Search Results - "METCHEV, STANIMIR"
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WEATHER ON OTHER WORLDS. II. SURVEY RESULTS: SPOTS ARE UBIQUITOUS ON L AND T DWARFS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2015)“…(ProQuest: ... denotes formulae and/or non-USASCII text omitted) We present results from the Weather on Other Worlds Spitzer Exploration Science program to…”
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The photometric periods of rapidly rotating field ultra-cool dwarfs
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-05-2023)“…ABSTRACT We use 1-m-class telescopes and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) to explore the photometric variability of all known rapidly rotating…”
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Ultracool Dwarfs Observed with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph: Equatorial Latitudes in L Dwarf Atmospheres Are Cloudier
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-09-2023)“…Abstract We report direct observational evidence for a latitudinal dependence of dust cloud opacity in ultracool dwarfs, indicating that equatorial latitudes…”
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EXTRASOLAR STORMS: PRESSURE-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN LIGHT-CURVE PHASE IN BROWN DWARFS FROM SIMULTANEOUS HST AND SPITZER OBSERVATIONS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-07-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present Spitzer/Infrared Array Camera Ch1 and Ch2 monitoring of six brown dwarfs during eight different epochs over the course of 20 months. For…”
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Weather on Other Worlds. IV. Hα Emission and Photometric Variability Are Not Correlated in L0–T8 Dwarfs
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-05-2017)“…Abstract Recent photometric studies have revealed that surface spots that produce flux variations are present on virtually all L and T dwarfs. Their likely…”
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A Cross-Match of 2MASS and SDSS: Newly Found L and T Dwarfs and an Estimate of the Space Density of T Dwarfs
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2008)“…We report new L and T dwarfs found in a cross-match of the SDSS Data Release 1 and 2MASS. Our simultaneous search of the two databases effectively allows us to…”
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HD 203030B: An Unusually Cool Young Substellar Companion near the L/T Transition
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-11-2006)“…We present the discovery of a brown dwarf companion to the star HD 203030: a G8 V Solar analog with an estimated age between 130 and 400 Myr old G8 V…”
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The colibri telescope array for KBO detection through serendipitous stellar occultations: A technical description
Published in Frontiers in astronomy and space sciences (27-10-2022)“…We present the technical design, construction and testing of the Colibri telescope array at Elginfield Observatory near London, Ontario, Canada. Three 50-cm…”
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Initial Results from the Palomar Adaptive Optics Survey of Young Solar-Type Stars: A Brown Dwarf and Three Stellar Companions
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-12-2004)“…We present first results from the Palomar Adaptive Optics Survey of Young Stars conducted at the Hale 5 m telescope. Through direct imaging we have discovered…”
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The Moth: An Unusual Circumstellar Structure Associated with HD 61005
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-12-2007)“…We present the discovery of an unusual spatially resolved circumstellar structure associated with the approximately 90 Myr, nearby, G dwarf star HD 61005…”
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A SUBSTELLAR COMMON PROPER-MOTION COMPANION TO THE PLEIAD H II 1348
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-02-2012)“…We announce the identification of a proper-motion companion to the star H II 1348, a K5 V member of the Pleiades open cluster. The existence of a faint point…”
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Ten Micron Observations of Nearby Young Stars
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2004)“…We present new 10 mu m photometry of 21 nearby young stars obtained at the Palomar 5 m and at the Keck I 10 m telescopes as part of a program to search for…”
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Adaptive Optics Imaging of the AU Microscopii Circumstellar Disk: Evidence for Dynamical Evolution
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-03-2005)“…We present an H-band image of the light scattered from circumstellar dust around the nearby (10 pc) young M star AU Microscopii (AU Mic, GJ 803, HD 197481),…”
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First High-Contrast Science with an Integral Field Spectrograph: The Substellar Companion to GQ Lupi
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-02-2007)“…We present commissioning data from the OSIRIS integral field spectrograph (IFS) on the Keck II 10 m telescope that demonstrate the utility of adaptive optics…”
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Ultracool dwarfs observed with the Spitzer infrared spectrograph – II. Emergence and sedimentation of silicate clouds in L dwarfs, and analysis of the full M5–T9 field dwarf spectroscopic sample
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (28-05-2022)“…ABSTRACT We present a uniform analysis of all mid-infrared R ≈ 90 spectra of field M5–T9 dwarfs obtained with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph (IRS). The…”
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Ultracool dwarfs observed with the Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph – III. Dust grains in young L dwarf atmospheres are heavier
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (08-06-2023)“…ABSTRACT Analysis of all archival 5–14 micron spectra of field ultracool dwarfs from the Infrared Spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope has shown that…”
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Adaptive Optics Observations of Vega: Eight Detected Sources and Upper Limits to Planetary-Mass Companions
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Let the Great World Spin: Revealing the Stormy, Turbulent Nature of Young Giant Exoplanet Analogs with the Spitzer Space Telescope
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2022)“…Abstract We present a survey for photometric variability in young, low-mass brown dwarfs with the Spitzer Space Telescope. The 23 objects in our sample show…”
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Weather on Other Worlds. VI. Optical Spectrophotometry of Luhman 16B Reveals Large-amplitude Variations in the Alkali Lines
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2021)“…Abstract Using a novel wide-slit, multiobject approach with the GMOS spectrograph on the 8 m Gemini South telescope, we have obtained precise time-series…”
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WEATHER ON OTHER WORLDS. III. A SURVEY FOR T DWARFS WITH HIGH-AMPLITUDE OPTICAL VARIABILITY
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-03-2015)“…We have monitored 12 T dwarfs with the Kitt Peak 2.1 m telescope using an F814W filter (0.7-0.95 mu m) to place in context the remarkable 10%-20% variability…”
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