Dr Matthew Battley

Matthew Battley

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Exoplanets

School of Physical and Chemical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Member of Dr Edward Gillen's Research Group
Funder: EPSRC - EU Scheme
Project: (AENEAS) Age-enabled Exoplanet Science ERC-STG-2023-Gillen

Publications

solid heart iconPublications of specific relevance to the Centre for Fundamental Physics

2025

Relevant PublicationDiscovery and Characterization of an Eccentric, Warm Saturn Transiting the Solar Analog TOI-4994
Martínez RR, Eastman JD, Collins KA, Rodriguez JE, Charbonneau D, Quinn SN, Latham DW, Ziegler C, Brahm R, Fairnington TR, Ulmer-Moll S, Stassun KG, Suarez O, Guillot T, Hobson MJ, Winn JN, Kanodia S, Schlecker M, Butler RP, Crane JD, et al.
The Astronomical Journal, American Astronomical Society vol. 169 (2) 
15-01-2025
Relevant PublicationDiscovery of a cold giant planet and mass measurement of a hot super-Earth in the multi-planetary system WASP-132
Grieves N, Bouchy F, Armstrong DJ, Akinsanmi B, Psaridi A, Ulmer-Moll S, Frensch YGC, Helled R, Müller S, Knierim H, Santos NC, Adibekyan V, Parc L, Lendl M, Battley MP, Unger N, Chaverot G, Bayliss D, Dumusque X, Hawthorn F, et al.
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Edp Sciences vol. 693 
01-01-2025

2024

Relevant PublicationPhoto-dynamical characterisation of the TOI-178 resonant chain
Leleu A, Delisle J-B, Delrez L, Bryant EM, Brandeker A, Osborn HP, Hara N, Wilson TG, Billot N, Lendl M, Ehrenreich D, Chakraborty H, Günther MN, Hooton MJ, Alibert Y, Alonso R, Alves DR, Anderson DR, Apergis I, Armstrong D, et al.
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Edp Sciences vol. 688 
01-08-2024
Relevant PublicationA benchmark JWST near-infrared spectrum for the exoplanet WASP-39 b
Carter AL, May EM, Espinoza N, Welbanks L, Ahrer E, Alderson L, Brahm R, Feinstein AD, Grant D, Line M, Morello G, O’Steen R, Radica M, Rustamkulov Z, Stevenson KB, Turner JD, Alam MK, Anderson DR, Batalha NM, Battley MP, et al.
Nature Astronomy, Springer Nature vol. 8 (8), 1008-1019.  
10-07-2024
Relevant PublicationTOI-2447 b / NGTS-29 b: a 69-day Saturn around a Solar analogue
Gill S, Bayliss D, Ulmer-Moll S, Wheatley PJ, Brahm R, Anderson DR, Armstrong D, Apergis I, Alves DR, Burleigh MR, Butler RP, Bouchy F, Battley MP, Bryant EM, Bieryla A, Crane JD, Collins KA, Casewell SL, Carleo I, Claringbold AB, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 532 (2), 1444-1458.  
05-07-2024
Relevant PublicationBEBOP 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, Baycroft TA, Boisse I, Bourrier V, Carmona A, Coleman GAL, Cameron AC, Cortés-Zuleta P, Delfosse X, Dransfield G, Duck A, Forveille T, French JR, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 531 (4), 4085-4098.  
06-06-2024
Relevant PublicationNGTS-30b/TOI-4862b: An ~1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter★★★
Battley MP, Collins KA, Ulmer-Moll S, Quinn SN, Lendl M, Gill S, Brahm R, Hobson MJ, Osborn HP, Deline A, Faria JP, Claringbold AB, Chakraborty H, Stassun KG, Hellier C, Alves DR, Ziegler C, Anderson DR, Apergis I, Armstrong DJ, et al.
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Edp Sciences vol. 686 
01-06-2024
Relevant PublicationPlanet Hunters NGTS: New Planet Candidates from a Citizen Science Search of the Next Generation Transit Survey Public Data
O’Brien SM, Schwamb ME, Gill S, Watson CA, Burleigh MR, Kendall A, Casewell SL, Anderson DR, Vines JI, Jenkins JS, Alves DR, Trouille L, Ulmer-Moll S, Bryant EM, Apergis I, Battley M, Bayliss D, Eisner NL, Gillen E, Goad MR, et al.
The Astronomical Journal, American Astronomical Society vol. 167 (5) 
24-04-2024
Relevant PublicationTESS duotransit candidates from the Southern Ecliptic Hemisphere
Hawthorn F, Gill S, Bayliss D, Osborn HP, Pelisoli I, Rodel T, Darnbrook KS, Wheatley PJ, Anderson DR, Apergis I, Battley MP, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Eigmüller P, Günther MN, Jenkins JS, Lendl M, Moyano M, Osborn A, Ramsay G, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 528 (2), 1841-1862.  
23-01-2024

2023

Relevant PublicationTwo 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, Collins KA, Gillen E, Battley M, Triaud A, Hellier C, Seager S, Winn JN, Jenkins JM, Wohler B, Shporer A, Schwarz RP, Murgas F, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 527 (1), 1146-1162.  
12-09-2023
Relevant PublicationNGTS clusters survey – V. Rotation in the Orion star-forming complex
Smith GD, Gillen E, Hodgkin ST, Alves DR, Anderson DR, Battley MP, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Gill S, Goad MR, Henderson BA, Jenkins JS, Kendall A, Moyano M, Ramsay G, Tilbrook RH, Vines JI, West RG and Wheatley PJ
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 523 (1), 169-188.  
15-05-2023
Relevant PublicationNGTS clusters survey – IV. Search for Dipper stars in the Orion Nebular Cluster
Moulton T, Hodgkin ST, Smith GD, Briegal JT, Gillen E, Acton JS, Battley MP, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Gill S, Goad MR, Henderson BA, Kendall A, Ramsay G, Tilbrook RH and Wheatley PJ
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 521 (2), 1700-1726.  
10-03-2023
Relevant PublicationEarly Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam
Ahrer E-M, Stevenson KB, Mansfield M, Moran SE, Brande J, Morello G, Murray CA, Nikolov NK, Petit dit de la Roche DJM, Schlawin E, Wheatley PJ, Zieba S, Batalha NE, Damiano M, Goyal JM, Lendl M, Lothringer JD, Mukherjee S, Ohno K, Batalha NM, et al.
Nature, Springer Nature vol. 614 (7949), 653-658.  
09-01-2023

