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Publications: Dr Edward Gillen

Vines JI, Jenkins JS, Anderson DR, Alves DR, Moyano M, Acton JS, Apergis I, Barkaoui K et al. ( 2024 ) . NGTS-31b and NGTS-32b: Two Inflated hot Jupiters Orbiting Subgiant Stars . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Chitnavis S, Gray C, Rousouli I, Gillen E, Mullineaux CW, Haworth TJ, Duffy CDP ( 2024 ) . Optimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: simple and general antenna models . Photosynthesis Research vol. 162 , ( 1 ) 75 - 92 .
Blanco-Duque C, Bond SA, Krone LB, Dufour J-P, Gillen ECP, Purple RJ, Kahn MC, Bannerman DM et al. ( 2024 ) . Oscillatory-Quality of sleep spindles links brain state with sleep regulation and function . Science Advances vol. 10 , ( 36 )
Leleu A, Delisle J-B, Delrez L, Bryant EM, Brandeker A, Osborn HP, Hara N, Wilson TG et al. ( 2024 ) . Photo-dynamical characterisation of the TOI-178 resonant chain . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 688 ,
Henderson BA, Casewell SL, Jordán A, Brahm R, Henning T, Gill S, Mayorga LC, Ziegler C et al. ( 2024 ) . TOI-2490b – the most eccentric brown dwarf transiting in the brown dwarf desert . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 533 , ( 3 ) 2823 - 2842 .
Gill S, Bayliss D, Ulmer-Moll S, Wheatley PJ, Brahm R, Anderson DR, Armstrong D, Apergis I et al. ( 2024 ) . TOI-2447 b / NGTS-29 b: a 69-day Saturn around a Solar analogue . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 532 , ( 2 ) 1444 - 1458 .
Battley MP, Collins KA, Ulmer-Moll S, Quinn SN, Lendl M, Gill S, Brahm R, Hobson MJ et al. ( 2024 ) . NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter★★★ . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 686 ,
Barragán O, Yu H, Freckelton AV, Meech A, Cretignier M, Mortier A, Aigrain S, Klein B et al. ( 2024 ) . TOI-837 b is a young Saturn-sized exoplanet with a massive 70 M⊕ core . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 531 , ( 4 ) 4275 - 4292 .
Bouchy F, Gillen E, Turner O, Gill S, Nielsen LD, Lendl M, Vines JI, Alves DR et al. ( 2024 ) . NGTS discovery of a highly inflated Saturn-mass planet and a highly irradiated hot Jupiter . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 684 ,
O’Brien SM, Schwamb ME, Gill S, Watson CA, Burleigh MR, Kendall A, Casewell SL, Anderson DR et al. ( 2024 ) . Planet Hunters NGTS: New Planet Candidates from a Citizen Science Search of the Next Generation Transit Survey Public Data . The Astronomical Journal vol. 167 , ( 5 )
Henderson BA, Casewell SL, Goad MR, Acton JS, Günther MN, Nielsen LD, Burleigh MR, Belardi C et al. ( 2024 ) . NGTS-28Ab: a short period transiting brown dwarf . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 530 , ( 1 ) 318 - 339 .
Duffy CDP, Canchon G, Haworth TJ, Gillen E, Chitnavis S, Mullineaux CW ( 2023 ) . Photosynthesis under a red Sun: predicting the absorption characteristics of an extraterrestrial light-harvesting antenna . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 526 , ( 2 ) 2265 - 2277 .
Lowson N, Zhou G, Huang CX, Wright DJ, Edwards B, Nabbie E, Venner A, Quinn SN et al. ( 2023 ) . Two mini-Neptunes transiting the adolescent K-star HIP 113103 confirmed with TESS and CHEOPS . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 527 , ( 1 ) 1146 - 1162 .
Smith GD, Gillen E, Hodgkin ST, Alves DR, Anderson DR, Battley MP, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL et al. ( 2023 ) . NGTS clusters survey – V. Rotation in the Orion star-forming complex . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 523 , ( 1 ) 169 - 188 .
Kreutzer LT, Gillen E, Briegal JT, Queloz D ( 2023 ) . S-ACF: a selective estimator for the autocorrelation function of irregularly sampled time series . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 522 , ( 4 ) 5049 - 5061 .
