RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Explore the latest academic and research publications from SAAO researchers below.

  • Schulte, Jack, Rodriguez, Joseph E., Bieryla, Allyson, et al.: "Migration and Evolution of giant ExoPlanets (MEEP). I. Nine Newly Confirmed Hot Jupiters from the TESS Mission", 2024, AJ, 168 [VIEW]
  • Gillanders, J. H., Rhodes, L., Srivastav, S., et al.: "Discovery of the Optical and Radio Counterpart to the Fast X-Ray Transient EP 240315a", 2024, ApJL, 969 [VIEW]
  • Bachelet, E., Rota, P., Bozza, V., et al.: "A Close Binary Lens Revealed by the Microlensing Event Gaia20bof", 2024, AJ, 168 [VIEW]
  • Ok, Samet, Schwope, Axel, Buckley, David A. H., et al.: "Discovery of the magnetic cataclysmic variable XMM J152737.4-205305.9 with a deep eclipse-like feature", 2024, A&A, 686 [VIEW]
  • Reddy, Vishnu, Kelley, Michael S., Benner, Lance, et al.: "2023 DZ2 Planetary Defense Campaign", 2024, PLANETARY SCIENCE JOURNAL, 5 [VIEW]
  • Singh, Koshvendra, Ninan, Joe P., Romanova, Marina M., et al.: "Accretion Funnel Reconfiguration during an Outburst in a Young Stellar Object: EX Lupi", 2024, ApJ, 968 [VIEW]
  • Shen, Yue, Grier, Catherine J., Horne, Keith, et al.: "The Sloan Digital Sky Survey Reverberation Mapping Project: Key Results", 2024, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 272 [VIEW]
  • Malyali, A., Rau, A., Bonnerot, C., et al.: "Transient fading X-ray emission detected during the optical rise of a tidal disruption event", 2024, MNRAS, 531, 1256-1275 [VIEW]
  • Robinson, James E., Fitzsimmons, Alan, Young, David R., et al.: "Main-belt and Trojan asteroid phase curves from the ATLAS survey", 2024, MNRAS, 531, 304-326 [VIEW]
  • Malkov, Oleg, Kniazev, Alexey, Gorda, Stanislav: "Searching for wide binary stars with non-coeval components in the northern sky", 2024, JOURNAL OF ASTROPHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY, 45 [VIEW]
  • Luo, Xiong, Wang, Huiyuan, Cui, Weiguang, et al.: "ELUCID. VIII. Simulating the Coma Galaxy Cluster to Calibrate Model and Understand Feedback", 2024, ApJ, 966 [VIEW]
  • Hord, Benjamin J., Kempton, Eliza M-R, Evans-Soma, Thomas M., et al.: "Identification of the Top TESS Objects of Interest for Atmospheric Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets with JWST", 2024, AJ, 167 [VIEW]
  • O'Brien, Sean M., Schwamb, Megan E., Gill, Samuel, et al.: "Planet Hunters NGTS: New Planet Candidates from a Citizen Science Search of the Next Generation Transit Survey Public Data", 2024, AJ, 167 [VIEW]
  • Pelgrims, V., Mandarakas, N., Skalidis, R., et al.: "The first degree-scale starlight-polarization-based tomography map of the magnetized interstellar medium", 2024, A&A, 684 [VIEW]
  • Kovtyukh, V. V., Andrievsky, S. M., Werner, K., et al.: "Lithium Cepheid V708 Car with an unusual chemical composition", 2024, A&A, 684 [VIEW]
  • Oates, S. R., Kuin, N. P. M., Nicholl, M., et al.: "Swift/UVOT discovery of Swift J221951-484240: a UV luminous ambiguous nuclear transient", 2024, MNRAS, 530, 1688-1710 [VIEW]
