompact Accreting Binaries, arXiv.
- Gaia 18dvy: a new FUor in the Cygnus OB3 association, arXiv.
- Searching for Electromagnetic Counterparts to Gravitational-wave Merger Events with the Prototype Gravitational-wave Optical Transient Observer (GOTO-4), arXiv.
- A pulsating white dwarf in an eclipsing binary, arXiv.
- The first ultracompact Roche lobe-filling hot subdwarf binary, arXiv.
- Characterising the i-band variability of YSOs over six orders of magnitude in timescale, arXiv.
- A Black Hole X-ray Binary at $sim$100 Hz: Multiwavelength Timing of MAXI J1820+070 with HiPERCAM and NICER, arXiv.
- Detection and timing of gamma-ray pulsations from the $707$ Hz pulsar J0952$-$0607, arXiv.
- The evolutionary status of Cataclysmic Variables: Eclipse modelling of 15 systems, arXiv.
- The Type II-Plateau Supernova 2017eaw in NGC 6946 and Its Red Supergiant Progenitor, arXiv.
- Accurate mass and radius determinations of a cool subdwarf in an eclipsing binary, arXiv.
- Pluto's lower atmosphere and pressure evolution from ground-based stellar occultations, 1988-2016, arXiv.
- The PDS 110 observing campaign - photometric and spectroscopic observations reveal eclipses are aperiodic, arXiv.
- Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye, arXiv.
- Weighing Melnick 34: the most massive binary system known, arXiv.
- The direct detection of the irradiated brown dwarf in the white dwarf - brown dwarf binary SDSS J141126.20+200911.1, arXiv.
- The scatter of the M dwarf mass-radius relationship, arXiv.
- First light with HiPERCAM on the GTC, arXiv.
- A 15.7-Minute AM CVn Binary Discovered in K2, arXiv.
- Discovery of an old nova shell surrounding the cataclysmic variable V1315 Aql, arXiv.
- High-Speed Photometry of Gaia14aae: An Eclipsing AM CVn That Challenges Formation Models, arXiv.
- The first sub-70 minute non-interacting WD-BD system: EPIC212235321, arXiv.
- The Astropy Project: Building an inclusive, open-science project and status of the v2.0 core package, arXiv.
- astroplan: An Open Source Observation Planning Package in Python, arXiv.
- The SUrvey for Pulsars and Extragalactic Radio Bursts II: New FRB discoveries and their follow-up, arXiv.
- An elevation of 0.1 light-seconds for the optical jet base in an accreting Galactic black hole system, arXiv.
- A search for optical bursts from the repeating fast radio burst FRB 121102, arXiv.
- Testing the white dwarf mass-radius relationship with eclipsing binaries, arXiv.
- Two white dwarfs in ultrashort binaries with detached, eclipsing, likely substellar companions detected by K2, arXiv.
- A polarized fast radio burst at low Galactic latitude, arXiv.
- Robust detection of quasi-periodic variability: A HAWKI mini survey of late T dwarfs, arXiv.
- SDSS J105754.25+275947.5: a period-bounce eclipsing cataclysmic variable with the lowest-mass donor yet measured, arXiv.
- PTF1 J082340.04+081936.5: A hot subdwarf B star with a low mass white dwarf companion in an 87 minute orbit, arXiv.
- Hunting For Eclipses: High Speed Observations of Cataclysmic Variables, arXiv.
- Flares, wind and nebulae: the 2015 December mini-outburst of V404 Cygni, arXiv.
- Using Gaussian processes to model light curves in the presence of flickering: the eclipsing cataclysmic variable ASASSN-14ag, arXiv.
- Transmission spectroscopy of the inflated exoplanet WASP-52b, and evidence for a bright region on the stellar surface, arXiv.
- A LOFAR mini-survey for low-frequency radio emission from the nearest brown dwarfs, arXiv.
- A radio pulsing white dwarf binary star, arXiv.
- Long-Term Photometry of IC 348 with the YETI Network, arXiv.
