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Publications: DR Matthew Battley

Alves DR, Jenkins JS, Vinés JI, Moyano M, Anderson DR, Magliano C, Covone G, Stassun KG et al. ( 2026 ) . TOI-333b: A Neptune-desert planet around an F7V star . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 705 ,
Barragán O, Mallorquín M, Fernández-Fernández J, Hawthorn F, Freckelton AV, Lafarga M, Cretignier M, Eschen YNE et al. ( 2026 ) . Mass estimates of the young TOI-451 transiting planets: multidimensional Gaussian Process on stellar spectroscopic and photometric signals . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 546 , ( 2 )
Kendall A, Ulmer-Moll S, Gill S, Burleigh MR, Goad MR, Anderson DR, Bryant EM, Lavie B et al. ( 2025 ) . A 43 day transiting Neptune and two 25 day Saturns from TESS, NGTS and ASTEP . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ulmer-Moll S, Gill S, Brahm R, Claringbold A, Lendl M, Al Moulla K, Anderson D, Battley M et al. ( 2025 ) . Detection and characterisation of a 106-day transiting Jupiter: TOI-2449 b/NGTS-36 b . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 703 ,
Bourrier V, Steiner M, Castro-González A, Armstrong DJ, Attia M, Gill S, Timmermans M, Fernandez J et al. ( 2025 ) . ATREIDES . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 701 ,
Yee SW, Winn JN, Hartman JD, Rodriguez JE, Zhou G, Latham DW, Quinn SN, Bieryla A et al. ( 2025 ) . The TESS Grand Unified Hot Jupiter Survey. III. Thirty More Giant Planets . The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series vol. 280 , ( 1 )
Frensch YGC, Bouchy F, Curto GL, Ulmer-Moll S, Sousa SG, Santos NC, Stassun KG, Watkins CN et al. ( 2025 ) . Three hot Jupiters transiting K-dwarfs with significant heavy element masses . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 700 ,
Fontanet E, Udry S, Ségransan D, Figueira P, Barroso JAA, Akinsanmi B, Attia M, Battley M et al. ( 2025 ) . CORALIE radial-velocity search for companions around evolved stars (CASCADES) . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 699 ,
Essack Z, Dragomir D, Dalba PA, Battley MP, Ciardi DR, Collins KA, Howell SB, Jones MI et al. ( 2025 ) . Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT ‘EM) Survey. VI. Confirmation of a Long-period Giant Planet Discovered with a Single TESS Transit . The Astronomical Journal vol. 170 , ( 1 )
Martínez RR, Eastman JD, Collins KA, Rodriguez JE, Charbonneau D, Quinn SN, Latham DW, Ziegler C et al. ( 2025 ) . Discovery and Characterization of an Eccentric, Warm Saturn Transiting the Solar Analog TOI-4994 . The Astronomical Journal vol. 169 , ( 2 )
Grieves N, Bouchy F, Armstrong DJ, Akinsanmi B, Psaridi A, Ulmer-Moll S, Frensch YGC, Helled R et al. ( 2025 ) . Discovery of a cold giant planet and mass measurement of a hot super-Earth in the multi-planetary system WASP-132 . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 693 ,
Alves DR, Jenkins JS, Vines JI, Battley MP, Lendl M, Bouchy F, Nielsen LD, Gill S et al. ( 2024 ) . NGTS-33b: a young super-Jupiter hosted by a fast-rotating massive hot star . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 536 , ( 2 ) 1538 - 1554 .
Leleu A, Delisle J-B, Delrez L, Bryant EM, Brandeker A, Osborn HP, Hara N, Wilson TG et al. ( 2024 ) . Photo-dynamical characterisation of the TOI-178 resonant chain . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 688 ,
Carter AL, May EM, Espinoza N, Welbanks L, Ahrer E, Alderson L, Brahm R, Feinstein AD et al. ( 2024 ) . A benchmark JWST near-infrared spectrum for the exoplanet WASP-39 b . Nature Astronomy vol. 8 , ( 8 ) 1008 - 1019 .
Gill S, Bayliss D, Ulmer-Moll S, Wheatley PJ, Brahm R, Anderson DR, Armstrong D, Apergis I et al. ( 2024 ) . TOI-2447 b / NGTS-29 b: a 69-day Saturn around a Solar analogue . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 532 , ( 2 ) 1444 - 1458 .
