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    • 3D Selection of 167 Substellar Companions to Nearby Stars 

      Feng, Fabo; Butler, R. Paul; Vogt, Steven S.; Clement, Matthew S.; Tinney, C. G.; Cui, Kaiming; Aizawa, Masataka; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Bailey, J.; Burt, Jennifer; Carter, B. D.; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Dotti, Francesco Flammini; Holden, Bradford; Ma, Bo; Ogihara, Masahiro; Oppenheimer, Rebecca; O’Toole, S. J.; Shectman, Stephen A.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Wang, Sharon X.; Wright, D. J.; Xuan, Yifan (2022-08-26)
      We analyze 5108 AFGKM stars with at least five high-precision radial velocity points, as well as Gaia and Hipparcos astrometric data, utilizing a novel pipeline developed in previous work. We find 914 radial velocity signals ...
    • AD Leonis : Radial velocity signal of stellar rotation or spin-orbit resonance? 

      Tuomi, Mikko; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Anglada-Escudé, Guillem; Butler, R. Paul; Kiraga, Marcin; Vogt, Steven S. (2018-04-16)
      AD Leonis is a nearby magnetically active M dwarf. We find Doppler variability with a period of 2.23 days, as well as photometric signals: (1) a short-period signal, which is similar to the radial velocity signal, albeit ...
    • The Anglo-Australian planet search XXI : a gas-giant planet in a one year orbit and the habitability of gas-giant satellites 

      Tinney, C. G.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Butler, R. Paul; Jones, H.R.A.; O'Toole, Simon J.; Bailey, Jeremy A.; Carter, Brad D.; Horner, J. (2011-05-01)
      We have detected the Doppler signature of a gas-giant exoplanet orbiting the star HD 38283, in an eccentric orbit with a period of almost exactly one year (P = 363.2 +/- 1.6 d, m sin i = 0.34 +/- 0.02 M-Jup, e = 0.41 +/- ...
    • The Anglo-Australian Planet Search XXIV: The Frequency of Jupiter Analogs 

      Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Butler, R. Paul; Tinney, C. G.; Horner, Jonathan; Carter, B. D.; Wright, D. J.; Jones, Hugh; Bailey, J.; O'Toole, Simon J. (2016-03-01)
      We present updated simulations of the detectability of Jupiter analogs by the 17-year Anglo-Australian Planet Search. The occurrence rate of Jupiter-like planets that have remained near their formation locations beyond the ...
    • The Anglo-Australian planet search. XX. A solitary ice-giant planet orbiting HD 102365 

      Tinney, C. G.; Butler, R. Paul; Jones, H.R.A.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; O'Toole, Simon; Bailey, Jeremy; Carter, Brad D. (2011)
      We present 12 years of precision Doppler data for the very nearby G3 star HD 102365, which reveals the presence of a Neptune-like planet with a 16.0 M-Earth minimum mass in a 122.1 day orbit. Very few "Super Earth" planets ...
    • Detection of Planetary and Stellar Companions to Neighboring Stars via a Combination of Radial Velocity and Direct Imaging Techniques 

      Kane, Stephen R.; Dalba, Paul A.; Li, Zhexing; Horch, Elliott P.; Hirsch, Lea A.; Horner, Jonathan; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Howell, Steve B.; Everett, Mark E.; Butler, R. Paul; Tinney, Christopher G.; Carter, Brad D.; Wright, Duncan J.; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Bailey, Jeremy; O'Toole, Simon J. (2019-06-04)
      The sensitivities of radial velocity (RV) surveys for exoplanet detection are extending to increasingly longer orbital periods, where companions with periods of several years are now being regularly discovered. Companions ...
    • A dynamically-packed planetary system around GJ 667C with three super-Earths in its habitable zone 

      Anglada-Escude, Guillem; Tuomi, Mikko; Gerlach, Enrico; Barnes, Rory; Heller, Rene; Jenkins, James S.; Wende, Sebastian; Vogt, Steven S.; Butler, R. Paul; Reiners, Ansgar; Jones, H.R.A. (2013-08-07)
      Context. Since low-mass stars have low luminosities, orbits at which liquid water can exist on Earth-sized planets are relatively close-in, which produces Doppler signals that are detectable using state-of-the-art Doppler ...
    • Evidence for Reflected Light from the Most Eccentric Exoplanet Known 