  • Mandarakas, N., Panopoulou, G. V., Pelgrims, V., et al.: "Zero-polarization candidate regions for the calibration of wide-field optical polarimeters", 2024, A&A, 684 [VIEW]
  • Mistry, Priyashkumar, Prasad, Aniket, Maity, Mousam, et al.: "VaTEST III: Validation of eight potential super-earths from TESS data", 2024, PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA, 41 [VIEW]
  • Markowitz, Alex, Krumpe, Mirko, Homan, David, et al.: "eROSITA detection of a cloud obscuration event in the Seyfert AGN EC 04570-5206", 2024, A&A, 684 [VIEW]
  • Henderson, Beth A., Casewell, Sarah L., Goad, Michael R., et al.: "NGTS-28Ab: a short period transiting brown dwarf", 2024, MNRAS, 530, 318-339 [VIEW]
  • Arcodia, R., Liu, Z., Merloni, A., et al.: "The more the merrier: SRG/eROSITA discovers two further galaxies showing X-ray quasi-periodic eruptions", 2024, A&A, 684 [VIEW]
  • Gaudin, Thomas M., Kennea, Jamie A., Coe, M. J., et al.: "Discovery of a Rare Eclipsing Be/X-Ray Binary System, Swift J010902.6-723710=SXP 182", 2024, ApJL, 965 [VIEW]
  • Mathys, G., Holdsworth, D. L., Kurtz, D. W.: "Long-period Ap stars discovered with TESS data: Cycles 3 and 4", 2024, A&A, 683 [VIEW]
  • Bulichi, Teodora-Elena, Dave, Romeel, Kraljic, Katarina: "How galaxy properties vary with filament proximity in the Simba simulations", 2024, MNRAS, 529, 2595-2610 [VIEW]
  • Gerasimov, Ivan S., Egorov, Oleg, V, Moiseev, Alexei, V, et al.: "Stellar feedback impact on the ionized gas kinematics in the dwarf galaxy Sextans B", 2024, MNRAS, 529, 1138-1153 [VIEW]
  • Kupfer, Thomas, Korol, Valeriya, Littenberg, Tyson B., et al.: "LISA Galactic Binaries with Astrometry from Gaia DR3", 2024, ApJ, 963 [VIEW]
  • Huang, Caroline D., Yuan, Wenlong, Riess, Adam G., et al.: "The Mira Distance to M101 and a 4% Measurement of H0", 2024, ApJ, 963 [VIEW]
  • Maitra, C., Haberl, F., Vasilopoulos, G., et al.: "eRASSU J060839.5-704014: A double degenerate ultra-compact binary in the direction of the LMC", 2024, A&A, 683 [VIEW]
  • Kurtz, D. W., Saio, H., Holdsworth, D. L., et al.: "HD 12098: a highly distorted dipole mode in an obliquely pulsating roAp star", 2024, MNRAS, 529, 556-562 [VIEW]
  • Shara, Michael M., Lanzetta, Kenneth M., Garland, James T., et al.: "Introducing the Condor Array Telescope - IV. A possible nova super-remnant surrounding the putative recurrent nova KT Eridani", 2024, MNRAS, 529, 224-235 [VIEW]
  • Khrykin, Ilya S., Sorini, Daniele, Lee, Khee-Gan, et al.: "The cosmic baryon partition between the IGM and CGM in the SIMBA simulations", 2024, MNRAS, 529, 537-549 [VIEW]
  • Coe, M. J., Kennea, J. A., Monageng, I. M., et al.: "The 2022 super-Eddington outburst of the source SMC X-2", 2024, MNRAS, 528, 7115-7122 [VIEW]
  • Sharina, M. E., Maricheva, M., I, Kniazev, A. Y., et al.: "Horizontal branch structure, age, and chemical composition for very metal-poor extragalactic globular clusters", 2024, MNRAS, 528, 7165-7185 [VIEW]
  • Sacchi, A., Esposito, P., de Martino, D., et al.: "A soft and transient ultraluminous X-ray source with six-hour modulation in the NGC 300 galaxy", 2024, A&A, 682 [VIEW]
