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Rozitis, Benjamin; Green, Simon F.; Jackson, Samuel L.; Snodgrass, Colin; Opitom, Cyrielle; Müller, Thomas G.; Kolb, Ulrich C.; Chesley, Steven R.; Daly, R. Terik; Thomas, Cristina A. and Rivkin, Andrew S. (2024). Pre-impact Thermophysical Properties and the Yarkovsky Effect of NASA DART Target (65803) Didymos. The Planetary Science Journal, 5(3), article no. 66.

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Kokori, A.; Tsiaras, A.; Edwards, B.; Jones, A.; Pantelidou, G.; Tinetti, G.; Bewersdorff, L.; Iliadou, A.; Jongen, Y.; Lekkas, G.; Nastasi, A.; Poultourtzidis, E.; Sidiropoulos, C.; Walter, F.; Wünsche, A.; Abraham, R.; Agnihotri, V. K.; Albanesi, R.; Arce-Mansego, E.; Arnot, D.; Audejean, M.; Aumasson, C.; Bachschmidt, M.; Baj, G.; Barroy, P. R.; Belinski, A. A.; Bennett, D.; Benni, P.; Bernacki, K.; Betti, L.; Biagini, A.; Bosch, P.; Brandebourg, P.; Brát, L.; Bretton, M.; Brincat, S. M.; Brouillard, S.; Bruzas, A.; Bruzzone, A.; Buckland, R. A.; Caló, M.; Campos, F.; Carreño, A.; Carrion Rodrigo, J. A.; Casali, R.; Casalnuovo, G.; Cataneo, M.; Chang, C.-M.; Changeat, L.; Chowdhury, V.; Ciantini, R.; Cilluffo, M.; Coliac, J.-F.; Conzo, G.; Correa, M.; Coulon, G.; Crouzet, N.; Crow, M. V.; Curtis, I. A.; Daniel, D.; Dauchet, B.; Dawes, S.; Deldem, M.; Deligeorgopoulos, D.; Dransfield, G.; Dymock, R.; Eenmäe, T.; Esseiva, N.; Evans, P.; Falco, C.; Farfán, R. G.; Fernández-Lajús, E.; Ferratfiat, S.; Ferreira, S. L.; Ferretti, A.; Fiołka, J.; Fowler, M.; Futcher, S. R.; Gabellini, D.; Gainey, T.; Gaitan, J.; Gajdoš, P.; García-Sánchez, A.; Garlitz, J.; Gillier, C.; Gison, C.; Gonzales, J.; Gorshanov, D.; Grau Horta, F.; Grivas, G.; Guerra, P.; Guillot, T.; Haswell, C. A.; Haymes, T.; Hentunen, V.-P.; Hills, K.; Hose, K.; Humbert, T.; Hurter, F.; Hynek, T.; Irzyk, M.; Jacobsen, J.; Jannetta, A. L.; Johnson, K.; Jóźwik-Wabik, P.; Kaeouach, A. E.; Kang, W.; Kiiskinen, H.; Kim, T.; Kivila, Ü.; Koch, B.; Kolb, U.; Kučáková, H.; Lai, S.-P.; Laloum, D.; Lasota, S.; Lewis, L. A.; Liakos, G.-I.; Libotte, F.; Lomoz, F.; Lopresti, C.; Majewski, R.; Malcher, A.; Mallonn, M.; Mannucci, M.; Marchini, A.; Mari, J.-M.; Marino, A.; Marino, G.; Mario, J.-C.; Marquette, J.-B.; Martínez-Bravo, F. A.; Mašek, M.; Matassa, P.; Michel, P.; Michelet, J.; Miller, M.; Miny, E.; Molina, D.; Mollier, T.; Monteleone, B.; Montigiani, N.; Morales-Aimar, M.; Mortari, F.; Morvan, M.; Mugnai, L. V.; Murawski, G.; Naponiello, L.; Naudin, J.-L.; Naves, R.; Néel, D.; Neito, R.; Neveu, S.; Noschese, A.; Öğmen, Y.; Ohshima, O.; Orbanic, Z.; Pace, E. P.; Pantacchini, C.; Paschalis, N. I.; Pereira, C.; Peretto, I.; Perroud, V.; Phillips, M.; Pintr, P.; Pioppa, J.-B.; Plazas, J.; Poelarends, A. J.; Popowicz, A.; Purcell, J.; Quinn, N.; Raetz, M.; Rees, D.; Regembal, F.; Rocchetto, M.; Rocci, P.-F.; Rockenbauer, M.; Roth, R.; Rousselot, L.; Rubia, X.; Ruocco, N.; Russo, E.; Salisbury, M.; Salvaggio, F.; Santos, A.; Savage, J.; Scaggiante, F.; Sedita, D.; Shadick, S.; Silva, A. F.; Sioulas, N.; Školník, V.; Smith, M.; Smolka, M.; Solmaz, A.; Stanbury, N.; Stouraitis, D.; Tan, T.-G.; Theusner, M.; Thurston, G.; Tifner, F. P.; Tomacelli, A.; Tomatis, A.; Trnka, J.; Tylšar, M.; Valeau, P.; Vignes, J.-P.; Villa, A.; Sureda, A. Vives; Vora, K.; Vrašt’ák, M.; Walliang, D.; Wenzel, B.; Wright, D. E.; Zambelli, R.; Zhang, M. and Zíbar, M. (2023). ExoClock Project. III. 450 New Exoplanet Ephemerides from Ground and Space Observations. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 265(1), article no. 4.

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Morgado, B. E.; Sicardy, B.; Braga-Ribas, F.; Ortiz, J. L.; Salo, H.; Vachier, F.; Desmars, J.; Pereira, C. L.; Santos-Sanz, P.; Sfair, R.; de Santana, T.; Assafin, M.; Vieira-Martins, R.; Gomes-Júnior, A. R.; Margoti, G.; Dhillon, V. S.; Fernández-Valenzuela, E.; Broughton, J.; Bradshaw, J.; Langersek, R.; Benedetti-Rossi, G.; Souami, D.; Holler, B. J.; Kretlow, M.; Boufleur, R. C.; Camargo, J. I. B.; Duffard, R.; Beisker, W.; Morales, N.; Lecacheux, J.; Rommel, F. L.; Herald, D.; Benz, W.; Jehin, E.; Jankowsky, F.; Marsh, T. R.; Littlefair, S. P.; Bruno, G.; Pagano, I.; Brandeker, A.; Collier-Cameron, A.; Florén, H. G.; Hara, N.; Olofsson, G.; Wilson, T. G.; Benkhaldoun, Z.; Busuttil, R.; Burdanov, A.; Ferrais, M.; Gault, D.; Gillon, M.; Hanna, W.; Kerr, S.; Kolb, U.; Nosworthy, P.; Sebastian, D.; Snodgrass, C.; Teng, J. P. and de Wit, J. (2023). A dense ring of the trans-Neptunian object Quaoar outside its Roche limit. Nature, 614 pp. 239–243.

Bray, J.; Kolb, U.; Rowden, P.; Farmer, Robert; Börner, A. and Kozhura, O. (2023). Population Study of Astrophysical False Positive Detections in the Southern PLATO field. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518(3) pp. 3637–3652.

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Wolfe, Christopher; Kolb, Ulrich; Jones, Mark and Jordan, Sally (2023). The Importance of Data Ownership in Authentic Learning - Poster. In: The 12th eSTEeM Annual Conference: Enabling Student Success – Expanding Engagement in Scholarship, 19-20 Apr 2023, Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

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Jackson, S. L.; Rozitis, B.; Dover, L. R.; Green, S. F.; Kolb, U. C.; Andrews, A. E. and Lowry, S. C. (2022). The effect of aspect changes on Near-Earth Asteroid phase curves. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513(2) pp. 3076–3089.

