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most citedDiscovery and spectroscopy of the young Jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager

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astro-ph.SR2020★ 7 cited

An Asymmetric Eclipse Seen Towards the Pre-Main Sequence Binary System V928 Tau

Dirk van Dam, Matthew Kenworthy, Trevor David +21

K2 observations of the weak-lined T Tauri binary V928 Tau A+B show the detection of a single, asymmetric eclipse which may be due to a previously unknown substellar companion eclip…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 10 cited

Imaging the 44 AU Kuiper Belt-analogue debris ring around HD 141569A with GPI polarimetry

J. S. Bruzzone, S. Metchev, G. Duchene +53

We present the first polarimetric detection of the inner disk component around the pre-main sequence B9.5 star HD 141569A. Gemini Planet Imager H-band (1.65 micron) polarimetric di…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 169 cited

275 Candidates and 149 Validated Planets Orbiting Bright Stars in K2 Campaigns 0-10

Andrew W. Mayo, Andrew Vanderburg, David W. Latham +25

Since 2014, NASA's K2 mission has observed large portions of the ecliptic plane in search of transiting planets and has detected hundreds of planet candidates. With observations pl…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 75 cited

K2-136: A Hyades Binary Star with a Neptune-sized Planet

David R. Ciardi, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Adina D. Feinstein +14

We report the discovery of a Neptune-size planet (Rp = 3.0 Re) in the Hyades Cluster. The host star is in a binary system, comprising a K5V star and M7/8V star with a projected sep…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 50 cited

KELT-19Ab: A P~4.6 Day Hot Jupiter Transiting a Likely Am Star with a Distant Stellar Companion

Robert J. Siverd, Karen A. Collins, George Zhou +51

We present the discovery of the giant planet KELT-19Ab, which transits the moderately bright A8V star TYC 764-1494-1 with an orbital period of 4.61 days. We…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 100 cited

KELT-20b: A giant planet with a period of P~ 3.5 days transiting the V~ 7.6 early A star HD 185603

Michael B. Lund, Joseph E. Rodriguez, George Zhou +46

We report the discovery of KELT-20b, a hot Jupiter transiting a V~7.6 early A star with an orbital period of P~3.47 days. We identified the initial transit signal in KELT-North sur…

astro-ph.IM2017

Standard FITS template for simulated astrophysical scenes with the WFIRST coronagraph

Rahul Patel, Rafael Millan-Gabet, John Krist +1

The science investigation teams (SITs) for the WFIRST coronagraphic instrument have begun studying the capabilities of the instrument to directly image reflected light off from exo…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 130 cited

Characterizing 51 Eri b from 1-5 m: a partly-cloudy exoplanet

Abhijith Rajan, Julien Rameau, Robert J. De Rosa +58

We present spectro-photometry spanning 1-5 m of 51 Eridani b, a 2-10 M planet discovered by the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey. In this study, we present new…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 13 cited

The Faintest WISE Debris Disks: Enhanced Methods for Detection and Verification

Rahul I. Patel, Stanimir Metchev, Aren Heinze +1

In an earlier study we reported nearly 100 previously unknown dusty debris disks around Hipparcos main sequence stars within 75 pc by selecting stars with excesses in individual WI…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 98 cited

The Orbit and Transit Prospects for Pictoris b constrained with One Milliarcsecond Astrometry

Jason J. Wang, James R. Graham, Laurent Pueyo +51

A principal scientific goal of the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is obtaining milliarcsecond astrometry to constrain exoplanet orbits. However, astrometry of directly imaged exoplanet…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 39 cited

The Peculiar Debris Disk of HD 111520 as Resolved by the Gemini Planet Imager

Zachary H. Draper, Gaspard Duchêne, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer +33

Using the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), we have resolved the circumstellar debris disk around HD 111520 at a projected range of ~30-100 AU in both total and polarized -band intens…

astro-ph.SR2015

Sensitive Identification of Nearby Debris Disks via Precise Calibration of WISE Data

Rahul Patel, Stanimir Metchev, Aren Heinze +1

Using data from the WISE All-Sky Survey, we have found >100 new infrared excess sources around main-sequence Hipparcos stars within 75pc. Our empirical calibration of WISE photosph…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 75 cited

Astrometric Confirmation and Preliminary Orbital Parameters of the Young Exoplanet 51 Eridani b with the Gemini Planet Imager

Robert J. De Rosa, Eric L. Nielsen, Sarah C. Blunt +47

We present new Gemini Planet Imager observations of the young exoplanet 51 Eridani b which provide further evidence that the companion is physically associated with 51 Eridani. Com…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 559 cited

Discovery and spectroscopy of the young Jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager

B. Macintosh, J. R. Graham, T. Barman +85

Directly detecting thermal emission from young extrasolar planets allows measurement of their atmospheric composition and luminosity, which is influenced by their formation mechani…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 4 cited

Results from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) Future Uses Session at the WISE at 5 Meeting

Jacqueline K. Faherty, K. Alatalo, L. D. Anderson +51

During the "WISE at 5: Legacy and Prospects" conference in Pasadena, CA -- which ran from February 10 - 12, 2015 -- attendees were invited to engage in an interactive session explo…

astro-ph.SR2014★ 82 cited

A Sensitive Identification of Warm Debris Disks in the Solar Neighborhood Through Precise Calibration of Saturated WISE Photometry

Rahul I. Patel, Stanimir A. Metchev, Aren Heinze

We present a sensitive search for WISE W3 (12um) and W4 (22um) excesses from warm optically thin dust around Hipparcos main sequence stars within 75pc from the Sun. We use contempo…