Search Results - "David, Trevor J."
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The Influence of Age on the Relative Frequency of Super-Earths and Sub-Neptunes
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2021)“…Abstract There is growing evidence that the population of close-in planets discovered by the Kepler mission was sculpted by atmospheric loss, though the…”
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WASP-69b’s Escaping Envelope Is Confined to a Tail Extending at Least 7 Rp
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2024)“…Studying the escaping atmospheres of highly irradiated exoplanets is critical for understanding the physical mechanisms that shape the demographics of close-in…”
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A Continuum of Accretion Burst Behavior in Young Stars Observed by K2
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-02-2017)“…We present 29 likely members of the young Oph or Upper Sco regions of recent star formation that exhibit "accretion burst" type light curves in K2 time series…”
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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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K2 DISCOVERY OF YOUNG ECLIPSING BINARIES IN UPPER SCORPIUS: DIRECT MASS AND RADIUS DETERMINATIONS FOR THE LOWEST MASS STARS AND INITIAL CHARACTERIZATION OF AN ECLIPSING BROWN DWARF BINARY
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2016)“…ABSTRACT We report the discovery of three low-mass double-lined eclipsing binaries in the pre-main sequence Upper Scorpius association, revealed by K2…”
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Overfitting Affects the Reliability of Radial Velocity Mass Estimates of the V1298 Tau Planets
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-08-2023)“…Abstract Mass, radius, and age measurements of young (≲100 Myr) planets have the power to shape our understanding of planet formation. However, young stars…”
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Hazy with a Chance of Star Spots: Constraining the Atmosphere of Young Planet K2-33b
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-01-2023)“…Abstract Although all-sky surveys have led to the discovery of dozens of young planets, little is known about their atmospheres. Here, we present…”
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IDENTIFYING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STELLAR HALO FROM ACCRETED, KICKED-OUT, AND IN SITU POPULATIONS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-12-2012)“…We present a medium-resolution spectroscopic survey of late-type giant stars at mid-Galactic latitudes of (30[degrees] < |b| < 60[degrees]), designed to probe…”
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THE AGES OF EARLY-TYPE STARS: STRÖMGREN PHOTOMETRIC METHODS CALIBRATED, VALIDATED, TESTED, AND APPLIED TO HOSTS AND PROSPECTIVE HOSTS OF DIRECTLY IMAGED EXOPLANETS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2015)“…ABSTRACT Age determination is undertaken for nearby early type (BAF) stars, which constitute attractive targets for high-contrast debris disk and planet…”
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New Low-mass Eclipsing Binary Systems in Praesepe Discovered by K2
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2017)“…We present the discovery and characterization of four low-mass ( M < 0.6 M ) eclipsing binary (EB) systems in the sub-Gyr old Praesepe open cluster using…”
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Age Determination in Upper Scorpius with Eclipsing Binaries
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-02-2019)“…The Upper Scorpius OB association is the nearest region of recent massive star formation and thus an important benchmark for investigations concerning stellar…”
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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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A Neptune-sized transiting planet closely orbiting a 5–10-million-year-old star
Published in Nature (London) (30-06-2016)“…A fully formed, Neptune-sized planet is observed orbiting a young star, demonstrating that planets can form in less than 10 million years and may also…”
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The μ Tau Association: A 60 Myr Old Coeval Group at 150 pc from the Sun
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-11-2020)“…Abstract We present an analysis of the newly identified μ Tau Association (MUTA) of young stars at ≃150 pc from the Sun that is part of the large Cas-Tau…”
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EPIC 203868608: A Low-mass Quadruple Star System in the Upper Scorpius OB Association
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2018)“…Young multiple star systems provide excellent testing grounds for theories of star formation and evolution. EPIC 203868608 was previously studied as a triple…”
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An Aligned Orbit for the Young Planet V1298 Tau b
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-06-2022)“…Abstract The alignment of planetary orbits with respect to the stellar rotation preserves information on their dynamical histories. Measuring this angle for…”
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A Transient Transit Signature Associated with the Young Star RIK-210
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2017)“…We find transient transit-like dimming events within the K2 time series photometry of the young star RIK-210 in the Upper Scorpius OB association. These…”
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Discovery of δ Scuti Pulsations in the Young Hybrid Debris Disk Star HD 156623
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2019)“…The bRing robotic observatory network was built to search for circumplanetary material within the transiting Hill sphere of the exoplanet β Pic b across its…”
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HII 2407: AN ECLIPSING BINARY REVEALED BY K2 OBSERVATIONS OF THE PLEIADES
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-11-2015)“…ABSTRACT The star HII 2407 is a member of the relatively young Pleiades star cluster and was previously discovered to be a single-lined spectroscopic binary…”
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The metal-poor atmosphere of a potential sub-Neptune progenitor
Published in Nature astronomy (01-07-2024)“…Young transiting exoplanets offer a unique opportunity to characterize the atmospheres of freshly formed and evolving planets. We present the transmission…”
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