Search Results - "Schmidt, Sarah J."

The Near-ultraviolet Continuum Radiation in the Impulsive Phase of HF/GF-type dMe Flares. I. Data by Kowalski, Adam F., Wisniewski, John P., Hawley, Suzanne L., Osten, Rachel A., Brown, Alexander, Fariña, Cecilia, Valenti, Jeff A., Brown, Stephen, Xilouris, Manolis, Schmidt, Sarah J., Johns-Krull, Christopher

“…We present near-UV (NUV) flare spectra from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph during two moderate-amplitude U-band flares on the…”
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The Ultracool SpeXtroscopic Survey. I. Volume-limited Spectroscopic Sample and Luminosity Function of M7−L5 Ultracool Dwarfs by Bardalez Gagliuffi, Daniella C., Burgasser, Adam J., Schmidt, Sarah J., Theissen, Christopher, Gagné, Jonathan, Gillon, Michael, Sahlmann, Johannes, Faherty, Jacqueline K., Gelino, Christopher, Cruz, Kelle L., Skrzypek, Nathalie, Looper, Dagny

“…We present a volume-limited, spectroscopically verified sample of M7−L5 ultracool dwarfs (UCDs) within 25 pc. The sample contains 410 sources, of which 93%…”
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The Largest M Dwarf Flares from ASAS-SN by Schmidt, Sarah J., Shappee, Benjamin J., van Saders, Jennifer L., Stanek, K. Z., Brown, Jonathan S., Kochanek, C. S., Dong, Subo, Drout, Maria R., Frank, Stephan, Holoien, T. W.-S., Johnson, Sean, Madore, Barry F., Prieto, J. L., Seibert, Mark, Seidel, Marja K., Simonian, Gregory V. A.

“…The All-sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) is the only project in existence to scan the entire sky in optical light approximately every day,…”
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The Brown Dwarf Kinematics Project (BDKP). VI. Ultracool Dwarf Radial and Rotational Velocities from SDSS/APOGEE High-resolution Spectroscopy by Hsu, Chih-Chun, Burgasser, Adam J., Theissen, Christopher A., Birky, Jessica L., Aganze, Christian, Gerasimov, Roman, Schmidt, Sarah J., Blake, Cullen H., Covey, Kevin R., Moreno-Hilario, Elizabeth, Gelino, Christopher R., Serna, Javier, Brownstein, Joel R., Cunha, Katia

“…Abstract We present precise measurements of radial (RV) and projected rotational ( v sin i ) velocities of a sample of 258 M6 to L2 dwarfs with multiepoch,…”
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K2 Ultracool Dwarfs Survey. IV. Monster Flares Observed on the Young Brown Dwarf CFHT-BD-Tau 4 by Paudel, Rishi R., Gizis, John E., Mullan, D. J., Schmidt, Sarah J., Burgasser, Adam J., Williams, Peter K. G., Berger, Edo

“…We present photometric measurements of two superflares observed on a very young brown dwarf, CFHT-BD-Tau 4, observed during Campaign 13 of the Kepler K2…”
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Spatially resolved measurements of H2O, HCl, CO, OCS, SO2, cloud opacity, and acid concentration in the Venus near-infrared spectral windows by Arney, Giada, Meadows, Victoria, Crisp, David, Schmidt, Sarah J., Bailey, Jeremy, Robinson, Tyler

“…We observed Venus with the Apache Point Observatory 3.5 m telescope TripleSpec spectrograph (R = 3500, λ = 0.96–2.47 µm) on 1–3 March 2009 and on 25, 27, and…”
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K2 Ultracool Dwarfs Survey. III. White Light Flares Are Ubiquitous in M6-L0 Dwarfs by Paudel, Rishi R., Gizis, John E., Mullan, D. J., Schmidt, Sarah J., Burgasser, Adam J., Williams, Peter K. G., Berger, Edo

“…We report the white light flare rates for 10 ultracool dwarfs using Kepler K2 short-cadence data. Among our sample stars, two have spectral type M6, three are…”
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K2 Ultracool Dwarfs Survey. II. The White Light Flare Rate of Young Brown Dwarfs by Gizis, John E., Paudel, Rishi R., Mullan, Dermott, Schmidt, Sarah J., Burgasser, Adam J., Williams, Peter K. G.

