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Peter J. Wheatley is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and is an active contributor in the field of Physics and Astronomy, with a primary focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their work spans a range of subfields including Instrumentation, Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric Science, and Computational Mechanics.

The scientist's research covers several main topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; Astro and Planetary Science; Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies; Astronomy and Astrophysical Research; Atmospheric Ozone and Climate; Space Exploration and Technology; and Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation.

Peter J. Wheatley has frequently published in prominent venues which include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Nature
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The Astronomical Journal

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Peter J. Wheatley are:

  • Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM, 2023, Nature
  • Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395H, 2023, Nature
  • Photochemically produced SO2 in the atmosphere of WASP-39b, 2023, Nature
  • Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRISS, 2023, Nature
  • Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere, 2022, Nature

Peter J. Wheatley collaborates extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Daniel Bayliss
  • M. R. Burleigh
  • Samuel Gill
  • M. Lendl
  • D. R. Anderson

Best Publications

  • The PLATO 2.0 Mission

    H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

  • The WASP project and the superWASP cameras

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

  • The PLATO 2.0 mission

    H. Rauer;H. Rauer;C. Catala;C. Aerts;T. Appourchaux

  • 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

  • A giant comet-like cloud of hydrogen escaping the warm Neptune-mass exoplanet GJ 436b

    David Ehrenreich;Vincent Bourrier;Peter J. Wheatley;Alain Lecavelier des Etangs

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

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

  • An Extremely Luminous Panchromatic Outburst from the Nucleus of a Distant Galaxy

    A. J. Levan;N. R. Tanvir;S. B. Cenko;D. A. Perley

  • 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

  • Metals in the exosphere of the highly irradiated planet WASP-12b

    L. Fossati;C. A. Haswell;C. S. Froning;L. Hebb

  • High-precision photometry by telescope defocussing. I. The transiting planetary system WASP-5

    John Southworth;T. C. Hinse;U. G. Joergensen;M. Dominik

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

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

  • The Genome of S-PM2, a “Photosynthetic” T4-Type Bacteriophage That Infects Marine Synechococcus Strains

    Nicholas H. Mann;Martha R. J. Clokie;Andrew Millard;Annabel Cook

  • Near-UV Absorption, Chromospheric Activity, and Star-Planet Interactions in the WASP-12 system

    C. A. Haswell;L. Fossati;T. Ayres

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Don Pollacco
Don Pollacco University of Warwick
David R. Anderson
David R. Anderson Keele University
Stéphane Udry
Stéphane Udry University of Geneva
P. F. L. Maxted
P. F. L. Maxted Keele University
Barry Smalley
Barry Smalley Keele University
Coel Hellier
Coel Hellier Keele University
A. Collier Cameron
A. Collier Cameron University of St Andrews
Carole A. Haswell
Carole A. Haswell The Open University
Keith Horne
Keith Horne University of St Andrews
Michaël Gillon
Michaël Gillon University of Liège

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