Monitor Project: Publications

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Publications


Here you will find a list of all Monitor-related refereed publications published or in press, student project reports, masters or PhD theses, and as well as PDF, JPG or HTML versions of Monitor-related seminars and presentations at international conferences (talks, posters and conference proceedings).

Refereed publications

  • The Monitor project: the search for transits in the open cluster NGC 2362
    Miller, Adam; Irwin, Jonathan; Aigrain, Suzanne; Hodgkin, Simon; Hebb, Leslie
    MNRAS, in press (2008)
  • The Monitor project: rotation of low-mass stars in NGC 2362 - testing the disc regulation paradigm at 5 Myr
    Irwin, Jonathan; Hodgkin, Simon; Aigrain, Suzanne; Bouvier, Jerome; Hebb, Leslie; Irwin, Mike; Moraux, Estelle
    MNRAS, 384, 675 (2008)
  • The Monitor project: rotation of low-mass stars in the open cluster NGC 2547
    Irwin, Jonathan; Hodgkin, Simon; Aigrain, Suzanne; Bouvier, Jerome; Hebb, Leslie; Moraux, Estelle
    MNRAS, 383, 1588 (2008)
  • The Monitor project: JW 380 - a 0.26, 0.15 Msol pre main sequence eclipsing binary in the Orion Nebula Cluster
    J. Irwin, S. Aigrain, S. Hodgkin, K. Stassun, L. Hebb, M. Irwin, E. Moraux, J. Bouvier, A. Alapini, R. Alexander, D. Bramich, J. Holzman, E. Martin, M. McCaughrean, F. Pont, P. Verrier, M. Zapatero Osorio
    MNRAS, 380, 541 (2007)
  • On the potential of transit surveys in star clusters: impact of correlated noise and radial velocity follow-up
    S. Aigrain, F. Pont
    MNRAS, 378, 741 (2007)
  • The Monitor project: Rotation of low-mass stars in the open cluster NGC 2516
    J. Irwin, S. Hodgkin, S. Aigrain, L. Hebb, J. Bouvier, C. Clarke, E. Moraux, D. Bramich
    MNRAS, 377, 741 (2007)
  • The Monitor project: Data processing and lightcurve production
    J. Irwin, M. Irwin, S. Aigrain, S. Hodgkin, J. Irwin, L. Hebb, E. Moraux,
    MNRAS, 375, 1449 (2007)
  • The Monitor project: Searching for occultations in young open clusters
    S. Aigrain, S. Hodgkin, J. Irwin, L. Hebb, M. Irwin, F. Favata, E. Moraux, F. Pont
    MNRAS, 375, 29 (3007)
  • The Monitor project: Rotation of low-mass stars in the open cluster M34
    J. Irwin, S. Aigrain, S. Hodgkin, M. Irwin, J. Bouvier, C. Clarke, L. Hebb, E. Moraux
    MNRAS, 370, 954 (2006)

Student project reports, Masters and PhD theses

  • Observational constraints on pre main sequence stellar evolution from time-series analysis of open cluster stars
    Jonathan Irwin, August 2007
    PhD, Institute of Astronomy and Churchill College, University of Cambridge
  • The search for occultations in the open cluster NGC 2362
    Adam Miller, July 2007
    MPhil, Institute of Astronomy and Kings College, University of Cambridge
  • Searching for planetary transits in the open cluster M50
    Aude Alapini, August 2005
    summer project, Institute of astronomy, University of Cambridge

Conferences

  • Rotation and eclipses in the young open cluster NGC 2362
    S. Aigrain, J. Irwin, S. Hodgkin, C. Clarke, J. Bouvier, L. Hebb, A. Miller, E. Miller
    Star-disk interaction in young stars (IAUS 243), Grenoble, 21-25 May 2007 May 2007.
    [poster]
  • Eclipsing binaries in young star clusters
    J. Irwin and the Monitor team.
    Multiplicity in Star Formation, Toronto, 18 May 2007.
    [talk]
  • The Monitor project: Searching for eclipses in young open clusters
    J. Irwin and the Monitor collaboration.
    Substellar twins, Cool Stars 14, Pasadena, Ca., 9 November 2006.
    [talk]
  • The Monitor project: Rotation periods of low-mass stars in young open clusters
    J. Irwin, S. Aigrain, S. Hodgkin, J. Bouvier, C. Clarke, L. Hebb, E. Moraux.
    Cool Stars 14, Pasadena, Ca., 6-9 November 2006.
    [poster]
  • The Monitor project: Searching for occultations in young open clusters
    S. Aigrain and the Monitor collaboration.
    Transiting Extrasolar Planets, Heidelberg, 25 September 2006.
    Proceedings edited by C. Afonso, D. Weldrake and Th. Henning, ASPC 366, 33 (2007)
    [talk, proceedings]
  • Transiting planets and brown dwarfs in star forming regions and young open clusters
    S. Aigrain, J.Irwin, S. Hodgkin, A. Alapini, L. Hebb, E. Moraux, M. Irwin & the Monitor collaboration
    Tenth annniversary of the discovery of 51 Peg b, OHP, 22-26 August 2005
    Proceedings edited by L. Arnold, C. Moutou & F. Bouchy, p. 181 (2006)
    [poster, proceedings]
  • Transiting planets and very low-mass EBs in young open clusters
    S. Aigrain and the Monitor collaboration.
    Astrophysics Group Seminar, Imperial College, London, 3 May 2006.
    [talk]
  • The Monitor project: Transits, eclipses & rotation in young open clusters
    S. Aigrain and the Monitor collaboration.
    FOST Seminar, LAOG, Grenoble, 17 February 2006.
    [talk]
  • Early results from Monitor: constraining spin-down on the early main-sequence
    S. Aigrain, J. Irwin and the Monitor collaboration.
    IoA Seminar, 25 January 2006.
    [talk]
  • The Monitor project: searching for low mass eclipsing binaries and transiting planets in young open clusters
    J. Irwin & the Monitor collaboration.
    IoA Workshop on Star and Planet Formation, Cambridge, 18 January 2006.
    [talk]
  • Monitor: transits by planets and brown dwarfs and rotation in young open clusters
    S. Aigrain & the Monitor collaboration.
    Toronto, 13 January 2006.
    [talk]
  • The Monitor project: searching for transiting brown dwarfs and planets in young open clusters
    S. Hodgkin & the Monitor collaboration
    Ultralow-mass star formation and evolution, La Palma, 28 June - 1 July 2005.
    Proceedings published in Astronomische Nachrichten, 327, 9 (2006)
    [proceedings]
  • Monitor: transiting planets and brown dwarfs in star forming regions and young open clusters
    S. Aigrain & the Monitor collaboration.
    LAS, Marseille, France, 3 May 2005.
    [talk]
  • Searching for planetary transits and rotation periods in the Orion Nebula Cluster
    J. Irwin, S. Aigrain, S. Hodgkin, L. Hebb, M. Irwin & R. Sword
    UK National Astronomy Meeting, Birmingham, 4-8 April 2005.
    [poster]
  • Searching for planetary transits and rotation periods in the Orion Nebula Cluster
    J. Irwin, S. Aigrain, S. Hodgkin & M. Irwin
    Planet formation and detection, Aspen, 6-12 February 2005.
    [poster]

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