      Kane, Stephen R.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Hinkel, Natalie R.; Roy, Arpita; Mahadevan, Suvrath; Dragomir, Diana; Matthews, Jayme M.; Henry, Gregory W.; Chakraborty, Abhijit; Boyajian, Tabetha S.; Wright, Jason T.; Ciardi, David R.; Fischer, Debra A.; Butler, R. Paul; Tinney, C. G.; Carter, Brad D.; Jones, Hugh; Bailey, Jeremy; O'Toole, Simon J. (2016-04-11)
      Planets in highly eccentric orbits form a class of objects not seen within our solar system. The most extreme case known among these objects is the planet orbiting HD20782, with an orbital period of 597days and an ...
    • Exploring the robustness of Keplerian signals to the removal of active and telluric features 

      Lisogorskyi, Maksym; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Feng, Fabo; Butler, R. Paul; Vogt, Steven S. (2020-10-22)
      We examine the influence of activity- and telluric-induced radial velocity signals on high resolution spectra taken with an iodine absorption cell. We exclude 2 Angstrom spectral chunks containing active and telluric lines ...
    • The LCES HIRES/Keck Precision Radial Velocity Exoplanet Survey 

      Butler, R. Paul; Vogt, Steven S.; Laughlin, Gregory; Burt, Jennifer A.; Rivera, Eugenio J.; Tuomi, Mikko; Teske, Johanna; Arriagada, Pamela; Diaz, Matias; Holden, Brad; Keiser, Sandy (2017-04-13)
      We describe a 20-year survey carried out by the Lick-Carnegie Exoplanet Survey Team (LCES), using precision radial velocities from HIRES on the Keck-I telescope to find and characterize extrasolar planetary systems orbiting ...
    • MagAO Imaging of Long-period Objects (MILO). II. A Puzzling White Dwarf around the Sun-like Star HD 11112 

      Rodigas, Timothy J.; Bergeron, P.; Simon, Amelie; Arriagada, Pamela; Faherty, Jackie; Anglada-Escude, Guillem; Mamajek, Eric E.; Weinberger, Alycia; Butler, R. Paul; Males, Jared R.; Morzinski, Katie; Close, Laird M.; Hinz, Philip M.; Bailey, Jeremy; Carter, Brad; Jenkins, James S.; Jones, Hugh; O'Toole, Simon; Tinney, C. G.; Wittenmyer, Rob; Debes, John (2016-11-10)
      HD 11112 is an old, Sun-like star that has a long-term radial velocity (RV) trend indicative of a massive companion on a wide orbit. Here we present direct images of the source responsible for the trend using the Magellan ...
    • NO EVIDENCE for ACTIVITY CORRELATIONS in the RADIAL VELOCITIES of KAPTEYN'S STAR 

      Anglada-Escudé, G.; Tuomi, Mikko; Arriagada, P.; Zechmeister, M.; Jenkins, J. S.; Ofir, A.; Dreizler, S.; Gerlach, E.; Marvin, C. J.; Reiners, A.; Jeffers, S. V.; Butler, R. Paul; Vogt, S. S.; Amado, P. J.; Rodríguez-López, C.; Berdiñas, Z. M.; Morin, J.; Crane, J. D.; Shectman, S. A.; Díaz, M. R.; Sarmiento, L. F.; Jones, H. R A (2016-10-20)
      Stellar activity may induce Doppler variability at the level of a few m s-1 which can then be confused by the Doppler signal of an exoplanet orbiting the star. To first order, linear correlations between radial velocity ...
    • Optimized modeling of Gaia-Hipparcos astrometry for the detection of the smallest cold Jupiter and confirmation of seven low mass companions 

