SuperWASP Variable Stars

The results from the project are available to browse and to download via VeSPA: The Variable Star Photometry Archive. This is regularly updated using the latest classifications from you, our volunteers.

The initial results of the SuperWASP Variable Stars project using the first 1 million classifications is reported in the following paper:

SuperWASP variable stars: classifying light curves using citizen science Thiemann, H.B., Norton, A.J., Dickinson, H.J, McMaster, A., Kolb, U.C, 2021, MNRAS, 502, 1299–1311

Some highlights of our work on SuperWASP variable stars obtained using an earlier analysis of just the first few years of SuperWASP data are reported in the following papers:

New periodic variable stars coincident with ROSAT sources discovered using SuperWASP
Norton, A.J., Wheatley, P.J., West, R.G., Haswell, C.A., Street, R.A., Collier Cameron, A., Christian, D.J., Clarkson, W.I., Enoch, B., Gallaway, M., Hellier, C., Horne, K., Irwin, J., Kane, S.R., Lister, T.A., Nicholas, J.P., Parley, N., Pollacco, D., Ryans, R., Skillen, I., Wilson, D.M., 2007, A&A, 467, 785-905

Short period eclipsing binary candidates identified using SuperWASP
Norton, A.J., Payne, S.G., Evans, T., West, R.G., Wheatley, P.J., Anderson, D.R., Barros, S.C.C., Butters, O.W., Collier Cameron, A., Christian, D.J., Enoch, B., Faedi, F., Haswell, C.A., Hellier, C., Holmes, S., Horne, K.D., Kane, S.R., Lister, T.A., Maxted, P.F.L., Parley, N., Pollacco, D., Simpson, E.K., Skillen, I., Smalley, B., Southworth, J., Street, R.A., 2011, A&A, 528, A90

SuperWASP observations of pulsating Am stars
Smalley, B., Kurtz, D.W., Smith, A.M.S., Fossati, L., Anderson, D.R., Barros, S.C.C., Butters, O.W., Collier Cameron, A., Christian, D.J., Enoch, B., Faedi, F., Haswell, C.A., Hellier, C., Holmes, S., Horne, K., Kane, S.R., Lister, T.A., Maxted, P.F.L., Norton, A.J., Parley, N., Pollacco, D., Simpson, E.K., Skillen, I., Southworth, J., Street, R.A., West, R.G., Wheatley, P.J., Wood, P.L., 2011, A&A, 535, A3

Period decrease in three SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit
Lohr, M.E., Norton, A.J., Kolb, U.C., Anderson, D.R., Faedi, F., West, R.G., 2012, A&A, 542, A124

Period and period change measurements for 143 SuperWASP eclipsing binary candidates near the short-period limit and discovery of a doubly eclipsing quadruple system
Lohr, M.E., Norton, A.J., Kolb, U.C., Maxted, P.F.L., Todd, I., West, R.G., 2013, A&A, 549, A86

One, two or three stars? An investigation of an unusual eclipsing binary candidate undergoing dramatic period changes
Lohr, M.E., Norton, A.J., Kolb, U.C., Boyd, D., 2013, A&A, 558, A71

Parameters of two low-mass contact eclipsing binaries near the short-period limit
Lohr, M.E., Hodgkin, S.T., Norton, A.J., Kolb, U.C., 2014, A&A, 563, A34

High frequency A-type pulsators discovered by SuperWASP
Holdsworth, D.L., Smalley, B., Gillon, M., Clubb, K.I., Southworth, J., Maxted, P.F.L., Anderson, D.R., Barros, S.C.C., Collier Cameron, A., Delrez, L., Faedi, F., Haswell, C.A., Hellier, C., Horne, K., Jehin, E., Norton, A.J., Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Smith, A.M.S., West, R.G., Wheatley, P.J., 2014, MNRAS, 439, 2078-2095

Eclipsing Am binary systems in the SuperWASP survey
B. Smalley, J. Southworth, O.I. Pintado, M. Gillon, D.L. Holdsworth, D.R. Anderson, S.C.C. Barros, A. Collier Cameron, L. Delrez, F. Faedi, C.A. Haswell, C. Hellier, K. Horne, E. Jehin, P.F.L. Maxted, A.J. Norton, D. Pollacco, I. Skillen, A.M.S. Smith, R.G. West, P.J. Wheatley, 2014, A&A, 564, A69

Period and amplitude variations in post-common-envelope eclipsing binaries observed with SuperWASP
Lohr, M.E., Norton, A.J., Anderson, D.R., Collier Cameron, A., Faedi, F., Haswell, C.A., Hellier, C., Hodgkin, S.T., Horne, K., Kolb, U.C., Maxted, P.F.L., Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Smalley, B., West, R.G., Wheatley, P.J., 2014, A&A, 566, A128

The doubly eclipsing quintuple low-mass star system 1SWASP J093010.78+533859.5
Lohr, M.E., Norton, A.J., Gillen, E., Busuttil, R., Kolb, U.C., Aigrain, S., McQuillan, A., Hodgkin, S.T., Gonzalez, E., 2015, A&A, 578, A103

Orbital period changes and the higher-order multiplicity fraction amongst SuperWASP eclipsing binaries
Lohr, M.E., Norton, A.J., Payne, S.G., West, R.G., Wheatley, P.J., 2015, A&A, 578, A136

SuperWASP discovery and SALT confirmation of a semi-detached eclipsing binary that contains a delta Scuti star
Norton, A.J., Lohr, M.E., Smalley, B., Wheatley, P.J., West, R.G. 2016, A&A, 587, A54

Pulsation versus metallicism in Am stars as revealed by LAMOST and WASP
Smalley, B., Antoci, V., Holdsworth, D.L., Kurtz, D.W., Murphy, S.J., De Cat, P., Anderson, D.R., Catanzaro, G., Collier Cameron, A., Hellier, C., Maxted, P.F.L., Norton, A.J., Pollacco, D., Ripepi, V., West, R.G., Wheatley, P.J., 2017, MNRAS, 465, 2662

The SuperWASP catalogue of 4963 RR Lyr stars: identification of 983 Blazhko candidates
Greer, P.A., Payne, S.G., Norton, A.J., Maxted, P.F.L., Smalley, West, R.G., Wheatley, P.J., Kolb, U.C., 2017, A&A, 607, A11