By Emeritus Professor Chris Tinney

Journal articles

Williams IP; Bowell ELG; Marov MY; Consolmagno GJ; A'Hearn MF; Boss AP; Cruikshank DP; Levasseur-Regord AC; Morrison D; Tinney CG, 2008, 'DIVISION III: PLANETARY SYSTEM SCIENCES', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3, pp. 111 - 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1743921308023764

Abbott TMC; Crabtree D; MacKay CD; Tinney CG, 2008, 'DIVISION IX / COMMISSION 9 / WORKING GROUP DETECTORS', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 3, pp. 190 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S174392130802406X

Burgasser AJ; Tinney CG; Cushing MC; Saumon D; Marley MS; Bennett CS; Davy Kirkpatrick J, 2008, '2MASS J09393548-2448279: The coldest and least luminous brown dwarf binary known?', The Astrophysical Journal, 689, pp. L53 - L56

Davy Kirkpatrick J; Cruz KL; Barman TS; Burgasser AJ; Looper DL; Tinney CG; Gelino CR; Lowrance PJ; Liebert J; Carpenter JM; Hillenbarnd LA; Stauffer JM, 2008, 'A sample of very young field L dwarfs and implications for the brown dwarf `lithium test` at early ages', The Astrophysical Journal, 689, pp. 1295 - 1326

Bond JC; Lauretta DS; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Marcy GW; Jones HA; Carter BD; O Toole SJ; Bailey J, 2008, 'Beyond the Iron Peak: r- and s- process elemental abundance in stars with planets', The Astrophysical Journal, 682, pp. 1234 - 1247

Pinfield DJ; Burningham B; Tamura M; Leggett K; Lodieu N; Lucas PW; Mortlock DJ; Warren SJ; Homeier D; Ishii M; Deacon NR; McMahom RG; Hewett PC; Zapatero Osori MR; Martin EL; Jones HA; Venemans BP; Day-Jones AC; Dobbie PD; Folkes SL; Tinney CG; Dye S; Allard F; Baraffe I; Barrado y Navascues D; Casewell SL; Chiu K; Clarke F; Chabrier G; Hodgkin ST; Magazzu A; McCaughrean MJ; Nakajima T; Pavlenko Y, 2008, 'Fifteen new T dwarfs discovered in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 390, pp. 304 - 322, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13729.x

Kjeldsen H; Bedding T; Arentoft T; Butler R; Dall T; Karoff C; Kiss L; Tinney CG; Chaplin W, 2008, 'The amplitude of solar oscillations using stellar techniques', The Astrophysical Journal, 682, pp. 1370 - 1375

O Toole SJ; Tinney CG; Jones HA, 2008, 'The impact of stellar oscillations on doppler velocity planet searches', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 386, pp. 516 - 520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13061.x

Lodieu N; Pinfield DJ; Leggett S; Jameson R; Mortlock DJ; Warren SJ; Burningham B; Lucas PW; Chiu K; Liu M; Venemans BP; McMahom RG; Allard F; Baraffe I; Barrado Y Navascues D; Carraro G; Casewell SL; Chabrier G; Chappelle R; Clarke F; Day-Jones AC; Deacon NR; Dobbie PD; Folkes SL; Hambly N; Hewett PC; Hodgkin ST; Jones HA; Kendall TR; Magazzu A; Martin EL; McCaughrean MJ; Nakajima T; Pavlenko Y; Tamura M; Tinney CG; Zapatero Osori MR, 2007, 'Eight new T4.5-T7.5 dwarfs discovered in the UKIDSS Large Area Survey Data Release', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 379, pp. 1423 - 1430, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/117975490/HTMLSTART

Wright J; Marcy GW; Fischer D; Butler RP; Vogt SS; Tinney CG; Jones HA; Carter BD; Johnson J; McCarthy C; Apps K, 2007, 'Four New Exoplanets, and Hints of Additional Substellar Companions to Exoplanet Host Stars', The Astrophysical Journal, 657, pp. 533 - 545, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/657/1/533/65907.html

O Toole SJ; Butler RP; Tinney CG; Jones HA; Marcy GW; Carter BD; McCarthy C; Bailey J; Penny AJ; Apps K; Fischer D, 2007, 'New Planets around three G Dwarfs', The Astrophysical Journal, 660, pp. 1636 - 1641, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/660/2/1636/70956.html