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Mcmaster, Adam; Norton, Andrew J.; Dickinson, Hugh J.; Thiemann, Heidi B. and Kolb, Ulrich C. (2021). VeSPA: The SuperWASP Variable Star Photometry Archive. Research Notes of the AAS, 5(10) p. 228.

Hodgkin, S. T.; Harrison, D. L.; Breedt, E.; Wevers, T.; Rixon, G.; Delgado, A.; Yoldas, A.; Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z.; Wyrzykowski, Ł.; van Leeuwen, M.; Blagorodnova, N.; Campbell, H.; Eappachen, D.; Fraser, M.; Ihanec, N.; Koposov, S. E.; Kruszyńska, K.; Marton, G.; Rybicki, K. A.; Brown, A. G. A.; Burgess, P. W.; Busso, G.; Cowell, S.; De Angeli, F.; Diener, C.; Evans, D. W.; Gilmore, G.; Holland, G.; Jonker, P. G.; van Leeuwen, F.; Mignard, F.; Osborne, P. J.; Portell, J.; Prusti, T.; Richards, P. J.; Riello, M.; Seabroke, G. M.; Walton, N. A.; Ábrahám, P.; Altavilla, G.; Baker, S. G.; Bastian, U.; O’Brien, P.; de Bruijne, J.; Butterley, T.; Carrasco, J. M.; Castañeda, J.; Clark, J. S.; Clementini, G.; Copperwheat, C. M.; Cropper, M.; Damljanovic, G.; Davidson, M.; Davis, C. J.; Dennefeld, M.; Dhillon, V. S.; Dolding, C.; Dominik, M.; Esquej, P.; Eyer, L.; Fabricius, C.; Fridman, M.; Froebrich, D.; Garralda, N.; Gomboc, A.; González-Vidal, J. J.; Guerra, R.; Hambly, N. C.; Hardy, L. K.; Holl, B.; Hourihane, A.; Japelj, J.; Kann, D. A.; Kiss, C.; Knigge, C.; Kolb, U.; Komossa, S.; Kóspál, Á.; Kovács, G.; Kun, M.; Leto, G.; Lewis, F.; Littlefair, S. P.; Mahabal, A. A.; Mundell, C. G.; Nagy, Z.; Padeletti, D.; Palaversa, L.; Pigulski, A.; Pretorius, M. L.; van Reeven, W.; Ribeiro, V. A. R. M.; Roelens, M.; Rowell, N.; Schartel, N.; Scholz, A.; Schwope, A.; Sipőcz, B. M.; Smartt, S. J.; Smith, M. D.; Serraller, I.; Steeghs, D.; Sullivan, M.; Szabados, L.; Szegedi-Elek, E.; Tisserand, P.; Tomasella, L.; van Velzen, S.; Whitelock, P. A.; Wilson, R. W. and Young, D. R. (2021). Gaia Early Data Release 3: Gaia photometric science alerts. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 652, article no. A76.

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Jackson, Samuel L.; Kolb, Ulrich C. and Green, Simon F. (2021). Asteroid Photometry with PIRATE: Optimizations and Techniques for Small Aperture Telescopes. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 133(1025), article no. 075003.

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McMaster, Adam; Norton, Andrew; Dickinson, Hugh; Thiemann, Adelheid and Kolb, Ulrich (2021). VeSPA: The SuperWASP Variable Star Photometry Archive. Postgraduate Research Poster Competition, The Open University.

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Thiemann, Heidi B.; Norton, Andrew J.; Dickinson, Hugh J.; McMaster, Adam and Kolb, Ulrich C. (2021). SuperWASP Variable Stars: Classifying Light Curves Using Citizen Science. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502(1) pp. 1299–1311.

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Salisbury, M.A.; Kolb, U.C.; Norton, A.J. and Haswell, C.A. (2021). Monitoring of transiting exoplanets and their host stars with small aperture telescopes. New Astronomy, 83, article no. 101477.

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Merc, J.; Mikołajewska, J.; Gromadzki, M.; Gałan, C.; Iłkiewicz, K.; Skowron, J.; Wyrzykowski, Ł.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Rybicki, K. A.; Zieliński, P.; Kruszyńska, K.; Godunova, V.; Simon, A.; Reshetnyk, V.; Lewis, F.; Kolb, U.; Morrell, M.; Norton, A. J.; Awiphan, S.; Poshyachinda, S.; Reichart, D. E.; Greet, M. and Kolgjini, J. (2020). Gaia18aen: First symbiotic star discovered by Gaia. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 644, article no. A49.

Schanche, N; Hébrard, G; Cameron, A Collier; Dalal, S; Smalley, B; Wilson, T G; Boisse, I; Bouchy, F; Brown, D J A; Demangeon, O; Haswell, C A; Hellier, C; Kolb, U C; Lopez, T; Maxted, P F L; Pollacco, D L; West, R G and Wheatley, P J (2020). WASP-186 and WASP-187: two hot Jupiters discovered by SuperWASP and SOPHIE with additional observations by TESS. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499(1) pp. 428–440.

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Jones, M. H.; Chyriwsky, S. M.; Croston, J.; Kolb, U.; Schwenzer, S. P. and Urquhart, S. (2020). Online team work in space science and astronomy at the Open University. In: Proceedings of the 3rd Symposium on Space Educational Activities, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK, pp. 126–127.

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Evitts, Jack J.; Froebrich, Dirk; Scholz, Aleks; Eislöffel, Jochen; Campbell-White, Justyn; Furnell, Will; Urtly, Thomas; Pickard, Roger; Wiersema, Klaas; Dubovský, Pavol A.; Kudzej, Igor; Naves, Ramon; Aimar, Mario Morales; García, Rafael Castillo; Vanmunster, Tonny; Schwendeman, Erik; Alfaro, Francisco C. Soldán; Johnstone, Stephen; Farfán, Rafael Gonzalez; Killestein, Thomas; Casal, Jesús Delgado; de la Cuesta, Faustino García; Roberts, Dean; Kolb, Ulrich; Montoro, Luís; Licchelli, Domenico; Perez, Alex Escartin; Perez, Carlos Perelló; Deldem, Marc; Futcher, Stephen R. L.; Nelson, Tim; Dvorak, Shawn; Moździerski, Dawid; Quinn, Nick; Kotysz, Krzysztof; Kowalska, Katarzyna; Mikołajczyk, Przemysław; Fleming, George; Phillips, Mark; Vale, Tony; Dubois, Franky; Logie, Ludwig; Rau, Steve; Vanaverbeke, Siegfried; Merrikin, Barry; Mañanes, Esteban Fernández; Erdelyi, Emery; Carballo, Juan-Luis Gonzalez; Martinez, Fernando Limon; Long, Timothy P.; Segundo Delgado, Adolfo San; Salto González, Josép Luis; Espasa, Luis Tremosa; Piehler, Georg; Crumpton, James; Billington, Samuel J.; D’Arcy, Emma; Makin, Sally V. and Dover, Lord (2020). A survey for variable young stars with small telescopes: II - Mapping a protoplanetary disk with stable structures at 0.15 AU. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493(1) pp. 184–198.

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Salisbury, M. A.; Kolb, U. C.; Norton, A. J. and Haswell, C. A. (2020). Follow Up of Transiting Hot Jupiters with the OpenScience Observatories. In: Ariel Science, Mission & Community 2020 conference, 14-16 Jan 2020, ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.

