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most citedThe EBLM project X. Benchmark masses, radii and temperatures for two fully convective M-dwarfs using K2

15 citations · 38 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.SR2025

The EBLM Project XVIII. 3D Obliquities of Five Low-Mass Eclipsing Binaries

Becca Spejcher, David V. Martin, Jake Pandina +17

The formation of tight stellar binaries remains an unsolved problem. There is too much angular momentum in a collapsing and fragmenting protostellar cloud to form a stellar binary…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

The EBLM project XVI. Moderate spin-orbit misalignment of the low mass eclipsing binary EBLM J0021-16

Becca Spejcher, David V. Martin, Jake Pandina +15

Thousands of tight ( AU) main sequence binaries have been discovered, but it is uncertain how they formed. There is likely too much angular momentum in a collapsing, fragmentin…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 6 cited

The EBLM project -- XIV. TESS light curves for eclipsing binaries with very low mass companions

Jay Fitzpatrick, Pierre F. L. Maxted, Alix V. Freckelton +3

Accurate limb-darkening models are needed for accurate characterisation of eclipsing binary stars and transiting exoplanets from the analysis of their light curves. The limb-darken…

astro-ph.SR2024

Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars -- V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608-59

P. F. L. Maxted, N. J. Miller, D. Sebastian +3

EBLM J0608-59 / TOI-1338 / BEBOP-1 is a 12th-magnitude, F9V star in an eclipsing binary with a much fainter M-dwarf companion on a wide, eccentric orbit (P=14.6 d). The binary is o…

astro-ph.SR2024

BEBOP V. Homogeneous Stellar Analysis of Potential Circumbinary Planet Hosts

Alix V. Freckelton, Daniel Sebastian, Annelies Mortier +29

Planets orbiting binary systems are relatively unexplored compared to those around single stars. Detections of circumbinary planets and planetary systems offer a first detailed vie…

astro-ph.SR2023

The EBLM Project XI. Mass, radius and effective temperature measurements for 23 M-dwarf companions to solar-type stars observed with CHEOPS

M. I. Swayne, P. F. L. Maxted, A. H. M. J. Triaud +104

Observations of low-mass stars have frequently shown a disagreement between observed stellar radii and radii predicted by theoretical stellar structure models. This ``radius inflat…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 11 cited

The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit

Yasmin T. Davis, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud, Alix V. Freckelton +17

In the hunt for Earth-like exoplanets it is crucial to have reliable host star parameters, as they have a direct impact on the accuracy and precision of the inferred parameters for…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 2 cited

Exploring Systematic Errors in the Inferred Parameters of the Transiting Planet KELT-15b and its Host Star

Alison Duck, B. Scott Gaudi, Jason D. Eastman +1

Transiting planet systems offer a unique opportunity to measure the masses and radii of many planets and their host stars. Yet, relative photometry and radial velocity measurements…

astro-ph.SR2022

Revised Temperatures For Two Benchmark M-dwarfs -- Outliers No More

David V. Martin, Tayt Armitage, Alison Duck +7

Well-characterised M-dwarfs are rare, particularly with respect to effective temperature. In this letter we re-analyse two benchmark M-dwarfs in eclipsing binaries from Kepler/K2:…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 15 cited

The EBLM project X. Benchmark masses, radii and temperatures for two fully convective M-dwarfs using K2

Alison Duck, David V. Martin, Sam Gill +23

M-dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the galaxy and popular targets for exoplanet searches. However, their intrinsic faintness and complex spectra inhibit precise characterisati…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 3 cited

K2, Spitzer, and TESS Transits of Four Sub-Neptune Exoplanets

Alison Duck, Caleb K. Harada, Justin Harrell +5

We present new Spitzer transit observations of four K2 transiting sub-Neptunes: K2-36c, K2-79b, K2-167b, and K2-212b. We derive updated orbital ephemerides and radii for these plan…