  • Goswami, P., Zacharias, M., Zech, A., et al.: "The variety of extreme blazars in the AstroSat view", 2024, A&A, 682 [VIEW]
  • Hoosain, Munira, Blyth, Sarah-L, Skelton, Rosalind E., et al.: "The effect of cosmic web filaments on galaxy properties in the RESOLVE and ECO surveys", 2024, MNRAS, 528, 4139-4159 [VIEW]
  • Ghodsi, Laya, Man, Allison W. S., Donevski, Darko, et al.: "Star formation efficiency across large-scale galactic environments", 2024, MNRAS, 528, 4393-4408 [VIEW]
  • Chattopadhyay, Sabyasachi, Bershady, Matthew A., Law, David R., et al.: "SDSS-IV MaNGA: calibration of astrophysical line-widths in the Hα region using HexPak observations", 2024, MNRAS, 528, 5377-5393 [VIEW]
  • Andersson, B-g, Potter, Stephen B.: "Observational Constraints on Interstellar Grain Alignment", 2024, ApJ, 962 [VIEW]
  • Potravnov, I, Ryabchikova, T., Piskunov, N., et al.: "Doppler imaging of a southern ApSi star HD 152564", 2024, MNRAS, 527, 10376-10387 [VIEW]
  • Katkov, Ivan Yu., Gasymov, Damir, Kniazev, Alexei Yu., et al.: "Probing the History of the Galaxy Assembly of the Counterrotating Disk Galaxy PGC 66551", 2024, ApJ, 962 [VIEW]
  • Dunsby, Peter K. S., Luongo, Orlando, Muccino, Marco: "Unifying the dark sector through a single matter fluid with nonzero pressure", 2024, PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 109 [VIEW]
  • Pradeep, Kala G., Singh, Kulinder Pal, Dewangan, G. C., et al.: "A multiwavelength study of Swift J0503.7-2819: a chimeric magnetic CV", 2024, MNRAS, 527, 774-789 [VIEW]
  • Holdsworth, D. L., Cunha, M. S., Lares-Martiz, M., et al.: "TESS Cycle 2 observations of roAp stars with 2-min cadence data", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 9548-9580 [VIEW]
  • Pustilnik, S. A., Kniazev, A. Y., Tepliakova, A. L., et al.: "Dwarfs in nearby voids: results of SALT spectroscopy", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 11066-11081 [VIEW]
  • Stoppa, F., Bhattacharyya, S., de Austri, R. Ruiz, et al.: "AutoSourceID-Classifier Star-galaxy classification using a convolutional neural network with spatial information", 2023, A&A, 680 [VIEW]
  • Stoppa, F., Ruiz de Austri, R., Vreeswijk, P., et al.: "AutoSourceID-FeatureExtractor Optical image analysis using a two-step mean variance estimation network for feature estimation and uncertainty characterisation", 2023, A&A, 680 [VIEW]
  • Liodakis, I., Shablovinskaya, E., Blinov, D., et al.: "Optical circular polarization of blazar S4 0954+65 during high linear polarized states", 2023, A&A, 680 [VIEW]
  • Lipunov, V. M., Kornilov, V. G., Zhirkov, K. K., et al.: "Extreme Universe through the Eyes of Master Global Robotic Net", 2023, ASTRONOMY REPORTS, 67, S140-S150 [VIEW]
  • Kniazev, A. Yu., Katkov, I. Yu., Malkov, O. Yu., et al.: "Spectral Types of Long-Period Double-Lined Eclipsing Binary System Components from Low-Resolution Spectroscopy Data", 2023, ASTROPHYSICAL BULLETIN, 78, 535-549 [VIEW]
  • O'Connor, B., Kouveliotou, C., Evans, P. A., et al.: "The Swift Deep Galactic Plane Survey (DGPS) Phase I Catalog", 2023, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 269 [VIEW]
