Publications
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Gibson, N. P., Nugroho S. K., Lothringer J, Maguire C, Sing D. K., Relative abundance constraints from high-resolution optical transmission spectroscopy of WASP-121b, and a fast model-filtering technique for accelerating retrievals, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022, parXiv:2201.04025
Kirk J., Rackham B.V., MacDonald R.J., Lopez-Morales M., Espinoza N., Lendl M., Wilson J., Osip D.J., Wheatley P.J., Skillen I., Apai D., Bixel A., Gibson N.P., Jordan A., Lewis N.K., Louden T., McGruder C.D., Nikolov N., Rodler F., Weaver I.C., Access and lrg-beasts: A precise new optical transmission spectrum of the ultrahot jupiter wasp-103b, Astronomical Journal, 162, (1), 2021
Nugroho S.K., Kawahara H., Gibson N.P., De Mooij E.J.W., Hirano T., Kotani T., Kawashima Y., Masuda K., Brogi M., Birkby J.L., Watson C.A., Tamura M., Zwintz K., Harakawa H., Kudo T., Kuzuhara M., Hodapp K., Ishizuka M., Jacobson S., Konishi M., Kurokawa T., Nishikawa J., Omiya M., Serizawa T., Ueda A., Vievard S., First Detection of Hydroxyl Radical Emission from an Exoplanet Atmosphere: High-dispersion Characterization of WASP-33b Using Subaru/IRD, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 910, (1), 2021
Lothringer J.D., Rustamkulov Z., Sing D.K., Gibson N.P., Wilson J., Schlaufman K.C., A New Window into Planet Formation and Migration: Refractory-to-Volatile Elemental Ratios in Ultra-hot Jupiters, Astrophysical Journal, 914, (1), 2021
Serindag D.B., Nugroho S.K., Molliere P., De Mooij E.J.W., Gibson N.P., Snellen I.A.G., Is TiO emission present in the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-33b? A reassessment using the improved ExoMol T OTO line list, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 645, 2021
Nikolov N., Maciejewski G., Constantinou S., Madhusudhan N., Fortney J.J., Smalley B., Carter A.L., De Mooij E.J.W., Drummond B., Gibson N.P., Helling C., Mayne N., Mikal-Evans T., Sing D.K., Wilson J., Ground-based Transmission Spectroscopy with VLT FORS2: Evidence for Faculae and Clouds in the Optical Spectrum of the Warm Saturn WASP-110b, Astronomical Journal, 162, (3), 2021
Spyratos P., Nikolov N., Southworth J., Constantinou S., Madhusudhan N., Carter A.L., De Mooij E.J.W., Fortney J.J., Gibson N.P., Goyal J.M., Helling C., Mayne N.J., Mikal-Evans T., Transmission spectroscopy with VLT FORS2: A featureless spectrum for the low-density transiting exoplanet WASP-88b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506, (2), 2021, p2853 - 2870, p2853-2870
Merritt S.R., Gibson N.P., Nugroho S.K., De Mooij E.J.W., Hooton M.J., Lothringer J.D., Matthews S.M., Mikal-Evans T., Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Watson C.A., An inventory of atomic species in the atmosphere of WASP-121b using UVES high-resolution spectroscopy, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506, (3), 2021, p3853 - 3871, p3853-3871
Wilson J., Gibson N.P., Lothringer J.D., Sing D.K., Mikal-Evans T., De Mooij E.J.W., Nikolov N., Watson C.A., Gemini/GMOS optical transmission spectroscopy of WASP-121b: Signs of variability in an ultra-hot Jupiter?, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503, (4), 2021, p4787 - 4801, p4787-4801
Gibson N.P., Merritt S., Nugroho S.K., Cubillos P.E., De Mooij E.J.W., Mikal-Evans T., Fossati L., Lothringer J., Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Spake J.J., Watson C.A., Wilson J., Detection of Fe i in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b, and a new likelihood-based approach for Doppler-resolved spectroscopy, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, (2), 2020, p2215 - 2228
Merritt S.R., Gibson N.P., Nugroho S.K., De Mooij E.J.W., Hooton M.J., Matthews S.M., McKemmish L.K., Mikal-Evans T., Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Spake J.J., Watson C.A., Non-detection of TiO and VO in the atmosphere of WASP-121b using high-resolution spectroscopy, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 636, 2020
