31 papers
TOI-6884b: A low-mass brown dwarf transiting a slightly evolved star
Akanksha Khandelwal, Shubhendra Nath Das, Rishikesh Sharma +42
We report the discovery of a low-mass transiting brown dwarf orbiting TOI-6884 (TIC~156514476, ) from NASA's \textit{Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite} (\text…
Stellar Obliquities of Young Systems, Atmospheres Undergoing Contraction and Escape (SOYSAUCE) II: a 135 Myr planet on an aligned orbit with transit timing variations
Madyson G. Barber, Andrew W. Mann, Sydney Vach +16
Young planets (<1 Gyr) provide opportunities to directly probe planet formation and evolution processes in action. However, due to heightened stellar activity, there is a lack of k…
Lithium Enrichment in a Subgiant Star with a Brown Dwarf Companion: A Planetary Engulfment Candidate
Brooke Kotten, Melinda Soares-Furtado, Ricardo Yarza +11
Theoretical models predict that subgiants within a narrow mass regime can retain detectable lithium enrichment signatures from planetary engulfment. We test this prediction using T…
TIC 295741342: A Triply-Eclipsing Triple Star System with a Giant Tertiary
Brian P. Powell, Guillermo Torres, Veselin B. Kostov +4
We present the discovery and characterization of TIC 295741342, a triply-eclipsing triple star system with a giant tertiary. The eclipsing binary consists of two similar main-seque…
A Planetary Illusion's Funeral: Non-detection of a Gaia DR3 Exoplanet Candidate, and the Role of Intermediate-precision Radial Velocities in Gaia Exoplanet Follow-up
Alexander Venner, Chelsea X. Huang, David W. Latham +4
The detection of exoplanets using astrometry has long been an area of interest, but is fraught with challenges. The Gaia mission is fundamentally reshaping this field thanks to its…
Ultraviolet spectroscopy reveals a hot and luminous companion to the Be star+black hole candidate MWC 656
Johanna Müller-Horn, Varsha Ramachandran, Kareem El-Badry +11
The Galactic Be star binary MWC 656 was long considered the only known Be star+black hole (BH) system, making it a critical benchmark for models of massive binary evolution and for…