Publications (6)
The Pan-Pacific Planet Search VII: The most eccentric planet orbiting a giant star
Robert A. Wittenmyer, M. I. Jones, Jonathan Horner +9
Radial velocity observations from three instruments reveal the presence of a 4 M_jup planet candidate orbiting the K giant HD 76920. HD 76920b has an orbital eccentricity of 0.856$…
Assessing the association between pre-course metrics of student preparation and student performance in introductory statistics: Results from early data on simulation-based inference vs. nonsimulation based inference
Nathan Tintle, Jake Clark, Karen Fischer +5
The recent simulation-based inference (SBI) movement in algebra-based introductory statistics courses (Stat 101) has provided preliminary evidence of improved student conceptual un…
The K2-HERMES Survey. I. Planet Candidate Properties from K2 Campaigns 1-3
Robert A. Wittenmyer, Sanjib Sharma, Dennis Stello +31
Accurate and precise radius estimates of transiting exoplanets are critical for understanding their compositions and formation mechanisms. To know the planet, we must know the host…
The Pan-Pacific Planet Search. VIII. Complete results and the occurrence rate of planets around low-luminosity giants
Robert A. Wittenmyer, R. P. Butler, Jonathan Horner +6
Our knowledge of the populations and occurrence rates of planets orbiting evolved intermediate-mass stars lags behind that for solar-type stars by at least a decade. Some radial ve…
Truly eccentric. II. When can two circular planets mimic a single eccentric orbit?
Robert A. Wittenmyer, Christoph Bergmann, Jonathan Horner +2
When, in the course of searching for exoplanets, sparse sampling and noisy data make it necessary to disentangle possible solutions to the observations, one must consider the possi…
Spinning up a Daze: TESS Uncovers a Hot Jupiter orbiting the Rapid-Rotator TOI-778
Jake Clark, Brett Addison, Jack Okumura +68
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, has been uncovering a growing number of exoplanets orbiting nearby, bright stars. Most exoplanets that have been discov…