3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
COUNTESS I: A Uniformly Vetted Catalog of Known and New Transiting Exoplanets in the TESS Northern Continuous Viewing Zone
Andrew Hotnisky, Rachel B. Fernandes, Kevin K. Hardegree-Ullman +9
The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has transformed the study of nearby exoplanetary systems; however, its nominal observing strategy limits sensitivity to planets wit…
astro-ph.EP2026
Hot Jupiters' Isolation Is Not Unique to High-Eccentricity Tidal Migration
Brandon Radzom, Songhu Wang, Bonan Pu +2
Conventionally, the observed isolation of hot Jupiters, marked by a paucity of nearby low-mass planetary companions, has been interpreted as evidence of high-eccentricity tidal mig…
astro-ph.EP2025
Evidence for Primordial Alignment II: Insights from Stellar Obliquity Measurements for Hot Jupiters in Compact Multiplanet Systems
Brandon Thomas Radzom, Jiayin Dong, Malena Rice +5
A significant fraction of hot Jupiters have orbital axes misaligned with their host stars' spin axes. The large stellar obliquities of these giants have long been considered potent…