- HiPERCAM: A high-speed, quintuple-beam CCD camera for the study of rapid variability in the Universe, arXiv.
- Long-term eclipse timing of white dwarf binaries: an observational hint of a magnetic mechanism at work, arXiv.
- An irradiated brown-dwarf companion to an accreting white dwarf, arXiv.
- Furiously Fast and Red: Sub-second Optical Flaring in V404 Cyg during the 2015 Outburst Peak, arXiv.
- The crowded magnetosphere of the post common envelope binary QS Virginis, arXiv.
- Pulsating hot O subdwarfs in Omega Cen: mapping a unique instability strip on the Extreme Horizontal Branch, arXiv.
- Atmospheric electrification in dusty, reactive gases in the solar system and beyond, arXiv.
- Search for transiting exoplanets and variable stars in the open cluster NGC 7243, arXiv.
- High-speed photometry of the disintegrating planetesimals at WD1145+017: evidence for rapid dynamical evolution, arXiv.
- A large, long-lived structure near the trojan L5 point in the post common-envelope binary SDSS J1021+1744, arXiv.
- The First Millimeter Detection of a Non-Accreting Ultracool Dwarf, arXiv.
- Discovery of an eclipsing dwarf nova in the ancient nova shell Te 11, arXiv.
- Rotation periods and astrometric motions of the Luhman 16AB brown dwarfs by high-resolution lucky-imaging monitoring, arXiv.
- pt5m - a 0.5m robotic telescope on La Palma, arXiv.
- Magnetospherically driven optical and radio aurorae at the end of the stellar main sequence, arXiv.
- The binary millisecond pulsar PSR J1023+0038 during its accretion state - I. Optical variability, arXiv.
- Total eclipse of the heart: The AM CVn Gaia14aae / ASSASN-14cn, arXiv.
- PHL 1445: An eclipsing cataclysmic variable with a substellar donor near the period minimum, arXiv.
- Fourteen new eclipsing white dwarf plus main-sequence binaries from the SDSS and Catalina surveys, arXiv.
- Direct evidence for an evolving dust cloud from the exoplanet KIC 12557548 b, arXiv.
- Multiwaveband photometry of the irradiated brown dwarf WD0137-349B, arXiv.
- Discovery of ZZ Cetis in detached white dwarf plus main-sequence binaries, arXiv.
- Defocussed Transmission Spectroscopy: A potential detection of sodium in the atmosphere of WASP-12b, arXiv.
- Testing the planetary models of HU Aquarii, arXiv.
- The substellar companion in the eclipsing white dwarf binary SDSS J141126.20+200911.1, arXiv.
- ULTRASPEC: a high-speed imaging photometer on the 2.4-m Thai National Telescope, arXiv.
- Heavy metals in a light white dwarf: Abundances of the metal-rich, extremely low-mass GALEX J1717+6757, arXiv.
- A parameter study of the eclipsing CV in the Kepler field, KIS J192748.53+444724.5, arXiv.
- Tidally Distorted Exoplanets: Density Corrections for Short-Period Hot-Jupiters based solely on Observable Parameters, arXiv.
- Spectroscopically confirmed brown dwarf members of Coma Berenices and the Hyades, arXiv.
- Precise parameters for both white dwarfs in the eclipsing binary CSS 41177, arXiv.
- Properties of the Eclipsing Double-White Dwarf Binary NLTT 11748, arXiv.
- Timing variations in the secondary eclipse of NN Ser, arXiv.
- Optical transmission photometry of the highly inflated exoplanet WASP-17b, arXiv.
- Binaries discovered by the MUCHFUSS project; FBS 0117+396: An sdB+dM binary with a pulsating primary, arXiv.
- The planets around NN Ser: still there, arXiv.
- A magnetic white dwarf in a detached eclipsing binary, arXiv.
- Finding compact hot subdwarf binaries in the Galactic disc, arXiv.
- A deep WISE search for very late type objects and the discovery of two halo/thick-disk T dwarfs: WISE 0013+0634 and WISE 0833+0052, arXiv.
