The next generation of transiting exoplanet surveys
This thesis presents the results of the development of the Next Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) prototype, the DONUTS autoguiding algorithm and the Near Infrared Transiting ExoplanetS (NITES) telescope on La Palma. Furthermore the NITES telescope was used to conduct a transiting hot Jupiter survey...
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Queen's University Belfast
2012
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| Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.579746 |