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Wyrzykowski, Ł.; Mróz, P.; Rybicki, K. A.; Gromadzki, M.; Kołaczkowski, Z.; Zieliński, M.; Zieliński, P.; Britavskiy, N.; Gomboc, A.; Sokolovsky, K.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Abe, L.; Aldi, G. F.; AlMannaei, A.; Altavilla, G.; Al Qasim, A.; Anupama, G. C.; Awiphan, S.; Bachelet, E.; Bakış, V.; Baker, S.; Bartlett, S.; Bendjoya, P.; Benson, K.; Bikmaev, I. F.; Birenbaum, G.; Blagorodnova, N.; Blanco-Cuaresma, S.; Boeva, S.; Bonanos, A. Z.; Bozza, V.; Bramich, D. M.; Bruni, I.; Burenin, R. A.; Burgaz, U.; Butterley, T.; Caines, H. E.; Caton, D. B.; Calchi Novati, S.; Carrasco, J. M.; Cassan, A.; Čepas, V.; Cropper, M.; Chruślińska, M.; Clementini, G.; Clerici, A.; Conti, D.; Conti, M.; Cross, S.; Cusano, F.; Damljanovic, G.; Dapergolas, A.; D’Ago, G.; de Bruijne, J. H. J.; Dennefeld, M.; Dhillon, V. S.; Dominik, M.; Dziedzic, J.; Erece, O.; Eselevich, M. V.; Esenoglu, H.; Eyer, L.; Figuera Jaimes, R.; Fossey, S. J.; Galeev, A. I.; Grebenev, S. A.; Gupta, A. C.; Gutaev, A. G.; Hallakoun, N.; Hamanowicz, A.; Han, C.; Handzlik, B.; Haislip, J. B.; Hanlon, L.; Hardy, L. K.; Harrison, D. L.; van Heerden, H. J.; Hoette, V. L.; Horne, K.; Hudec, R.; Hundertmark, M.; Ihanec, N.; Irtuganov, E. N.; Itoh, R.; Iwanek, P.; Jovanovic, M. D.; Janulis, R.; Jelínek, M.; Jensen, E.; Kaczmarek, Z.; Katz, D.; Khamitov, I. M.; Kilic, Y.; Klencki, J.; Kolb, U.; Kopacki, G.; Kouprianov, V. V.; Kruszyńska, K.; Kurowski, S.; Latev, G.; Lee, C.-H.; Leonini, S.; Leto, G.; Lewis, F.; Li, Z.; Liakos, A.; Littlefair, S. P.; Lu, J.; Manser, C. J.; Mao, S.; Maoz, D.; Martin-Carrillo, A.; Marais, J. P.; Maskoliūnas, M.; Maund, J. R.; Meintjes, P. J.; Melnikov, S. S.; Ment, K.; Mikołajczyk, P.; Morrell, M.; Mowlavi, N.; Moździerski, D.; Murphy, D.; Nazarov, S.; Netzel, H.; Nesci, R.; Ngeow, C.-C.; Norton, A. J.; Ofek, E. O.; Pakštienė, E.; Palaversa, L.; Pandey, A.; Paraskeva, E.; Pawlak, M.; Penny, M. T.; Penprase, B. E.; Piascik, A.; Prieto, J. L.; Qvam, J. K. T.; Ranc, C.; Rebassa-Mansergas, A.; Reichart, D. E.; Reig, P.; Rhodes, L.; Rivet, J.-P.; Rixon, G.; Roberts, D.; Rosi, P.; Russell, D. M.; Zanmar Sanchez, R.; Scarpetta, G.; Seabroke, G.; Shappee, B. J.; Schmidt, R.; Shvartzvald, Y.; Sitek, M.; Skowron, J.; Śniegowska, M.; Snodgrass, C.; Soares, P. S.; van Soelen, B.; Spetsieri, Z. T.; Stankevičiūtė, A.; Steele, I. A.; Street, R. A.; Strobl, J.; Strubble, E.; Szegedi, H.; Tinjaca Ramirez, L. M.; Tomasella, L.; Tsapras, Y.; Vernet, D.; Villanueva, S.; Vince, O.; Wambsganss, J.; van der Westhuizen, I. P.; Wiersema, K.; Wium, D.; Wilson, R. W.; Yoldas, A.; Zhuchkov, R. Ya.; Zhukov, D. G.; Zdanavičius, J.; Zoła, S. and Zubareva, A. (2020). Full orbital solution for the binary system in the northern Galactic disc microlensing event Gaia16aye. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 633, article no. A98.

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Rowden, Pamela; Borkovits, Tamás; Jenkins, Jon M.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Twicken, Joseph D.; Newton, Elisabeth R.; Ziegler, Carl; Hellier, Coel; Soto, Aylin Garcia; Matthews, Elisabeth C.; Kolb, Ulrich; Ricker, George R.; Vanderspek, Roland; Latham, David W.; Seager, S.; Winn, Joshua N.; Bouma, Luke G.; Briceño, César; Charbonneau, David; Fong, William; Glidden, Ana; Guerrero, Natalia M.; Law, Nicholas; Mann, Andrew W.; Rose, Mark E.; Schlieder, Joshua; Tenenbaum, Peter and Ting, Eric B. (2020). TIC 278956474: Two Close Binaries in One Young Quadruple System Identified by TESS. The Astronomical Journal, 160(2) p. 76.

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Hébrard, G.; Díaz, R. F.; Correia, A. C. M.; Collier Cameron, A.; Laskar, J.; Pollacco, D.; Almenara, J.-M.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Boisse, I.; Bonomo, A. S.; Bouchy, F.; Boué, G.; Boumis, P.; Brown, D. J. A.; Dalal, S.; Deleuil, M.; Demangeon, O. D. S.; Doyle, A. P.; Haswell, C.A.; Hellier, C.; Osborn, H.; Kiefer, F.; Kolb, U.C.; Lam, K.; Lecavelier des Étangs, A.; Lopez, T.; Martin-Lagarde, M.; Maxted, P.; McCormac, J.; Nielsen, L. D.; Pallé, E.; Prieto-Arranz, J.; Queloz, D.; Santerne, A.; Smalley, B.; Turner, O.; Udry, S.; Verilhac, D.; West, R.; Wheatley, P. J. and Wilson, P. A. (2020). Discovery and characterization of the exoplanets WASP-148b and c. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 640, article no. A32.

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Thiemann, Heidi B.; Norton, Andrew J. and Kolb, Ulrich C. (2020). The stellar rotation–activity relation for a sample of SuperWASP and ASAS-SN field stars. Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 37, article no. e042.

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Schanche, N; Collier Cameron, A; Almenara, J M; Alsubai, K A; Anderson, D R; Armstrong, D J; Barkaoui, K; Barros, S C C; Bochiński, J; Bonomo, A S; Bouchy, F; Brown, D J A; Burdanov, A; Busuttil, Richard; Deleuil, M; Delrez, L; Faedi, F; Gillon, M; Hay, K; Hebb, L; Hébrard, G; Jehin, E; Kolb, U; Maxted, P F L; Miller, G; Nielsen, L D; Pollacco, D L; Pozuelos, F J; Queloz, D; Relles, H; Smalley, B; Triaud, A H M J; Udry, S; West, R and Wheatley, P J (2019). SuperWASP dispositions and false positive catalogue. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488(4) pp. 4905–4915.

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Sybilska, Agnieszka; Kozłowski, Stanisław; Sybilski, Piotr; Pawłaszek, Rafal; Słonina, Mariusz; Gurgul, Agnieszka; Konorski, Piotr; Drzał, Micha; Hus, Sławomir; Lech, Grzegorz; Litwicki, Michał; Pilichowski, Maciej; Ślimak, Rafał; Kolb, Ulrich; Burwitz, Vadim; Flohrer, Tim and Funke, Quirin (2019). Astrometry24.NET – precise astrometry for SST and NEO. In: 1st NEO and Debris Detection Conference (Flohrer, T.; Jehn, R. and Schmitz, F. eds.), 22-24 Jan 2019, Darmstadt, Germany, ESA Space Safety Programme Office.