Barragán O, Gillen E, Aigrain S, Meech A, Klein B, Nielsen LD, Yu H, O’Sullivan NK et al. ( 2023 ) . Revisiting K2-233 spectroscopic time-series with multidimensional Gaussian processes . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 522 , ( 3 ) 3458 - 3471 .
Moulton T, Hodgkin ST, Smith GD, Briegal JT, Gillen E, Acton JS, Battley MP, Burleigh MR et al. ( 2023 ) . NGTS clusters survey – IV. Search for Dipper stars in the Orion Nebular Cluster . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 521 , ( 2 ) 1700 - 1726 .
Heitzmann A, Zhou G, Quinn SN, Huang CX, Dong J, Bouma LG, Dawson RI, Marsden SC et al. ( 2023 ) . TOI-4562b: A Highly Eccentric Temperate Jupiter Analog Orbiting a Young Field Star . The Astronomical Journal vol. 165 , ( 3 )
Jackson DG, Watson CA, de Mooij EJW, Acton JS, Alves DR, Anderson DR, Armstrong DJ, Bayliss D et al. ( 2022 ) . The discovery of three hot Jupiters, NGTS-23b, 24b, and 25b, and updated parameters for HATS-54b from the Next Generation Transit Survey . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 518 , ( 4 ) 4845 - 4860 .
Alves DR, Jenkins JS, Vines JI, Nielsen LD, Gill S, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Bayliss D et al. ( 2022 ) . NGTS-21b: an inflated Super-Jupiter orbiting a metal-poor K dwarf . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 517 , ( 3 ) 4447 - 4457 .
Ulmer-Moll S, Lendl M, Gill S, Villanueva S, Hobson MJ, Bouchy F, Brahm R, Dragomir D et al. ( 2022 ) . Two long-period transiting exoplanets on eccentric orbits: NGTS-20 b (TOI-5152 b) and TOI-5153 b★ . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 666 ,
Bayliss D, O'Brien SM, Bryant E, Wheatley P, West R, McCormac J, Chote P, Gill S et al. ( 2022 ) . High precision ground-based CCD photometry from the Next Generation Transit Survey . Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering . Conference: X-Ray, Optical, and Infrared Detectors for Astronomy X vol. 12191 ,
Zhou G, Wirth CP, Huang CX, Venner A, Franson K, Quinn SN, Bouma LG, Kraus AL et al. ( 2022 ) . A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235 . The Astronomical Journal vol. 163 , ( 6 )
Briegal JT, Gillen E, Queloz D, Hodgkin S, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Armstrong DJ, Battley MP et al. ( 2022 ) . Periodic stellar variability from almost a million NGTS light curves . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 513 , ( 1 ) 420 - 438 .
Gill S, Ulmer-Moll S, Wheatley PJ, Bayliss D, Burleigh MR, Acton JS, Casewell SL, Watson CA et al. ( 2022 ) . TIC-320687387 B: a long-period eclipsing M-dwarf close to the hydrogen burning limit . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 513 , ( 2 ) 1785 - 1793 .
Günther MN, Berardo DA, Ducrot E, Murray CA, Stassun KG, Olah K, Bouma LG, Rappaport S et al. ( 2022 ) . Complex Modulation of Rapidly Rotating Young M Dwarfs: Adding Pieces to the Puzzle . The Astronomical Journal vol. 163 , ( 4 )
Smith GD, Gillen E, Queloz D, Hillenbrand LA, Acton JS, Alves DR, Anderson DR, Bayliss D et al. ( 2021 ) . NGTS clusters survey – III. A low-mass eclipsing binary in the Blanco 1 open cluster spanning the fully convective boundary . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 507 , ( 4 ) 5991 - 6011 .
Acton JS, Goad MR, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Breytenbach H, Nielsen LD, Smith G, Anderson DR et al. ( 2021 ) . NGTS-19b: A high mass transiting brown dwarf in a 17-day eccentric orbit . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Leleu A, Alibert Y, Hara NC, Hooton MJ, Wilson TG, Robutel P, Delisle J-B, Laskar J et al. ( 2021 ) . Six transiting planets and a chain of Laplace resonances in TOI-178 . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 649 ,
Jackman JAG, Wheatley PJ, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Bayliss D, Briegal JT, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL et al. ( 2021 ) . Stellar flares detected with the Next Generation Transit Survey . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 504 , ( 3 ) 3246 - 3264 .
