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Detection of Atmospheric Escape from Four Young Mini-Neptunes by Zhang, Michael, Knutson, Heather A., Dai, Fei, Wang, Lile, Ricker, George R., Schwarz, Richard P., Mann, Christopher, Collins, Karen

“…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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THE TRANSITING EXOPLANET SURVEY SATELLITE: SIMULATIONS OF PLANET DETECTIONS AND ASTROPHYSICAL FALSE POSITIVES by Sullivan, Peter W., Winn, Joshua N., Berta-Thompson, Zachory K., Charbonneau, David, Deming, Drake, Dressing, Courtney D., Latham, David W., Levine, Alan M., McCullough, Peter R., Morton, Timothy, Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland, Woods, Deborah

“…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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Gamma-Ray Bursts Observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: Prompt Optical Counterparts and Afterglows of Swift-XRT-localized Gamma-Ray Bursts by Jayaraman, Rahul, Fausnaugh, Michael, Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland, Mo, Geoffrey

“…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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Flares, Rotation, and Planets of the AU Mic System from TESS Observations by Gilbert, Emily A., Barclay, Thomas, Quintana, Elisa V., Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Vega, Laura D., Schlieder, Joshua E., Monsue, Teresa, Cale, Bryson L., Collins, Kevin I., Gaidos, Eric, El Mufti, Mohammed, Reefe, Michael A., Plavchan, Peter, Tanner, Angelle, Wittenmyer, Robert A., Wittrock, Justin M., Jenkins, Jon M., Latham, David W., Ricker, George R., Rose, Mark E., Seager, S., Vanderspek, Roland K., Winn, Joshua N.

“…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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Identifying Exoplanets with Deep Learning. V. Improved Light-curve Classification for TESS Full-frame Image Observations by Tey, Evan, Moldovan, Dan, Kunimoto, Michelle, Huang, Chelsea X., Shporer, Avi, Daylan, Tansu, Muthukrishna, Daniel, Vanderburg, Andrew, Dattilo, Anne, Ricker, George R., Seager, S.

“…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 by Mo, Geoffrey, Jayaraman, Rahul, Fausnaugh, Michael, Katsavounidis, Erik, Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland

“…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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Science Extraction from TESS Observations of Known Exoplanet Hosts by Kane, Stephen R., Bean, Jacob L., Campante, Tiago L., Dalba, Paul A., Fetherolf, Tara, Mocnik, Teo, Ostberg, Colby, Pepper, Joshua, Simpson, Emilie R., Turnbull, Margaret C., Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland, Latham, David W., Seager, Sara, Winn, Joshua N., Jenkins, Jon M., Huber, Daniel, Chaplin, William J.

“…The transit method of exoplanet discovery and characterization has enabled numerous breakthroughs in exoplanetary science. These include measurements of…”
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Four Years of Type Ia Supernovae Observed by TESS: Early-time Light-curve Shapes and Constraints on Companion Interaction Models by Fausnaugh, M. M., Vallely, P. J., Tucker, M. A., Kochanek, C. S., Shappee, B. J., Stanek, K. Z., Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland, Agarwal, Manan, Daylan, Tansu, Jayaraman, Rahul, Hounsell, Rebekah, Muthukrishna, Daniel

“…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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Weakened Magnetic Braking in the Exoplanet Host Star 51 Peg by Metcalfe, Travis S., Strassmeier, Klaus G., Ilyin, Ilya V., Buzasi, Derek, Kochukhov, Oleg, Ayres, Thomas R., Basu, Sarbani, Chontos, Ashley, Finley, Adam J., See, Victor, Stassun, Keivan G., van Saders, Jennifer L., Sepulveda, Aldo G., Ricker, George R.

“…Abstract The consistently low activity level of the old solar analog 51 Peg not only facilitated the discovery of the first hot Jupiter, but also led to the…”
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Validation of a Third Planet in the LHS 1678 System by Silverstein, Michele L., Barclay, Thomas, Schlieder, Joshua E., Collins, Karen A., Schwarz, Richard P., Hord, Benjamin J., Rowe, Jason F., Kruse, Ethan, Astudillo-Defru, Nicola, Bonfils, Xavier, Caldwell, Douglas A., Charbonneau, David, Cloutier, Ryan, Collins, Kevin I., Daylan, Tansu, Fong, William, Jenkins, Jon M., Kunimoto, Michelle, McDermott, Scott, Murgas, Felipe, Palle, Enric, Ricker, George R., Seager, Sara, Shporer, Avi, Tey, Evan, Vanderspek, Roland, Winn, Joshua N.