  • Garnavich, Peter, Potter, Stephen B., Buckley, David A. H., et al.: "Rapid Evolution of the White Dwarf Pulsar AR Scorpii", 2023, ApJL, 958 [VIEW]
  • Aydi, E., Chomiuk, L., Strader, J., et al.: "Revisiting the classics: on the evolutionary origin of the 'Fe II' and 'He/N' spectral classes of novae", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 9303-9321 [VIEW]
  • Kilkenny, D., Worters, H. L., Baran, A. S.: "Period variability in the pulsating Extreme Helium stars V652 Her and BX Cir", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 8402-8408 [VIEW]
  • Monageng, I. M., McBride, V. A., Alfonso-Garzon, J., et al.: "4U 1210-64: a new member of the rare intermediate-mass X-ray binary subclass", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 5293-5301 [VIEW]
  • Driessen, L. N., Barr, E. D., Buckley, D. A. H., et al.: "FRB 20210405I: a nearby Fast Radio Burst localized to sub-arcsecond precision with MeerKAT", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 3659-3673 [VIEW]
  • Whittam, I. H., Prescott, M., Hale, C. L., et al.: "MIGHTEE: Multi-wavelength counterparts in the COSMOS field", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 3231-3245 [VIEW]
  • Dai, Zhenyu, Moews, Ben, Vilalta, Ricardo, et al.: "Physics-informed neural networks in the recreation of hydrodynamic simulations from dark matter", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 3381-3394 [VIEW]
  • Pelisoli, Ingrid, Sahu, Snehalata, Lyutikov, Maxim, et al.: "Unveiling the white dwarf in J191213.72-441045.1 through ultraviolet observations", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 3826-3836 [VIEW]
  • Segura, N. Castro, Knigge, C., Matthews, J. H., et al.: "Shedding far-ultraviolet light on the donor star and evolutionary state of the neutron-star LMXB Swift J1858.6-0814", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 2508-2522 [VIEW]
  • Zhu, Yi-Ming, Wang, Yun, Zhou, Hao, et al.: "A two-component jet model for the optical plateau in the afterglow of GRB 191221B", 2023, MNRAS, 527, 1638-1647 [VIEW]
  • Maharana, S., Kiehlmann, S., Blinov, D., et al.: "Bright-Moon sky as a wide-field linear Polarimetric flat source for calibration", 2023, A&A, 679 [VIEW]
  • Sowicka, Paulina, Handler, Gerald, Jones, David, et al.: "The GW Vir Instability Strip in Light of New Observations of PG 1159 Stars: Discovery of Pulsations in the Central Star of A72 and Variability of RX J0122.9-7521", 2023, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES, 269 [VIEW]
  • Hobson, Melissa J., Trifonov, Trifon, Henning, Thomas, et al.: "TOI-199 b: A Well-characterized 100 day Transiting Warm Giant Planet with TTVs Seen from Antarctica", 2023, AJ, 166 [VIEW]
  • O'Connor, B., Brink, J., Buckley, D. A. H., et al.: "Identification of 1RXS J165424.6-433758 as a Polar Cataclysmic Variable", 2023, ApJ, 957 [VIEW]
  • Grayson, Skylar, Scannapieco, Evan, Dave, Romeel: "Distinguishing Active Galactic Nuclei Feedback Models with the Thermal Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Effect", 2023, ApJ, 957 [VIEW]
