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A Headwind-like Helium Outflow from TOI-3884b
Joe P. Ninan, Jessica Libby-Roberts, Suvrath Mahadevan +19
Constraining atmospheric loss is crucial for understanding the evolution of planetary atmospheres. We report the detection of an evaporating exosphere from TOI-3884b, a super-Neptu…
Searching for GEMS: Discovery of the Nearby Post-Common-Envelope Binary System TIC-460388167
Alexandra Boone, Henry A. Kobulnicky, Caleb I. Cañas +11
Short-period white dwarf+main-sequence binaries are Post-Common-Envelope Binaries (PCEB) that have survived a common envelope phase. Such systems, if detached and eclipsing, enable…
Searching for GEMS: Three warm Saturns and a super-Jupiter orbiting four early M-dwarfs
Pranav H. Premnath, Paul Robertson, Shubham Kanodia +33
We report the confirmation and characterization of four transiting giant planets orbiting early-M dwarfs discovered by the Searching for Giant Exoplanets around M-dwarf Stars (GEMS…
Gaia24ccy: An outburst followed the footsteps of its predecessor
Koshvendra Singh, Joe P. Ninan, Zhen Guo +25
Accretion-driven outbursts in young stellar objects remain poorly understood, largely limited by a statistically small sample of closely followed-up events. This underscores the im…
Stellar and orbital characterization of three low mass M dwarf binary stars with dynamical spectroscopy from the Habitable Zone Planet Finder
Suhani Surana, Chad F. Bender, Caleb I. Cañas +13
Theoretical models of low-mass stars continue to be discrepant with observations when used to examine the mass-radius relationship and other physical parameters of individual stars…
Discovery of a Nearby Habitable Zone Super-Earth Candidate Amenable to Direct Imaging
Corey Beard, Paul Robertson, Jack Lubin +31
We present the discovery of GJ 251 c, a candidate super-Earth orbiting in the Habitable Zone (HZ) of its M dwarf host star. Using high-precision Habitable-zone Planet Finder (HPF)…
Searching for GEMS: TOI-5916 b & TOI-6158 b are two Saturn-density planets orbiting M2 dwarfs
Shane O'Brien, Amber Wong, Te Han +20
We confirm the planetary nature of (1) TOI-5916 b and (2) TOI-6158 b, two Exoplanets Transiting M-dwarf Stars (GEMS), both discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (…
Searching for GEMS: TOI-5349b is a Saturn-like planet orbiting a metal-rich early M-dwarf
Angeli Sandoval, Caleb I. Cañas, Shubham Kanodia +27
We report the confirmation and analysis of TOI-5349b, a transiting, warm, Saturn-like planet orbiting an early M-dwarf with a period of 3.3 days, which we confirmed as part o…
Searching for GEMS: The Occurrence of Giant Planets orbiting M-dwarfs within 100 pc
Rowen I. Glusman, Caleb I. Cañas, Shubham Kanodia +30
We present results from a systematic search for transiting short-period Giant Exoplanets around M-dwarf Stars (GEMS; days, ) within a distance-limi…
POKEMON: print optimization for kilo-fiber experiments using micro-optics and nanostructures
Megan Delamer, Suvrath Mahadevan, Chad Bender +7
The most pressing problems in modern astrophysics have often required the largest telescopes. With the cost scaling of mirror diameters, the field as a whole is faced with a challe…
The NEID Earth Twin Survey. II. Dynamical Masses in Seven High-acceleration Star Systems
Mark R. Giovinazzi, Cullen H. Blake, Paul Robertson +26
We present a set of companion dynamical masses and orbital parameters of seven star systems from the NEID Earth Twin Survey with significant absolute astrometric accelerations betw…
Searching for GEMS: Confirmation of TOI-5573b, a Cool, Saturn-like Planet Orbiting An M-dwarf
Rachel B Fernandes, Shubham Kanodia, Megan Delamer +35
We present the confirmation of TOI-5573b, a Saturn-sized exoplanet on an 8.79-day orbit around an early M-dwarf (3790 K, 0.59 R, 0.61 M, 12.30 J mag). TOI-5573b has a…
Searching for GEMS: Discovery and Characterization of Two Brown Dwarfs Around M Dwarfs
Alexander Larsen, Tera N. Swaby, Henry A. Kobulnicky +17
Brown dwarfs bridge the gap between stars and planets, providing valuable insight into both planetary and stellar formation mechanisms. Yet the census of transiting brown dwarf com…
Searching for GEMS: Two Super-Jupiters around M-dwarfs -- Signatures of Instability or Accretion?
