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most citedRevised Stellar Properties of Kepler Targets for the Quarter 1-16 Transit Detection Run

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36 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Finite-Element Asteroseismology I: Two-Dimensional Adiabatic Oscillations of Rapidly Rotating N=3 Polytropes

Zhao Guo, Adrian J. Barker

We develop a finite-element formulation for linear adiabatic oscillations of axisymmetric uniformly rotating, centrifugally distorted, self-gravitating N=3 polytropes. Equilibrium…

astro-ph.EP2026

Tidal dissipation in magnetised, rotating stars and planets: linear calculations exploring various magnetic field configurations

Shijun Chu, Zhao Guo, Aurélie Astoul +2

We study tidal flows in the convective envelopes of rotating, magnetised fluid bodies, such as low-mass stars and giant planets. In well-mixed convective regions, (magneto-)inertia…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 17 cited

Tidally excited gravity waves in the cores of solar-type stars: resonances and critical-layer formation

Zhao Guo, Gordon I. Ogilvie, Adrian J. Barker

We simulate the propagation and dissipation of tidally induced nonlinear gravity waves in the cores of solar-type stars. We perform hydrodynamical simulations of a previously devel…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 27 cited

Impact of Correlated Noise on the Mass Precision of Earth-analog Planets in Radial Velocity Surveys

Jacob K. Luhn, Eric B. Ford, Zhao Guo +6

Characterizing the masses and orbits of near-Earth-mass planets is crucial for interpreting observations from future direct imaging missions (e.g., HabEx, LUVOIR). Therefore, the E…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 2 cited

Modeling Stellar Oscillations and Granulation in Radial Velocity Time Series: A Fourier-based Method

Zhao Guo, Eric B. Ford, Dennis Stello +4

Tens of thousands of solar-like oscillating stars have been observed by space missions. Their photometric variability in the Fourier domain can be parameterized by a sum of two sup…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 18 cited

A New Window to Tidal Asteroseismology: Non-linearly Excited Stellar Eigenmodes and the Period Spacing Pattern in KOI-54

Zhao Guo, Gordon I. Ogilvie, Gang Li +2

We revisit the Tidally Excited Oscillations (TEOs) in the A-type, main-sequence, eccentric binary KOI-54, the prototype of heartbeat stars. Although the linear tidal response of th…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 205 cited

TESS Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Short cadence observations of 4584 eclipsing binaries in Sectors 1-26

Andrej Prsa, Angela Kochoska, Kyle E. Conroy +44

In this paper we present a catalog of 4584 eclipsing binaries observed during the first two years (26 sectors) of the TESS survey. We discuss selection criteria for eclipsing binar…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 43 cited

Warm Jupiters in TESS Full-Frame Images: A Catalog and Observed Eccentricity Distribution for Year 1

Jiayin Dong, Chelsea X. Huang, Rebekah I. Dawson +57

Warm Jupiters -- defined here as planets larger than 6 Earth radii with orbital periods of 8--200 days -- are a key missing piece in our understanding of how planetary systems form…

astro-ph.SR2020

Detailed Characterization of Heartbeat Stars and their Tidally Excited Oscillations

Shelley J. Cheng, Jim Fuller, Zhao Guo +2

Heartbeat stars are a class of eccentric binary stars with short-period orbits and characteristic "heartbeat" signals in their light curves at periastron, caused primarily by tidal…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 51 cited

The effect of tides on near-core rotation: analysis of 35 Kepler Doradus stars in eclipsing and spectroscopic binaries

Gang Li, Zhao Guo, Jim Fuller +4

We systematically searched for gravity- and Rossby-mode period spacing patterns in Kepler eclipsing binaries with Doradus pulsators. These stars provide an excellent opportunit…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 5 cited

KIC 12268220: A Scuti Pulsating Star and an Active Protohelium White Dwarf in an Eclipsing Binary System

Kaiming Cui, Zhao Guo, Qing Gao +4

We present a photometric, spectroscopic, asteroseismic, and evolutionary analysis of the Algol-type eclipsing binary KIC 12268220. We find the O'Connell effect and anticorrelated e…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 16 cited

Tidal Asteroseismology: Possible Evidence of Non-linear Mode Coupling in an Equilibrium State in Kepler Eclipsing Binary KIC 3230227