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Kolb, Ulrich; Brodeur, Marcus; Braithwaite, N St.J and Minocha, Shailey (2018). A robotic telescope for university-level distance teaching. Robotic Telescopes, Student Research and Education Proceedings,, 1(1) pp. 127–136.

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Roberts, Dean and Kolb, Ulrich (2018). Rapid response gravitational wave follow-up with the PIRATE robotic telescope. In: European Week of Astronomy and Space Science: RAS National Astronomy Meeting, 3-6 Apr 2018, Liverpool, UK.

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Greer, P. A.; Payne, S. G.; Norton, A.J.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Smalley, B.; West, R.G.; Weatley, P. J. and Kolb, U. C. (2017). The SuperWASP catalogue of 4963 RR Lyr stars: identification of 983 Blazhko candidates. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 607, article no. A11.

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Baruch, John; Kolb, Ulrich; Fraser, Helen and Heyes, Jen (2017). Outreach at the match: a cautionary tale. Astronomy & Geophysics, 58(5) 5.37-5.38.

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Roberts, Dean and Kolb, Ulrich (2017). Rapid response gravitational wave follow-up with the PIRATE robotic telescope. The Open University.

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Rowden, Pamela; Kolb, Ulrich and Farmer, Rob (2017). Workshop talk: False positives and shallow eclipsing binaries in transiting exoplanet services, PLATO Week, Porto, October 2017. n/a, Porto.

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Faedi, F.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Pollacco, D.; Brown, D. J. A.; Hébrard, G.; Smalley, B.; Lam, K. W. F.; Veras, D.; Anderson, D.; Doyle, A. P.; Gillon, M.; Goad, M. R.; Lendl, M.; Mancini, L.; McCormac, J.; Plauchu-Frayn, I.; Prieto-Arranz, J.; Scholz, A.; Street, R.; Triaud, A. H. M.; West, R.; Wheatley, P. J.; Armstrong, D. J.; Barros, S. C. C.; Boisse, I.; Bouchy, F.; Boumis, P.; Collier Cameron, A.; Haswell, C. A.; Hay, K. L.; Hellier, C.; Kolb, U.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Norton, A. J.; Osborn, H. P.; Palle, E.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Ségransan, D.; Udry, S. and Wilson, P. A. (2016). WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets. arXiv

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Roberts, Dean and Kolb, Ulrich (2016). Gravitational Wave follow-up with the PIRATE telescope. The Open University.

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Hay, K. L.; Collier-Cameron, A.; Doyle, A. P.; Hébrard, G.; Skillen, I.; Anderson, D. R.; Barros, S. C. C.; Brown, D. J. A.; Bouchy, F.; Busuttil, R.; Delorme, P.; Delrez, L.; Demangeon, O.; Díaz, R. F.; Gillon, M.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Gonzàlez, E.; Hellier, C.; Holmes, S.; Jarvis, J. F.; Jehin, E.; Joshi, Y. C.; Kolb, U.; Lendl, M.; Maxted, P. F. L.; McCormac, J.; Miller, G. R. M.; Mortier, A.; Pallé, E.; Pollacco, D.; Prieto-Arranz, J.; Queloz, D.; Ségransan, D.; Simpson, E. K.; Smalley, B.; Southworth, J.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Turner, O. D.; Udry, S.; Vanhuysse, M.; West, R. G. and Wilson, P. A. (2016). WASP-92b, WASP-93b and WASP-118b: three new transiting close-in giant planets. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463(3) pp. 3276–3289.

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Brodeur, Marcus; Minocha, Shailey; Kolb, Ulrich and Braithwaite, Nicholas (2015). Designing online laboratories for optimal effectiveness: undergraduate priorities for authenticity, sociability and metafunctionality. In: 15th International Conference on Technology, Policy and Innovation, 17-19 Jun 2015, The Open University, Milton Keynes.

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Lohr, M. E.; Norton, A. J.; Gillen, E.; Busuttil, R.; Kolb, U. C.; Aigrain, S.; McQuillan, A.; Hodgkin, S. T. and González, E. (2015). The doubly eclipsing quintuple low-mass star system 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 578, article no. A103.

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Campbell, H. C.; Marsh, T. R.; Fraser, M.; Hodgkin, S. T.; de Miguel, E.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Steeghs, D.; Hourihane, A.; Breedt, E.; Littlefair, S. P.; Koposov, S. E.; Wyrzykowski, Ł.; Altavilla, G.; Blagorodnova, N.; Clementini, G.; Damljanovic, G.; Delgado, A.; Dennefeld, M.; Drake, A. J.; Fernández-Hernández, J.; Gilmore, G.; Gualandi, R.; Hamanowicz, A.; Handzlik, B.; Hardy, L. K.; Harrison, D. L.; Iłkiewicz, K.; Jonker, P. G.; Kochanek, C. S.; Kołaczkowski, Z.; Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Z.; Kotak, R.; van Leeuwen, G.; Leto, G.; Ochner, P.; Pawlak, M.; Palaversa, L.; Rixon, G.; Rybicki, K.; Shappee, B. J.; Smartt, S. J.; Torres, M. A. P.; Tomasella, L.; Turatto, M.; Ulaczyk, K.; van Velzen, S.; Vince, O.; Walton, N. A.; Wielgórski, P.; Wevers, T.; Whitelock, P.; Yoldas, A.; De Angeli, F.; Burgess, P.; Busso, G.; Busuttil, R.; Butterley, T.; Chambers, K. C.; Copperwheat, C.; Danilet, A. B.; Dhillon, V. S.; Evans, D. W.; Eyer, L.; Froebrich, D.; Gomboc, A.; Holland, G.; Holoien, T. W.-S.; Jarvis, J. F.; Kaiser, N.; Kann, D. A.; Koester, D.; Kolb, U.; Komossa, S.; Magnier, E. A.; Mahabal, A.; Polshaw, J.; Prieto, J. L.; Prusti, T.; Riello, M.; Scholz, A.; Simonian, G.; Stanek, K. Z.; Szabados, L.; Waters, C. and Wilson, R. W. (2015). Total eclipse of the heart: the AM CVn Gaia14aae/ASSASN-14cn. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 452(1) pp. 1060–1067.

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Ritter, H. and Kolb, U. (2015). The Ritter-Kolb Catalogue and its Impact on Research into CVs, LMXBs and related Objects. Acta Polytechnica CTU Proceedings, 2(1) pp. 21–25.

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Brodeur, Marcus; Kolb, Ulrich; Minocha, Shailey and Braithwaite, Nicolas (2014). How effective is remote instruction for astrophysics? In: Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 45 pp. 133–134.

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Brodeur, Marcus; Kolb, Ulrich; Minocha, Shailey and Braithwaite, Nicholas (2014). Teaching undergraduate astrophysics with PIRATE. In: Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 45 pp. 129–132.

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Kolb, Ulrich (2014). The PIRATE facility: at the crossroads of research and teaching. In: Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, 45.