“…We use Kepler K2 Campaign 4 short-cadence (one-minute) photometry to measure white light flares in the young, moving group brown dwarfs 2MASS J03350208+2342356…”
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SpeX SPECTROSCOPY OF UNRESOLVED VERY LOW MASS BINARIES. II. IDENTIFICATION OF 14 CANDIDATE BINARIES WITH LATE-M/EARLY-L AND T DWARF COMPONENTS by GAGLIUFFI, DANIELLA C BARDALEZ, Burgasser, Adam J, GELINO, CHRISTOPHER R, Looper, Dagny L, Nicholls, Christine P, Schmidt, Sarah J, Cruz, Kelle, West, Andrew A, Gizis, John E, METCHEV, STANIMIR

“…Multiplicity is a key statistic for understanding the formation of very low mass (VLM) stars and brown dwarfs. Currently, the separation distribution of VLM…”
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Giant white-light flares on fully convective stars occur at high latitudes by Ilin, Ekaterina, Poppenhaeger, Katja, Schmidt, Sarah J, Järvinen, Silva P, Newton, Elisabeth R, Alvarado-Gómez, Julián D, Pineda, J Sebastian, Davenport, James R A, Oshagh, Mahmoudreza, Ilyin, Ilya

“…ABSTRACT White-light flares are magnetically driven localized brightenings on the surfaces of stars. Their temporal, spectral, and statistical properties…”
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A Catalog of M-dwarf Flares with ASAS-SN by Rodríguez Martínez, Romy, Lopez, Laura A., Shappee, Benjamin J., Schmidt, Sarah J., Jayasinghe, Tharindu, Kochanek, Christopher S., Auchettl, Katie, Holoien, Thomas W.-S.

“…We analyzed the light curves of 1376 early-to-late, nearby M dwarfs to search for white-light flares using photometry from the All-Sky Automated Survey for…”
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K2 Ultracool Dwarfs Survey. I. Photometry of an L Dwarf Superflare by Gizis, John E., Paudel, Rishi R., Schmidt, Sarah J., Williams, Peter K. G., Burgasser, Adam J.

“…We report on K2 Campaign 8 measurements of a huge white light flare on the L1 dwarf SDSSp J005406.55-003101.8 (EPIC 220186653). The source is a typical L1…”
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MULTI-WAVELENGTH CHARACTERIZATION OF STELLAR FLARES ON LOW-MAss STARS USING SDss AND 2MAss TIME-DOMAIN SURVEYS by Davenport, James R A, Becker, Andrew C, Kowalski, Adam F, Hawley, Suzanne L, Schmidt, Sarah J, Hilton, Eric J, SESAR, BRANIMIR, Cutri, Roc

“…We present the first rates of flares from M dwarf stars in both red optical and near-infrared (NIR) filters. We have studied ~50,000 M dwarfs from the Sloan…”
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Calibrating Ultracool Dwarfs: Optical Template Spectra, Bolometric Corrections, and chi Values by Schmidt, Sarah J, West, Andrew A, Bochanski, John J, Hawley, Suzanne L, Kielty, Collin

“…We present optical template spectra, bolometric corrections, and chi values for ultracool dwarfs. The templates are based on spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky…”
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The Effect of Atmospheric Cooling on Vertical Velocity Dispersion and Density Distribution of Brown Dwarfs by Ryan, Russell E., Thorman, Paul A., Schmidt, Sarah J., Cohen, Seth H., Hathi, Nimish P., Holwerda, Benne W., Lunine, Jonathan I., Pirzkal, Nor, Windhorst, Rogier A., Young, Erick

“…Abstract We present a Monte Carlo simulation designed to predict the vertical velocity dispersion of brown dwarfs in the Milky Way. We show that since these…”
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Probing the Flare Atmospheres of M Dwarfs Using Infrared Emission Lines by Schmidt, Sarah J, Kowalski, Adam F, Hawley, Suzanne L, Hilton, Eric J, Wisniewski, John P, Tofflemire, Benjamin M

“…We present the results of a campaign to monitor active M dwarfs using infrared spectroscopy, supplemented with optical photometry and spectroscopy. We detected…”
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2MASS J11151597+1937266: A Young, Dusty, Isolated, Planetary-mass Object with a Potential Wide Stellar Companion by Theissen, Christopher A., Burgasser, Adam J., Gagliuffi, Daniella C. Bardalez, Hardegree-Ullman, Kevin K., Gagné, Jonathan, Schmidt, Sarah J., West, Andrew A.

“…We present 2MASS J11151597+1937266, a recently identified low-surface-gravity L dwarf, classified as an L2γ based on Sloan Digital Sky Survey optical…”
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MULTI-WAVELENGTH CHARACTERIZATION OF STELLAR FLARES ON LOW-MASS STARS USING SDSS AND 2MASS TIME-DOMAIN SURVEYS by DAVENPORT, James R. A, BECKER, Andrew C, KOWALSKI, Adam F, HAWLEY, Suzanne L, SCHMIDT, Sarah J, HILTON, Eric J, SESAR, Branimir, CUTRI, Roc

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Who asks questions at astronomy meetings? by Schmidt, Sarah J., Davenport, James R. A.

“…Over the last decade, significant attention has been drawn to the gender ratio of speakers at conferences, with ongoing efforts for meetings to better reflect…”
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H alpha Emission From Active Equal-Mass, Wide M Dwarf Binaries by Gunning, Heather C, Schmidt, Sarah J, Davenport, James R A, Dhital, Saurav, Hawley, Suzanne L, West, Andrew A

“…We identify a sample of near-equal mass wide binary M dwarf systems from the SLoWPoKES catalog of common proper-motion binaries and obtain follow-up…”
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