Tilbrook RH, Burleigh MR, Costes JC, Gill S, Nielsen LD, Vines JI, Queloz D, Hodgkin ST et al. ( 2021 ) . NGTS 15b, 16b, 17b, and 18b: four hot Jupiters from the Next-Generation Transit Survey . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 504 , ( 4 ) 6018 - 6032 .
Grieves N, Nielsen LD, Vines JI, Bryant EM, Gill S, Bouchy F, Lendl M, Bayliss D et al. ( 2021 ) . NGTS-13b: A hot 4.8 Jupiter-mass planet transiting a subgiant star . Astronomy and Astrophysics vol. 647 ,
Barragán O, Aigrain S, Gillen E, Gutiérrez-Canales F ( 2021 ) . TESS Re-observes the Young Multi-planet System TOI-451: Refined Ephemeris and Activity Evolution . Research Notes of the AAS vol. 5 , ( 3 ) 51 - 51 .
Smith AMS, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Armstrong DJ, Bayliss D, Belardi C, Bouchy F, Brahm R et al. ( 2021 ) . NGTS-14Ab: A Neptune-sized transiting planet in the desert . Astronomy and Astrophysics vol. 646 ,
Bryant EM, Bayliss D, Nielsen LD, Veras D, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Armstrong DJ, Bouchy F et al. ( 2020 ) . NGTS-12b: A sub-Saturn mass transiting exoplanet in a 7.53 day orbit . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 499 , ( 3 ) 3139 - 3148 .
Jenkins JS, Díaz MR, Kurtovic NT, Espinoza N, Vines JI, Rojas PAP, Brahm R, Torres P et al. ( 2020 ) . Author Correction: An ultrahot Neptune in the Neptune desert . Nature Astronomy vol. 4 , ( 12 ) 1202 - 1202 .
Jenkins JS, Díaz MR, Kurtovic NT, Espinoza N, Vines JI, Rojas PAP, Brahm R, Torres P et al. ( 2020 ) . An ultrahot Neptune in the Neptune desert . Nature Astronomy
Lienhard F, Queloz D, Gillon M, Burdanov A, Delrez L, Ducrot E, Handley W, Jehin E et al. ( 2020 ) . Global analysis of the TRAPPIST Ultra-Cool Dwarf Transit Survey . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 497 , ( 3 ) 3790 - 3808 .
Jackman JAG, Wheatley PJ, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Belardi C, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Eigmüller P et al. ( 2020 ) . NGTS clusters survey – II. White-light flares from the youngest stars in Orion . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 497 , ( 1 ) 809 - 817 .
Acton JS, Goad MR, Casewell SL, Vines JI, Burleigh MR, Eigmüller P, Nielsen LD, Gänsicke BT et al. ( 2020 ) . An eclipsing M-dwarf close to the hydrogen burning limit from NGTS . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gill S, Wheatley PJ, Cooke BF, Jordán A, Nielsen LD, Bayliss D, Anderson DR, Vines JI et al. ( 2020 ) . NGTS-11 b (TOI-1847 b): A Transiting Warm Saturn Recovered from a TESS Single-transit Event . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 898 , ( 1 )
Gillen E, Hillenbrand LA, Stauffer J, Aigrain S, Rebull L, Cody AM ( 2020 ) . Mon-735: a new low-mass pre-main-sequence eclipsing binary in NGC 2264 . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 495 , ( 2 ) 1531 - 1548 .
McCormac J, Gillen E, Jackman JAG, Brown DJA, Bayliss D, Wheatley PJ, Anderson DR, Armstrong DJ et al. ( 2020 ) . NGTS-10b: the shortest period hot Jupiter yet discovered . MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY vol. 493 , ( 1 ) 126 - 140 .
Gillen E, Briegal JT, Hodgkin ST, Foreman-Mackey D, Van Leeuwen F, Jackman JAG, McCormac J, West RG et al. ( 2020 ) . NGTS clusters survey - I. Rotation in the young benchmark open cluster Blanco 1 . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 492 , ( 1 ) 1008 - 1024 .
Lendl M, Bouchy F, Gill S, Nielsen LD, Turner O, Stassun K, Acton JS, Anderson DR et al. ( 2020 ) . TOI-222: A single-transit TESS candidate revealed to be a 34-d eclipsing binary with CORALIE, EulerCam, and NGTS . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 492 , ( 2 ) 1761 - 1769 .
