Professor Penny Sackett
PhD, MS, BS in Physics
Distinguished Honorary Professor
ANU College of Science
Areas of expertise
- Astronomical Sciences 5101
- Climate Change Science 3702
Research interests
Climate Change Science
Climate Change Impacts
Climate Change Mitigation
Climate Change Communication
Climate Change in Law
Greenhouse Gas Accounting
Publications
- Kemp, L, Sackett, P & Jotzo, F 2015, Sub-National Climate Policies: How does the ACT compare?, ACT Cimate Change Council, Canberra.
- Bakos, G, Csubry, Z, Penev , K et al. 2013, 'HATsouth: A global network of fully automated identical wide-field telescopes', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 125, no. 924, pp. 154-182.
- Bayliss, D, Zhou, G, Penev , K et al. 2013, 'Hats-3b: An inflated hot jupiter transiting an F-type star', The Astronomical Journal, vol. 146, no. 5, pp. 1-11.
- Bayliss, D & Sackett, P 2011, 'The Frequency of Hot Jupiters in the Galaxy: Results from the SuperLupus Survey', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 743, no. 2, pp. A103-8.
- Bayliss, D & Sackett, P 2011, 'The Frequency of Hot Jupiters in the Galaxy', Detection and Dynamics of Transiting Exoplanets, ed. F. Bouchy, R. DÃaz and C. Moutou, EDP Sciences, unknown, p. 3.
- Bayliss, D, Winn, J, Mardling, R et al. 2010, 'Confirmation of a Retrograde Orbit for Exoplanet WASP-17b', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 722, no. 2, pp. L224-L227.
- Evans, T & Sackett, P 2010, 'An a priori investigation of astrophysical false positives in ground-based transiting planet surveys', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 712, no. 1, pp. 38-51.
- Bakos, G, Afonso, C, Henning, T et al 2008, 'HAT-South: A global network of southern hemisphere automated telescopes to detect transiting exoplanets', International Astronomical Union. Proceedings, vol. 4, no. S253, pp. 354-357.
- Bayliss, D, Sackett, P, Weldrake, D et al 2009, 'SuperLupus: A Deep, Long Duration Transit Survey', International Astronomical Union Symposium 253, ed. Frédéric Pont, Dimitar Sasselov and Matthew J. Holman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 333-335.
- Sackett, P, Gillon, M, Bayliss, D et al 2009, 'Transits against Fainter Stars: The Power of Image Deconvolution', International Astronomical Union Symposium 253, ed. Frédéric Pont, Dimitar Sasselov and Matthew J. Holman, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK.
- Bayliss, D, Weldrake, D, Sackett, P et al. 2009, 'The Lupus Transit Survey for Hot Jupiters: Results and Lessons', The Astronomical Journal, vol. 137, no. 5, pp. 4368-4376.
- Lewis, K, Sackett, P & Mardling, R 2008, 'Possibility of Detecting Moons of Pulsar Planets through Time-of-Arrival Analysis', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 685, no. Oct, pp. L153-L156.
- Weldrake, D, Sackett, P & Bridges, T 2008, 'The Frequency of Large-Radius Hot and Very Hot Jupiters in ω Centauri', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 674, no. 2, pp. 1117-1129.
- Weldrake, D, Bayliss, D, Sackett, P et al. 2008, 'Lupus-TR-3b: A Low-Mass Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Galactic Plane?', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 675, pp. L37-L40.
- Weldrake, D, Bayliss, D, Sackett, P et al. 2007, 'Searching for Planetary Transits in the Lupus Galactic Plane', Transiting Extrapolar Planets Workshop, ed. C. Afonso, D. Weldrake, and Th. Henning., Conference Organising Committee, San Francisco USA, p. 90.
- Bayliss, D & Sackett, P 2007, 'The SkyMapper Transit Survey', Transiting Extrapolar Planets Workshop, ed. C. Afonso, D. Weldrake, and Th. Henning., Conference Organising Committee, San Francisco USA, pp. 320-325.
- Weldrake, D, Sackett, P & Bridges, T 2007, 'Searching for Planetary Transits in Globular Clusters - 47 Tucanae and Ï? Centauri', Transiting Extrapolar Planets Workshop, ed. C. Afonso, D. Weldrake, and Th. Henning., Conference Organising Committee, San Francisco USA, p. 289.
- Weldrake, D, Sackett, P & Bridges, T 2007, 'A Deep Wide-Field Variable Star Catalog of ω Centauri', The Astronomical Journal, vol. 133, no. 4, pp. 1447-1469.
- Thurl, C, Sackett, P & Hauschildt, P 2006, 'Resolving Stellar Atmospheres 1. Hα line and comparisons to microlensing observations', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 455, pp. 315-324.