- ULTRACAM z'-band Detection of the Secondary Eclipse of WASP-12b, arXiv.
- Multi-periodic pulsations of a stripped red giant star in an eclipsing binary, arXiv.
- A lithium depletion boundary age of 22 Myr for NGC 1960, arXiv.
- Pre-main-sequence isochrones -- II. Revising star and planet formation timescales, arXiv.
- KIC 4544587: an Eccentric, Short Period Binary System with delta Sct Pulsations and Tidally Excited Modes, arXiv.
- CI Aql: a Type Ia supernova progenitor?, arXiv.
- Transmission photometry of WASP-12b: simultaneous measurement of the planetary radius in three bands, arXiv.
- A search for rocky planets transiting brown dwarfs, arXiv.
- Seventy six T dwarfs from the UKIDSS LAS: benchmarks, kinematics and an updated space density, arXiv.
- The not-so-massive black hole in the microquasar GRS1915+105, arXiv.
- A J-band detection of the sub-stellar mass donor in SDSS J1433+1011, arXiv.
- Finding Exoplanets Orbiting Young Active Stars. I. Technique, arXiv.
- Eclipsing Post Common Envelope Binaries from the Catalina Surveys, arXiv.
- An accurate mass and radius measurement for an ultracool white dwarf, arXiv.
- z'-band Ground-Based Detection of the Secondary Eclipse of WASP-19b, arXiv.
- Pre-main-sequence isochrones -- I. The Pleiades benchmark, arXiv.
- A Radial Velocity Study of CTCV J1300-3052, arXiv.
- Stellar jitter from variable gravitational redshift: implications for RV confirmation of habitable exoplanets, arXiv.
- A J-band detection of the donor star in the dwarf nova OY Carinae, and an optical detection of its `iron curtain', arXiv.
- A precision study of two eclipsing white dwarf plus M dwarf binaries, arXiv.
- The shortest period detached white dwarf + main-sequence binary, arXiv.
- No wide spread of stellar ages in the Orion Nebula Cluster, arXiv.
- The first observation of optical pulsations from a soft gamma repeater: SGR 0501+4516, arXiv.
- Cataclysmic Variables below the Period Gap: Mass Determinations of 14 Eclipsing Systems, arXiv.
- A search for optical bursts from RRAT J1819-1458: II. Simultaneous ULTRACAM-Lovell Telescope observations, arXiv.
- The forbidden high ionisation line region of the type 2 quasar Q1131+16: a clear view of the inner face of the torus?, arXiv.
- Accretion-induced luminosity spreads in young clusters: evidence from stellar rotation, arXiv.
- The Planets around the Post-Common Envelope Binary NN Serpentis, arXiv.
- The photometric period in ES Ceti, arXiv.
- Search for p-mode oscillations in DA white dwarfs with VLT-ULTRACAM. I. Upper limits to the p-modes, arXiv.
- Probing GRB environments with time variability: ULTRASPEC fast imaging of GRB 080210, arXiv.
- Two planets orbiting the recently formed post-common envelope binary NN Serpentis, arXiv.
- On the alignment of debris disks and their host stars' rotation axis -implications for spin-orbit misalignment in exoplanetary systems, arXiv.
- SDSS J0926+3624: The shortest period eclipsing binary star, arXiv.
- Estimating the masses of extra-solar planets, arXiv.
- Orbital Period Variations in Eclipsing Post Common Envelope Binaries, arXiv.
- Rotation of young stars in Cepheus OB3b, arXiv.
- Physical properties of IP Pegasi: an eclipsing dwarf nova with an unusually cool white dwarf, arXiv.
- Precise mass and radius values for the white dwarf and low mass M dwarf in the pre-cataclysmic binary NN Serpentis, arXiv.
- New Methods for Determining the Ages of PMS Stars, arXiv.
- A Stellar Flare during the Transit of the Extrasolar Planet OGLE-TR-10b, arXiv.