2022

Relevant PublicationThe EBLM project – IX. Five fully convective M-dwarfs, precisely measured with CHEOPS and TESS light curves
Sebastian D, Swayne MI, Maxted PFL, Triaud AHMJ, Sousa SG, Olofsson G, Beck M, Billot N, Hoyer S, Gill S, Heidari N, Martin DV, Persson CM, Standing MR, Alibert Y, Alonso R, Anglada G, Asquier J, Bárczy T, Barrado D, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 519 (3), 3546-3563.  
12-09-2022
Relevant PublicationA Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS Around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor Member HIP 94235
Zhou G, Wirth CP, Huang CX, Venner A, Franson K, Quinn SN, Bouma LG, Kraus AL, Mann AW, Newton ER, Dragomir D, Heitzmann A, Lowson N, Douglas ST, Battley M, Gillen E, Triaud A, Latham DW, Howell SB, Hartman JD, et al.
The Astronomical Journal, American Astronomical Society vol. 163 (6) 
24-05-2022
Relevant PublicationPeriodic stellar variability from almost a million NGTS light curves
Briegal JT, Gillen E, Queloz D, Hodgkin S, Acton JS, Anderson DR, Armstrong DJ, Battley MP, Bayliss D, Burleigh MR, Bryant EM, Casewell SL, Costes JC, Eigmüller P, Gill S, Goad MR, Günther MN, Henderson BA, Jackman JAG, Jenkins JS, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 513 (1), 420-438.  
05-04-2022
Relevant PublicationYOUNG Star detrending for Transiting Exoplanet Recovery (YOUNGSTER) – II. Using self-organizing maps to explore young star variability in sectors 1–13 of TESS data
Battley MP, Armstrong DJ and Pollacco D
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 511 (3), 4285-4304.  
31-01-2022
Relevant PublicationBEBOP III. Observations and an independent mass measurement of Kepler-16 (AB) b -- the first circumbinary planet detected with radial velocities
Nelson R
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) 
25-01-2022

2021

Relevant PublicationTOI-1259Ab – a gas giant planet with 2.7 per cent deep transits and a bound white dwarf companion
Martin DV, El-Badry K, Hodžić VK, Triaud AHMJ, Angus R, Birky J, Foreman-Mackey D, Hedges C, Montet BT, Murphy SJ, Santerne A, Stassun KG, Stephan AP, Wang J, Benni P, Krushinsky V, Chazov N, Mishevskiy N, Ziegler C, Soubkiou A, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 507 (3), 4132-4148.  
27-07-2021
Relevant PublicationThe EBLM project – VIII. First results for M-dwarf mass, radius, and effective temperature measurements using CHEOPS light curves
Swayne MI, Maxted PFL, Triaud AHMJ, Sousa SG, Broeg C, Florén H-G, Guterman P, Simon AE, Boisse I, Bonfanti A, Martin D, Santerne A, Salmon S, Standing MR, Van Grootel V, Wilson TG, Alibert Y, Alonso R, Escudé GA, Asquier J, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 506 (1), 306-322.  
12-06-2021
Relevant PublicationNGTS-19b: A high mass transiting brown dwarf in a 17-day eccentric orbit
Acton JS, Goad MR, Burleigh MR, Casewell SL, Breytenbach H, Nielsen LD, Smith G, Anderson DR, Battley MP, Bayliss D, Bouchy F, Bryant EM, Csizmadia S, Eigmüller P, Gill S, Gillen E, Grieves N, Günther MN, Henderson BA, Hodgkin ST, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society 
22-05-2021
Relevant PublicationCoupled electromagnetic-thermal analysis of roadway inductive power transfer pads within a model pavement
Amirpour M, Kim S, Battley MP, Kelly P, Bickerton S and Covic G
Applied Thermal Engineering, Elsevier vol. 189 
01-05-2021
Relevant PublicationRevisiting the Kepler field with TESS: Improved ephemerides using TESS 2 min data
Battley MP, Kunimoto M, Armstrong DJ and Pollacco D
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 503 (3), 4092-4104.  
10-03-2021

2020

Relevant PublicationA search for young exoplanets in Sectors 1–5 of the TESS full-frame images
Battley MP, Pollacco D and Armstrong DJ
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 496 (2), 1197-1216.  
09-06-2020

2019

Relevant PublicationHD 213885b: a transiting 1-d-period super-Earth with an Earth-like composition around a bright ( V  = 7.9) star unveiled by TESS
Espinoza N, Brahm R, Henning T, Jordán A, Dorn C, Rojas F, Sarkis P, Kossakowski D, Schlecker M, Díaz MR, Jenkins JS, Aguilera-Gomez C, Jenkins JM, Twicken JD, Collins KA, Lissauer J, Armstrong DJ, Adibekyan V, Barrado D, Barros SCC, et al.
Monthly Notices of The Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press (OUP) vol. 491 (2), 2982-2999.  
19-11-2019