Carter A.L., Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Alam M.K., Goyal J.M., Mikal-Evans T., Wakeford H.R., Henry G.W., Morrell S., Lopez-Morales M., Smalley B., Lavvas P., Barstow J.K., Garcia Munoz A., Gibson N.P., Wilson P.A., Detection of Na, K, and H2O in the hazy atmosphere of WASP-6b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494, (4), 2020, p5449 - 5472, p5449-5472
Wilson J., Gibson N.P., Nikolov N., Constantinou S., Madhusudhan N., Goyal J., Barstow J.K., Carter A.L., De Mooij E.J.W., Drummond B., Mikal-Evans T., Helling C., Mayne N.J., Sing D.K., Ground-based transmission spectroscopy with FORS2: A featureless optical transmission spectrum and detection of H2O for the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-103b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497, (4), 2020, p5155 - 5170
Nugroho S.K., Gibson N.P., De Mooij E.J.W., Herman M.K., Watson C.A., Kawahara H., Merritt S.R., Detection of Fe i Emission in the Dayside Spectrum of WASP-33b, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 898, (2), 2020
Nugroho S.K., Gibson N.P., De Mooij E.J.W., Watson C.A., Kawahara H., Merritt S., Searching for thermal inversion agents in the transmission spectrum of KELT-20b/MASCARA-2b: Detection of neutral iron and ionised calcium H&K lines, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496, (1), 2020, p504 - 522
Watson C.A., de Mooij E.J.W., Steeghs D., Marsh T.R., Brogi M., Gibson N.P., Matthews S., Doppler tomography as a tool for detecting exoplanet atmospheres, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490, (2), 2019, p1991 - 2006, p1991-2006
Gibson N.P., de Mooij E.J.W., Evans T.M., Merritt S., Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Watson C., Revisiting the potassium feature of WASP-31b at high resolution, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482, (1), 2019, p606 - 615, p606-615
Hooton M.J., De Mooij E.J.W., Watson C.A., Gibson N.P., Galindo-Guil F.J., Clavero R., Merritt S.R., Storms or systematics the changing secondary eclipse depth of WASP-12b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486, (2), 2019, p2397 - 2406, p2397-2406
Karjalainen M., de Mooij E.J.W., Karjalainen R., Gibson N.P., Time-resolved spectroscopy of dust and gas from extrasolar planetesimals orbiting WD 1145+017, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 482, (1), 2019, p999 - 1006, p999-1006
Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Fortney J.J., Goyal J.M., Drummond B., Evans T.M., Gibson N.P., De Mooij E.J.W., Rustamkulov Z., Wakeford H.R., Smalley B., Burgasser A.J., Hellier C., Helling C., Mayne N.J., Madhusudhan N., Kataria T., Baines J., Carter A.L., Ballester G.E., Barstow J.K., McCleery J., Spake J.J., An absolute sodium abundance for a cloud-free 'hot Saturn' exoplanet, Nature, 557, (7706), 2018, p526 - 529, p526-529
Hooton M.J., Watson C.A., Mooij E.J.W.D., Gibson N.P., Kitzmann D., A Ground-based Near-ultraviolet Secondary Eclipse Observation of KELT-9b, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 869, (2), 2018
Bean J.L., Stevenson K.B., Batalha N.M., Berta-Thompson Z., Kreidberg L., Crouzet N., Benneke B., Line M.R., Sing D.K., Wakeford H.R., Knutson H.A., Kempton E.M., Desert J.-M., Crossfield I., Batalha N.E., de Wit J., Parmentier V., Harrington J., Moses J.I., Lopez-Morales M., Alam M.K., Blecic J., Bruno G., Carter A.L., Chapman J.W., Decin L., Dragomir D., Evans T.M., Fortney J.J., Fraine J.D., Gao P., Munoz A.G., Gibson N.P., Goyal J.M., Heng K., Hu R., Kendrew S., Kilpatrick B.M., Krick J., Lagage P.