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Rauer, H.; Catala, C.; Aerts, C.; Appourchaux, T.; Benz, W.; Brandeker, A.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Deleuil, M.; Gizon, L.; Goupil, M.-J.; Güdel, M.; Janot-Pacheco, E.; Mas-Hesse, M.; Pagano, I.; Piotto, G.; Pollacco, D.; Santos, Ċ.; Smith, A.; Suárez, J.-C.; Szabó, R.; Udry, S.; Adibekyan, V.; Alibert, Y.; Almenara, J.-M.; Amaro-Seoane, P.; Eiff, M. Ammler-von; Asplund, M.; Antonello, E.; Barnes, S.; Baudin, F.; Belkacem, K.; Bergemann, M.; Bihain, G.; Birch, A. C.; Bonfils, X.; Boisse, I.; Bonomo, A. S.; Borsa, F.; Brandão, I. M.; Brocato, E.; Brun, S.; Burleigh, M.; Burston, R.; Cabrera, J.; Cassisi, S.; Chaplin, W.; Charpinet, S.; Chiappini, C.; Church, R. P.; Csizmadia, Sz.; Cunha, M.; Damasso, M.; Davies, M. B.; Deeg, H. J.; Díaz, R. F.; Dreizler, S.; Dreyer, C.; Eggenberger, P.; Ehrenreich, D.; Eigmüller, P.; Erikson, A.; Farmer, R.; Feltzing, S.; Oliveira Fialho, F. de; Figueira, P.; Forveille, T.; Fridlund, M.; García, R. A.; Giommi, P.; Giuffrida, G.; Godolt, M.; da Silva, J. Gomes; Granzer, T.; Grenfell, J. L.; Grotsch-Noels, A.; Günther, E.; Haswell, C. A.; Hatzes, A. P.; Hébrard, G.; Hekker, S.; Helled, R.; Heng, K.; Jenkins, J. M.; Johansen, A.; Khodachenko, M. L.; Kislyakova, K. G.; Kley, W.; Kolb, U.; Krivova, N.; Kupka, F.; Lammer, H.; Lanza, A. F.; Lebreton, Y.; Magrin, D.; Marcos-Arenal, P.; Marrese, P. M.; Marques, J. P.; Martins, J.; Mathis, S.; Mathur, S.; Messina, S.; Miglio, A.; Montalban, J.; Montalto, M.; P. F. G. Monteiro, M. J.; Moradi, H.; Moravveji, E.; Mordasini, C.; Morel, T.; Mortier, A.; Nascimbeni, V.; Nelson, R. P.; Nielsen, M. B.; Noack, L.; Norton, A. J.; Ofir, A.; Oshagh, M.; Ouazzani, R.-M.; Pápics, P.; Parro, V. C.; Petit, P.; Plez, B.; Poretti, E.; Quirrenbach, A.; Ragazzoni, R.; Raimondo, G.; Rainer, M.; Reese, D. R.; Redmer, R.; Reffert, S.; Rojas-Ayala, B.; Roxburgh, I. W.; Salmon, S.; Santerne, A.; Schneider, J.; Schou, J.; Schuh, S.; Schunker, H.; Silva-Valio, A.; Silvotti, R.; Skillen, I.; Snellen, I.; Sohl, F.; Sousa, S. G.; Sozzetti, A.; Stello, D.; Strassmeier, K. G.; Švanda, M.; Szabó, Gy. M.; Tkachenko, A.; Valencia, D.; Van Grootel, V.; Vauclair, S. D.; Ventura, P.; Wagner, F. W.; Walton, N. A.; Weingrill, J.; Werner, S. C.; Wheatley, P. J. and Zwintz, K. (2014). The PLATO 2.0 mission. Experimental Astronomy, 38(1-2) pp. 249–330.

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Barnard, R.; Steiner, J. F.; Prestwich, A. F.; Stevens, I. R.; Clark, J. S. and Kolb, U. C. (2014). Energy-dependent evolution in IC10 X-1: hard evidence for an extended corona and implications. The Astrophysical Journal, 792(2), article no. 131.

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Lohr, M. E,; Norton, A. J.; Anderson, D. R.; Collier Cameron, A.; Faedi, F.; Haswell, C. A.; Hellier, C.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Horne, K.; Kolb, U. C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Pollacco, D.; Skillen, I.; Smalley, B.; West, R. G. and Wheatley, P. J. (2014). Period and amplitude variations in post-common-envelope eclipsing binaries observed with SuperWASP. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 566, article no. A128.

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Brothwell, R. D.; Watson, C. A.; Hebrard, G.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Cegla, H. M.; Santerne, A.; Hebrard, E.; Anderson, D. R.; Pollacco, D.; Simpson, E. K.; Bouchy, F.; Brown, D. J. A.; Chew, Y. G. M.; Cameron, A. C.; Armstrong, D. J.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bento, J.; Bochinski, J.; Burwitz, V.; Busuttil, R.; Delrez, L.; Doyle, A. P.; Faedi, F.; Fumel, A.; Gillon, M.; Haswell, C. A.; Hellier, C.; Jehin, E.; Kolb, U.; Lendl, M.; Liebig, C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; McCormac, J.; Miller, G. R. M.; Norton, A. J.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Rodriguez, J.; Segransan, D.; Skillen, I.; Smalley, B.; Stassun, K. G.; Udry, S.; West, R. G. and Wheatley, P. J. (2014). A window on exoplanet dynamical histories: Rossiter-McLaughlin observations of WASP-13b and WASP-32b. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440(4) pp. 3392–3401.

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Miglio, A.; Chaplin, W. J.; Farmer, R.; Kolb, U.; Girardi, L.; Elsworth, Y.; Appourchaux, T. and Handberg, R. (2014). Prospects for detecting asteroseismic binaries in Kepler data. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 784(1), article no. L3.

Lohr, M. E.; Hodgkin, S. T.; Norton, A. J. and Kolb, U. C. (2014). Parameters of two low-mass contact eclipsing binaries near the short-period limit. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 563, article no. A34.

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Maxted, P. F. L.; Bloemen, S.; Heber, U.; Geier, S.; Wheatley, P. J.; Marsh, T. R.; Breedt, E.; Sebastian, D.; Faillace, G.; Owen, C.; Pulley, D.; Smith, D.; Kolb, U.; Haswell, C. A.; Southworth, J.; Anderson, D. R.; Smalley, B.; Collier Cameron, A.; Hebb, L.; Simpson, E. K.; West, R. G.; Bochinski, J.; Busuttil, R. and Hadigal, S. (2014). EL CVn-type binaries - discovery of 17 helium white dwarf precursors in bright eclipsing binary star systems. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437(2) pp. 1681–1697.

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Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Faedi, F.; Pollacco, D.; Brown, D. J. A.; Doyle, A. P.; Collier Cameron, A.; Gillon, M.; Lendl, M.; Smalley, B.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; West, R. G.; Wheatley, P. J.; Busuttil, R.; Liebig, C.; Anderson, D. R.; Armstrong, D. J.; Barros, S. C. C.; Bento, J.; Bochinski, Jakub; Burwitz, V.; Delrez, L.; Enoch, B.; Fumel, A.; Haswell, C. A.; Hébrard, G.; Hellier, C.; Holmes, S.; Jehin, E.; Kolb, U.; Maxted, P. F. L.; McCormac, J.; Miller, G. R. M.; Norton, A. J.; Pepe, F.; Queloz, D.; Rodríguez, J.; Ségransan, D.; Skillen, I.; Stassun, K. G.; Udry, S. and Watson, C. (2013). Discovery of WASP-65b and WASP-75b: two hot Jupiters without highly inflated radii. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 559, article no. A36.

Lohr, M. E.; Norton, A. J.; Kolb, U. C. and Boyd, D. R. S. (2013). One, two, or three stars? An investigation of an unusual eclipsing binary candidate undergoing dramatic period changes. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 558

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Faedi, F.; Pollacco, D.; Barros, S. C. C.; Brown, D.; Collier Cameron, A.; Doyle, A. P.; Enoch, R.; Gillon, M.; Gómez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Hébrard, G.; Lendl, M.; Liebig, C.; Smalley, B.; Triaud, A. H. M. J.; West, R. G.; Wheatley, P. J.; Alsubai, K. A.; Anderson, D. R.; Armstrong, D.; Bento, J.; Bochinski, J.; Bouchy, F.; Busuttil, R.; Fossati, L.; Fumel, A.; Haswell, C.A.; Hellier, C.; Holmes, S.; Jehin, E.; Kolb, U.; McCormac, J.; Miller, G. R. M.; Moutou, C.; Norton, A. J.; Parley, N.; Queloz, D.; Santerne, A.; Skillen, I.; Smith, A. M. S.; Udry, S. and Watson, C. (2013). WASP-54b, WASP-56b, and WASP-57b: three new sub-Jupiter mass planets from SuperWASP. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 551 A73.

