Search Results - "Blake, Cullen H."
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The Warm Neptune GJ 3470b Has a Polar Orbit
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-06-2022)“…The warm Neptune GJ 3470b transits a nearby (d = 29 pc) bright slowly rotating M1.5-dwarf star. Using spectroscopic observations during two transits with the…”
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The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project (BDKP). VI. Ultracool Dwarf Radial and Rotational Velocities from SDSS/APOGEE High-resolution Spectroscopy
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-10-2024)“…Abstract We present precise measurements of radial (RV) and projected rotational ( v sin i ) velocities of a sample of 258 M6 to L2 dwarfs with multiepoch,…”
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The Extreme Stellar-signals Project. III. Combining Solar Data from HARPS, HARPS-N, EXPRES, and NEID
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-10-2023)“…Abstract We present an analysis of Sun-as-a-star observations from four different high-resolution, stabilized spectrographs—HARPS, HARPS-N, EXPRES, and NEID…”
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Quiet Please: Detrending Radial Velocity Variations from Stellar Activity with a Physically Motivated Spot Model
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-10-2024)“…For solar-type stars, spots and their associated magnetic regions induce radial velocity perturbations through the Doppler rotation signal and the suppression…”
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The Death of Vulcan: NEID Reveals That the Planet Candidate Orbiting HD 26965 Is Stellar Activity
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-05-2024)“…Abstract We revisit the long-studied radial velocity (RV) target HD 26965 using recent observations from the NASA-NSF “NEID” precision Doppler facility…”
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Trials and Tribulations in the Reanalysis of KELT-24 b: A Case Study for the Importance of Stellar Modeling
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-09-2024)“…Abstract We present a new analysis of the KELT-24 system, comprising a well-aligned hot Jupiter, KELT-24 b, and a bright ( V = 8.3), nearby ( d = 96.9 pc)…”
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The Unusual M-dwarf Warm Jupiter TOI-1899 b: Refinement of Orbital and Planetary Parameters
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-09-2023)“…Abstract TOI-1899 b is a rare exoplanet, a temperate warm Jupiter orbiting an M dwarf, first discovered by Cañas et al. (2020) from a TESS single-transit…”
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PRECISE INFRARED RADIAL VELOCITIES FROM KECK/NIRSPEC AND THE SEARCH FOR YOUNG PLANETS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-04-2012)“…We present a high-precision infrared radial velocity (RV) study of late-type stars using spectra obtained with NIRSPEC at the W. M. Keck Observatory. RV…”
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Type Ia Supernovae Are Good Standard Candles in the Near Infrared: Evidence from PAIRITEL
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-12-2008)“…We have obtained 1087 NIR measurements of 21 SNe Ia using PAIRITEL, nearly doubling the number of well-sampled NIR SN Ia light curves. These data strengthen…”
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Measuring NIR Atmospheric Extinction Using a Global Positioning System Receiver
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-11-2011)“…Modeling molecular absorption by Earth’s atmosphere is important for a wide range of astronomical observations, including broadband NIR photometry and…”
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A New Low-Mass Eclipsing Binary from SDSS-II
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2008)“…We present observations of a new low-mass, double-lined eclipsing binary system discovered using repeat observations of the celestial equator from the Sloan…”
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The NIRSPEC Ultracool Dwarf Radial Velocity Survey
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2010)“…We report the results of an infrared Doppler survey designed to detect brown dwarf and giant planetary companions to a magnitude-limited sample of ultracool…”
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A Mass–Magnitude Relation for Low-mass Stars Based on Dynamical Measurements of Thousands of Binary Star Systems
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-10-2022)“…Abstract Stellar mass is a fundamental parameter that is key to our understanding of stellar formation and evolution, as well as the characterization of nearby…”
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Enhancing Ground-based Observations of Trans-Neptunian Objects Using a Single-epoch Parallax Measurement from L2
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-11-2021)“…Space-based observatories at the second Sun–Earth Lagrange Point (L2) offer a unique opportunity to efficiently determine the orbits of distant solar system…”
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What Can the Cosmic Microwave Background Tell Us about the Outer Solar System?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-11-2007)“…We discuss two new observational techniques that use observations of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) to place constraints on the mass, distance, and size…”
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The Oxyometer: A Novel Instrument Concept for Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-06-2019)“…With the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) and ground-based surveys searching for rocky exoplanets around cooler, nearby stars, the number of…”
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THE ORBIT OF THE L DWARF + T DWARF SPECTRAL BINARY SDSS J080531.84+481233.0
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-08-2016)“…ABSTRACT SDSS J080531.84+481233.0 is a closely separated, very-low-mass (VLM) binary identified through combined-light spectroscopy and confirmed as an…”
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A Data-driven Technique for Measuring Stellar Rotation
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-04-2019)“…Measuring stellar rotational velocities is a powerful way to probe the many astrophysical phenomena that drive, or are driven by, the evolution of stellar…”
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TOI-3714 b and TOI-3629 b: Two Gas Giants Transiting M Dwarfs Confirmed with the Habitable-zone Planet Finder and NEID
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-08-2022)“…Abstract We confirm the planetary nature of two gas giants discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite to transit M dwarfs. TOI-3714 ( V = 15.24, J…”
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Seeing the limited coupling of starlight into single‐mode fiber with a small telescope
Published in Astronomische Nachrichten (01-06-2023)“…An optical fiber link to a telescope provides many advantages for spectrometers designed to detect and characterize extrasolar planets through precise radial…”
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