Zhao Guo

Previously, a series of tidally-excited oscillations were discovered in the eccentric eclipsing binary KIC 3230227. The pulsation amplitudes and phases suggest the observed oscilla…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 10 cited

Visual Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries with the CHARA Array. III. HD 8374 and HD 24546

Kathryn V. Lester, Francis C. Fekel, Matthew Muterspaugh +9

We present the visual orbits of two long period spectroscopic binary stars, HD 8374 and HD 24546, using interferometric observations acquired with the CHARA Array and the Palomar T…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 84 cited

Age dating of an early Milky Way merger via asteroseismology of the naked-eye star Indi

William J. Chaplin, Aldo M. Serenelli, Andrea Miglio +81

Over the course of its history, the Milky Way has ingested multiple smaller satellite galaxies. While these accreted stellar populations can be forensically identified as kinematic…

astro-ph.SR2020

Listening to the heartbeat: Tidal Asteroseismology in action

Zhao Guo

We briefly review the current status of the study of tidally excited oscillations (TEOs) in heartbeat binary stars. Particular attention is paid to correctly extracting the TEOs wh…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 51 cited

TOI-257b (HD 19916b): A Warm sub-Saturn Orbiting an Evolved F-type Star

Brett C. Addison, Duncan J. Wright, Belinda A. Nicholson +91

We report the discovery of a warm sub-Saturn, TOI-257b (HD 19916b), based on data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The transit signal was detected by TESS…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 54 cited

Detection and characterisation of oscillating red giants: first results from the TESS satellite

Víctor Silva Aguirre, Dennis Stello, Amalie Stokholm +78

Since the onset of the `space revolution' of high-precision high-cadence photometry, asteroseismology has been demonstrated as a powerful tool for informing Galactic archaeology in…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 7 cited

HST/COS Spectra of the Wind Lines of VFTS 102 and 285

Katherine Shepard, Douglas R. Gies, Kathryn V. Lester +5

Rapid rotation in massive stars imposes a latitudinal variation in the mass loss from radiatively driven winds that can lead to enhanced mass loss at the poles (with little angular…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 37 cited

Tidally Excited Oscillations in Heartbeat Binary Stars: Pulsation Phases and Mode Identification

Zhao Guo, Avi Shporer, Kelly Hambleton +1

Tidal forces in eccentric binary stars known as heartbeat stars excite detectable oscillations that shed light on the processes of tidal synchronization and circularization. We exa…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 125 cited

The first view of Scuti and Doradus stars with the TESS mission

V. Antoci, M. S. Cunha, D. M. Bowman +63

We present the first asteroseismic results for Scuti and Doradus stars observed in Sectors 1 and 2 of the TESS mission. We utilise the 2-min cadence TESS data for a sample…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 21 cited

A Mass-accreting Gamma Doradus Pulsator with a Synchronized Core in Kepler Eclipsing Binary KIC 7385478

Zhao Guo, Gang Li

The short-period (P d), Algol-type eclipsing binary KIC 7385478 consists of an F-type primary star () and an evolved K-type secondary ($M_2…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 52 cited

KIC 4142768: An Evolved Gamma Doradus/Delta Scuti Hybrid Pulsating Eclipsing Binary with Tidally Excited Oscillations

Zhao Guo, Jim Fuller, Avi Shporer +5

We present the characterization of KIC 4142768, an eclipsing binary with two evolved A-type stars in an eccentric orbit with a period of 14 days. We measure the fundamental paramet…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 11 cited

Visual Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries with the CHARA Array. II. The eclipsing binary HD 185912

Kathryn V. Lester, Douglas R. Gies, Gail H. Schaefer +8

We present the visual orbit of the double-lined eclipsing binary, HD 185912, from long baseline interferometry with the CHARA Array. We also obtain echelle spectra from the Apache…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 30 cited

Asteroseismology of massive stars with the TESS mission: the runaway Beta Cep pulsator PHL 346 = HN Aqr

Gerald Handler, Andrzej Pigulski, Jadwiga Daszyńska-Daszkiewicz +21

We report an analysis of the first known Beta Cep pulsator observed by the TESS mission, the runaway star PHL 346 = HN Aqr. The star, previously known as a singly-periodic pulsator…