-O., Lendl M., Louden T., Madhusudhan N., Mandell A.M., Mansfield M., May E.M., Morello G., Morley C.V., Nikolov N., Redfield S., Roberts J.E., Schlawin E., Spake J.J., Todorov K.O., Tsiaras A., Venot O., Waalkes W.C., Wheatley P.J., Zellem R.T., Angerhausen D., Barrado D., Carone L., Casewell S.L., Cubillos P.E., Damiano M., Borro M.D.V., Drummond B., Edwards B., Endl M., Espinoza N., France K., Gizis J.E., Greene T.P., Henning T.K., Hong Y., Ingalls J.G., Iro N., Irwin P.G.J., Kataria T., Lahuis F., Leconte J., Lillo-Box J., Lines S., Lothringer J.D., Mancini L., Marchis F., Mayne N., Palle E., Rauscher E., Roudier G., Shkolnik E.L., Southworth J., Swain M.R., Taylor J., Teske J., Tinetti G., Tremblin P., Tucker G.S., Boekel R.V., Waldmann I.P., Weaver I.C., Zingales T., The transiting exoplanet community early release science program for JWST, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 130, (993), 2018
Gunther M.N., Queloz D., Gillen E., Delrez L., Bouchy F., McCormac J., Smalley B., Almleaky Y., Armstrong D.J., Bayliss D., Burdanov A., Burleigh M., Cabrera J., Casewell S.L., Cooke B.F., Csizmadia S., Ducrot E., Eigmuller P., Erikson A., Gansicke B.T., Gibson N.P., Gillon M., Goad M.R., Jehin E., Jenkins J.S., Louden T., Moyano M., Murray C., Pollacco D., Poppenhaeger K., Rauer H., Raynard L., Smith A.M.S., Sohy S., Thompson S.J., Udry S., Watson C.A., West R.G., Wheatley P.J., Unmasking the hidden NGTS-3Ab: A hot Jupiter in an unresolved binary system, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 478, (4), 2018, p4720 - 4737, p4720-4737
McCormac J., Pollacco D., Wheatley P.J., West R.G., Walker S., Bento J., Skillen I., Faedi F., Burleigh M.R., Casewell S.L., Chazelas B., Genolet L., Gibson N.P., Goad M.R., Lawrie K.A., Ryans R., Todd I., Udry S., Watson C.A., The next generation transit survey - Prototyping phase, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 129, (972), 2017
Bell T.J., Nikolov N., Cowan N.B., Barstow J.K., Barman T.S., Crossfield I.J.M., Gibson N.P., Evans T.M., Sing D.K., Knutson H.A., Kataria T., Lothringer J.D., Benneke B., Schwartz J.C., The Very Low Albedo of WASP-12b from Spectral Eclipse Observations with Hubble, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 847, (1), 2017
Sedaghati E., Boffin H.M.J., MacDonald R.J., Gandhi S., Madhusudhan N., Gibson N.P., Oshagh M., Claret A., Rauer H., Detection of titanium oxide in the atmosphere of a hot Jupiter, Nature, 549, (7671), 2017, p238 - 241, p238-241
Gibson N.P., Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Barstow J.K., Evans T.M., Kataria T., Wilson P.A., VLT/FORS2 comparative transmission spectroscopy II: Confirmation of a cloud deck and Rayleigh scattering in WASP-31b, but no potassium?, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 467, (4), 2017, p4591 - 4605
Mackebrandt F., Mallonn M., Ohlert J.M., Granzer T., Lalitha S., Garcia Munoz A., Gibson N.P., Lee J.W., Sozzetti A., Turner J.D., Vanko M., Strassmeier K.G., Transmission spectroscopy of the hot Jupiter TrES-3 b: Disproof of an overly large Rayleigh-like feature, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 608, 2017
Sing D.K., Fortney J.J., Nikolov N., Wakeford H.R., Kataria T., Evans T.M., Aigrain S., Ballester G.E., Burrows A.S., Deming D., Desert J.-M., Gibson N.P., Henry G.W., Huitson C.M., Knutson H.A., Etangs A.L.D., Pont F., Showman A.P., Vidal-Madjar A., Williamson M.H., Wilson P.A., A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets without primordial water depletion, Nature, 529, (7584), 2016, p59 - 62, p59-62
Evans T.M., Sing D.K., Wakeford H.R., Nikolov N., Ballester G.E., Drummond B., Kataria T., Gibson N.P., Amundsen D.S., Spake J., DETECTION of H2O and EVIDENCE for TiO/VO in AN ULTRA-HOT EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERE, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 822, (1), 2016
