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astro-ph.SR2012

The kinematics of very low mass dwarfs: splinter session summary

Adam J. Burgasser, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Sarah Schmidt +10

Kinematic investigations are being increasingly deployed in studies of the lowest mass stars and brown dwarfs to investigate their origins, characterize their atmospheres, and exam…

astro-ph.SR2012★ 101 cited

Magnetic Activity Cycles in the Exoplanet Host Star epsilon Eridani

T. S. Metcalfe, A. P. Buccino, B. P. Brown +7

The active K2 dwarf epsilon Eri has been extensively characterized, both as a young solar analog and more recently as an exoplanet host star. As one of the nearest and brightest st…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 15 cited

The ESPRI project: astrometric exoplanet search with PRIMA I. Instrument description and performance of first light observations

J. Sahlmann, T. Henning, D. Queloz +42

The ESPRI project relies on the astrometric capabilities offered by the PRIMA facility of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer for the discovery and study of planetary systems.…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 141 cited

Re-Evaluating WASP-12b: Strong Emission at 2.315 micron, Deeper Occultations, and an Isothermal Atmosphere

Ian J. M. Crossfield, Travis Barman, Brad M. S. Hansen +2

We revisit the atmospheric properties of the extremely hot Jupiter WASP-12b in light of several new developments. First, new narrowband (2.315 micron) secondary eclipse photometry…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 13 cited

Modeling collision probability for Earth-impactor 2008 TC3

Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Karri Muinonen, Jenni Virtanen +2

We study the evolution of the Earth collision probability of asteroid 2008 TC3 using a short observational arc and small numbers of observations. To assess impact probability, we u…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 77 cited

A Search for Giant Planet Companions to T Tauri Stars

Christopher J. Crockett, Naved I. Mahmud, L. Prato +4

We present results from an ongoing multiwavelength radial velocity (RV) survey of the Taurus-Auriga star forming region as part of our effort to identify pre--main sequence giant p…