Piatek ; Pryor C; Bristow P; Olszewski E; Harris H; Mateo M; Minniti D; Tinney CG, 2007, 'Proper Motions of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope Imaging. V. Final Measurement for Fornax', Astronomical Journal, 133, pp. 818 - 844, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/133/3/818/205471.html

Bedding T; Kjeldsen H; Arentoft T; Bouchy F; Brandbyge J; Brewer B; Butler RP; Christensen-Dalsgaard J; Dall T; Frandsen S; Karoff C; Kiss L; Monteiro M; Pijpers F; Teixeira T; Tinney CG; Baldry I; Carrier F; O Toole SJ, 2007, 'Solar-like oscillations in the G2 subgiant beta Hydri from dual-site observations', The Astrophysical Journal, 663, pp. 1315 - 1324, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/663/2/1315/71106.html

Carrier F; Kjeldsen H; Bedding T; Brewer B; Butler RP; Eggenberger P; Grundahl F; McCarthy C; Retter A; Tinney CG, 2007, 'Solar-like oscillations in the metal-poor subgiant nu Indi: II. Acoustic spectrum and mode lifetime', Astronomy and Astrophysics, 470, pp. 1059 - 1063, http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/pdf/2007/30/aa6901-06.pdf

Kendall TR; Tamura M; Tinney CG; Martin EL; Ishii M; Pinfield DJ; Lucas PW; Jones HA; Leggett S; Dye S; Hewett PC; Allard F; Baraffe I; Barrado Y Navascues D; Carraro G; Casewell SL; Chabrier G; Chappelle R; Clarke F; Day-Jones AC; Deacon NR; Dobbie PD; Folkes SL; Hambly N; Hodgkin ST; Nakajima T; Jameson R; Lodieu N; Magazzu A; McCaughrean MJ; Pavlenko Y; Tadashi N; Zapatero Osori MR, 2007, 'Two T dwarfs from the UKIDSS early data release', Astronomy and Astrophysics, 466, pp. 1059 - 1064, http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=article&access=standard&Itemid=129&url=/articles/aa/pdf/2007/18/aa6403-06.pdf

Bochanski JJ; Hawley SL; Neill Reid I; Covey KR; West AA; Tinney CG; Gizis JE, 2006, 'Erratum: Spectroscopic survey of M dwarfs within 100 parsecs of the sun (Astronomical Journal (2005) 130 (1871))', Astronomical Journal, 131, pp. 3136 - 3138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/503902

Jenkins J; Jones HA; Tinney CG; Butler RP; McCarthy C; Marcy GW; Pinfield DJ; Carter BD; Penny AJ, 2006, 'An activity catalogue of southern stars', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 372, pp. 163 - 173, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118550457/HTMLSTART

Butler RP; Wright J; Marcy GW; Fischer D; Vogt SS; Tinney CG; Jones HA; Carter BD; Johnson J; McCarthy C; Penny AJ, 2006, 'Catalog of Nearby Exoplanets', The Astrophysical Journal, 646, pp. 505 - 522, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/646/1/505/64046.html

Jones HA; Butler RP; Tinney CG; Marcy GW; Carter BD; Penny AJ; McCarthy C; Bailey J, 2006, 'High-eccentricity planets from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 369, pp. 249 - 256, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118549912/HTMLSTART

Bedding T; Butler R; Carrier F; Bouchy F; Brewer B; Eggenberger P; Grundahl F; Kjeldsen H; McCarthy C; Neilson T; Retter A; Tinney CG, 2006, 'Solar-like Oscillations in the Metal-poor Subgiant nu Indi: Constraining the Mass and Age Using Asteroseismology', The Astrophysical Journal, 647, pp. 558 - 563, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/647/1/558/64443.html

Tinney CG; Butler RP; Marcy GW; Jones HA; Laughlin G; Carter BD; Bailey J; O Toole SJ, 2006, 'The 2:1 Resonant Exoplanetary System Orbiting HD73526', The Astrophysical Journal, 647, pp. 594 - 599, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/647/1/594/64245.html

Bond JC; Tinney CG; Butler RP; Jones HA; Marcy GW; Penny AJ; Carter BD, 2006, 'The abundance distribution of stars with planets', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 370, pp. 163 - 173, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118550089/HTMLSTART

