Search Results - "Ricker, George"
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Detection of Atmospheric Escape from Four Young Mini-Neptunes
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2023)“…Abstract We use Keck/NIRSPEC to survey a sample of of young (<1 Gyr), short-period mini-Neptunes orbiting nearby K dwarfs to measure their mass loss via the…”
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Predicting the Exoplanet Yield of the TESS Prime and Extended Missions through Years 1–7
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-06-2022)“…Abstract The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered ∼5000 planets and planet candidates after 3.5 yr. With a planned second Extended…”
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THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE: SIMULATIONS OF PLANET DETECTIONS AND ASTROPHYSICAL FALSE POSITIVES
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-08-2015)“…ABSTRACT The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA-sponsored Explorer mission that will perform a wide-field survey for planets that transit…”
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Very regular high-frequency pulsation modes in young intermediate-mass stars
Published in Nature (London) (01-05-2020)“…Asteroseismology probes the internal structures of stars by using their natural pulsation frequencies 1 . It relies on identifying sequences of pulsation modes…”
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Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: Prompt Optical Counterparts and Afterglows of Swift-XRT-localized Gamma-Ray Bursts
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2024)“…Abstract Very few detections have been made of optical flashes contemporaneous with prompt high-energy emission from a gamma-ray burst (GRB). In this work, we…”
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The TESS Faint-star Search: 1617 TOIs from the TESS Primary Mission
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-04-2022)“…Abstract We present the detection of 1617 new transiting-planet candidates, identified in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) full-frame images…”
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Absence of a thick atmosphere on the terrestrial exoplanet LHS 3844b
Published in Nature (London) (01-09-2019)“…Most known terrestrial planets orbit small stars with radii less than 60 per cent of that of the Sun 1 , 2 . Theoretical models predict that these planets are…”
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A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf
Published in Nature (London) (17-09-2020)“…Astronomers have discovered thousands of planets outside the Solar System 1 , most of which orbit stars that will eventually evolve into red giants and then…”
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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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TESS Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Short-cadence Observations of 4584 Eclipsing Binaries in Sectors 1–26
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-01-2022)“…In this paper we present a catalog of 4584 eclipsing binaries observed during the first two years (26 sectors) of the TESS survey. We discuss selection…”
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Tidally Tilted Pulsations in HD 265435, a Subdwarf B Star with a Close White Dwarf Companion
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-04-2022)“…Abstract Tidally tilted pulsators (TTPs) are an intriguing new class of oscillating stars in binary systems; in such stars, the pulsation axis coincides with…”
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Identifying Exoplanets with Deep Learning. V. Improved Light-curve Classification for TESS Full-frame Image Observations
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2023)“…Abstract The TESS mission produces a large amount of time series data, only a small fraction of which contain detectable exoplanetary transit signals…”
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Searching for Gravitational-wave Counterparts Using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite
Published in Astrophysical journal. Letters (01-05-2023)“…Abstract In 2017, the LIGO and Virgo gravitational-wave (GW) detectors, in conjunction with electromagnetic (EM) astronomers, observed the first GW…”
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Early-time Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae Observed with TESS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-02-2021)“…Abstract We present the early-time light curves of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) observed in the first six sectors of Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite…”
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Science Extraction from TESS Observations of Known Exoplanet Hosts
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-01-2021)“…The transit method of exoplanet discovery and characterization has enabled numerous breakthroughs in exoplanetary science. These include measurements of…”
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TOI-1136 is a Young, Coplanar, Aligned Planetary System in a Pristine Resonant Chain
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2023)“…Abstract Convergent disk migration has long been suspected to be responsible for forming planetary systems with a chain of mean-motion resonances (MMRs)…”
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Four Years of Type Ia Supernovae Observed by TESS: Early-time Light-curve Shapes and Constraints on Companion Interaction Models
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-10-2023)“…Abstract We present 307 type Ia supernova (SN) light curves from the first 4 yr of the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite mission. We use this sample to…”
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TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). VI. An 11 Myr Giant Planet Transiting a Very-low-mass Star in Lower Centaurus Crux
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2022)“…Abstract Mature super-Earths and sub-Neptunes are predicted to be ≃ Jovian radius when younger than 10 Myr. Thus, we expect to find 5–15 R ⊕ planets around…”
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TOI-530b: a giant planet transiting an M-dwarf detected by TESS
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-02-2022)“…ABSTRACT We report the discovery of TOI-530b, a transiting Saturn-like planet around an M0.5V dwarf, delivered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite…”
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A Possible Alignment Between the Orbits of Planetary Systems and their Visual Binary Companions
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-05-2022)“…Abstract Astronomers do not have a complete picture of the effects of wide-binary companions (semimajor axes greater than 100 au) on the formation and…”
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