Search Results - "DAVENPORT, James R. A"
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THE KEPLER CATALOG OF STELLAR FLARES
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-09-2016)“…ABSTRACT A homogeneous search for stellar flares has been performed using every available Kepler light curve. An iterative light curve de-trending approach was…”
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Chromospheric Activity of HAT-P-11: An Unusually Active Planet-hosting K Star
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2017)“…Kepler photometry of the hot Neptune host star HAT-P-11 suggests that its spot latitude distribution is comparable to the Sun's near solar maximum. We search…”
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Do Kepler Superflare Stars Really Include Slowly Rotating Sun-like Stars?-Results Using APO 3.5 m Telescope Spectroscopic Observations and Gaia-DR2 Data
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2019)“…We report the latest view of Kepler solar-type (G-type main-sequence) superflare stars, including recent updates with Apache Point Observatory (APO) 3.5 m…”
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The Starspots of HAT-P-11: Evidence for a Solar-like Dynamo
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-09-2017)“…We measure the starspot radii and latitude distribution on the K4 dwarf HAT-P-11 from Kepler short-cadence photometry. We take advantage of starspot…”
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Possible Bright Starspots on TRAPPIST-1
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-04-2018)“…The M8V star TRAPPIST-1 hosts seven roughly Earth-sized planets and is a promising target for exoplanet characterization. Kepler/K2 Campaign 12 observations of…”
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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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Searching for Stellar Activity Cycles Using Flares: The Short- and Long-timescale Activity Variations of TIC-272272592
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2024)“…Abstract We examine 4 yr of Kepler 30 minutes data, and five sectors of Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite 2 minutes data for the dM3 star…”
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The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life: Detection and Characterization of Anomalous Transits in Kepler Lightcurves
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-01-2024)“…Abstract Never before has the detection and characterization of exoplanets via transit photometry been as promising and feasible as it is now, due to the…”
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The Weird and the Wonderful in Our Solar System: Searching for Serendipity in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2024)“…Abstract We present a novel method for anomaly detection in solar system object data in preparation for the Legacy Survey of Space and Time. We train a deep…”
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Gaia17bpp: A Giant Star with the Deepest and Longest Known Dimming Event
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2023)“…Abstract We report the serendipitous discovery of Gaia17bpp/2MASS J19372316+1759029, a binary star with a deep single large-amplitude dimming event of ∼4.5 mag…”
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Temporal Evolution of Spatially Resolved Individual Star Spots on a Planet-hosting Solar-type Star: Kepler-17
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2020)“…Star spot evolution is visible evidence of the emergence/decay of the magnetic field on a stellar surface, and it is therefore important for the understanding…”
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KEPLER FLARES. IV. A COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITY OF THE dM4e STAR GJ 1243
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present a comprehensive study of the active dM4e star GJ 1243. We use previous observations and ground-based echelle spectroscopy to determine that…”
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Apache Point Observatory (APO)/SMARTS Flare Star Campaign Observations. I. Blue Wing Asymmetries in Chromospheric Lines during Mid-M-Dwarf Flares from Simultaneous Spectroscopic and Photometric Observation Data
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2024)“…Abstract We conducted the time-resolved simultaneous optical spectroscopic and photometric observations of mid-M-dwarf flare stars YZ CMi, EV Lac, and AD Leo…”
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Searching the SN 1987A SETI Ellipsoid with TESS
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2024)“…Abstract The SETI Ellipsoid is a strategy for technosignature candidate selection that assumes that extraterrestrial civilizations who have observed a…”
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Simultaneous Multiwavelength Flare Observations of EV Lacertae
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2021)“…We present the first results of our ongoing project conducting simultaneous multiwavelength observations of flares on nearby active M dwarfs. We acquired data…”
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Every Data Point Counts: Stellar Flares as a Case Study of Atmosphere-aided Studies of Transients in the LSST Era
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-06-2024)“…Due to their short timescale, stellar flares are a challenging target for the most modern synoptic sky surveys. The upcoming Vera C. Rubin Legacy Survey of…”
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A Multiwavelength Survey of Nearby M Dwarfs: Optical and Near-ultraviolet Flares and Activity with Contemporaneous TESS, Kepler/K2, Swift, and HST Observations
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2024)“…Abstract We present a comprehensive multiwavelength investigation into flares and activity in nearby M dwarf stars. We leverage the most extensive…”
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Catalog of Integrated-light Star Cluster Light Curves in TESS
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-09-2023)“…Abstract We present the first integrated-light, TESS-based light curves for star clusters in the Milky Way, Small Magellanic Cloud, and Large Magellanic Cloud…”
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CHARACTERIZING THE OPTICAL VARIABILITY OF BRIGHT BLAZARS: VARIABILITY-BASED SELECTION OF FERMI ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-11-2012)“…We investigate the use of optical photometric variability to select and identify blazars in large-scale time-domain surveys, in part to aid in the…”
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Death of a Cluster: The Destruction of M67 as Seen by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2010)“…We probe the spatial and dynamical structure of the old open cluster M67 using photometric data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's sixth data release. Making…”
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