“…Abstract The nearby LHS 1678 (TOI-696) system contains two confirmed planets and a wide-orbit, likely brown-dwarf companion, which orbit an M2 dwarf with a…”
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A 2:1 Mean-motion Resonance Super-Jovian Pair Revealed by TESS, FEROS, and HARPS by Bozhilov, Vladimir, Antonova, Desislava, Hobson, Melissa J., Brahm, Rafael, Jordán, Andrés, Henning, Thomas, Eberhardt, Jan, Rojas, Felipe I., Batygin, Konstantin, Torres-Miranda, Pascal, Stassun, Keivan G., Millholland, Sarah C., Stoeva, Denitza, Minev, Milen, Espinoza, Nestor, Ricker, George R., Latham, David W., Dragomir, Diana, Kunimoto, Michelle, Jenkins, Jon M., Ting, Eric B., Seager, Sara, Winn, Joshua N., Villasenor, Jesus Noel, Bouma, Luke G., Medina, Jennifer, Trifonov, Trifon

“…Abstract We report the discovery of a super-Jovian 2:1 mean-motion resonance (MMR) pair around the G-type star TIC 279401253, whose dynamical architecture is a…”
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Predicting the Exoplanet Yield of the TESS Prime and Extended Missions through Years 1–7 by Kunimoto, Michelle, Winn, Joshua, Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland K.

“…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 TESS Faint-star Search: 1617 TOIs from the TESS Primary Mission by Kunimoto, Michelle, Daylan, Tansu, Guerrero, Natalia, Fong, William, Bryson, Steve, Ricker, George R., Fausnaugh, Michael, Huang, Chelsea X., Sha, Lizhou, Shporer, Avi, Vanderburg, Andrew, Vanderspek, Roland K., Yu, Liang

“…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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A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf by Vanderburg, Andrew, Rappaport, Saul A., Xu, Siyi, Crossfield, Ian J. M., Becker, Juliette C., Gary, Bruce, Murgas, Felipe, Blouin, Simon, Kaye, Thomas G., Palle, Enric, Melis, Carl, Morris, Brett M., Kreidberg, Laura, Gorjian, Varoujan, Morley, Caroline V., Mann, Andrew W., Parviainen, Hannu, Pearce, Logan A., Newton, Elisabeth R., Carrillo, Andreia, Zuckerman, Ben, Nelson, Lorne, Zeimann, Greg, Brown, Warren R., Tronsgaard, René, Klein, Beth, Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland K., Latham, David W., Seager, Sara, Winn, Joshua N., Jenkins, Jon M., Adams, Fred C., Benneke, Björn, Berardo, David, Buchhave, Lars A., Caldwell, Douglas A., Christiansen, Jessie L., Collins, Karen A., Colón, Knicole D., Daylan, Tansu, Doty, John, Doyle, Alexandra E., Dragomir, Diana, Dressing, Courtney, Dufour, Patrick, Fukui, Akihiko, Glidden, Ana, Guerrero, Natalia M., Guo, Xueying, Heng, Kevin, Henriksen, Andreea I., Huang, Chelsea X., Kaltenegger, Lisa, Kane, Stephen R., Lewis, John A., Lissauer, Jack J., Morales, Farisa, Narita, Norio, Pepper, Joshua, Rose, Mark E., Smith, Jeffrey C., Stassun, Keivan G., Yu, Liang

“…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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TESS Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Short-cadence Observations of 4584 Eclipsing Binaries in Sectors 1–26 by Prša, Andrej, Kochoska, Angela, Conroy, Kyle E., Eisner, Nora, Hey, Daniel R., IJspeert, Luc, Kruse, Ethan, Fleming, Scott W., Johnston, Cole, Kristiansen, Martti H., LaCourse, Daryll, Mortensen, Danielle, Pepper, Joshua, Stassun, Keivan G., Torres, Guillermo, Abdul-Masih, Michael, Chakraborty, Joheen, Gagliano, Robert, Guo, Zhao, Hambleton, Kelly, Hong, Kyeongsoo, Jacobs, Thomas, Jones, David, Kostov, Veselin, Lee, Jae Woo, Omohundro, Mark, Orosz, Jerome A., Page, Emma J., Powell, Brian P., Rappaport, Saul, Reed, Phill, Schnittman, Jeremy, Schwengeler, Hans Martin, Shporer, Avi, Terentev, Ivan A., Vanderburg, Andrew, Welsh, William F., Caldwell, Douglas A., Doty, John P., Jenkins, Jon M., Latham, David W., Ricker, George R., Seager, Sara, Schlieder, Joshua E., Shiao, Bernie, Vanderspek, Roland, Winn, Joshua N.

