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Barry Smalley is affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom. The primary focus of their research lies within the broad field of Physics and Astronomy, encompassing a total of 77 publications. Their work delves predominantly into subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Aerospace Engineering, Computational Mechanics, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

Their research topics cover a range of subjects such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, and Particle accelerators and beam dynamics.

Smalley has contributed to several recent publications, notable examples include:

  • Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star ν Indi, 2020, Nature Astronomy
  • WASP-186 and WASP-187: two hot Jupiters discovered by SuperWASP and SOPHIE with additional observations by TESS, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Detection of Na, K, and H2O in the hazy atmosphere of WASP-6b, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • TESS cycle 1 observations of roAp stars with 2-min cadence data, 2021, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • NGTS-10b: the shortest period hot Jupiter yet discovered, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, with a strong presence in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, having contributed 10 papers there. Other significant venues include arXiv (Cornell University), Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Nature Astronomy.

In collaboration, Smalley has worked repeatedly with several coauthors, including F. Bouchy, E. Niemczura, Louise D. Nielsen, S. Udry, and P. F. L. Maxted, with the number of joint publications ranging from six to eight with these collaborators.

Best Publications

  • The WASP project and the superWASP cameras

    Don Pollacco;I. Skillen;A. Collier Cameron;D. J. Christian

  • Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets; New insights into the dynamical origins of hot Jupiters

    Amaury H.M.J. Triaud;Andrew Collier Cameron;Didier Queloz;David R. Anderson

  • WASP-12b: The hottest transiting planet yet discovered

    L. Hebb;A. Collier-Cameron;B. Loeillet;D. Pollacco

  • Spin-orbit angle measurements for six southern transiting planets New insights into the dynamical origins of hot Jupiters

    A. H. M. J. Triaud;A. Collier Cameron;D. Queloz;D. R. Anderson

  • WASP-12b: the hottest transiting extrasolar planet yet discovered

    L. Hebb;A. Collier-Cameron;B. Loeillet;Don Pollacco

  • Eclipsing binaries in open clusters. II. V453 Cyg in NGC 6871

    J. Southworth;P. F. L. Maxted;B. Smalley

  • The first WASP public data release

    O. W. Butters;Richard G. West;D. R. Anderson;A. Collier Cameron

  • WASP-1b and WASP-2b: Two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE

    A. Collier Cameron;F. Bouchy;G. Hebrard;P. Maxted

  • Accurate parameters of 93 solar-type Kepler targets

    H. Bruntt;S. Basu;B. Smalley;W. J. Chaplin

  • The Kepler characterization of the variability among A- and F-type stars I. General overview

    K. Uytterhoeven;K. Uytterhoeven;K. Uytterhoeven;A. Moya;A. Grigahcène;J.A. Guzik

  • Accurate fundamental parameters for 23 bright solar-type stars

    H Bruntt;T. R Bedding;P. O Quirion;P. O Quirion;G Lo Curto

  • WASP-3b: a strongly-irradiated transiting gas-giant planet

    D. Pollacco;I. Skillen;A. Collier Cameron;B. Loeillet

  • Line-profile tomography of exoplanet transits – II. A gas-giant planet transiting a rapidly rotating A5 star

    A. Collier Cameron;E. Guenther;B. Smalley;I. McDonald

  • An orbital period of 0.94 days for the hot-Jupiter planet WASP-18b

    Coel Hellier;D. R. Anderson;A. Collier Cameron;M. Gillon;M. Gillon

  • WASP-3b: a strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet

    D. Pollacco;I. Skillen;A. Collier Cameron;B. Loeillet

  • Wasp-17b: An Ultra-Low Density Planet in a Probable Retrograde Orbit

    D. R. Anderson;C. Hellier;M. Gillon;M. Gillon;A. H. M. J. Triaud

  • Eclipsing binaries in open clusters. III. V621 Per in chi Persei

    J. Southworth;S. Zucker;P. F. L. Maxted;B. Smalley

  • WASP-8b: a retrograde transiting planet in a multiple system

    Didier Queloz;David Anderson;Andrew Collier Cameron;Michaël Gillon

  • Accurate fundamental parameters and detailed abundance patterns from spectroscopy of 93 solar-type Kepler targets

    H. Bruntt;H. Bruntt;S. Basu;B. Smalley;W. J. Chaplin

  • Determining stellar macroturbulence using asteroseismic rotational velocities from Kepler

    Amanda P. Doyle;Guy R. Davies;Guy R. Davies;Barry Smalley;William J. Chaplin;William J. Chaplin

Frequent Co-Authors

P. F. L. Maxted
P. F. L. Maxted Keele University
David R. Anderson
David R. Anderson Keele University
Coel Hellier
Coel Hellier Keele University
Don Pollacco
Don Pollacco University of Warwick
A. Collier Cameron
A. Collier Cameron University of St Andrews
Stéphane Udry
Stéphane Udry University of Geneva
Michaël Gillon
Michaël Gillon University of Liège
Didier Queloz
Didier Queloz University of Cambridge
John Southworth
John Southworth Keele University
Francesco Pepe
Francesco Pepe University of Geneva

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