Stevenson K.B., Lewis N.K., Bean J.L., Beichman C., Fraine J., Kilpatrick B.M., Krick J.E., Lothringer J.D., Mandell A.M., Valenti J.A., Agol E., Angerhausen D., Barstow J.K., Birkmann S.M., Burrows A., Charbonneau D., Cowan N.B., Crouzet N., Cubillos P.E., Curry S.M., Dalba P.A., de Wit J., Deming D., Desert J.-M., Doyon R., Dragomir D., Ehrenreich D., Fortney J.J., Munoz A.G., Gibson N.P., Gizis J.E., Greene T.P., Harrington J., Heng K., Kataria T., Kempton E.M.-R., Knutson H., Kreidberg L., Lafreniere D., Lagage P.-O., Line M.R., Lopez-Morales M., Madhusudhan N., Morley C.V., Rocchetto M., Schlawin E., Shkolnik E.L., Shporer A., Sing D.K., Todorov K.O., Tucker G.S., Wakeford H.R., Transiting exoplanet studies and community targets for JWST's early release science program, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 128, (967), 2016
Boffin H.M.J., Sedaghati E., Blanchard G., Gonzalez O., Moehler S., Gibson N., Van Den Ancker M., Smoker J., Anderson J., Hummel C., Dobrzycka D., Smette A., Rupprecht G., Regaining the FORS: Making optical ground-based transmission spectroscopy of exoplanets with VLT+FORS2 possible again, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 9908, 2016
Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Gibson N.P., Fortney J.J., Evans T.M., Barstow J.K., Kataria T., Wilson P.A., VLT FORS2 COMPARATIVE TRANSMISSION SPECTROSCOPY: DETECTION of Na in the ATMOSPHERE of WASP-39b from the GROUND, Astrophysical Journal, 832, (2), 2016
Leibundgut, B.; Beuzit, J. -L.; Gibson, N.; Girard, J.; Kasper, M.; Kerber, F.; Lundin, L.; Mawet, D.; McClure, M.; Milli, J.; Petr-Gotzens, M.; Siebenmorgen, R.; van den Ancker, M.; Wahhaj, Z., SPHERE Science Verification, The Messenger, 2015
Boffin, H.; Blanchard, G.; Gonzalez, O.; Moehler, S.; Sedaghati, E.; Gibson, N.; van den Ancker, M.; Smoker, J.; Anderson, J.; Hummel, C.; Dobrzycka, D.; Smette, A.; Rupprecht, G., Making FORS2 Fit for Exoplanet Observations (again), The Messenger, 2015
Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Burrows A.S., Fortney J.J., Henry G.W., Pont F., Ballester G.E., Aigrain S., Wilson P.A., Huitson C.M., Gibson N.P., Desert J.-M., Lecavelier des Etangs A., Showman A.P., Vidal-Madjar A., Wakeford H.R., Zahnle K., HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: Haze in the atmosphere of WASP-6b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447, (1), 2015, p463 - 478, p463-478
Sedaghati E., Boffin H.M.J., Csizmadia S., Gibson N., Kabath P., Mallonn M., Van Den Ancker M.E., Regaining the FORS: Optical ground-based transmission spectroscopy of the exoplanet WASP-19b with VLT + FORS2, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 576, 2015
Gibson N.P., Reliable inference of light curve parameters in the presence of systematics, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 11, (A29A), 2015, p202 - 204, p202-204
Parviainen H., Aigrain S., Thatte N., Barstow J.K., Evans T.M., Gibson N., Exoplanet transmission spectroscopy using KMOS, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 453, (4), 2015, p3875 - 3885, p3875-3885
Sing D.K., Wakeford H.R., Showman A.P., Nikolov N., Fortney J.J., Burrows A.S., Ballester G.E., Deming D., Aigrain S., Desert J.-M., Gibson N.P., Henry G.W., Knutson H., Lecavelier Des Etangs A., Pont F., Vidal-Madjar A., Williamson M.W., Wilson P.A., HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: Detection of potassium in WASP-31b along with a cloud deck and Rayleigh scattering, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446, (3), 2015, p2428 - 2443, p2428-2443
Evans T.M., Aigrain S., Gibson N., Barstow J.K., Amundsen D.S., Tremblin P., Mourier P., A uniform analysis of HD 209458b Spitzer/IRAC light curves with Gaussian process models, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451, (1), 2015, p680 - 694, p680-694
Gibson, N. P., Fellows at ESO, The Messenger, 2014
