Search Results - "Vanderburg, Andrew"
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The Orbital Geometries and Stellar Obliquities of Exoplanet-hosting Multistar Systems
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-03-2024)“…Abstract The current orbital geometries of exoplanet systems offer a fossilized record of the systems’ dynamical histories. A particularly rich set of…”
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Growth model interpretation of planet size distribution
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (14-05-2019)“…The radii and orbital periods of 4,000+ confirmed/candidate exoplanets have been precisely measured by the Kepler mission. The radii show a bimodal…”
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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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Occurrence Rates of Exosatellites Orbiting 3–30 M Jup Hosts from 44 Spitzer Light Curves
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-08-2024)“…Abstract We conduct a comprehensive search for transiting exomoons and exosatellites within 44 archival Spitzer light curves of 32 substellar worlds with…”
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A disintegrating minor planet transiting a white dwarf
Published in Nature (London) (22-10-2015)“…The atmospheres of white dwarfs often contain elements heavier than helium, even though these elements would be expected to settle into the stars’ interiors;…”
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Know thy star, know thy planet: chemo-kinematically characterizing TESS targets
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-01-2020)“…ABSTRACT The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has already begun to discover what will ultimately be thousands of exoplanets around nearby cool…”
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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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An edge-on orbit for the eccentric long-period planet HR 5183 b
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (16-09-2022)“…ABSTRACT The long-period giant planet HR 5183 b has one of the most extreme orbits among exoplanets known to date, and represents a test for models of their…”
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Aligning Planet-hosting Binaries via Dissipative Precession in Circumstellar Disks
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-09-2024)“…Abstract Recent observations have demonstrated that some subsets of even moderately wide-separation planet-hosting binaries are preferentially configured such…”
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ZODIACAL EXOPLANETS IN TIME (ZEIT). I. A NEPTUNE-SIZED PLANET ORBITING AN M4.5 DWARF IN THE HYADES STAR CLUSTER
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-02-2016)“…ABSTRACT Studying the properties of young planetary systems can shed light on how the dynamics and structure of planets evolve during their most formative…”
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Eclipsing Binaries in the Open Cluster Ruprecht 147. I. EPIC 219394517
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-10-2018)“…Eclipsing binaries in star clusters offer more stringent tests of stellar evolution theory than field binaries because models must not only match the binary…”
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Exomoons and Exorings with the Habitable Worlds Observatory. I. On the Detection of Earth–Moon Analog Shadows and Eclipses
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-08-2024)“…Abstract The highest priority recommendation of the Astro2020 Decadal Survey for space-based astronomy was the construction of an observatory capable of…”
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The Visual Survey Group: A Decade of Hunting Exoplanets and Unusual Stellar Events with Space-based Telescopes
Published in Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (01-07-2022)“…Abstract This article presents the history of the Visual Survey Group (VSG)—a Professional-Amateur (Pro-Am) collaboration within the field of astronomy working…”
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The Strength and Variability of the Helium 10830 Å Triplet in Young Stars, with Implications for Exosphere Detection
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-02-2024)“…Abstract Young exoplanets trace planetary evolution, in particular the atmospheric mass loss that is most dynamic in youth. However, the high activity level of…”
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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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Ephemeris Matching Reveals False Positive Validated and Candidate Planets from the K2 Mission
Published in The open journal of astrophysics (07-05-2024)“…Data from the Kepler space telescope have led to the discovery of thousands of planet candidates. Most of these candidates are likely to be real exoplanets,…”
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False Planets around Giant Stars: A Case Study of Sanders 364 in M67
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-10-2023)“…Abstract Discovering planets in sparsely populated regions of parameter space is crucial to improving our understanding of planetary formation and evolution…”
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A Large and Variable Leading Tail of Helium in a Hot Saturn Undergoing Runaway Inflation
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-04-2024)“…Abstract Atmospheric escape shapes the fate of exoplanets, with statistical evidence for transformative mass loss imprinted across the mass–radius–insolation…”
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Hazy with a Chance of Star Spots: Constraining the Atmosphere of Young Planet K2-33b
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-01-2023)“…Abstract Although all-sky surveys have led to the discovery of dozens of young planets, little is known about their atmospheres. Here, we present…”
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The K2 and TESS Synergy. III. Search and Rescue of the Lost Ephemeris for K2's First Planet
Published in The Astronomical journal (01-10-2024)“…Abstract K2-2 b/HIP 116454 b, the first exoplanet discovery by K2 during its Two-Wheeled Concept Engineering Test, is a sub-Neptune (2.5 ± 0.1 R ⊕ , 9.7 ± 1.2…”
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