By Emeritus Professor Chris Tinney

Journal articles

Mohler-Fischer M; Mancini L; Hartman JD; Bakos GA; Penev K; Bayliss D; Jordán A; Csubry Z; Zhou G; Rabus M; Nikolov N; Brahm R; Espinoza N; Buchhave LA; Béky B; Suc V; Csák B; Henning T; Wright DJ; Tinney CG; Addison BC; Schmidt B; Noyes RW; Papp I; Lázár J; Sári P; Conroy P, 2013, 'HATS-2b: A transiting extrasolar planet orbiting a K -type star showing starspot activity a', Astronomy and Astrophysics, 558, pp. a55, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201321663

Addison BC; Tinney CG; Wright DJ; Bayliss D; Zhou G; Hartman JD; Bakos G; Schmidt B, 2013, 'A nearly polar orbit for the extrasolar hot jupiter WASP-79b', The Astrophysical Journal, 774, pp. 112 - 112, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/774/1/L9

Smart RL; Tinney CG; Bucciarelli B; Marocco F; Abbas U; Andrei A; Bernardi G; Burningham B; Cardoso C; Costa E; Crosta MT; Dapra M; Day-Jones A; Goldman B; Jones HRA; Lattanzi MG; Leggett SK; Lucas P; Mendez R; Penna JL; Pinfield D; Smith L; Sozzetti A; Vecchiato A, 2013, 'NPARSEC: NTT parallaxes of southern extremely cool objects. Goals, targets, procedures and first results', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433, pp. 2054 - 2063, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt876

Burningham B; Cardoso CV; Smith L; Leggett SK; Smart RL; Mann AW; Dhital S; Lucas PW; Tinney CG; Pinfield DJ; Zhang Z; Morley C; Saumon D; Aller K; Littlefair SP; Homeier D; Lodieu N; Deacon N; Marley MS; van Spaandonk L; Baker D; Allard F; Andrei AH; Canty J; Clarke J; Day-Jones AC; Dupuy T; Fortney JJ; Gomes J; Ishii M; Jones HRA; Liu M; Magazzú A; Marocco F; Murray DN; Rojas-Ayala B; Tamura M, 2013, '76 T dwarfs from the UKIDSS LAS: Benchmarks, kinematics and an updated space density', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 433, pp. 457 - 497, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt740

Wittenmyer RA; Tan X; Lee MH; Horner J; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Salter GS; Carter BD; Jones HRA; O'Toole SJ; Bailey J; Wright D; Crane JD; Schectman SA; Arriagada P; Thompson I; Minniti D; Diaz M, 2013, 'A Detailed Analysis of the HD 73526 2:1 Resonant Planetary System', Astrophysical Journal, 1311, pp. 6559 - 6559, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/780/2/140

Horner J; Wittenmyer RA; Hinse TC; Marshall JP; Mustill AJ; Tinney CG, 2013, 'A detailed dynamical investigation of the proposed QS Virginis planetary system', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435, pp. 2033-2039 - 2033-2039, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt1420

Wittenmyer RA; Wang S; Horner J; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Jones HRA; O Toole SJ; Bailey J; Carter BD; Salter GS; Wright D; Zhou J-L, 2013, 'Forever Alone? Testing Single Eccentric Planetary Systems for Multiple Companions', The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 208, pp. 2 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/208/1/2

Trinh CQ; Ellis SC; Bland-Hawthorn J; Lawrence JS; Horton AJ; Leon-Saval SG; Shortridge K; Bryant J; Case S; Colless M; Couch W; Freeman K; Lohmannsroben HG; Gers L; Glazebrook K; Haynes R; Lee S; O''Byrne JW; Miziarski S; Roth MM; Schmidt B; Tinney CG; Zheng J, 2013, 'Gnosis: The first instrument to use fiber bragg gratings for oh suppression', Astronomical Journal, 145, pp. Article number 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/145/2/51

Penev KM; Bakos GA; Bayliss DDR; Jordan AB; Mohler M; Zhou G; Suc V; Rabusin M; Hartmann JD; Mancini L; Beky B; Csubry Z; Buchhave LA; Henning T; Nikolov N; Csak B; Brahm R; Espinoza N; Conroy PG; Noyes RW; Sasselov DD; Schmidt B; Wright DJ; Tinney CG; Addison BC; Lazar J; Papp I; Sari P, 2013, 'HATS-1b: The first transiting planet discovered by the hatsouth survey', Astronomical Journal, 145, pp. Article number5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/145/1/5