Gillen E., Aigrain S., McQuillan A., Bouvier J., Hodgkin S., Alencar S.H.P., Terquem C., Southworth J., Gibson N.P., Cody A., Lendl M., Morales-Calderon M., Favata F., Stauffer J., Micela G., CoRoT* 223992193: A new, low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary with evidence of a circumbinary disk, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 562, 2014
Barstow J.K., Aigrain S., Irwin P.G.J., Hackler T., Fletcher L.N., Lee J.M., Gibson N.P., Clouds on the hot jupiter HD189733b: Constraints from the reflection spectrum, Astrophysical Journal, 786, (2), 2014
Gibson N.P., Reliable inference of exoplanet light-curve parameters using deterministic and stochastic systematics models, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445, (4), 2014, p3401 - 3414
Pont F., Sing D.K., Gibson N.P., Aigrain S., Henry G., Husnoo N., The prevalence of dust on the exoplanet HD 189733b from Hubble and Spitzer observations, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 432, (4), 2013, p2917 - 2944, p2917-2944
Evans T.M., Pont F., Sing D.K., Aigrain S., Barstow J.K., Desert J.-M., Gibson N., Heng K., Knutson H.A., Lecavelier Des Etangs A., The deep blue color of HD 189733b: Albedo measurements with Hubble Space Telescope/Space Telescope imaging spectrograph at visible wavelengths, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 772, (2), 2013
Gibson N.P., Aigrain S., Barstow J.K., Evans T.M., Fletcher L.N., Irwin P.G.J., The optical transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter HAT-P-32b: Clouds explain the absence of broad spectral features?, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436, (4), 2013, p2974 - 2988
Barros S.C.C., Boue G., Gibson N.P., Pollacco D.L., Santerne A., Keenan F.P., Skillen I., Street R.A., Transit timing variations in WASP-10b induced by stellar activity, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430, (4), 2013, p3032 - 3047, p3032-3047
Huitson C.M., Sing D.K., Pont F., Fortney J.J., Burrows A.S., Wilson P.A., Ballester G.E., Nikolov N., Gibson N.P., Deming D., Aigrain S., Evans T.M., Henry G.W., des Etangs A.L., Showman A.P., Vidal-Madjar A., Zahnle K., An HST optical-to-near-IR transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-19b: Detection of atmospheric water and likely absence of TiO, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 434, (4), 2013, p3252 - 3274, p3252-3274
Sing D.K., Lecavelier des Etangs A., Fortney J.J., Burrows A.S., Pont F., Wakeford H.R., Ballester G.E., Nikolov N., Henry G.W., Aigrain S., Deming D., Evans T.M., Gibson N.P., Huitson C.M., Knutson H., Showman A.P., Vidal-Madjar A., Wilson P.A., Williamson M.H., Zahnle K., HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: Evidence for aerosols and lack of tio in the atmosphere ofWASP-12b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436, (4), 2013, p2956 - 2973, p2956-2973
Gibson N.P., Aigrain S., Barstow J.K., Evans T.M., Fletcher L.N., Irwin P.G.J., A gemini ground-based transmission spectrum of WASP-29B: A featureless spectrum from 515 to 720 NM, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 428, (4), 2013, p3680 - 3692
Nikolov N., Sing D.K., Pont F., Burrows A.S., Fortney J.J., Ballester G.E., Evans T.M., Huitson C.M., Wakeford H.R., Wilson P.A., Aigrain S., Deming D., Gibson N.P., Henry G.W., Knutson H., Etangs A.L.D., Showman A.P., Vidal-Madjar A., Zahnle K., Hubble space telescope hot jupiter transmission spectral survey: A detection of na and strong optical absorption in HAT-P-1b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437, (1), 2013, p46 - 66, p46-66
Guenther E.W., Diaz R.F., Gazzano J.-C., Mazeh T., Rouan D., Gibson N., Csizmadia S., Aigrain S., Alonso R., Almenara J.M., Auvergne M., Baglin A., Barge P., Bonomo A.S., Borde P., Bouchy F., Bruntt H., Cabrera J., Carone L., Carpano S., Cavarroc C., Deeg H.J., Deleuil M., Dreizler S., Dvorak R., Erikson A., Ferraz-Mello S., Fridlund M., Gandolfi D., Gillon M., Guillot T., Hatzes A., Havel M., Hebrard G., Jehin E., Jorda L., Lammer H., Leger A., Moutou C., Nortmann L., Ollivier M., Ofir A., Pasternacki T., Patzold M., Parviainen H., Queloz D., Rauer H., Samuel B., Santerne A., Schneider J., Tal-Or L., Tingley B., Weingrill J., Wuchterl G., Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XXI. CoRoT-19b: A low density planet orbiting an old inactive F9V-star, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 537, 2012