Battley MP, Collins KA, Ulmer-Moll S, Quinn SN, Lendl M, Gill S, Brahm R, Hobson MJ et al. ( 2024 ) . NGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter★★★ . Astronomy & Astrophysics vol. 686 ,
Freckelton AV, Sebastian D, Mortier A, Triaud AHMJ, Maxted PFL, Acuña L, Armstrong DJ, Battley MP et al. ( 2024 ) . BEBOP V. Homogeneous Stellar Analysis of Potential Circumbinary Planet Hosts .
Freckelton AV, Sebastian D, Mortier A, Triaud AHMJ, Maxted PFL, Acuña L, Armstrong DJ, Battley MP et al. ( 2024 ) . BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 531 , ( 4 ) 4085 - 4098 .
Gill S, Bayliss D, Ulmer-Moll S, Wheatley PJ, Brahm R, Anderson DR, Armstrong D, Apergis I et al. ( 2024 ) . TOI-2447 b / NGTS-29 b: a 69-day Saturn around a Solar analogue .
O’Brien SM, Schwamb ME, Gill S, Watson CA, Burleigh MR, Kendall A, Casewell SL, Anderson DR et al. ( 2024 ) . Planet Hunters NGTS: New Planet Candidates from a Citizen Science Search of the Next Generation Transit Survey Public Data . The Astronomical Journal vol. 167 , ( 5 )
O'Brien SM, Schwamb ME, Gill S, Watson CA, Burleigh MR, Kendall A, Anderson DR, Vines JI et al. ( 2024 ) . Planet Hunters NGTS: New Planet Candidates from a Citizen Science Search of the Next Generation Transit Survey Public Data .
Battley MP, Collins KA, Ulmer-Moll S, Quinn SN, Lendl M, Gill S, Brahm R, Hobson MJ et al. ( 2024 ) . NGTS-30 b/TOI-4862 b: An 1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter .
Hawthorn F, Gill S, Bayliss D, Osborn HP, Pelisoli I, Rodel T, Darnbrook KS, Wheatley PJ et al. ( 2024 ) . TESS duotransit candidates from the Southern Ecliptic Hemisphere . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 528 , ( 2 ) 1841 - 1862 .
Lowson N, Zhou G, Huang CX, Wright DJ, Edwards B, Nabbie E, Venner A, Quinn SN et al. ( 2024 ) . Two mini-Neptunes Transiting the Adolescent K-star HIP 113103 Confirmed with TESS and CHEOPS .
Lowson N, Zhou G, Huang CX, Wright DJ, Edwards B, Nabbie E, Venner A, Quinn SN et al. ( 2023 ) . Two mini-Neptunes transiting the adolescent K-star HIP 113103 confirmed with TESS and CHEOPS . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 527 , ( 1 ) 1146 - 1162 .
Smith GD, Gillen E, Hodgkin ST, Alves DR, Anderson DR, Battley MP, Burleigh MR, Gill S et al. ( 2023 ) . NGTS clusters survey – V. Rotation in the Orion star-forming complex . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 523 , ( 1 ) 169 - 188 .
Smith GD, Gillen E, Hodgkin ST, Alves DR, Anderson DR, Battley MP, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL et al. ( 2023 ) . NGTS clusters survey $-$ V: Rotation in the Orion Star-forming Complex .
Moulton T, Hodgkin ST, Smith GD, Briegal JT, Gillen E, Acton JS, Battley MP, Burleigh MR et al. ( 2023 ) . NGTS clusters survey IV. Search for Dipper stars in the Orion Nebular Cluster .
Moulton T, Hodgkin ST, Smith GD, Briegal JT, Gillen E, Acton JS, Burleigh MR, Goad MR et al. ( 2023 ) . NGTS clusters survey – IV. Search for Dipper stars in the Orion Nebular Cluster . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 521 , ( 2 ) 1700 - 1726 .
Ahrer E-M, Stevenson KB, Mansfield M, Moran SE, Brande J, Morello G, Murray CA, Nikolov NK et al. ( 2023 ) . Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam . Nature vol. 614 , ( 7949 ) 653 - 658 .
Sebastian D, Swayne MI, Maxted PFL, Triaud AHMJ, Sousa SG, Olofsson G, Beck M, Billot N et al. ( 2022 ) . The EBLM project – IX. Five fully convective M-dwarfs, precisely measured with CHEOPS and TESS light curves . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 519 , ( 3 ) 3546 - 3563 .