- SDSS unveils a population of intrinsically faint cataclysmic variables at the minimum orbital period, arXiv.
- Pre-main-sequence variability across the radiative-convective gap, arXiv.
- Hunting high and low: XMM monitoring of the eclipsing polar HU Aquarii, arXiv.
- Optical pulsations from the anomalous X-ray pulsar 1E 1048.1-5937, arXiv.
- ULTRACAM observations of two accreting white dwarf pulsators, arXiv.
- Optical variability of the ultracool dwarf TVLM 513-46546: evidence for inhomogeneous dust clouds, arXiv.
- On the evolutionary status of short period cataclysmic variables, arXiv.
- 1RXSJ173021.5-055933: a cataclysmic variable with a fast-spinning magnetic white dwarf, arXiv.
- SDSS J150722.30+523039.8: a CV formed directly from a detached white dwarf/brown dwarf binary?, arXiv.
- ULTRACAM: an ultra-fast, triple-beam CCD camera for high-speed astrophysics, arXiv.
- A brown dwarf mass donor in an accreting binary, arXiv.
- Empirical isochrones and relative ages for young stars, and the radiative-convective gap, arXiv.
- The Keele-Exeter young cluster survey: I. Low mass pre-main sequence stars in NGC 2169, arXiv.
- ULTRACAM Photometry of the ultracompact binaries V407 Vul and HM Cnc, arXiv.
- SDSS J0926+3624, the first eclipsing AM CVn star, as seen by ULTRACAM, arXiv.
- VLT/FORS spectroscopy of faint cataclysmic variables discovered by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, arXiv.
- Radial and rotational velocities of young brown dwarfs and very low-mass stars in the Upper Scorpius OB association and the rho Ophiuchi cloud core, arXiv.
- A search for optical bursts from the rotating radio transient J1819-1458 with ULTRACAM, arXiv.
- The nature of the close magnetic white dwarf + probable brown dwarf binary SDSS J121209.31+013627.7, arXiv.
- ULTRACAM observations of SDSS J170213.26+322954.1 - an eclipsing cataclysmic variable in the period gap, arXiv.
- Observations of Ultracool dwarfs with ULTRACAM on the VLT: a search for weather, arXiv.
- ULTRACAM photometry of the eclipsing cataclysmic variables GY Cnc, IR Com and HT Cas, arXiv.
- Can variability account for apparent age spreads in OB association colour-magnitude diagrams?, arXiv.
- High-speed, multi-colour optical photometry of the anomalous X-ray pulsar 4U 0142+61 with ULTRACAM, arXiv.
- The K-band spectrum of the Cataclysmic Variable RXJ 0502.8+1624 (Tau 4), arXiv.
- HS 0943+1404, a true intermediate polar, arXiv.
- Do accretion discs regulate the rotation of young stars?, arXiv.
- Circumstellar discs around solar-mass stars in NGC 6611, arXiv.
- The component masses of the cataclysmic variable V347 Puppis, arXiv.
- Contamination and exclusion in the sigma Orionis young group, arXiv.
- Evidence for high accretion-rates in Weak-Line T Tauri stars?, arXiv.
- Mass segregation in the young open cluster NGC 2547, arXiv.
- On the evidence for brown-dwarf secondary stars in cataclysmic variables, arXiv.
- On the use of 12CO/13CO as a test of common-envelope evolution, arXiv.
- The Recurrent Nova U Scorpii - A Type Ia Supernova Progenitor, arXiv.
- The mass of the white dwarf in the recurrent nova U Scorpii, arXiv.
- K-band spectroscopy of the intermediate polar XY Ari, arXiv.
- Mirror eclipses in the cataclysmic variable IP Peg, arXiv.
- Investigating the structure of the accretion disk in WZ Sge from multi-wave-band, time-resolved spectroscopic observations: Paper II, arXiv.
- Infrared spectroscopy of cataclysmic variables: III. Dwarf novae below the period gap and novalike variables, arXiv.
- J-band spectroscopy of cataclysmic variables, arXiv.
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