Bill Chaplin

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William Chaplin leads the programme of the NASA Kepler Mission devoted to the asteroseismic investigation of solar-type stars, managing and coordinating the work of 170 international scientists. He is interested in the following research themes:

Helioseismology
Solar Physics, Solar Variability
Asteroseismology
Stellar Physics, Stellar Variability
Supervision of research PhDs in asteroseismology and helioseismology

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Constraints on sunspot group lifetimes from far-side Sun-as-a-star helioseismology with BiSON
Chaplin, W. J., Howe, R., Basu, S., Elsworth, Y., Hale, S. J., Hatt, E. J., Murray, E. & Nielsen, M. B., Feb 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 546, 1, 9 p., staf2287.
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The seismic diversity of four successive solar cycle minima as observed by the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON)
Basu, S., Chaplin, W. J., Howe, R., Elsworth, Y., Hale, S. J. & Murray, E., 4 Mar 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 547, 1, 11 p., stag277.
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APOKASC-3: The Third Joint Spectroscopic and Asteroseismic Catalog for Evolved Stars in the Kepler Fields
Pinsonneault, M. H., Zinn, J. C., Tayar, J., Serenelli, A., García, R. A., Mathur, S., Vrard, M., Elsworth, Y. P., Mosser, B., Stello, D., Bell, K. J., Bugnet, L., Corsaro, E., Gaulme, P., Hekker, S., Hon, M., Huber, D., Kallinger, T., Cao, K. & Johnson, J. A. & 21 others, Liagre, B., Patton, R. A., Santos, Â. R. G., Basu, S., Beck, P. G., Beers, T. C., Chaplin, W. J., Cunha, K., Frinchaboy, P. M., Girardi, L., Godoy-Rivera, D., Holtzman, J. A., Jönsson, H., Mészáros, S., Reyes, C., Rix, H.-W., Shetrone, M., Smith, V. V., Spoo, T., Stassun, K. G. & Wang, J., 1 Feb 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal. Supplement Series. 276, 2, 35 p., 69.
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Asteroseismology with PBjam 2.0: measuring dipole mode frequencies in coupling regimes from main sequence to low-luminosity red giant stars
Nielsen, M. B., Ong, J. M. J., Hatt, E. J., Davies, G. R., Chaplin, W. J., Hookway, G. T., Stokholm, A., Scutt, O. J., Lund, M. N. & Garcıa, R. A., 25 Jun 2025, In: The Astronomical Journal. 169, 14 p., 322.
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Far-side helioseismology with global mode frequencies from Sun-as-a-star and resolved observations
Howe, R., Tripathy, S., Chaplin, W. J., Elsworth, Y. P., Hale, S. J. & Nielsen, M. B., 21 Feb 2025.
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Continued Support for the Implementation Phase to beyond Launch April 2025 to March 2028: Bridge Funding 2025: Birmingham Element
Davies, G. (Co-Investigator) & Chaplin, B. (Principal Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Research Councils
Refresh, Continuation, and Science Exploitation of the Birmingham Solar- Oscillations Network (BiSON)
Elsworth, Y. (Co-Investigator) & Chaplin, B. (Principal Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/24 → 31/03/27
Project: Research Councils
PLATO UK Support for the Development Phase (2022-2025): University of Birmingham Element
Davies, G. (Co-Investigator) & Chaplin, B. (Principal Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/22 → 31/03/25
Project: Research Councils
Helioseismology at Birmingham & Queen Mary
Chaplin, B. (Principal Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research Councils
Asteroseismology and Exoplanets at Birmingham and Queen Mary
Miglio, A. (Co-Investigator) & Chaplin, B. (Principal Investigator)
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL
1/04/21 → 31/12/24
Project: Research Councils

Asteroseismic Data Analysis: Foundations and Techniques
Chaplin, W. (Creator), University of Birmingham, 2017
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.807743
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2012 Harold Jefferys Lectureship prize
Chaplin, W. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Media work - New planetary system published in Astrophysical journal
Chaplin, W.
27/01/15
1 Media contribution
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Bill Chaplin

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Constraints on sunspot group lifetimes from far-side Sun-as-a-star helioseismology with BiSON

The seismic diversity of four successive solar cycle minima as observed by the Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON)

APOKASC-3: The Third Joint Spectroscopic and Asteroseismic Catalog for Evolved Stars in the Kepler Fields

Asteroseismology with PBjam 2.0: measuring dipole mode frequencies in coupling regimes from main sequence to low-luminosity red giant stars

Far-side helioseismology with global mode frequencies from Sun-as-a-star and resolved observations

Continued Support for the Implementation Phase to beyond Launch April 2025 to March 2028: Bridge Funding 2025: Birmingham Element

Refresh, Continuation, and Science Exploitation of the Birmingham Solar- Oscillations Network (BiSON)

PLATO UK Support for the Development Phase (2022-2025): University of Birmingham Element

Helioseismology at Birmingham & Queen Mary

Asteroseismology and Exoplanets at Birmingham and Queen Mary

Asteroseismic Data Analysis: Foundations and Techniques

2012 Harold Jefferys Lectureship prize

Media work - New planetary system published in Astrophysical journal

Bill Chaplin

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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Research output

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Prizes

Press/Media