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Modeling and Calibration of Gaia, Hipparcos, and Tycho-2 astrometric data for the detection of dark companions
(2024-03-28)
Hidden within the Gaia satellite’s multiple data releases lies a valuable cache of dark companions. To facilitate the efficient and reliable detection of these companions via combined analyses involving the Gaia, Hipparcos, ...
Mitigating Modal Noise in Multimode Circular Fibres by Optical Agitation using a Galvanometer
(2024-01-02)
Modal noise appears due to the non-uniform and unstable distribution of light intensity among the finite number of modes in multimode fibres. It is an important limiting factor in measuring radial velocity precisely by ...
The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation
(2023-03-11)
WEAVE, the new wide-field, massively multiplexed spectroscopic survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope, will see first light in late 2022. WEAVE comprises a new 2-degree field-of-view prime-focus corrector system, ...
The Radioactive Nuclei 26Al and 60Fe in the Cosmos and in the Solar System
(2021-12-09)
The cosmic evolution of the chemical elements from the Big Bang to the present time is driven by nuclear fusion reactions inside stars and stellar explosions. A cycle of matter recurrently re-processes metal-enriched stellar ...
Polarization of hot Jupiter systems: a likely detection of stellar activity and a possible detection of planetary polarization
(2021-04-01)
We present high-precision linear polarization observations of four bright hot Jupiter systems ($\tau$ Boo, HD 179949, HD 189733 and 51 Peg) and use the data to search for polarized reflected light from the planets. The ...
The VVV Infrared Variability Catalog (VIVA-I)
(2020-08)
Thanks to the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO Public Survey it is now possible to explore a large number of objects in those regions. This paper addresses the variability analysis of all VVV point sources having ...
PEXO : a global modeling framework for nanosecond timing, microsecond astrometry, and μm/s radial velocities
(2019-10-15)
The ability to make independent detections of the signatures of exoplanets with complementary telescopes and instruments brings a new potential for robust identification of exoplanets and precision characterization. We ...
Ongoing astrometric microlensing events from VVV and Gaia
(2019-07)
We extend predictive microlensing event searches using the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea survey and the second Gaia data release. We identify two events with maxima in 2019 that require urgent follow-up. First, we ...
Probabilistic galactic dynamics I - the Sun and GJ 710 with Monte Carlo, linearised and unscented treatments
(2018-12-07)
Deterministic galactic dynamics is impossible due to the space-time randomness caused by gravitational waves. Instead of treating stellar orbits deterministically, we integrate not only the mean but also the covariance of ...
How do stars gain their mass? : A JCMT/SCUBA-2 Transient Survey of Protostars in Nearby Star Forming Regions
(2017-10-27)
Most protostars have luminosities that are fainter than expected from steady accretion over the protostellar lifetime. The solution to this problem may lie in episodic mass accretion -- prolonged periods of very low accretion ...