3 papers
astro-ph.GA2023
Stream Members Only: Data-Driven Characterization of Stellar Streams with Mixture Density Networks
Nathaniel Starkman, Jacob Nibauer, Jo Bovy +4
Stellar streams are sensitive probes of the Milky Way's gravitational potential. The mean track of a stream constrains global properties of the potential, while its fine-grained su…
astro-ph.SR2020
Statistics of the Chemical Composition of Solar Analog Stars and Links to Planet Formation
Jacob Nibauer, Eric J. Baxter, Bhuvnesh Jain +3
The Sun has been found to be depleted in refractory (rock-forming) elements relative to nearby solar analogs, suggesting a potential indicator of planet formation. Given the small…
astro-ph.EP2019
The Statistics of Extended Debris Disks Measured with Gaia and Planck
Jacob Nibauer, Eric Baxter, Bhuvnesh Jain
Thermal emission from debris disks around stars has been measured using targeted and resolved observations. We present an alternative, likelihood-based approach in which temperatur…