Andrew Hotnisky, Shubham Kanodia, Jessica Libby-Roberts +20
We present the discovery of TOI-6303b and TOI-6330b, two massive transiting super-Jupiters orbiting a M0 and a M2 star respectively, as part of the Searching for GEMS survey. These…
Origins of Super Jupiters: TOI-2145b Has a Moderately Eccentric and Nearly Aligned Orbit
Jiayin Dong, Ashley Chontos, George Zhou +15
Super Jupiters are giant planets with several Jupiter masses. It remains an open question whether these planets originate with such high masses or grow through collisions. Previous…
The First Spin-Orbit Obliquity of an M dwarf/brown dwarf System: An eccentric and aligned TOI-2119 b
Lauren Doyle, Caleb I. Cañas, Jessica E. Libby-Roberts +15
We report the first instance of an M dwarf/brown dwarf obliquity measurement for the TOI-2119 system using the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect. TOI-2119 b is a transiting brown dwarf or…
Searching for GEMS: TOI-6383Ab, a giant planet transiting an M3-dwarf star in a binary system
Lia Marta Bernabò, Shubham Kanodia, Caleb I. Canas +22
We report on the discovery of a transiting giant planet around the 3500 K M3-dwarf star TOI-6383A located 172 pc from Earth. It was detected by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Sate…
The NEID Earth Twin Survey. I. Confirmation of a 31-day planet orbiting HD 86728
Arvind F. Gupta, Jacob K. Luhn, Jason T. Wright +21
With close to three years of observations in hand, the NEID Earth Twin Survey (NETS) is starting to unearth new astrophysical signals for a curated sample of bright, radial velocit…
Searching for GEMS: TOI-5688 A b, a low-density giant orbiting a high-metallicity early M-dwarf
Varghese Reji, Shubham Kanodia, Joe Ninan +31
We present the discovery of a low-density planet orbiting the high-metallicity early M-dwarf TOI-5688 A b. This planet was characterized as part of the search for transiting giant…
Searching for GEMS: Characterizing Six Giant Planets around Cool Dwarfs
Shubham Kanodia, Arvind F. Gupta, Caleb I. Canas +42
Transiting giant exoplanets around M-dwarf stars (GEMS) are rare, owing to the low-mass host stars. However, the all-sky coverage of TESS has enabled the detection of an increasing…
Utilizing Photometry from Multiple Sources to Mitigate Stellar Variability in Precise Radial Velocities: A Case Study of Kepler-21
Corey Beard, Paul Robertson, Mark R. Giovinazzi +26
We present a new analysis of Kepler-21, the brightest (V = 8.5) Kepler system with a known transiting exoplanet, Kepler-21 b. Kepler-21 b is a radius valley planet ($R = 1.6\pm 0.2…
Accretion Funnel Reconfiguration during an Outburst in a Young Stellar Object: EX Lupi
Koshvendra Singh, Joe P. Ninan, Marina M. Romanova +14
EX Lupi, a low-mass young stellar object, went into an accretion-driven outburst in March of 2022. The outburst caused a sudden phase change of ~ 112 5 in…
TOI-5344 b: A Saturn-like planet orbiting a super-Solar metallicity M0 dwarf
Te Han, Paul Robertson, Shubham Kanodia +19
We confirm the planetary nature of TOI-5344 b as a transiting giant exoplanet around an M0 dwarf star. TOI-5344 b was discovered with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite phot…
TOI-2015b: A Warm Neptune with Transit Timing Variations Orbiting an Active mid M Dwarf
Sinclaire E. Jones, Gudmundur Stefansson, Kento Masuda +29
We report the discovery of a close-in () warm Neptune with clear transit timing variations (TTVs) orbiting the nearby ($d=47.3\:\mathrm{pc}…