Tinney CG; Burgasser A; Kirkpatrick JD; Mcelwain M, 2005, '2MASS Wide Field T Dwarf Survey IV: Hunting out T dwarfs with Methane', Astronomical Journal, 130, pp. 2326 - 2346, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/130/5/2326/204628.html

Kirkpatrick JD; Barman TS; Burgasser A; Mcgovern MR; McLean IS; Tinney CG; Lowrance PJ, 2005, 'Discovery of a very young field L dwarf, 2MASS J0141-4633', The Astrophysical Journal, 639, pp. 1120 - 1128, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/639/2/1120/63892.html

Marcy GW; Butler RP; Fischer D; Vogt SS; Wright J; Tinney CG; Jones HA, 2005, 'Observed Properties of Exoplanets: Masses, Orbits, and Metallicities', Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement, 158, pp. 24

Piatek ; Pryor C; Bristow P; Olszewski E; Harris H; Mateo M; Minniti D; Tinney CG, 2005, 'Proper Motions of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope Imaging. III. Measurement for Ursa Minor', Astronomical Journal, 130, pp. 95 - 115, http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/1538-3881/130/1

Piatek ; Pryor C; Bristow P; Olszewski E; Harris H; Mateo M; Minniti D; Tinney CG, 2005, 'Proper Motions of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope Imaging. IV. Measurement for Sculptor', Astronomical Journal, 131, pp. 1445 - 1460, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/131/3/1445/204863.html

Burton MG; Lawrence JS; Ashley MC; Bailey J; Blake CA; Bedding T; Bland-Hawthorn J; Bond I; Glazebrook K; Hidas MG; Lewis G; Longmore SN; Maddison S; Mattila S; Minier V; Ryder SD; Sharp R; Smith CH; Storey JW; Tinney CG; Tuthill P; Walsh AJ; Walsh WM; Whiting MT; Wong TH; Woods D; Yock P, 2005, 'Science Programs for a 2-m Class Telescope at Dome C, Antarctica: PILOT, the Pathfinder for an International Large Optical Telescope', Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 22, pp. 199 - 235, http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/AS04077.htm

Kjeldsen H; Bedding T; Butler RP; Christensen-Dalsgaard J; Kiss L; McCarthy C; Marcy GW; Tinney CG; Wright J, 2005, 'Solar-like oscillations in alpha Centauri B', The Astrophysical Journal, 635, pp. 1281 - 1290, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/635/2/1281/62527.html

Bochanski J; Hawley S; Kirkpatrick IN; Covey K; West A; Tinney CG; Gizis J, 2005, 'Spectroscopic Survey of M Dwarfs within 100 Parsecs of the Sun', Astronomical Journal, 130, pp. 1871 - 1879, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/130/4/1871/204584.html

Ellis SC; Tinney CG; Burgasser A; Kirkpatrick JD; Mcelwain M, 2005, 'The 2MASS Wide-Field T Dwarf Search. V. Discovery of a T Dwarf via Methane Imaging', Astronomical Journal, 130, pp. 2347 - 2351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/491790

Tinney CG; Butler RP; Marcy GW; Jones HA; Penny AJ; McCarthy C; Carter BD; Fischer D, 2005, 'Three Low-mass Planets from the Anglo-Australian Planet Search', The Astrophysical Journal, 623, pp. 1171 - 1179, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/623/2/1171/61345.html

Piatek S; Pryor C; Olszewski EW; Harris HC; Mated M; Minniti D; Tinney CG, 2004, 'Erratum: Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from hubble space telescope imaging. II. Measurement for carina (The Astronomical Journal (2003) 126 (2346))', Astronomical Journal, 128, pp. 951, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/422493

Tinney CG; Butler R; Marcy GW; Jones HA; Penny AJ; McCarthy C; Carter BD; Bond JC, 2004, 'Four new planets orbiting metal-enriched stars', The Astrophysical Journal, 587, pp. 423 - 428, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/587/1/423/56381.html

McCarthy C; Butler RP; Tinney CG; Jones HA; Marcy GW; Carter BD; Penny AJ; Fischer D, 2004, 'Multiple Companions to HD 154857 and HD 160691', The Astrophysical Journal, 617, pp. 575 - 579, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/617/1/575/60746.html