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Bending, V. L.; Lewis, S. R. and Kolb, U. (2013). Benchmark experiments with global climate models applicable to extra-solar gas giant planets in the shallow atmosphere approximation. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428(4) pp. 2874–2884.

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Lohr, M. E.; Norton, A. J.; Kolb, U. C.; Maxted, P. F. L.; Todd, I. and West, R. G. (2013). Period and period change measurements for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit and discovery of a doubly eclipsing quadruple system. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 549, article no. A86.

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Farmer, R.; Kolb, U. and Norton, A. J. (2013). The true stellar parameters of the Kepler target list. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433(2) pp. 1133–1145.

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Haswell, C. A.; Fossati, L.; Ayres, T.; France, K.; Froning, C. S.; Holmes, S.; Kolb, U. C.; Busuttil, R.; Street, R. A.; Hebb, L.; Collier Cameron, A.; Enoch, B.; Burvitz, V.; Rodriguez, J.; West, R. G.; Pollacco, D.; Wheatley, P. J. and Carter, A. (2012). Near-ultraviolet absorption, chromospheric activity, and star-planet interactions in the WASP-12 system. Astrophysical Journal, 760(1), article no. 79.

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Bending, V. L.; Lewis, S. R. and Kolb, U. (2012). Modelling the atmosphere of a template “hot Jupiter” exoplanet. In: European Planetary Science Congress, 23-28 Sep 2012, Madrid.

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Sasaki, M.; Pietsch, W.; Haberl, F.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Stiele, H.; Williams, B.; Kong, A. and Kolb, U. (2012). Supernova remnants and candidates detected in the XMM-Newton M 31 large survey. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 544, article no. A144.

Lohr, M. E.; Norton, A. J.; Kolb, U. C.; Anderson, D. R.; Faedi, F. and West, R. G. (2012). Period decrease in three SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 542, article no. A124.

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Bloom, Joshua S.; Kasen, Daniel; Shen, Ken J.; Nugent, Peter E.; Butler, Nathaniel R.; Graham, Melissa L.; Howell, D. Andrew; Kolb, Ulrich; Holmes, Stefan; Haswell, Carole A.; Burwitz, Vadim; Rodriguez, Juan and Sullivan, Mark (2012). A compact degenerate primary-star progenitor of SN 2011fe. Astrophysical Journal, 744(2) L17.

Davis, P. J.; Kolb, U. and Knigge, C. (2012). Is the common envelope ejection efficiency a function of the binary parameters? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419(1) pp. 287–303.

Nebot Gómez-Morán, A.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Schreiber, M. R.; Rebassa-Mansergas, A.; Schwope, A. D.; Southworth, J.; Aungwerojwit, A.; Bothe, M.; Davis, P. J.; Kolb, U.; Müller, M.; Papadaki, C.; Pyrzas, S.; Rabitz, A.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Schmidtobreick, L.; Schwarz, R.; Tappert, C.; Toloza, O.; Vogel, J. and Zorotovic, M. (2011). Post common envelope binaries from SDSS - XII. The orbital period distribution. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 536, article no. A43.

Lucas, Robert and Kolb, Ulrich (2011). Software architecture for an unattended remotely controlled telescope. Journal of the British Astronomical Association, 121(5) pp. 265–269.

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Stiele, H.; Pietsch, W.; Haberl, F.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Barnard, R.; Williams, B. F.; Kong, A. K. H. and Kolb, U. (2011). The deep XMM-Newton survey of M 31. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 534, article no. A55.

Davis, P. J.; Kolb, U. and Knigge, C. (2011). Is the common envelope ejection efficiency a function of the binary parameters? In: Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 6-11 May 2011, Vina del Mar, Chile, p. 115.

Burwitz, V.; Henze, M.; Pietsch, W.; Holmes, S.; Kolb, U.; Haswell, C. A. and Rodriguez, J. (2011). H-alpha confirmation of two recent disc novae in M 31. The Astronomer's Telegram, 3499 p. 1.

Holmes, S.; Kolb, U.; Haswell, C.; Burwitz, V.; Lucas, R.; Rodriguez, J.; Rolfe, S.; Rostron, J. and Barker, J. (2011). PIRATE: a remotely operable telescope facility for research and education. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 123(908) pp. 1177–1187.

Bending, V. L.; Lewis, S. R. and Kolb, U. (2010). Extra-solar planetary atmospheres and interiors. In: Exoclimes 2010, 7-10 Sep 2010, Exeter, ?.

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Henze, M.; Burwitz, V.; Pietsch, W.; Rodriguez, J.; Haswell, C. A.; Holmes, S.; Kolb, U. and Lucas, R. (2010). Confirmation of a nova candidate in M 31 in optical and Swift UVOT observations. The Astronomer's Telegram (2727).

Fossati, L.; Haswell, C. A.; Froning, C. S.; Hebb, L.; Holmes, S.; Kolb, U.; Helling, Ch.; Carter, A.; Wheatley, P.; Cameron, A. C.; Loeillet, B.; Pollacco, D.; Street, R.; Stempels, H. C.; Simpson, E.; Udry, S.; Joshi, Y. C.; West, R. G.; Skillen, I. and Wilson, D. (2010). Metals in the exosphere of the highly irradiated planet WASP-12b. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 714(2) L222-L227.

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Kolb, Ulrich (2010). Extreme Environment Astrophysics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Davis, P. J.; Kolb, U. and Willems, B. (2010). A comprehensive population synthesis study of post-common envelope binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 403(1) pp. 179–195.

Ritter, Hans and Kolb, Ulrich (2010). Catalogue of Cataclysmic Binaries, Low-Mass X-Ray Binaries and Related Objects. Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.

Henze, M.; Burwitz, V.; Pietsch, W.; Rodriguez, J.; Haswell, C. A.; Holmes, S.; Kolb, U. and Lucas, R. (2010). Apparent Nova in M31: M31N 2010-07a. International Astronomical Union: Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Kolb, Ulrich; Lucas, Robert; Burwitz, Vadim; Holmes, Stefan; Haswell, Carole; Rodgriguez, Juan; Rolfe, Samantha; Rostron, John and Barker, John (2010). PIRATE - the piCETL Astronomical Telescope Explorer. In: Norton, Andrew ed. Electronic Resources for Teaching and Learning. Milton Keynes: The Open University, pp. 58–64.

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Burwitz, V.; Pietsch, W.; Henze, M.; Updike, A.; Milne, P.; Williams, G.; Hartmann, D. H.; Rodriguez, J.; Holmes, S.; Kolb, U. and Lucas, R. (2010). Apparent Nova in M31: M31N 2010-01a. International Astronomical Union, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Burwitz, V; Rodriguez, J; Holmes, Stefan; Kolb, Ulrich and Lucas, Robert (2009). Apparent Nova in M31: M31N 2009-11a. International Astronomical Union, Cambridge, MA, USA.

Gänsicke, B. T.; Dillon, M.; Southworth, J.; Thorstensen, J. R.; Rodríguez-Gil, P.; Aungwerojwit, A.; Marsh, T. R.; Szkody, P.; Barros, S. C. C.; Casares, J.; De Martino, D.; Groot, P. J.; Hakala, P.; Kolb, U.; Littlefair, S. P.; Martínez-Pais, I.; Nelemans, G. and Schreiber, M. R. (2009). SDSS unveils a population of intrinsically faint cataclysmic variables at the minimum orbital period. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 397(4) pp. 2170–2188.