“…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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Very regular high-frequency pulsation modes in young intermediate-mass stars by Bedding, Timothy R., Murphy, Simon J., Hey, Daniel R., Huber, Daniel, Li, Tanda, Smalley, Barry, Stello, Dennis, White, Timothy R., Ball, Warrick H., Chaplin, William J., Colman, Isabel L., Fuller, Jim, Gaidos, Eric, Harbeck, Daniel R., Hermes, J. J., Holdsworth, Daniel L., Li, Gang, Li, Yaguang, Mann, Andrew W., Reese, Daniel R., Sekaran, Sanjay, Yu, Jie, Antoci, Victoria, Bergmann, Christoph, Brown, Timothy M., Howard, Andrew W., Ireland, Michael J., Isaacson, Howard, Jenkins, Jon M., Kjeldsen, Hans, McCully, Curtis, Rabus, Markus, Rains, Adam D., Ricker, George R., Tinney, Christopher G., Vanderspek, Roland K.

“…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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Tidally Tilted Pulsations in HD 265435, a Subdwarf B Star with a Close White Dwarf Companion by Jayaraman, Rahul, Handler, Gerald, Rappaport, Saul A., Fuller, Jim, Kurtz, Donald W., Charpinet, Stéphane, Ricker, George R.

“…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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Early-time Light Curves of Type Ia Supernovae Observed with TESS by Fausnaugh, M. M., Vallely, P. J., Kochanek, C. S., Shappee, B. J., Stanek, K. Z., Tucker, M. A., Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland, Latham, David W., Seager, S., Winn, Joshua N., Jenkins, Jon M., Berta-Thompson, Zachory K., Daylan, Tansu, Doty, John P., Fűrész, Gábor, Levine, Alan M., Morris, Robert, Pál, András, Sha, Lizhou, Ting, Eric B., Wohler, Bill

“…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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TOI-1136 is a Young, Coplanar, Aligned Planetary System in a Pristine Resonant Chain by Dai, Fei, Masuda, Kento, Beard, Corey, Robertson, Paul, Goldberg, Max, Batygin, Konstantin, Bouma, Luke, Lissauer, Jack J., Knudstrup, Emil, Albrecht, Simon, Howard, Andrew W., Knutson, Heather A., Petigura, Erik A., Weiss, Lauren M., Isaacson, Howard, Kristiansen, Martti Holst, Osborn, Hugh, Wang, Songhu, Wang, Xian-Yu, Behmard, Aida, Greklek-McKeon, Michael, Vissapragada, Shreyas, Batalha, Natalie M., Brinkman, Casey L., Chontos, Ashley, Crossfield, Ian, Dressing, Courtney, Fetherolf, Tara, Fulton, Benjamin, Hill, Michelle L., Huber, Daniel, Kane, Stephen R., Lubin, Jack, MacDougall, Mason, Mayo, Andrew, Močnik, Teo, Akana Murphy, Joseph M., Rubenzahl, Ryan A., Scarsdale, Nicholas, Tyler, Dakotah, Zandt, Judah Van, Polanski, Alex S., Schwengeler, Hans Martin, Terentev, Ivan A., Benni, Paul, Bieryla, Allyson, Ciardi, David, Falk, Ben, Furlan, E., Girardin, Eric, Guerra, Pere, Hesse, Katharine M., Howell, Steve B., Lillo-Box, J., Matthews, Elisabeth C., Twicken, Joseph D., Villaseñor, Joel, Latham, David W., Jenkins, Jon M., Ricker, George R., Seager, Sara, Vanderspek, Roland, Winn, Joshua N.

“…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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TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). VI. An 11 Myr Giant Planet Transiting a Very-low-mass Star in Lower Centaurus Crux by Mann, Andrew W., Wood, Mackenna L., Schmidt, Stephen P., Barber, Madyson G., Owen, James E., Tofflemire, Benjamin M., Newton, Elisabeth R., Mamajek, Eric E., Bush, Jonathan L., Mace, Gregory N., Kraus, Adam L., Thao, Pa Chia, Vanderburg, Andrew, Llama, Joe, Johns-Krull, Christopher M., Prato, L., Stahl, Asa G., Tang, Shih-Yun, Fields, Matthew J., Collins, Karen A., Collins, Kevin I., Gan, Tianjun, Jensen, Eric L. N., Kamler, Jacob, Schwarz, Richard P., Furlan, Elise, Gnilka, Crystal L., Howell, Steve B., Lester, Kathryn V., Owens, Dylan A., Suarez, Olga, Mekarnia, Djamel, Guillot, Tristan, Abe, Lyu, Triaud, Amaury H. M. J., Johnson, Marshall C., Milburn, Reilly P., Rizzuto, Aaron C., Quinn, Samuel N., Kerr, Ronan, Ricker, George R., Vanderspek, Roland, Latham, David W., Seager, Sara, Winn, Joshua N., Jenkins, Jon M., Guerrero, Natalia M., Shporer, Avi, Schlieder, Joshua E., McLean, Brian, Wohler, Bill

“…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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