Wittenmyer RA; Tinney CG; Horner J; Butler RP; Jones HRA; O Toole SJ; Bailey J; Carter BD; Salter GS; Wright D, 2013, 'Observing Strategies for the Detection of Jupiter Analogs', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 125, pp. 351-356 - 351-356, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/670680

Parker SR; Tinney CG, 2013, 'Searching for T dwarfs in IC 2391 using methane imaging', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430, pp. 1208 - 1218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/sts690

Tuomi M; Jones HRA; Jenkins JS; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Vogt SS; Barnes JR; Wittenmyer RA; O Toole S; Horner J; Bailey J; Carter BD; Wright DJ; Salter GS; Pinfield D, 2013, 'Signals embedded in the radial velocity noise. Periodic variations in the τ Ceti velocities', Astronomy and Astrophysics, 551, pp. A79 - A79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201220509

Horner J; Wittenmyer RA; Hinse TC; Tinney CG, 2012, 'A detailed investigation of the proposed NN Serpentis planetary system', MNRAS, 425, pp. 749-756 - 749-756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21620.x

Horner J; Hinse TC; Wittenmyer RA; Marshall JP; Tinney CG, 2012, 'A dynamical analysis of the proposed circumbinary HW Virginis planetary system', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 427, pp. 2812-2823 - 2812-2823, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.22046.x

Anglada-Escudé G; Arriagada P; Vogt SS; Rivera EJ; Butler RP; Crane J; Shectman SA; Thompson IB; Minniti D; Haghighipour N; Carter BD; Tinney CG; Wittenmyer RA; Bailey J; O Toole SJ; Jones HA; Jenkins J, 2012, 'A planetary system around the nearby M dwarf GJ 667C with at least one super-earth in its habitable zone', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 751, pp. L16-1 - L16-6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/751/1/L16

Pinfield DJ; Burningham B; Lodieu N; Leggett S; Tinney CG; Van spaandonk L; Marocco F; Smart R; Gomes F; Smith CH; Lucas PW; Katsiyannis AC; Catalan S; Cardoso C; Clark JRA; Folkes SL; Galvez-Ortiz M; Homeier D; Jenkins J; Jones HA; Zhang Z, 2012, 'Discovery of the benchmark metal-poor T8 dwarf BD +01° 2920B', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422, pp. 1922 - 1932, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.20549.x

Kirkpatrick JD; Gelino CR; Cushing MC; Mace GN; Griffith RL; Skrutskie MF; Marsh KA; Wright EL; Eisenhardt PR; McLean IS; Mainzer AK; Burgasser AJ; Tinney CG; Parker SG; Salter G, 2012, 'Further defining spectral type "y" and exploring the low-mass end of the field brown dwarf mass function', The Astrophysical Journal, 753, pp. 156-1 - 156-38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/156

Wittenmyer RA; Horner J; Tinney CG, 2012, 'Resonances Required: Dynamical Analysis of the 24 Sex and HD 200964 Planetary Systems', The Astrophysical Journal, 761, pp. 165 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/761/2/165

Wittenmyer RA; Horner J; Marshall JP; Butters OW; Tinney CG, 2012, 'Revisiting the proposed planetary system orbiting the eclipsing polar HU Aquarii', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419, pp. 3258-3267 - 3258-3267, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.19966.x

Ellis SC; Bland-Hawthorn J; Lawrence J; Horton AJ; Trinh C; Leon-Saval SG; Shortridge K; Bryant J; Case S; Colless M; Couch W; Freeman K; Gers L; Glazebrook K; Haynes R; Lee S; Lohmannsroben HG; O''Byrne J; Miziarski S; Roth MM; Schmidt B; Tinney CG; Zheng J, 2012, 'Suppression of the near-infrared OH night-sky lines with fibre Bragg gratings – first results', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 425, pp. 1682 - 1695, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2012.21602.x

Wittenmyer RA; Horner J; Tuomi M; Salter GS; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Jones HRA; O Toole SJ; Bailey J; Carter BD; Jenkins JS; Zhang Z; Vogt SS; Rivera EJ, 2012, 'The Anglo-Australian Planet Search. XXII. Two New Multi-planet Systems', The Astrophysical Journal, 753, pp. 169 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/753/2/169

Leggett S; Saumon D; Marley MS; Lodders K; Canty J; Lucas PW; Smart R; Tinney CG; Homeier D; Allard F; Burningham B; Day-Jones AC; Fegley B; Ishii M; Jones HA; Marocco F; Tamura M, 2012, 'The Properties of the 500 K Dwarf UGPS J072227.51-054031.2 and a Study of the Far-red Flux of Cold Brown Dwarfs', The Astrophysical Journal, 748, pp. 74-1 - 74-17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/74