Barnard, R. and Kolb, U. (2009). A second black hole candidate in a M31 globular cluster is identified with XMM-Newton. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 397 L92-L95.

Shaw Greening, L.; Barnard, R.; Kolb, U.; Tonkin, C. and Osborne, J. P. (2009). An X-ray spectral survey of the disc of M 31 with XMM-Newton. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 495(3) pp. 733–741.

Lucas, Robert and Kolb, Ulrich (2009). Use of 3D virtual environments in teaching astronomy and physics. In: Frontiers in Science Education Research: An international conference on science and mathematics education research, 22-24 Mar 2009, Famagusta, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.

Barnard, R.; Stiele, H.; Hatzidimitriou, D.; Kong, A. K. H.; Williams, B. F.; Pietsch, W.; Kolb, U. C.; Haberl, F. and Sala, G. (2008). New XMM-Newton Analysis of Three Bright X-Ray Sources in M31 Globular Clusters, Including a New Black Hole Candidate. Astrophysical Journal, 689(2) pp. 1215–1221.

Barnard, R.; Clark, J. S. and Kolb, U. C. (2008). NGC 300 X-1 and IC 10 X-1: a new breed of black hole binary? Astronomy & Astrophysics, 488 pp. 697–703.

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Greening, L. Shaw; Barnard, R.; Tonkin, C.; Kolb, U. and Osborne, J. (2008). Results from the XMM-Newton M31 major axis survey. In: AIP Conference Proceedings, p. 325.

Barnard, Robin; Shaw Greening, Lindsey and Kolb, Ulrich (2008). A multi-coloured survey of NGC 253 with XMM-Newton. In: MPE Reports, 295 pp. 69–72.

Barnard, R.; Shaw Greening, L. and Kolb, U. (2008). A multi-coloured survey of NGC 253 with XMM–Newton: testing the methods used for creating luminosity functions from low-count data. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 388(2) pp. 849–862.

Davis, P. J.; Kolb, U.; Willems, B. and Gänsicke, B. T. (2008). How many cataclysmic variables are crossing the period gap? A test for the disruption of magnetic braking. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 389(4) pp. 1563–1576.

Sutaria, F. K.; Kolb, U.; Kuulkers, E.; Charles, P. and Chaty, S. (2008). The nature of the compact object in quiescent SXTs. In: AIP Conference Proceedings, p. 253.

Barnard, R.; Trudolyubov, S.; Kolb, U. C.; Haswell, C. A.; Osborne, J. P. and Priedhorsky, W. C. (2007). On the artificial nature of aperiodic variability in XMM-Newton observations of M 31 X-ray sources and the ultraluminous X-ray source NGC 4559 ULX-7. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 469(3) pp. 875–879.

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Willems, Bart; Taam, Ronald E.; Kolb, Ulrich; Dubus, Guillaume and Sandquist, Eric L. (2007). Theoretical orbital period distributions of cataclysmic variables above the period gap: Effects of circumbinary disks. Astrophysical Journal, 657(1) pp. 465–481.

Barker, J. and Kolb, U. (2006). The Minimum period problem in CVs. In: ASP Conference Proceedings: The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Justham, S.; Podsiadlowski, Ph.; Rappaport, S.; Nikku, M. and Kolb, Ulrich (2006). Stellar evolution For MODEST: full calculation, fitting formulae and future prospects. In: Modelling Dense Stellar Systems: 26th meeting of the IAU, 22-23 Aug 2006, Prague, Czech Republic.

Willems, B.; Kolb, U. and Justham, S. (2006). Eclipsing binaries in extrasolar planet transit surveys: the case of SuperWASP. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 367(3) pp. 1103–1112.

Barnard, R.; Foulkes, S.B.; Haswell, C.A.; Kolb, U.; Osborne, J.P. and Murray, J.R. (2006). Disc precession in the M31 dipping X-ray binary Bo 158? Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 366(1) pp. 287–294.

Ritter, H. and Kolb, U. (2006). Cataclysmic binaries, LMXBs, and related objects B/cb. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

Barnard, Robin; Foulkes, S. B.; Haswell, C. A.; Kolb, Ulrich; Osborne, J. P. and Murray, J. R. (2006). Discovery and modelling of disc precession in the M31 X-ray binary Bo 158. In: Proceedings of the 'The X-ray Universe 2005', 26-30 Sep 2005, El Escorial, Madrid, Spain.

Downes, R. A.; Webbink, R. F.; Shara, M. M.; Ritter, H.; Kolb, U. and Duerbeck, H. W. (2006). Catalog of cataclysmic variables V/123A. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

Shaw Greening, L.; Tonkin, C.; Barnard, R.; Kolb, U. and Osborne, J. P. (2006). Cumulative luminosity functions of the X-ray point source population in M31. In: Populations of high energy sources in galaxies: proceedings of the 230th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, 15-19 Aug 2005, Dublin, Ireland.

Barnard, R.; Shaw Greening, L.; Tonkin, C.; Kolb, U. and Osborne, J. P. (2006). XMM-Newton reveals ∼100 new LMXBs in M31 from variability studies. In: Populations of high energy sources in galaxies: proceedings of the 230th symposium of the International Astronomical Union, 15-19 Aug 2005, Dublin, Ireland.

Gansicke, B. T.; Rodriguez-Gil, P.; Marsh, T. R.; de Martino, D.; Nestoras, J.; Szkody, P.; Aungwerojwit, A.; Barros, S. C. C.; Dillon, M.; Araujo-Betancor, S.; Arevalo, M. J.; Casares, J.; Groot, P. J.; Kolb, U.; Lazaro, C.; Hakala, P.; Martinez-Pais, I. G.; Nelemans, G.; Roelofs, G.; Schreiber, M. R.; van den Besselaar, E.; Zurita, C. and Monet, D. (2006). A ZZ Ceti white dwarf in SDSS J133941.11+484727.5. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 365(3) pp. 969–976.

Williams, Benjamin F.; Barnard, Robin; Garcia, Michael R.; Kolb, U.; Osborne, J.P. and Kong, Albert K.H. (2005). A potential supernova remnant-x-ray binary association in M31. Astrophysical Journal, 634(1) pp. 365–375.

Barnard, R.; Osborne, J. P.; Kolb, U. and Haswell, C. A. (2005). Black hole hunting in the Andromeda Galaxy. In: Interacting binaries: accretion, evolution, and outcomes, 4-10 Jul 2004, Cefalu, Sicily, Italy.

Downes, R. A.; Webbink, R. F.; Shara, M. M.; Ritter, H.; Kolb, U. and Duerbeck, H. W. (2005). Catalog of cataclysmic variables V/123. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

Ritter, H. and Kolb, U. (2005). Cataclysmic binaries, LMXBs, and related objects B/cb. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

Ritter, H. and Kolb, U. (2005). Cataclysmic binaries, LMXBs, and related objects V/113D. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

Willems, B. and Kolb, U. (2005). The Orbital period distribution of wide binary millisecond pulsars. In: Binary Radio Pulsars, 11-17 Jan 2004, Aspen, Colorado, USA.

Downes, Ronald A.; Webbink, Ronald F.; Shara, Michael M.; Ritter, Hans; Kolb, Ulrich and Duerbeck, Hilmar W. (2005). A catalog and atlas of cataclysmic variables: the final edition. Journal of Astronomical Data, 11

Willems, Bart; Kolb, Ulrich; Sandquist, Eric L.; Taam, Ronald E. and Dubus, Guillaume (2005). Angular momentum losses and the orbital period distribution of cataclysmic variables below the period gap: effects of circumbinary disks. Astrophysical Journal, 635(1) pp. 1263–1280.

