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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