Zhou G, Wirth CP, Huang CX, Venner A, Franson K, Quinn SN, Bouma LG, Kraus AL et al. ( 2022 ) . A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235 . The Astronomical Journal vol. 163 , ( 6 )
Zhou G, Wirth CP, Huang CX, Venner A, Franson K, Quinn SN, Bouma LG, Kraus AL et al. ( 2022 ) . A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor member HIP 94235 .
Briegal JT, Gillen E, Queloz D, Hodgkin S, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Armstrong DJ, Battley MP et al. ( 2022 ) . Periodic stellar variability from almost a million NGTS light curves . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 513 , ( 1 ) 420 - 438 .
Briegal JT, Gillen E, Queloz D, Hodgkin S, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Armstrong DJ, Battley MP et al. ( 2022 ) . Periodic stellar variability from almost a million NGTS light curves .
Triaud AHMJ, Standing MR, Heidari N, Martin DV, Boisse I, Santerne A, Correia ACM, Acuña L et al. ( 2022 ) . BEBOP III. Observations and an independent mass measurement of Kepler-16 (AB) b – the first circumbinary planet detected with radial velocities . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 511 , ( 3 ) 3561 - 3570 .
Battley MP, Armstrong DJ, Pollacco D ( 2022 ) . YOUNG Star detrending for Transiting Exoplanet Recovery (YOUNGSTER) II: Using Self-Organising Maps to explore young star variability in Sectors 1-13 of TESS data .
Battley MP, Armstrong DJ, Pollacco D ( 2022 ) . YOUNG Star detrending for Transiting Exoplanet Recovery (YOUNGSTER) – II. Using self-organizing maps to explore young star variability in sectors 1–13 of TESS data . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 511 , ( 3 ) 4285 - 4304 .
Triaud AHMJ, Standing MR, Heidari N, Martin DV, Boisse I, Santerne A, Correia ACM, Acuña L et al. ( 2021 ) . BEBOP III. Observations and an independent mass measurement of Kepler-16 (AB) b -- the first circumbinary planet detected with radial velocities .
Martin DV, El-Badry K, Hodžić VK, Triaud AHMJ, Angus R, Birky J, Hedges C, Montet BT et al. ( 2021 ) . TOI-1259Ab – a gas giant planet with 2.7 per cent deep transits and a bound white dwarf companion . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 507 , ( 3 ) 4132 - 4148 .
Swayne MI, Maxted PFL, Triaud AHMJ, Sousa SG, Broeg C, Guterman P, Simon AE, Boisse I et al. ( 2021 ) . The EBLM project – VIII. First results for M-dwarf mass, radius, and effective temperature measurements using CHEOPS light curves . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 506 , ( 1 ) 306 - 322 .
Acton JS, Goad MR, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Breytenbach H, Nielsen LD, Smith G, Anderson DR et al. ( 2021 ) . NGTS-19b: a high-mass transiting brown dwarf in a 17-d eccentric orbit . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 505 , ( 2 ) 2741 - 2752 .
Acton JS, Goad MR, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Breytenbach H, Nielsen LD, Smith G, Anderson DR et al. ( 2021 ) . NGTS-19b : A high mass transiting brown dwarf in a 17-day eccentric orbit .
Amirpour M, Kim S, Battley MP, Kelly P ( 2021 ) . Coupled electromagnetic-thermal analysis of roadway inductive power transfer pads within a model pavement . Applied Thermal Engineering vol. 189 ,
Battley MP, Kunimoto M, Armstrong DJ ( 2021 ) . Revisiting the Kepler field with TESS: Improved ephemerides using TESS 2 min data . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 503 , ( 3 ) 4092 - 4104 .
Battley MP, Kunimoto M, Armstrong DJ, Pollacco D ( 2021 ) . Revisiting the Kepler field with TESS: Improved ephemerides using TESS 2min data .
Battley MP, Armstrong DJ ( 2020 ) . A search for young exoplanets in Sectors 1–5 of the TESS full-frame images . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 496 , ( 2 ) 1197 - 1216 .
Battley MP, Pollacco D, Armstrong DJ ( 2020 ) . YOUNG Star detrending for Transiting Exoplanet Recovery (YOUNGSTER) -- I. A search for young exoplanets in Sectors 1-5 of the TESS Full-Frame-Images .
Espinoza N, Brahm R, Henning T, Jordán A, Dorn C, Rojas F, Sarkis P, Kossakowski D et al. ( 2019 ) . HD 213885b: a transiting 1-d-period super-Earth with an Earth-like composition around a bright ( V  = 7.9) star unveiled by TESS . Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society vol. 491 , ( 2 ) 2982 - 2999 .