Tinney CG; Faherty J; Kirkpatrick JD; Wright EL; Gelino CR; Cushing MC; Griffith RL; Salter G, 2012, 'WISEJ163940.83-684738.6: A y dwarf identified by methane imaging', The Astrophysical Journal, 759, pp. 60-1 - 60-9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/759/1/60

Tinney C, 2011, 'Strange New Worlds: The Search for Alien Planets and Life Beyond Our Solar System', NATURE, 472, pp. 36 - 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/472036a

Wittenmyer RA; Tinney CG; O'Toole SJ; Jones HRA; Butler RP; Carter BD; Bailey J, 2011, 'On the frequency of Jupiter analogs', Astrophysical Journal, 727, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/727/2/102

Horner J; Marshall JP; Wittenmyer RA; Tinney CG, 2011, 'A dynamical analysis of the proposed HU Aquarii planetary system', MNRAS, 416, pp. L11-L15 - L11-L15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2011.01087.x

Tinney CG, 2011, 'Astronomy: Finding other worlds', Nature, 472, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/472036a

Murray D; Burningham B; Jones HA; Pinfield DJ; Lucas PW; Leggett S; Tinney CG; Day-Jones AC; Weights D; Lodieu N; Perez Preto J; Nickson E; Zhang Z; Clarke JRA; Jenkins J; Tamura M, 2011, 'Blue not brown: UKIRT Infrared Deep Sky Survey T dwarfs with suppressed K-band flux', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 414, pp. 575 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.184.x

Burgasser AJ; Cushing MC; Davy Kirkpatrick J; Gelino CR; Griffith RL; Looper DL; Tinney CG; Simcoe RA; Bochanski J; Skrutskie MF; Mainzer A; Thompson MA; Marsh KA; Mauer JM; Wright EL, 2011, 'FIRE Spectroscopy of Five Late-type T Dwarfs Discovered with the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer', The Astrophysical Journal, 735, pp. 116 - 130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/735/2/116

Ji J; Jin S; Tinney CG, 2011, 'Forming close-in earth-like planets via a collision-merger mechanism in late-stage planet formation', The Astrophysical Journal, 727, pp. L5-1 - L5-4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/727/1/L5

Wittenmyer RA; Tinney CG; O Toole SJ; Jones HA; Butler RP; Carter BD; Bailey J, 2011, 'On the Frequency of Jupiter Analogs', The Astrophysical Journal, 727, pp. 102-1 - 102-16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/727/2/102

Tinney CG; Butler RP; Jones HA; Wittenmyer RA; Weights D; O Toole SJ; Bailey J; Carter BD, 2011, 'The Anglo-Australian Planet Search. XX. A Solitary Ice-giant Planet Orbiting HD 102365', The Astrophysical Journal, 727, pp. 103-1 - 103-7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/727/2/103

Tinney CG; Wittenmyer RA; Butler RP; Jones HRA; O Toole SJ; Bailey JA; Carter BD; Horner J, 2011, 'The Anglo-Australian Planet Search. XXI. A Gas-giant Planet in a One Year Orbit and the Habitability of Gas-giant Satellites', Astrophysical Journal, 732, pp. 31 - 31, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/732/1/31

Burningham B; Lucas PW; Leggett S; Smart R; Baker D; Pinfield DJ; Tinney CG; Homeier D; Allard F; Zhang Z; Gomes F; Day-Jones AC; Jones HA; Kovacs G; Lodieu N; Marocco F; Murray D; Sipocz B, 2011, 'The discovery of the T8.5 dwarf UGPS J0521+3640', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society -Letters, 414, pp. L90 - L94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2011.01062.x

Wittenmyer RA; Tinney CG; Butler RP; O Toole SJ; Jones HRA; Carter BD; Bailey J; Horner J, 2011, 'The Frequency of Low-mass Exoplanets. III. Toward η$_⊕$ at Short Periods', \apj, 738, pp. 81 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/738/1/81

Wittenmyer RA; Endl M; Wang L; Johnson J; Tinney CG; O Toole SJ, 2011, 'The Pan-Pacific Planet Search. I. A Giant Planet Orbiting 7 CMa', The Astrophysical Journal, 743, pp. 184-1 - 184-7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/743/2/184

Burningham B; Leggett S; Homeier D; Saumon D; Lucas PW; Pinfield DJ; Tinney CG; Allard F; Marley MS; Jones HA; Murray D; Ishii M; Day-Jones AC; Gomes F; Zhang Z, 2011, 'The properties of the T8.5p dwarf Ross 458C', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 414, pp. 3590 - 3598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2011.18664.x

