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Improving the Physical Interpretability of Gaussian Processes in Stellar Activity Modeling: A Study Case on Photometric Variability Among Stellar Clusters
Leslie Moranta, Jonathan Gagné, Jacqueline K. Faherty +12
Gaussian Processes (GPs) are widely used to model stellar variability in photometric surveys, but a statistically successful fit does not guarantee that the inferred hyperparameter…
Spectroscopic Characterization of WD J000801.25-350450 and its Two Co-Moving Companions
Peter A. Jałowiczor, Thomas P. Bickle, J. Davy Kirkpatrick +18
We present new spectroscopic data for Gaia DR3 2309499817384726016 (WD0008-350A) and its two wide, co-moving, low-mass companions. We confirm the white dwarf is a hydrogen-rich DA,…
Accurate and Model Independent Radius Determination of Single FGK and M Dwarfs Using Gaia DR3 Data
Rocio Kiman, Timothy D. Brandt, Jacqueline K. Faherty +1
Measuring fundamental stellar parameters is key to fully comprehending the evolution of stars. However, current theoretical models over-predict effective temperatures, and under-pr…
Thirteen New M Dwarf + T Dwarf Pairs Identified with WISE/NEOWISE
Federico Marocco, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Adam C. Schneider +31
We present the discovery of 13 new widely separated T dwarf companions to M dwarf primaries, identified using WISE/NEOWISE data by the CatWISE and Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 project…
89 New Ultracool Dwarf Co-Moving Companions Identified With The Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 Citizen Science Project
Austin Rothermich, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Daniella Bardalez-Gagliuffi +43
We report the identification of 89 new systems containing ultracool dwarf companions to main sequence stars and white dwarfs, using the citizen science project Backyard Worlds: Pla…
The Initial Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20-pc Census of 3,600 Stars and Brown Dwarfs
J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Federico Marocco, Christopher R. Gelino +85
A complete accounting of nearby objects -- from the highest-mass white dwarf progenitors down to low-mass brown dwarfs -- is now possible, thanks to an almost complete set of trigo…
Examining the Rotation Period Distribution of the 40 Myr Tucana-Horologium Association with TESS
Mark Popinchalk, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Jason L. Curtis +6
The Tucana-Horologium Association (Tuc-Hor) is a 40 Myr old moving group in the southern sky. In this work, we measure the rotation periods of 313 Tuc-Hor objects with TESS light c…
Discovery of a Mid-L Dwarf Companion to the L 262-74 System
Léopold Gramaize, Adam C. Schneider, Federico Marocco +9
We present the discovery of CWISE J151044.74524923.5, a wide low-mass companion to the nearby (24.7 pc) system L 262-74, which was identified through the Backyard Worlds:…
The Oceanus Moving Group: A New 500 Myr-Old Host for the Nearest Brown Dwarf
Jonathan Gagné, Leslie Moranta, Jacqueline K. Faherty +5
We report the discovery of the Oceanus moving group, a 500 Myr-old group with 50 members and candidate members at distances 2-50 pc from the Sun using an unsupervised clu…
Using stellar rotation to identify tidally stripped members of the Praesepe open cluster
Jessica McDivitt, Stephanie T. Douglas, Jason Lee Curtis +2
As an open cluster orbits the Milky Way, gravitational fields distort it, stripping stars from the core and forming tidal tails. Recent work has identified tidal tails of the Praes…
A Wide Planetary Mass Companion Discovered Through the Citizen Science Project Backyard Worlds: Planet 9
Jacqueline K. Faherty, Jonathan Gagne, Mark Popinchalk +24
Through the Backyard Worlds: Planet 9 citizen science project we discovered a late-type L dwarf co-moving with the young K0 star BD+60 1417 at a projected separation of 37" or 1662…
Evaluating Rotation Periods of M Dwarfs Across the Ages
Mark Popinchalk, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Rocio Kiman +5
In this work we examine M dwarf rotation rates at a range of ages to establish benchmarks for Mdwarf gyrochronology. This work includes a sample of 713 spectroscopically-classified…
The Low-Mass Members of the Ursa Major Association
Jonathan Gagné, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Mark Popinchalk
We present a set of 5 over-densities in spatial-kinematic space previously identified by Kounkel & Covey (2019) that may constitute extended tidal tails associated with the nearby,…