Bedding T; Kjeldsen H; Butler RP; McCarthy C; Marcy GW; O Toole SJ; Tinney CG; Wright J, 2004, 'Oscillation frequencies and mode lifetimes in alpha Centauri A', The Astrophysical Journal, 614, pp. 380 - 385, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0004-637X/614/1/380/18069.html

Butler RP; Marcy GW; Fischer DA; Vogt SS; Tinney CG; Jones HRA; Penny AJ; Apps K, 2004, 'Statistical Properties of Extrasolar Planets', Symposium - International Astronomical Union, 202, pp. 3 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900217397

Burgasser AJ; Mcelwain M; Kirkpatrick JD; Cruz KL; Tinney CG; Kirkpatrick IN, 2004, 'The 2MASS Wide-Field T Dwarf Search. III. Seven New T Dwarfs and Other Cool Dwarf Discoveries', Astronomical Journal, 127, pp. 2856 - 2870, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/127/5/2856/203554.html

Butler RP; Bedding T; Kjeldsen H; McCarthy C; O Toole SJ; Simon J; Tinney CG; Marcy GW; Wright J, 2004, 'Ultra-High-Precision Velocity Measurements of Oscillations in Ą Centauri A', The Astrophysical Journal, 75, pp. 600

Liebert J; Kirkpatrick JD; Cruz KL; Kirkpatrick IN; Burgasser AJ; Tinney CG; Gizis J, 2003, 'A Flaring L5 Dwarf: The Nature of Há Emission in Very Low Mass (Sub)Stellar Objects', Astronomical Journal, 125, pp. 343 - 347, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/125/1/343/202384.html

Carter BD; Butler RP; Tinney CG; Jones HA; Marcy GW; McCarthy C; Fischer D; Penny AJ, 2003, 'A Planet in a Circular Orbit with a 6 Year Period', The Astrophysical Journal, 43, pp. 593

Jones HA; Butler RP; Tinney CG; Marcy GW; Penny AJ; McCarthy C; Carter BD, 2003, 'An exoplanet in orbit around tau1 Gruis', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 341, pp. 948 - 952, http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/118873416/HTMLSTART

Tinney CG; Burgasser A; Kirkpatrick JD; Kirkpatrick IN, 2003, 'Infrared parallaxes for Methane brown dwarfs', Astronomical Journal, 126, pp. 975 - 992, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/1538-3881/126/2/975/203111.html

Piatek ; Pryor C; Olszewski E; Harris H; Mateo M; Minniti D; Monet DG; Morrison H; Tinney CG, 2003, 'Proper Motions of Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope Imaging. II: Measurements for Carina', The Astrophysical Journal, 126, pp. 2346

Huang JC; Glazebrook K; Cowie L; Tinney CG, 2003, 'The Hawaii+Anglo-Australian Observatory K-Band Galaxy Redshift Survey. I. The Local K-Band Luminosity Function', The Astrophysical Journal, 584, pp. 203 - 209, http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/-search=69565637.1/0004-637X/584/1/203/56673.html

Clarke F; Tinney CG; Hodgkin ST, 2003, 'Time resolved spectroscopy of the variable brown dwarf Kelu-1', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 341, pp. 239 - 246, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2003.06405.x

Piatek S; Pryor C; Olszewski EW; Harris HC; Mateo M; Minniti D; Monet DG; Morrison H; Tinney CG, 2002, 'Proper motions of dwarf spheroidal galaxies from Hubble Space Telescope imaging. I. Method and a preliminary measurement for fornax', Astronomical Journal, 124, pp. 3198 - 3221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/344767

Butler RP; Marcy GW; Vogt SS; Tinney CG; Jones HRA; McCarthy C; Penny AJ; Apps K; Carter BD, 2002, 'On the double-planet system around HD 83443', Astrophysical Journal, 578, pp. 565 - 572, http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/342471

Clarke FJ; Oppenheimer BR; Tinney CG, 2002, 'A mini-survey for variability in early L dwarfs', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 335, pp. 1158 - 1162, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05691.x

Jones HRA; Butler RP; Tinney CG; Marcy GW; Penny AJ; McCarthy C; Carter BD; Pourbaix D, 2002, 'A probable planetary companion to HD 39091 from the Anglo-Australian planet search', Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 333, pp. 871 - 875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05459.x

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