Burton J.R., Watson C.A., Littlefair S.P., Dhillon V.S., Gibson N.P., Marsh T.R., Pollacco D., Z"-band ground-based detection of the secondary eclipse of WASP-19b, Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 201, (2), 2012
Gibson N.P., Aigrain S., Pont F., Sing D.K., Desert J.-M., Evans T.M., Henry G., Husnoo N., Knutson H., Probing the haze in the atmosphere of HD 189733b with Hubble Space Telescope/WFC3 transmission spectroscopy, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422, (1), 2012, p753 - 760
Gibson N.P., Aigrain S., Roberts S., Evans T.M., Osborne M., Pont F., A Gaussian process framework for modelling instrumental systematics: Application to transmission spectroscopy, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419, (3), 2012, p2683 - 2694
Barros S.C.C., Pollacco D.L., Gibson N.P., Keenan F.P., Skillen I., Steele I.A., High-precision transit observations of the exoplanet WASP-13b with the RISE instrument, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 419, (2), 2012, p1248 - 1253, p1248-1253
Carone L., Gandolfi D., Cabrera J., Hatzes A.P., Deeg H.J., Csizmadia S., Patzold M., Weingrill J., Aigrain S., Alonso R., Alapini A., Almenara J.-M., Auvergne M., Baglin A., Barge P., Bonomo A.S., Borde P., Bouchy F., Bruntt H., Carpano S., Cochran W.D., Deleuil M., Diaz R.F., Dreizler S., Dvorak R., Eisloffel J., Eigmuller P., Endl M., Erikson A., Ferraz-Mello S., Fridlund M., Gazzano J.-C., Gibson N., Gillon M., Gondoin P., Grziwa S., Gunther E.W., Guillot T., Hartmann M., Havel M., Hebrard G., Jorda L., Kabath P., Leger A., Llebaria A., Lammer H., Lovis C., MacQueen P.J., Mayor M., Mazeh T., Moutou C., Nortmann L., Ofir A., Ollivier M., Parviainen H., Pepe F., Pont F., Queloz D., Rabus M., Rauer H., Regulo C., Renner S., De La Reza R., Rouan D., Santerne A., Samuel B., Schneider J., Shporer A., Stecklum B., Tal-Or L., Tingley B., Udry S., Wuchterl G., Planetary transit candidates in the CoRoT LRa01 field, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 538, 2012
Gibson N.P., Pont F., Aigrain S., A new look at NICMOS transmission spectroscopy of HD 189733, GJ-436 and XO-1: No conclusive evidence for molecular features, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 411, (4), 2011, p2199 - 2213
Barros S.C.C., Pollacco D.L., Gibson N.P., Howarth I.D., Keenan F.P., Simpson E.K., Skillen I., Steele I.A., A lower mass for the exoplanet WASP-21b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 416, (4), 2011, p2593 - 2599, p2593-2599
Hebrard G., Evans T.M., Alonso R., Fridlund M., Ofir A., Aigrain S., Guillot T., Almenara J.M., Auvergne M., Baglin A., Barge P., Bonomo A.S., Borde P., Bouchy F., Cabrera J., Carone L., Carpano S., Cavarroc C., Csizmadia S., Deeg H.J., Deleuil M., Diaz R.F., Dvorak R., Erikson A., Ferraz-Mello S., Gandolfi D., Gibson N., Gillon M., Guenther E., Hatzes A., Havel M., Jorda L., Lammer H., Leger A., Llebaria A., Mazeh T., Moutou C., Ollivier M., Parviainen H., Patzold M., Queloz D., Rauer H., Rouan D., Santerne A., Schneider J., Tingley B., Wuchterl G., Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XVIII. CoRoT-18b: A massive hot Jupiter on a prograde, nearly aligned orbit, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 533, 2011
Sing D.K., Pont F., Aigrain S., Charbonneau D., Desert J.-M., Gibson N., Gilliland R., Hayek W., Henry G., Knutson H., des Etangs A.L., Mazeh T., Shporer A., Hubble Space Telescope transmission spectroscopy of the exoplanet HD189733b: High-altitude atmospheric haze in the optical and near-ultraviolet with STIS, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 416, (2), 2011, p1443 - 1455, p1443-1455
