Search Results - "Plavchan, Peter"
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The Implications of ‘Oumuamua on Panspermia
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2024)“…Panspermia is the hypothesis that life originated on Earth from the bombardment of foreign interstellar ejecta harboring polyextremophile microorganisms. Since…”
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Radial velocity planet detection biases at the stellar rotational period
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (11-07-2016)“…Future generations of precise radial velocity (RV) surveys aim to achieve sensitivity sufficient to detect Earth mass planets orbiting in their stars’…”
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The Surprising Evolution of the Shadow on the TW Hya Disk
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2023)“…Abstract We report new total-intensity visible-light high-contrast imaging of the TW Hya disk taken with the Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph (STIS) on the…”
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Flares, Rotation, and Planets of the AU Mic System from TESS Observations
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2022)“…Abstract AU Mic is a young (∼24 Myr), pre-main-sequence M dwarf star that was observed in the first month of science observations of the Transiting Exoplanet…”
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Quantifying the Transit Light Source Effect: Measurements of Spot Temperature and Coverage on the Photosphere of AU Microscopii with High-resolution Spectroscopy and Multicolor Photometry
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2024)“…Abstract AU Microscopii (AU Mic) is an active 24 ± 3 Myr pre-main-sequence M dwarf in the stellar neighborhood ( d = 9.7 pc) with a rotation period of 4.86…”
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Simulations for Planning Next-generation Exoplanet Radial Velocity Surveys
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2023)“…Abstract Future direct imaging missions similar to the HabEx and LUVOIR mission concepts aim to catalog and characterize Earth-mass analogs around nearby…”
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Impact of Correlated Noise on the Mass Precision of Earth-analog Planets in Radial Velocity Surveys
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2023)“…Abstract Characterizing the masses and orbits of near-Earth-mass planets is crucial for interpreting observations from future direct imaging missions (e.g.,…”
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The Variable Detection of Atmospheric Escape around the Young, Hot Neptune AU Mic b
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-08-2023)“…Photoevaporation is a potential explanation for several features within exoplanet demographics. Atmospheric escape observed in young Neptune-sized exoplanets…”
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Large impacts around a solar-analog star in the era of terrestrial planet formation
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (29-08-2014)“…The final assembly of terrestrial planets occurs via massive collisions, which can launch copious clouds of dust that are warmed by the star and glow in the…”
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The Metallicity and Carbon-to-oxygen Ratio of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-76b from Gemini-S/IGRINS
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-07-2024)“…Abstract Measurements of the carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratios of exoplanet atmospheres can reveal details about their formation and evolution. Recently,…”
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Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT ’EM) Survey. III. Recovery and Confirmation of a Temperate, Mildly Eccentric, Single-transit Jupiter Orbiting TOI-2010
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2023)“…Abstract Large-scale exoplanet surveys like the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission are powerful tools for discovering large numbers of…”
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Transit Timing Variations for AU Microscopii b and c
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-07-2022)“…We explore the transit timing variations (TTVs) of the young (22 Myr) nearby AU Mic planetary system. For AU Mic b, we introduce three Spitzer (4.5 μm)…”
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HD 83443c: A Highly Eccentric Giant Planet on a 22 yr Orbit
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-06-2022)“…Abstract We report the discovery of a highly eccentric long-period Jovian planet orbiting the hot-Jupiter host HD 83443. By combining radial velocity data from…”
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Validating AU Microscopii d with Transit Timing Variations
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-12-2023)“…Abstract AU Mic is a young (22 Myr), nearby exoplanetary system that exhibits excess transit timing variations (TTVs) that cannot be accounted for by the two…”
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TOI-1994b: A Low-mass Eccentric Brown Dwarf Transiting A Subgiant Star
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2024)“…Abstract We present the discovery of TOI-1994b, a low-mass brown dwarf transiting a hot subgiant star on a moderately eccentric orbit. TOI-1994 has an…”
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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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Where Are the M Dwarf Disks Older Than 10 Million Years?
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2005)“…We present 11.7 km observations of nine late-type dwarfs obtained at the Keck I 10 m telescope in 2002 December and 2003 April. Our targets were selected for…”
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A HIGH-PRECISION NEAR-INFRARED SURVEY FOR RADIAL VELOCITY VARIABLE LOW-MASS STARS USING CSHELL AND A METHANE GAS CELL
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2016)“…ABSTRACT We present the results of a precise near-infrared (NIR) radial velocity (RV) survey of 32 low-mass stars with spectral types K2-M4 using CSHELL at the…”
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First Radial Velocity Results From the MINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA)
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-09-2019)“…The MINiature Exoplanet Radial Velocity Array (MINERVA) is a dedicated observatory of four 0.7 m robotic telescopes fiber-fed to a KiwiSpec spectrograph. The…”
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KECK/NIRC2 IMAGING OF THE WARPED, ASYMMETRIC DEBRIS DISK AROUND HD 32297
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-09-2012)“…We present Keck/NIRC2 K sub(s)-band high-contrast coronagraphic imaging of the luminous debris disk around the nearby, young A star HD 32297 resolved at a…”
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