  • Quintana, Elisa V., Gilbert, Emily A., Barclay, Thomas, et al.: "Two Warm Super-Earths Transiting the Nearby M Dwarf TOI-2095", 2023, AJ, 166 [VIEW]
  • Prince, Raj, Zajacek, Michal, Panda, Swayamtrupta, et al.: "Wavelength-resolved reverberation mapping of intermediate-redshift quasars HE 0413-4031 and HE 0435-4312: Dissecting Mg II, optical Fe II, and UV Fe II emission regions", 2023, A&A, 678 [VIEW]
  • Hambleton, Kelly M., Bianco, Federica B., Street, Rachel, et al.: "Rubin Observatory LSST Transients and Variable Stars Roadmap", 2023, PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC, 135 [VIEW]
  • Hartman, J. D., Bakos, G. A., Csubry, Z., et al.: "TOI 4201 b and TOI 5344 b: Discovery of Two Transiting Giant Planets around M-dwarf Stars and Revised Parameters for Three Others", 2023, AJ, 166 [VIEW]
  • Gan, Tianjun, Cadieux, Charles, Jahandar, Farbod, et al.: "A Massive Hot Jupiter Orbiting a Metal-rich Early M Star Discovered in the TESS Full-frame Images", 2023, AJ, 166 [VIEW]
  • Scaringi, S., Breivik, K., Littenberg, T. B., et al.: "Cataclysmic variables are a key population of gravitational wave sources for LISA", 2023, MNRAS, 525, L50-L55 [VIEW]
  • Jennings, Fred, Dave, Romeel: "Halo scaling relations and hydrostatic mass bias in the SIMBA simulation from realistic mock X-ray catalogues", 2023, MNRAS, 526, 1367-1387 [VIEW]
  • Osborn, Ares, Armstrong, David J., Fernandez, Jorge Fernandez, et al.: "TOI-332 b: a super dense Neptune found deep within the Neptunian desert", 2023, MNRAS, 526, 548-566 [VIEW]
  • Balona, L. A.: "Maia variables and other anomalies among pulsating stars", 2023, FRONTIERS IN ASTRONOMY AND SPACE SCIENCES, 10 [VIEW]
  • O'Connor, B., Gogus, E., Hare, J., et al.: "Swift Deep Galactic Plane Survey classification of Swift J170800-402551.8 as a candidate intermediate polar cataclysmic variable", 2023, MNRAS, 525, 5015-5024 [VIEW]
  • Pakhomova, P., Berdnikov, L., Kniazev, A., et al.: "Time Domain Astronomy Case: Use of Large Photometric Surveys for Study of Variable Stars", 2023, ASTRONOMY REPORTS, 67, 951-958 [VIEW]
  • Glass, I. S.: "THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS MADE AT THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE", 2023, JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL HISTORY AND HERITAGE, 26, 731-752 [VIEW]
  • Biswas, Sumedha, Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, Zuzanna, Jonker, Peter G., et al.: "Preparing for Gaia searches for optical counterparts of gravitational wave events during O4", 2023, MNRAS, 525, 4065-4078 [VIEW]
  • Ghosh, Ritesh, Laha, Sibasish, Meyer, Eileen, et al.: "A Reemerging Bright Soft X-Ray State of the Changing-look Active Galactic Nucleus 1ES 1927+654: A Multiwavelength View", 2023, ApJ, 955 [VIEW]
  • Klimenko, Viacheslav V., Kulkarni, Varsha, Wake, David A., et al.: "The Baryonic Content of Galaxies Mapped by MaNGA and the Gas Around Them", 2023, ApJ, 954 [VIEW]
  • Hviding, Raphael E. E., Hickox, Ryan C. C., Vaeisaenen, Petri, et al.: "The Kiloparsec-scale Influence of the AGN in NGC 1068 with SALT RSS Fabry-Perot Spectroscopy*", 2023, AJ, 166 [VIEW]