Gibson N.P., Pont F., Aigrain S., A new look at NICMOS transmission spectroscopy: No conclusive evidence for molecular features, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 6, (S276), 2010, p478 - 479
Gibson N.P., Pollacco D.L., Barros S., Benn C., Christian D., Hrudkova M., Joshi Y.C., Keenan F.P., Simpson E.K., Skillen I., Steele I.A., Todd I., A transit timing analysis of seven RISE light curves of the exoplanet system HAT-P-3, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 401, (3), 2010, p1917 - 1923, p1917-1923
Simpson E.K., Pollacco D., Hebrard G., Gibson N.P., Barros S.C.C., Boisse I., Bouchy F., Cameron A.C., Miller G.R.M., Watson C.A., Keenan F.P., The spin-orbit alignment of the transiting exoplanet WASP-3b from Rossiter-McLaughlin observations, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 405, (3), 2010, p1867 - 1872, p1867-1872
Miller G.R.M., Collier Cameron A., Simpson E.K., Pollacco D., Enoch B., Gibson N.P., Queloz D., Triaud A.H.M.J., Hebrard G., Boisse I., Moutou C., Skillen I., The Doppler shadow of WASP-3b: A tomographic analysis of Rossiter-McLaughlin observations, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 523, (3), 2010
Hrudkova M., Skillen I., Benn C.R., Gibson N.P., Pollacco D., Nesvornya D., Augusteijn T., Tulloch S.M., Joshi Y.C., Tight constraints on the existence of additional planets around HD 189733, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 403, (4), 2010, p2111 - 2119, p2111-2119
Gibson N.P., Aigrain S., Pollacco D.L., Barros S.C.C., Hebb L., Hrudkova M., Simpson E.K., Skillen I., West R., Ground-based detection of thermal emission from the exoplanet WASP-19b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 404, (1), 2010
Gandolfi D., Hebrard G., Alonso R., Deleuil M., Guenther E.W., Fridlund M., Endl M., Eigmuller P., Csizmadia S., Havel M., Aigrain S., Auvergne M., Baglin A., Barge P., Bonomo A.S., Borde P., Bouchy F., Bruntt H., Cabrera J., Carpano S., Carone L., Cochran W.D., Deeg H.J., Dvorak R., Eisloffel J., Erikson A., Ferraz-Mello S., Gazzano J.-C., Gibson N.P., Gillon M., Gondoin P., Guillot T., Hartmann M., Hatzes A., Jorda L., Kabath P., Leger A., Llebaria A., Lammer H., MacQueen P.J., Mayor M., Mazeh T., Moutou C., Ollivier M., Patzold M., Pepe F., Queloz D., Rauer H., Rouan D., Samuel B., Schneider J., Stecklum B., Tingley B., Udry S., Wuchterl G., Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: XIV. CoRoT-11b: A transiting massive hot-Jupiter in a prograde orbit around a rapidly rotating F-type star, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 524, (2), 2010
Gibson, N. P., Pollacco, D., Simpson, E. K., Barros, S., Joshi, Y. C., Todd, I., Keenan, F. P., Skillen, I., Benn, C., Christian, D., Hrudková, M., Steele, I. A., A TRANSIT TIMING ANALYSIS OF NINE RISE LIGHT CURVES OF THE EXOPLANET SYSTEM TrES-3, The Astrophysical Journal, 700, (2), 2009, p1078-1085
Joshi Y.C., Pollacco D., Cameron A.C., Skillen I., Simpson E., Steele I., Street R.A., Stempels H.C., Christian D.J., Hebb L., Bouchy F., Gibson N.P., Hebrard G., Keenan F.P., Loeillet B., Meaburn J., Moutou C., Smalley B., Todd I., West R.G., Anderson D.R., Bentley S., Enoch B., Haswell C.A., Hellier C., Horne K., Irwin J., Lister T.A., McDonald I., Maxted P., Mayor M., Norton A.J., Parley N., Perrier C., Pont F., Queloz D., Ryans R., Smith A.M.S., Udry S., Wheatley P.J., Wilson D.M., WASP-14b: 7.3 M J transiting planet in an eccentric orbit, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 392, (4), 2009, p1532 - 1538, p1532-1538
