Search Results - "Angus, Ruth"
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A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf
Published in Nature (London) (22-10-2015)“…The atmospheres of white dwarfs often contain elements heavier than helium, even though these elements would be expected to settle into the stars’ interiors;…”
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Stellar Rotation in the K2 Sample: Evidence for Modified Spin-down
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2021)“…Abstract We analyze light curves of 284,834 unique K2 targets using a Gaussian process model with a quasi-periodic kernel function. By cross-matching K2 stars…”
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In This Day and Age: An Empirical Gyrochronology Relation for Partially and Fully Convective Single Field Stars
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2024)“…Abstract Gyrochronology, the field of age dating stars using mainly their rotation periods and masses, is ideal for inferring the ages of individual…”
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Methods for the Detection of Stellar Rotation Periods in Individual TESS Sectors and Results from the Prime Mission
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-05-2024)“…Abstract For ongoing studies of the role of rotation in stellar evolution, we require large catalogs of rotation periods for testing and refining…”
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Further Evidence of Modified Spin-down in Sun-like Stars: Pileups in the Temperature–Period Distribution
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2022)“…Abstract We combine stellar surface rotation periods determined from NASA’s Kepler mission with spectroscopic temperatures to demonstrate the existence of…”
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Detecting Solar System Analogs through Joint Radial Velocity/Astrometric Surveys
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2023)“…Abstract Earth-mass exoplanets on year-long orbits and cool gas giants (CGG) on decade-long orbits lie at the edge of current detection limits. The Terra…”
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TESS Giants Transiting Giants. IV. A Low-density Hot Neptune Orbiting a Red Giant Star
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-07-2024)“…Hot Neptunes, gaseous planets smaller than Saturn (∼3–8 R⊕) with orbital periods less than 10 days, are rare. Models predict this is due to high-energy stellar…”
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TESS Giants Transiting Giants. III. An Eccentric Warm Jupiter Supports a Period−Eccentricity Relation for Giant Planets Transiting Evolved Stars
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2023)“…Abstract The fate of planets around rapidly evolving stars is not well understood. Previous studies have suggested that, relative to the main-sequence…”
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Inferring probabilistic stellar rotation periods using Gaussian processes
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-02-2018)“…Abstract Variability in the light curves of spotted, rotating stars is often non-sinusoidal and quasi-periodic – spots move on the stellar surface and have…”
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Calibrating gyrochronology using Kepler asteroseismic targets
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (21-06-2015)“…Among the available methods for dating stars, gyrochronology is a powerful one because it requires knowledge of only the star's mass and rotation period…”
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CHARACTERIZING K2 PLANET DISCOVERIES: A SUPER-EARTH TRANSITING THE BRIGHT K DWARF HIP 116454
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When Do Stalled Stars Resume Spinning Down? Advancing Gyrochronology with Ruprecht 147
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2020)“…Recent measurements of rotation periods ( ) in the benchmark open clusters Praesepe (670 Myr), NGC 6811 (1 Gyr), and NGC 752 (1.4 Gyr) demonstrate that, after…”
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Bridging the Gap—The Disappearance of the Intermediate Period Gap for Fully Convective Stars, Uncovered by New ZTF Rotation Periods
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2022)“…Abstract The intermediate period gap, discovered by Kepler, is an observed dearth of stellar rotation periods in the temperature–period diagram at ∼20 days for…”
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Evaluating Rotation Periods of M Dwarfs across the Ages
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2021)“…Abstract In this work we examine M dwarf rotation rates at a range of ages to establish benchmarks for M dwarf gyrochronology. This work includes a sample of…”
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Flaring latitudes in ensembles of low-mass stars
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (08-06-2023)“…ABSTRACT The distribution of small-scale magnetic fields in stellar photospheres is an important ingredient in our understanding of the magnetism of low-mass…”
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The unpopular Package: A Data-driven Approach to Detrending TESS Full-frame Image Light Curves
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-06-2022)“…Abstract The majority of observed pixels on the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) are delivered in the form of full-frame images (FFIs). However,…”
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Data-driven Derivation of Stellar Properties from Photometric Time Series Data Using Convolutional Neural Networks
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-07-2022)“…Abstract Stellar variability is driven by a multitude of internal physical processes that depend on fundamental stellar properties. These properties are our…”
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SYSTEMATICS-INSENSITIVE PERIODIC SIGNAL SEARCH WITH K2
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-02-2016)“…ABSTRACT From pulsating stars to transiting exoplanets, the search for periodic signals in K2 data, Kepler's two-wheeled extension, is relevant to a long list…”
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wdwarfdate: A Python Package to Derive Bayesian Ages of White Dwarfs
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-08-2022)“…Abstract White dwarfs have been successfully used as cosmochronometers in the literature; however, their reach has been limited in comparison to their…”
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Age-dating Red Giant Stars Associated with Galactic Disk and Halo Substructures
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2021)“…Abstract The vast majority of Milky Way stellar halo stars were likely accreted from a small number (≲3) of relatively large dwarf galaxy accretion events…”
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