Guenther MN, Zhan Z, Seager S, Rimmer PB, Ranjan S, Stassun KG, Oelkers RJ, Daylan T et al. ( 2020 ) . Stellar Flares from the First TESS Data Release: Exploring a New Sample of M Dwarfs . The Astronomical Journal vol. 159 , ( 2 ) Article ARTN 60 ,
Gillen E, Rimmer PB, Catling DC ( 2020 ) . Statistical analysis of Curiosity data shows no evidence for a strong seasonal cycle of Martian methane . Icarus vol. 336 ,
Costes JC, Watson CA, Belardi C, Braker IP, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Eigmüller P, Günther MN et al. ( 2019 ) . NGTS-8b and NGTS-9b: Two non-inflated hot Jupiters . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 491 , ( 2 ) 2834 - 2844 .
Jackman JAG, Wheatley PJ, Bayliss D, Gill S, Hodgkin ST, Burleigh MR, Braker IP, Günther MN et al. ( 2019 ) . NGTS-7Ab: An ultrashort-period brown dwarf transiting a tidally locked and active M dwarf . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 489 , ( 4 ) 5146 - 5164 .
Vines JI, Jenkins JS, Acton JS, Briegal J, Bayliss D, Bouchy F, Belardi C, Bryant EM et al. ( 2019 ) . NGTS-6b: An ultrashort period hot-Jupiter orbiting an old K dwarf . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 489 , ( 3 ) 4125 - 4134 .
West RG, Gillen E, Bayliss D, Burleigh MR, Delrez L, Günther MN, Hodgkin ST, Jackman JAG et al. ( 2019 ) . NGTS-4b: A sub-Neptune transiting in the desert . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 486 , ( 4 ) 5094 - 5103 .
Eigmueller P, Chaushev A, Gillen E, Smith A, Nielsen LD, Turner O, Csizmadia S, Smalley B et al. ( 2019 ) . NGTS-5b: a highly inflated planet offering insights into the sub-Jovian desert . ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS vol. 625 , Article ARTN A142 ,
David TJ, Hillenbrand LA, Gillen E, Cody AM, Howell SB, Isaacson HT, Livingston JH ( 2019 ) . Age Determination in Upper Scorpius with Eclipsing Binaries . Astrophysical Journal vol. 872 , ( 2 )
Jackman JAG, Wheatley PJ, Pugh CE, Kolotkov DY, Broomhall AM, Kennedy GM, Murphy SJ, Raddi R et al. ( 2019 ) . Detection of a giant flare displaying quasi-periodic pulsations from a pre-main-sequence M star by the Next Generation Transit Survey . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 482 , ( 4 ) 5553 - 5566 .
Casewell SL, Raynard L, Watson CA, Gillen E, de Mooij E, Bayliss D, Bouchy F, Thompson A et al. ( 2018 ) . A low-mass eclipsing binary within the fully convective zone from the Next Generation Transit Survey . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 481 , ( 2 ) 1897 - 1907 .
Raynard L, Goad MR, Gillen E, Nielsen LD, Watson CA, Thompson APG, McCormac J, Bayliss D et al. ( 2018 ) . NGTS-2b: An inflated hot-Jupiter transiting a bright F-dwarf . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 481 , ( 4 ) 4960 - 4970 .
Günther MN, Queloz D, Gillen E, Delrez L, Bouchy F, McCormac J, Smalley B, Almleaky Y et al. ( 2018 ) . Unmasking the hidden NGTS-3Ab: A hot Jupiter in an unresolved binary system . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 478 , ( 4 ) 4720 - 4737 .
Armstrong DJ, Günther MN, McCormac J, Smith AMS, Bayliss D, Bouchy F, Burleigh MR, Casewell S et al. ( 2018 ) . Automatic vetting of planet candidates from ground-based surveys: Machine learning with NGTS . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 478 , ( 3 ) 4225 - 4237 .
Rimmer PB, Xu J, Thompson SJ, Gillen E, Sutherland JD, Queloz D ( 2018 ) . The origin of RNA precursors on exoplanets . Sci Adv vol. 4 , ( 8 )
Bayliss D, Gillen E, Eigmüller P, McCormac J, Alexander RD, Armstrong DJ, Booth RS, Bouchy F et al. ( 2018 ) . NGTS-1b: A hot Jupiter transiting an M-dwarf . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 475 , ( 4 ) 4467 - 4475 .
Wheatley PJ, West RG, Goad MR, Jenkins JS, Pollacco DL, Queloz D, Rauer H, Udry S et al. ( 2018 ) . The Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 475 , ( 4 ) 4476 - 4493 .