Hebb L., Collier-Cameron A., Loeillet B., Pollacco D., Hebrard G., Street R.A., Bouchy F., Stempels H.C., Moutou C., Simpson E., Udry S., Joshi Y.C., West R.G., Skillen I., Wilson D.M., McDonald I., Gibson N.P., Aigrain S., Anderson D.R., Benn C.R., Christian D.J., Enoch B., Haswell C.A., Hellier C., Horne K., Irwin J., Lister T.A., Maxted P., Mayor M., Norton A.J., Parley N., Pont F., Queloz D., Smalley B., Wheatley P.J., WASP-12b: The hottest transiting extrasolar planet yet discovered, Astrophysical Journal, 693, (2), 2009, p1920 - 1928, p1920-1928
Skillen I., Pollacco D., Collier C., Hebb L., Simpson E., Bouchy F., Christian D.J., Gibson N.P., Hebrard G., Joshi Y.C., Loeillet B., Smalley B., Stempels H.C., Street R.A., Udry S., West R.G., Anderson D.R., Barros S.C.C., Enoch B., Haswell C.A., Hellier C., Home K., Irwin J., Keenan F.P., Lister T.A., Maxted P., Mayor M., Moutou C., Norton A.J., Parley N., Queloz D., Ryans R., Todd I., Wheatley P.J., Wilson D.M., The 0.5Mj translting exoplanet WASP-13b, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 502, (1), 2009, p391 - 394, p391-394
Christian D.J., Gibson N.P., Simpson E.K., Street R.A., Skillen I., Pollacco D., Collier Cameron A., Joshi Y.C., Keenan F.P., Stempels H.C., Haswell C.A., Horne K., Anderson D.R., Bentley S., Bouchy F., Clarkson W.I., Enoch B., Hebb L., Hebrard G., Hellier C., Irwin J., Kane S.R., Lister T.A., Loeillet B., Maxted P., Mayor M., McDonald I., Moutou C., Norton A.J., Parley N., Pont F., Queloz D., Ryans R., Smalley B., Smith A.M.S., Todd I., Udry S., West R.G., Wheatley P.J., Wilson D.M., WASP-10b: A 3M J, gas-giant planet transiting a late-type K star, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 392, (4), 2009, p1585 - 1590, p1585-1590
West R.G., Collier Cameron A., Hebb L., Joshi Y.C., Pollacco D., Simpson E., Skillen I., Stempels H.C., Wheatley P.J., Wilson D., Anderson D., Bentley S., Bouchy F., Christian D., Enoch B., Gibson N., Hebrard G., Hellier C., Loeillet B., Mayor M., Maxted P., McDonald I., Moutou C., Pont F., Queloz D., Smith A.M.S., Smalley B., Street R.A., Udry S., The sub-Jupiter mass transiting exoplanet WASP-11b, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 502, (1), 2009, p395 - 400, p395-400
Steelea I.A., Batesa S.D., Gibsonb N., Keenanb F., Meaburnc J., Mottrama C.J., Pollaccob D., Toddb D.I., RISE: a fast-readout imager for exoplanet transit timing, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7014, 2008
Gibson N.P., Pollacco D., Simpson E.K., Joshi Y.C., Todd I., Benn C., Christian D., Hrudkova M., Keenan F.P., Meaburn J., Skillen I., Steele I.A., Updated parameters for the transiting exoplanet WASP-3b using RISE, a new fast camera for the Liverpool Telescope, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 492, (2), 2008, p603 - 607, p603-607
Pollacco D., Skillen I., Collier Cameron A., Loeillet B., Stempels H.C., Bouchy F., Gibson N.P., Hebb L., Hebrard G., Joshi Y.C., McDonald I., Smalley B., Smith A.M.S., Street R.A., Udry S., West R.G., Wilson D.M., Wheatley P.J., Aigrain S., Alsubai K., Benn C.R., Bruce V.A., Christian D.J., Clarkson W.I., Enoch B., Evans A., Fitzsimmons A., Haswell C.A., Hellier C., Hickey S., Hodgkin S.T., Horne K., Hrudkova M., Irwin J., Kane S.R., Keenan F.P., Lister T.A., Maxted P., Mayor M., Moutou C., Norton A.J., Osborne J.P., Parley N., Pont F., Queloz D., Ryans R., Simpson E., WASP-3b: A strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 385, (3), 2008, p1576 - 1584, p1576-1584
Research Expertise
Recognition
Awards and Honours
Royal Society-Science Foundation Ireland University Research Fellowship Renewal (3yr Advanced Fellowship Extension)
Royal Society Research Fellows Enhancement Award 2017 (4yr PhD Studentship)
Royal Society University Research Fellowship (5yr Advanced Fellowship)
European Southern Observatory Fellowship (3yr Fellowship)
Provost's PhD Award 2021
Memberships
Member of the ASI (Astronomical Society of Ireland)
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA UK)
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
Associate Member of the Institute of Physics