      Feng, Fabo; Butler, R. Paul; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Phillips, Mark W.; Vogt, Steven S.; Oppenheimer, Rebecca; Holden, Bradford; Boss, Alan P. (2021-08-03)
      To fully constrain the orbits of low mass circumstellar companions, we conduct combined analyses of the radial velocity data as well as the Gaia and Hipparcos astrometric data for eight nearby systems. Our study shows that ...
    • PEXO : a global modeling framework for nanosecond timing, microsecond astrometry, and μm/s radial velocities 

      Feng, Fabo; Lisogorskyi, Maksym; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Kopeikin, Sergei M.; Butler, R. Paul; Anglada-Escude, Guillem; Boss, Alan P. (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 ...
    • A planetary system around the nearby M dwarf GJ 667C with at least one super-earth in its habitable zone 

      Anglada-Escude, Guillem; Arriagada, Pamela; Vogt, Steven S.; Rivera, Eugenio J.; Butler, R. Paul; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Shectman, Stephen A.; Thompson, Ian B.; Minniti, Dante; Haghighipour, Nader; Carter, Brad D.; Tinney, C.G.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Bailey, Jeremy A.; O'Toole, Simon J.; Jones, H.R.A.; Jenkins, J.S. (2012-05-20)
      We re-analyze 4 years of HARPS spectra of the nearby M1.5 dwarf GJ 667C available through the European Southern Observatory public archive. The new radial velocity (RV) measurements were obtained using a new data analysis ...
    • Search for nearby Earth analogs I. 15 planet candidates found in PFS data 

      Feng, Fabo; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Wang, Sharon Xuesong; Teske, Johanna K.; Shectman, Stephen A.; Díaz, Matías R.; Thompson, Ian B.; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Butler, R. Paul (2019-06-17)
      The radial velocity (RV) method plays a major role in the discovery of nearby exoplanets. To efficiently find planet candidates from the data obtained in high-precision RV surveys, we apply a signal diagnostic framework ...
    • Search for Nearby Earth Analogs. II. detection of five new planets, eight planet candidates, and confirmation of three planets around nine nearby M dwarfs 

      Feng, Fabo; Butler, R. Paul; Shectman, Stephen A.; Crane, Jeffrey D.; Vogt, Steve; Chambers, John; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Wang, Sharon Xuesong; Teske, Johanna K.; Burt, Jenn; Diaz, Matias R.; Thompson, Ian B. (2020-01-08)
      Zechmeister et al. surveyed 38 nearby M dwarfs from 2000 to 2007 March with VLT2 and the Ultraviolet and Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES) spectrometer. These data have recently been reanalyzed, yielding a significant ...
    • Transits of Known Planets Orbiting a Naked-Eye Star 

      Kane, Stephen R.; Yalçınkaya, Selçuk; Osborn, Hugh P.; Dalba, Paul A.; Nielsen, Louise D.; Vanderburg, Andrew; Močnik, Teo; Hinkel, Natalie R.; Ostberg, Colby; Esmer, Ekrem Murat; Udry, Stéphane; Fetherolf, Tara; Baştürk, Özgür; Ricker, George R.; Vanderspek, Roland; Latham, David W.; Seager, Sara; Winn, Joshua N.; Jenkins, Jon M.; Allart, Romain; Bailey, Jeremy; Bean, Jacob L.; Bouchy, Francois; Butler, R. Paul; Campante, Tiago L.; Carter, Brad D.; Daylan, Tansu; Deleuil, Magali; Diaz, Rodrigo F.; Dumusque, Xavier; Ehrenreich, David; Horner, Jonathan; Howard, Andrew W.; Isaacson, Howard; Jones, Hugh R. A.; Kristiansen, Martti H.; Lovis, Christophe; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Marmier, Maxime; O'Toole, Simon J.; Pepe, Francesco; Ragozzine, Darin; Ségransan, Damien; Tinney, C. G.; Turnbull, Margaret C.; Wittenmyer, Robert A.; Wright, Duncan J.; Wright, Jason T. (2020-09-01)
      Some of the most scientifically valuable transiting planets are those that were already known from radial velocity (RV) surveys. This is primarily because their orbits are well characterized and they preferentially orbit ...