- De Jong, J, Widrow, L, Cseresnjes, P et al. 2006, 'MACHOs in M31? Absence of evidence but not evidence of absence', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 446, pp. 855-875.
- Tingley, B, Thurl, C & Sackett, P 2006, 'The color signature of the transit of HD209458: discrepancies between stellar atmospheric models and observations', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 445, pp. L27-L30.
- Sackett, P 2006, 'Detecting solar-system gas giants analogs in reflected light with ELTs', in Whitelock, P. A., Dennefeld, M. & Leibundgut, B. (ed.), The Scientific Requirements for Extremely Large Telescopes: Proceedings of the 232nd Symposium of the International Astronomical Union, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, pp. 356-361.
- Beaulieu, J, Bennett, D, Fouque, P et al. 2006, 'Discovery of a cool planet of 5.5 Earth masses through gravitational microlensing', Nature, vol. 439, no. 26 January 2006, pp. 437-440.
- Tingley, B & Sackett, P 2005, 'A Photometric Diagnostic To Aid In The Identification Of Transiting Extrasolar Planets', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 627, pp. 1011-1018.
- Weldrake, D & Sackett, P 2005, 'A Method for the Detection of Planetary Transits in Large Time Series Data Sets', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 620, pp. 1033-1042.
- Dyudina, U, Sackett, P, Bayliss, D et al. 2005, 'Phase Light Curves for Extrasolar Jupiters and Saturns', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 618, no. 2 I, pp. 973-986.
- Weldrake, D, Sackett, P, Bridges, T et al. 2005, 'An Absence of Hot Jupiter Planets in 47 Tucanae: Results of a Wide-Field Transit Search', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 620, pp. 1043-1051.
- Sackett, P, Albrow, M, Beaulieu, J et al 2004, 'Planet II: A Microlensing and Transit Search for Extrasolar Planets', Bioastronomy 2002: life Among the Stars, ed. Ray P Norris and Frank H Stootman, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, United States of America, pp. 35-39.
- Thurl, C, Sackett, P, Hauser, A et al 2004, 'Examining stellar atmospheres via microlensing', Astronomische Nachrichten, vol. 325, p. 247.
- Weldrake, D, Sackett, P, Bridges, T et al. 2004, 'A Comprehensive Catalog of Variable Stars in the Field of 47 Tucanae', The Astronomical Journal, vol. 128, pp. 736-760.
- De Jong, J, Kuijken, K, Crotts, A et al. 2004, 'First microlensing candidates from the MEGA survey of M31', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 417, pp. 461-477.
- Fields, D, Albrow, M, An, J et al. 2003, 'High-Precision Limb-Darkening Measurement of a K3 Giant Using Microlensing', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 596, no. 2 I, pp. 1305-1319.
- Neeser, M, Sackett, P, De Marchi, G et al. 2002, 'Detection of a thick disk in the edge-on low surface brightness galaxy ESO 342-G017. I. VLT Photometry in V and R bands', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 383, pp. 472-490.
- Dominik, M, Albrow, M, Beaulieu, J et al 2002, 'The PLANET microlensing follow-up network: results and prospects for the detection of extra-solar planets', Planetary and Space Science, vol. 50, no. 3, pp. 299-307.
- An, J, Albrow, M, Beaulieu, J et al. 2002, 'First Microlens Mass Measurement: PLANET Photometry of EROS BLG-2000-5', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 572, no. 1 I, pp. 521-539.
- Gaudi, B, Albrow, M, An, J et al. 2002, 'Microlensing Constraints on the Frequency of Jupiter-Mass Companions: Analysis of 5 Years of PLANET Photometry', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 566, no. 1 I, pp. 463-499.
- Albrow, M, An, J, Beaulieu, J et al. 2002, 'A Short, Nonplanetary, Microlensing Anomaly: Observations and Light-Curve Analysis of MACHO 99-BLG-47', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 572, pp. 1031-1040.
- ALBROW, M, An, J, Beaulieu, J et al. 2001, 'PLANET Observations of Microlensing Event OGLE-1999-BUL-23: Limb-darkening Measurement of the Source Star', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 549, pp. 759-769.
- ALBROW, M, Beaulieu, J, Caldwell, J et al. 2001, 'H-alpha Equivalent Width Variations across the Face of a Microlensed K Giant in the Galactic Bulge', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 550, pp. L173-L177.
- Albrow, M, An, J, Beaulieu, J et al. 2001, 'Limits on the Abundance of Galactic Planets From 5 Years of PLANET Observations', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 556, pp. L113-L116.
- Johnston, K, Sackett, P & Bullock, J 2001, 'Interpreting Debris from Satellite Disruption in External Galaxies ', The Astrophysical Journal, vol. 557, pp. 137-149.