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Coel Hellier is affiliated with Keele University in the United Kingdom and is primarily engaged in research within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their academic work spans several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atmospheric Science, and Aerospace Engineering.

The focus areas of their research encompass a range of scientific topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, and Atmospheric Ozone and Climate.

The scientist has published extensively in notable venues, including arXiv (Cornell University), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and UNC Libraries.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Coel Hellier are:

  • GJ 367b: A dense, ultrashort-period sub-Earth planet transiting a nearby red dwarf star, 2021, Science
  • 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
  • TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). IV. Three Small Planets Orbiting a 120 Myr Old Star in the Pisces-Eridanus Stream, 2021, The Astronomical Journal
  • A hot terrestrial planet orbiting the bright M dwarf L 168-9 unveiled by TESS, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Radial-velocity discovery of a second planet in the TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 circumbinary system, 2023, Nature Astronomy

Frequent collaborators in their work include Karen A. Collins, Jon M. Jenkins, Sara Seager, David W. Latham, and Joshua N. Winn, reflecting ongoing partnerships in planetary and exoplanetary research.

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

  • The ROSAT Wide Field Camera all-sky survey of extreme-ultraviolet sources – I. The Bright Source Catalogue

    K. A. Pounds;D. J. Allan;C. Barber;M. A. Barstow

  • Efficient identification of exoplanetary transit candidates from SuperWASP light curves

    A. Collier Cameron;D. M. Wilson;Richard G. West;L. Hebb

  • The first WASP public data release

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

  • A high C/O ratio and weak thermal inversion in the atmosphere of exoplanet WASP-12b

    Nikku Madhusudhan;Nikku Madhusudhan;Joseph Harrington;Kevin B. Stevenson;Sarah Nymeyer

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

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

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

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

  • 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

  • A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches

    A. Collier Cameron;Don Pollacco;R. A. Street;T. A. Lister;T. A. Lister

  • Cataclysmic Variable Stars - How and Why They Vary

    Coel Hellier

  • 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

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

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

  • Helium in the eroding atmosphere of an exoplanet

    J. J. Spake;D. K. Sing;D. K. Sing;T. M. Evans;A. Oklopčić

  • An absolute sodium abundance for a cloud-free 'hot Saturn' exoplanet

    N. Nikolov;D. K. Sing;D. K. Sing;J. J. Fortney;J. M. Goyal

  • The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. LP 714-47 b (TOI 442.01): populating the Neptune desert

    S. Dreizler;I. J. M. Crossfield;D. Kossakowski;P. Plavchan

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Anderson
David R. Anderson Keele University
P. F. L. Maxted
P. F. L. Maxted Keele University
Barry Smalley
Barry Smalley Keele University
Don Pollacco
Don Pollacco University of Warwick
A. Collier Cameron
A. Collier Cameron University of St Andrews
Michaël Gillon
Michaël Gillon University of Liège
Stéphane Udry
Stéphane Udry University of Geneva
Peter J. Wheatley
Peter J. Wheatley University of Warwick
Didier Queloz
Didier Queloz University of Cambridge
Damien Ségransan
Damien Ségransan University of Geneva

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