  • Barkaoui, K., Timmermans, M., Soubkiou, A., et al.: "TOI-2084 b and TOI-4184 b: Two new sub-Neptunes around M dwarf stars", 2023, A&A, 677 [VIEW]
  • de Wet, S., Izzo, L., Groot, P. J., et al.: "The ultra-long GRB 220627A at z=3.08", 2023, A&A, 677 [VIEW]
  • Oknyansky, V. L., Brotherton, M. S., Tsygankov, S. S., et al.: "Long-term multiwavelength monitoring and reverberation mapping of NGC 2617 during a changing-look event", 2023, MNRAS, 525, 2571-2584 [VIEW]
  • Munday, James, Tremblay, P-E, Hermes, J. J., et al.: "An eclipsing 47 min double white dwarf binary at 400 pc", 2023, MNRAS, 525, 1814-1823 [VIEW]
  • Chen, Zhiwei, Sefako, Ramotholo, Yang, Yang, et al.: "The role of magnetic fields in the formation of the filamentary infrared dark cloud G11.11-0.12", 2023, MNRAS, 525, 107-122 [VIEW]
  • Snowdon, E. J., Jeffery, C. S., Schlagenhauf, S., et al.: "Ton S 415: a close binary containing an intermediate helium subdwarf discovered with SALT and TESS", 2023, MNRAS, 525, 183-189 [VIEW]
  • Appleby, Sarah, Dave, Romeel, Sorini, Daniele, et al.: "Mapping circumgalactic medium observations to theory using machine learning", 2023, MNRAS, 525, 1167-1181 [VIEW]
  • Aharonian, F., Benkhali, F. Ait, Aschersleben, J., et al.: "The Vanishing of the Primary Emission Region in PKS 1510-089", 2023, ApJL, 952 [VIEW]
  • Hosseinzadeh, Griffin, Sand, David J., Sarbadhicary, Sumit K., et al.: "The Early Light Curve of SN 2023bee: Constraining Type Ia Supernova Progenitors the Apian Way", 2023, ApJL, 953 [VIEW]
  • Miller, Jake A., Cackett, Edward M., Goad, Michael R., et al.: "Continuum Reverberation Mapping of Mrk 876 over Three Years with Remote Robotic Observatories", 2023, ApJ, 953 [VIEW]
  • He, Chenyu, Sun, Weijia, Li, Chengyuan, et al.: "The Role of Binarity and Stellar Rotation in the Split Main Sequence of NGC 2422 (vol 938, 42, 2022)", 2023, ApJ, 952 [VIEW]
  • Imbrogno, M., Israel, G. L., Castillo, G. A. Rodriguez, et al.: "Discovery of a magnetar candidate X-ray pulsar in the Large Magellanic Cloud", 2023, MNRAS, 524, 5566-5574 [VIEW]
  • Bok, J., Skelton, R. E., Cluver, M. E., et al.: "H I study of isolated and paired galaxies: the MIR SFR-M☆ sequence (vol 499, pg 3193, 2020)", 2023, MNRAS, 524, 6229-6229 [VIEW]
  • Finlay, Chris, Bassett, Bruce A., Kunz, Martin, et al.: "Trajectory-based RFI subtraction and calibration for radio interferometry", 2023, MNRAS, 524, 3231-3251 [VIEW]
  • Coe, M. J., Kennea, J. A., Monageng, I. M., et al.: "A rare outburst from the stealthy BeXRB system Swift J0549.7-6812", 2023, MNRAS, 524, 3263-3269 [VIEW]
  • Diwan, Rishank, Prince, Raj, Agarwal, Aditi, et al.: "Multiwavelength study of TeV blazar 1ES 1218+304 using gamma-ray, X-ray and optical observations", 2023, MNRAS, 524, 4333-4345 [VIEW]
  • Picouet, V., Arnouts, S., Le Floc'h, E., et al.: "HSC-CLAUDS survey: The star formation rate functions since z  ∼  2 and comparison with hydrodynamical simulations", 2023, A&A, 675 [VIEW]
  • Maettilae, K., Vaeisaenen, P., Lehtinen, K., et al.: "Light and colour of cirrus, translucent, and opaque dust in the high-latitude area of LDN 1642", 2023, MNRAS, 524, 2797-2813 [VIEW]