Jin S; Ji J; Tinney CG, 2010, 'Forming short-period earth-like planets via a collision-merger scenario', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 6, pp. 432 - 433, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743921311020679

Burningham B; Pinfield DJ; Lucas PW; Leggett S; Deacon NR; Tamura M; Tinney CG; Lodieu N; Zhang Z; Huelamo N; Jones HA; Murray D; Mortlock DJ; Patel M; Barrado Y Navascues D; Zapatero Osori MR; Ishii M; Kuzuhara M; Smart R, 2010, '47 new T dwarfs from the UKIDSS Large Area Survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 406, pp. 1885 - 1906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16800.x

Jones HA; Butler RP; Tinney CG; O Toole SJ; Wittenmyer RA; Henry GW; Meschiari S; Vogt SS; Rivera EJ; Laughlin G; Carter BD; Bailey J; Jenkins J, 2010, 'A long-period planet orbiting a nearby Sun-like star', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 403, pp. 1703 - 1713, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.16232.x

Haisch K; Barcony M; Tinney CG, 2010, 'A METHANE IMAGING SURVEY FOR T DWARF CANDIDATES IN ρ OPHIUCHI', The Astrophysical Journal, 719, pp. 719 - 722, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/719/1/L90

Vogt SS; Wittenmyer RA; Butler RP; O Toole SJ; Henry GW; Rivera EJ; Meschiari S; Laughlin G; Tinney CG; Jones HA; Bailey J; Carter BD; Batygin K, 2010, 'A Super-Earth and Two Neptunes Orbiting the Nearby Sun-Like Star 61 Virginis', The Astrophysical Journal, 708, pp. 1366 - 1375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/708/2/1366

Zhang Z; Pinfield DJ; Day-Jones AC; Burningham B; Jones HA; Yu S; Jenkins J; Han Z; Galvez-Ortiz M; Gallardi J; Garcia-Perez A; Weights D; Tinney CG; Pokorny R, 2010, 'Discovery of the first wide L dwarf + giant binary system and eight other ultracool dwarfs in wide binaries', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 404, pp. 1817 - 1834, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16394.x

Jenkins J; Jones HA; Blller B; O Toole SJ; Pinfield DJ; Close L; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Wittenmyer RA; Carter BD; Day-Jones AC, 2010, 'NACO-SDI imaging of known companion host stars from the AAPS and Keck planet search surveys', Astronomy and Astrophysics, 515, pp. 17 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/200913737

Marocco F; Smart RL; Jones HA; Burningham B; Lattanzi M; Leggett S; Lucas PW; Tinney CG; Adamson A; Evans D; Lodieu N; Murray D; Pinfield DJ; Tamura M, 2010, 'Parallaxes and physical properties of 11 mid-to-late T dwarfs', Astronomy and Astrophysics, 524, pp. A38, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201015394

Burningham B; Leggett S; Lucas PW; Pinfield DJ; Smart R; Day-Jones AC; Jones HA; Murray D; Tamura M; Zhang Z; Lodieu N; Tinney CG; Zapatero Osori MR, 2010, 'The discovery of a very cool binary system', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 404, pp. 1952 - 1961, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.16411.x

Lucas PW; Tinney CG; Burningham B; Leggett S; Pinfield DJ; Smart R; Jones HA; Marocco F; Barber R; Yurchencko S; Tennyson J; Ishii M; Tamura M; Day-Jones AC; Adamson A; Allard F; Homeier D, 2010, 'The discovery of a very cool, very nearby brown dwarf in the Galactic plane', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society -Letters, 408, pp. L56 - L60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-3933.2010.00927.x

Wittenmyer RA; O Toole SJ; Jones HA; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Carter BD; Bailey J, 2010, 'The Frequency of low-mass exoplanets. II. The "Period Valley"', The Astrophysical Journal, 722, pp. 1854 - 1862, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/722/2/1854

Bailey J; Butler RP; Tinney CG; Jones HA; O Toole SJ; Carter BD; Marcy GW, 2009, 'A Jupiter-like planet orbiting the nearby M dwarf GJ 832', The Astrophysical Journal, 690, pp. 743 - 747, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/690/1/743

O Toole SJ; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Jones HA; Bailey J; Carter BD; Vogt SS; Laughlin G; Rivera EJ, 2009, 'A Neptune-mass planet orbiting the nearby G dwarf HD 16417', The Astrophysical Journal, 697, pp. 1263 - 1268, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1263

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