Kolb, U. and Willems, B. (2005). Thermal-timescale mass transfer and evolved donor stars in CVs. In: The Astrophysics of cataclysmic variables and related objects, 11-16 Jul 2004, Strasbourg, France.

Uytterhoeven, K.; Willem, B.; Lefever, K.; Aerts, C.; Telting, J. H. and Kolb, U. (2004). Interpretation of the variability of the β Cephei star λ Scorpii. I. The multiple character. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 427(2) pp. 581–592.

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Barnard, R.; Kolb, U. and Osborne, J. P. (2004). Identifying a black hole X-ray transient in M 31 with XMM-Newton and Chandra. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 423 pp. 147–153.

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Justham, S. and Kolb, U. (2004). Thermal timescale mass transfer in binary population synthesis. In: Compact binaries in the galaxy and beyond, 17-22 Nov 2003, California, U.S.A..

Kolb, U. and Willems, B. (2004). Population synthesis studies of white dwarf binaries. In: Compact Binaries in the Galaxy and Beyond, 17-22 Nov 2003, California, U.S.A..

Willems, B. and Kolb, U. (2004). Detached white dwarf main-sequence star binaries. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 419(3) pp. 1057–1076.

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Ritter, H. and Kolb, U. (2004). Cataclysmic binaries, LMXBs, and related objects V/113C. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

Barnard, R.; Kolb, U. and Osborne, J. P. (2003). Tracing a Z-track in the M 31 X-ray binary RX J0042.6+4115. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 411(3) pp. 553–557.

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Willems, B. and Kolb, U. (2003). On the detection of pre-low-mass X-ray binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 343(3) pp. 949–958.

Ritter, H. and Kolb, U. (2003). Cataclysmic binaries, LMXBs, and related objects V/113A. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

Ritter, H. and Kolb, U. (2003). Catalogue of cataclysmic binaries, low-mass X-ray binaries and related objects (Seventh edition). Astronomy & Astrophysics, 404(1) pp. 301–304.

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Barker, J. and Kolb, U. (2003). The minimum period problem in cataclysmic variables. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 340(2) pp. 623–631.

Willems, B. and Kolb, U. (2003). The population of wide binary millisecond pulsars. Astronomische Nachrichten, 324(1-2) p. 169.

Willems, B. and Kolb, U. (2002). Population synthesis of wide binary millisecond pulsars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 337(3) pp. 1004–1016.

Schenker, K.; King, A.R.; Kolb, U.; Wynn, G.A. and Zhang, Z. (2002). AE Aquarii: how cataclysmic variables descend from supersoft binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 337(3) pp. 1105–1112.

North, R.C.; Marsh, T.R.; Kolb, U.; Dhillon, V.S. and Moran, C.K.J. (2002). The systemic velocities of four long-period cataclysmic variable stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 337(4) pp. 1215–1223.

Sutaria, F. K.; Kolb, U.; Charles, P.; Osborne, J. P.; Kuulkers, E.; Casares, J.; Harlaftis, E. T.; Shahbaz, T.; Still, M. and Wheatley, P. (2002). XMM-Newton detection of Nova Muscae 1991 in quiescence. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 391(3) pp. 993–997.

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Renvoizé, V.; Baraffe, I.; Kolb, U. and Ritter, H. (2002). Distortion of secondaries in semi-detached binaries and the cataclysmic variable period minimum. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 389 pp. 485–493.

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Ryan, Sean G.; Gregory, Scott G.; Kolb, Ulrich; Beers, Timothy C. and Kajino, Toshitaka (2002). Rapid rotation of ultra-li-depleted halo stars and their association with blue stragglers. Astrophysical Journal, 571(1) pp. 501–511.

Downes, R. A.; Webbink, R. F.; Shara, M. M.; Ritter, H.; Kolb, U. and Duerbeck, H. W. (2002). Catalog of cataclysmic variables V/110. Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg.

Willems, B.; Mundin, R.P. and Kolb, U. (2002). BiSEPS: a new binary population synthesis code. In: Gänsicke, B.T.; Beuermann, K. and Reinsch, K. eds. The physics of cataclysmic variables and related objects. ASP Conference Proceedings, 261. San Francisco, USA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, pp. 303–305.

Kolb, U. (2002). Session IV: binary evolution II. Discussion summary. In: The physics of cataclysmic variables and related objects, 5-10 Aug 2001, Gottingen, Germany.

Marsh, T. R.; Morales-Rueda, L.; Steeghs, D.; Maxted, P.; Kolb, U. and et, al (2002). A first look at cataclysmic variable stars from the 2dF QSO survey. In: The physics of cataclysmic variables and related objects, 5-10 Aug 2001, Gottingen, Germany.

Kolb, U. (2002). Braking and bouncing. In: The physics of cataclysmic variables and related objects, 5-10 Aug 2001, Gottingen, Germany.

Kolb, U.; Rappaport, S.; Schenker, K. and Howell, S. (2001). Nova-induced mass transfer variations. Astrophysical Journal, 563(number 2,) pp. 958–970.

Downes, Ronald A.; Webbink, Ronald F.; Shara, Michael M.; Ritter, Hans; Kolb, Ulrich and Duerbeck, Hilmar W. (2001). A catalog and atlas of cataclysmic variables: the living edition. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 113(784) pp. 764–768.

Kolb, U.; King, A.R. and Baraffe, I. (2001). Mass estimates in short-period compact binaries. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 321(3) pp. 544–548.

King, A.R.; Schenker, K.; Kolb, U. and Davies, M.B. (2001). The minimum orbital period in thermal time-scale mass transfer. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 321(2) pp. 327–332.

Barker, J. and Kolb, U. (2001). The minimum period problem in CVs. In: Gänsicke, B.T.; Beuermann, K. and Reinsch, K. eds. The Physics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects. ASP Conference Proceedings, 261. San Francisco, USA: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, pp. 271–272.

Chadwick, P.M.; Chaty, S.; Daniel, M.K.; Haswell, C.A.; Kolb, U.; McComb, T.J.L.; McKenny, J.M.; Nolan, S.J.; Norton, A.J.; Orford, K.J.; Osborne, J.L. and Rayner, S.M. (2001). VHE gamma rays from binary systems. AIP Conference Proceedings, 558(1) pp. 757–760.

Kolb, U. (2001). The population of cataclysmic variable systems. In: Vanbeveren, D. ed. The Influence of binaries on stellar population studies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 264. Springer, pp. 321–338.

Barker, J. and Kolb, U. (2001). The CV minimum period problem. In: Vanbeveren, D. ed. The Influence of Binaries on Stellar Population Studies. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 264. Springer, pp. 563–564.

Kolb, Ulrich (2001). Nova outbursts and the CV mass transfer rate spectrum. In: Podsiadlowski, Ph.; Rappaport, S.; King, A.R.; D'Antona, F. and Burder, L. eds. Evolution of Binary and Multiple Star Systems; A Meeting in Celebration of Peter Eggleton's 60th Birthday. ASP Conference Series, 229. Astronomical Society of the Pacific, pp. 333–344.

North, R.C.; Marsh, T.R.; Moran, C.K.; Kolb, U.; Smith, R.C. and Stehle, R. (2001). Halpha-emission doppler tomography of long-period cataclysmic variable stars. In: Boffin, H. M. J.; Steeghs, D. and Cuypers, J eds. Astrotomography, Indirect Imaging Methods in Observational Astronomy. Lecture Notes in Physics, 573. Berlin, Germany: Springer, p. 33.

Davies, Melvyn B.; Kolb, Ulrich; King, Andrew R. and Ritter, Hans (2001). The violent past of Cygnus X-2. In: Evolution of binary and multiple star systems: a meeting in celebration of Peter Eggleton's 60th birthday, 25 Jun - 1 Jul 2000, Bormio, Italy.