Dr. Neale Gibson

Dr. Neale Gibson

Assistant Professor, Physics

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9308-2353

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • 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, 2015Journal Article, 2015
  • Gibson, N. P., Fellows at ESO, The Messenger, 2014Journal Article, 2014
  • 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, 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • 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 - 5170Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • 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), 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • 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 - 522Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • 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 - 2228Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • 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, 2020Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • 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, p5449-5472Journal Article, 2020, DOI
  • 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, p1991-2006Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • 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, p2397-2406Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • 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, p999-1006Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • 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, p606-615Journal Article, 2019, DOI
  • 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, p526-529Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • 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, p4720-4737Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • 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), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • 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), 2018Journal Article, 2018, DOI
  • 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, 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • 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, p238-241Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • 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), 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • 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 - 4605Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • 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), 2017Journal Article, 2017, DOI
  • 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), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • 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, p202-204Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • 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), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • 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, 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • 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), 2016Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • 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, p59-62Journal Article, 2016, DOI
  • 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, p3875-3885Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • 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, p680-694Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • 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, 2015Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • 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, p463-478Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • 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, p2428-2443Journal Article, 2015, DOI
  • 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 - 3414Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • 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), 2014Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • 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, 2014Journal Article, 2014, DOI
  • 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, p46-66Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • 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 - 2988Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • 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, p2956-2973Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • 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, p3252-3274Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • 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), 2013Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • 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, p2917-2944Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • 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, p3032-3047Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • 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 - 3692Journal Article, 2013, DOI
  • 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), 2012Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • 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 - 760Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • 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, 2012Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • 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 - 2694Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • 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, p1248-1253Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • 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, 2012Journal Article, 2012, DOI
  • 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 - 479Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • 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, p2593-2599Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • 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, p1443-1455Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • 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, 2011Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • 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 - 2213Journal Article, 2011, DOI
  • 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), 2010Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • 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, p1867-1872Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • 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), 2010Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • 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, p2111-2119Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • 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, p1917-1923Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • 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, p1078-1085Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • 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, p395-400Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • 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, p391-394Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • 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, p1920-1928Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • 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, p1585-1590Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • 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, p1532-1538Journal Article, 2009, DOI
  • 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, p603-607Journal Article, 2008, DOI
  • 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, 2008Journal Article, 2008, DOI
  • 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, p1576-1584Journal Article, 2008, DOI
  • 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), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • 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), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • 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, p2853-2870Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • 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, p3853-3871Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • 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), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • 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), 2021Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • 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, p4787-4801Journal Article, 2021, DOI
  • 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), 2010Journal Article, 2010, DOI
  • Gibson, Neale P, Nugroho, Stevanus K, Lothringer, Joshua, Maguire, Cathal, Sing, David 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, 512, (3), 2022, p4618-4638Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Maguire, Cathal, Gibson, Neale P, Nugroho, Stevanus K, Ramkumar, Swaetha, Fortune, Mark, Merritt, Stephanie R, de Mooij, Ernst, High-resolution atmospheric retrievals of WASP-121b transmission spectroscopy with ESPRESSO: Consistent relative abundance constraints across multiple epochs and instruments, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Nikolov N.K., Sing D.K., Spake J.J., Smalley B., Goyal J.M., Mikal-Evans T., Wakeford H.R., Rustamkulov Z., Deming D., Fortney J.J., Carter A., Gibson N.P., Mayne N.J., Solar-to-supersolar sodium and oxygen absolute abundances for a 'hot Saturn' orbiting a metal-rich star, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 515, (2), 2022, p3037 - 3058, p3037-3058Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Blazek M., Kabath P., Piette A.A.A., Madhusudhan N., Skarka M., Subjak J., Anderson D.R., Boffin H.M.J., Caceres C.C., Gibson N.P., Hoyer S., Ivanov V.D., Rojo P.M., Constraints on TESS albedos for five hot Jupiters, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513, (3), 2022, p3444 - 3457, p3444-3457Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Herman M.K., De Mooij E.J.W., Nugroho S.K., Gibson N.P., Jayawardhana R., Dayside Fe i Emission, Day-Night Brightness Contrast and Phase Offset of the Exoplanet WASP-33b, Astronomical Journal, 163, (6), 2022Journal Article, 2022, DOI
  • Rustamkulov, The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team, including Gibson, N., Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM, Nature, 2023Journal Article, 2023, URL
  • The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team, including Gibson, N., Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere, Nature, 2023Journal Article, 2023, URL

Research Expertise

Physics,

Recognition

  • Provost's PhD Award 2021 2021
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA UK)
  • Member of the ASI (Astronomical Society of Ireland). Main professional organisation for astronomers in Ireland.