Jackman JAG, Wheatley PJ, Pugh CE, Gansicke BT, Gillen E, Broomhall A-M, Armstrong DJ, Burleigh MR et al. ( 2018 ) . Ground-based detection of G star superflares with NGTS . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 477 , ( 4 ) 4655 - 4664 .
Günther MN, Queloz D, Gillen E, McCormac J, Bayliss D, Bouchy F, Walker SR, West RG et al. ( 2017 ) . Centroid vetting of transiting planet candidates from the Next Generation transit Survey . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 472 , ( 1 ) 295 - 307 .
Gillen E, Hillenbrand LA, David TJ, Aigrain S, Rebull L, Stauffer J, Cody AM, Queloz D ( 2017 ) . New Low-mass Eclipsing Binary Systems in Praesepe Discovered by K2 . ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL vol. 849 , ( 1 )
Pepper J, Gillen E, Parviainen H, Hillenbrand LA, Cody AM, Aigrain S, Stauffer J, Vrba FJ et al. ( 2017 ) . A Low-mass Exoplanet Candidate Detected by K2 Transiting the Praesepe M Dwarf JS 183 . Astronomical Journal vol. 153 , ( 4 )
Gillen E, Aigrain S, Terquem C, Bouvier J, Alencar SHP, Gandolfi D, Stauffer J, Cody A et al. ( 2017 ) . CoRoT 223992193: Investigating the variability in a low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary with evidence of a circumbinary disk . Astronomy and Astrophysics vol. 599 ,
Rebull LM, Stauffer JR, Bouvier J, Cody AM, Hillenbrand LA, Soderblom DR, Valenti J, Barrado D et al. ( 2016 ) . ROTATION in the PLEIADES with K2. I. DATA and FIRST RESULTS . Astronomical Journal vol. 152 , ( 5 )
Rebull LM, Stauffer JR, Bouvier J, Cody AM, Hillenbrand LA, Soderblom DR, Valenti J, Barrado D et al. ( 2016 ) . ROTATION in the PLEIADES with K2. II. MULTIPERIOD STARS . Astronomical Journal vol. 152 , ( 5 )
Demory BO, Queloz D, Alibert Y, Gillen E, Gillon M ( 2016 ) . Probing trappist-1-like systems with K2 . Astrophysical Journal Letters vol. 825 , ( 2 )
Stauffer J, Cody AM, Rebull L, Hillenbrand LA, Turner NJ, Carpenter J, Carey S, Terebey S et al. ( 2016 ) . CSI 2264: CHARACTERIZING YOUNG STARS in NGC 2264 with STOCHASTICALLY VARYING LIGHT CURVES . Astronomical Journal vol. 151 , ( 3 )
David TJ, Stauffer J, Hillenbrand LA, Cody AM, Conroy K, Stassun KG, Pope B, Aigrain S et al. ( 2015 ) . HII 2407: An eclipsing binary revealed by K2 observations of the Pleiades . Astrophysical Journal vol. 814 , ( 1 )
Lohr ME, Norton AJ, Gillen E, Busuttil R, Kolb UC, Aigrain S, McQuillan A, Hodgkin ST et al. ( 2015 ) . The doubly eclipsing quintuple low-mass star system 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5 . Astronomy and Astrophysics vol. 578 ,
Stauffer J, Cody AM, McGinnis P, Rebull L, Hillenbrand LA, Turner NJ, Carpenter J, Plavchan P et al. ( 2015 ) . CSI 2264: Characterizing young stars in NGC 2264 with short-duration periodic flux dips in their light curves . Astronomical Journal vol. 149 , ( 4 )
Cody AM, Stauffer J, Baglin A, Micela G, Rebull LM, Flaccomio E, Morales-Calderón M, Aigrain S et al. ( 2014 ) . CSI 2264: Simultaneous optical and infrared light curves of young disk-bearing stars in NGC 2264 with CoRoT and Spitzer - Evidence for multiple origins of variability . Astronomical Journal vol. 147 , ( 4 )
Gillen E, Aigrain S, McQuillan A, Bouvier J, Hodgkin S, Alencar SHP, Terquem C, Southworth J et al. ( 2014 ) . CoRoT* 223992193: A new, low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary with evidence of a circumbinary disk . Astronomy and Astrophysics vol. 562 ,