Browsing by Author "Still, M."

Now showing items 1-8 of 8

    • Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler II : Analysis of the first four months of data 

      Borucki, W.J.; Koch, D.G.; Basri, G.; Batalha, N.; Brown, T.M.; Bryson, S.T.; Caldwell, T.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Cochran, W.D.; DeVore, E.; Dunham, E.W.; Gautier, T.N.; Geary, J.C.; Gilliland, R.; Gould, A.; Howell, S.B.; Jenkins, J.M.; Latham, D.W.; Lissauer, J.J.; Marcy, G.W.; Rowe, J.; Sasselov, D.; Boss, A.; Charbonneau, D.; Ciardi, D.; Doyle, L.; Dupree, A.K.; Ford, E.B.; Fortney, J.; Holman, M.J.; Seager, S.; Steffen, J.H.; Tarter, J.; Welsh, W.F.; Allen, C.; Buchhave, L.A.; Christiansen, J.L.; Clarke, B.D.; Das, S.; Desert, J.M.; Endl, M.; Fabrycky, D.; Fressin, F.; Haas, M.; Horch, E.; Howard, A.; Isaacson, H.; Kjeldsen, H.; Kolodziejczak, J.; Kulesa, C.; Li, J.; Lucas, P.W.; Machalek, P.; McCarthy, D.; MacQueen, P.; Meibom, S.; Miquel, T.; Prsa, A.; Quinn, S.N.; Quintana, E.V.; Ragozzine, D.; Sherry, W.; Shpora, A.; Tenenbaum, P.; Torres, G.; Twicken, J.D.; Van Cleve, J.; Walkowicz, L.; Witteborn, F.C.; Still, M. (2011)
      On 2011 February 1 the Kepler mission released data for 156,453 stars observed from the beginning of the science observations on 2009 May 2 through September 16. There are 1235 planetary candidates with transit-like ...

    • Discovery and atmospheric characterization of giant planet Kepler-12b : An inflated radius outlier 

      Fortney, J.J.; Nutzman, P.; Miller, N.; Demory, B.-O.; Seager, S.; Désert, J.-M.; Buchhave, L.A.; Charbonneau, D.; Fressin, F.; Latham, D.W.; Geary, J.C.; Rowe, J.; Caldwell, D.A.; Jenkins, J.M.; Christiansen, J.L.; Marcy, G.W.; Isaacson, H.; Howard, A.; Knutson, H.A.; Buchhave, L.A.; Ciardi, D.; Gautier, T.N.; Batalha, N.M.; Bryson, S.T.; Howell, S.B.; Borucki, W.J.; Koch, D.; Lissauer, J.J.; Haas, M.R.; Everett, M.; Deming, D.; Brown, T.M.; Ford, E.B.; Gilliland, R.L.; Fischer, D.A.; Still, M.; Lucas, P.W.; Gillon, M. (2011-11-01)
      We report the discovery of planet Kepler-12b (KOI-20), which at 1.695 ± 0.030 R is among the handful of planets with super-inflated radii above 1.65 R. Orbiting its slightly evolved G0 host with a 4.438 day period, this ...

    • The distribution of transit durations for Kepler planet candidates and implications for their orbital eccentricities 

      Moorhead, A.V.; Ford, E.B.; Morehead, R.C.; Rowe, J.; Caldwell, D.A.; Jenkins, J.M.; Li, J.; Quintana, E.; Borucki, W.J.; Bryson, S.T.; Koch, D.G.; Jenkins, J.M.; Li, J.; Lissauer, J.J.; Quintana, E.; Batalha, N.M.; Fabrycky, D.C.; Gautier, T.N.; Holman, M.J.; Quinn, S.N.; Ragozzine, D.; Torres, G.; Lucas, P.W.; Marcy, G.W.; Shporer, A.; Still, M.; Shporer, A. (2011-11-01)
      Doppler planet searches have discovered that giant planets follow orbits with a wide range of orbital eccentricities, revolutionizing theories of planet formation. The discovery of hundreds of exoplanet candidates by NASA's ...

    • The hot-Jupiter Kepler-17b : Discovery, obliquity from stroboscopic starspots, and atmospheric characterization 

      Désert, J.-M.; Charbonneau, D.; Ballard, S.; Carter, J.A.; Quinn, S.N.; Fressin, F.; Latham, D.W.; Torres, G.; Lissauer, J.J.; Sasselov, D.D.; Demory, B.-O.; Seager, S.; Winn, J.N.; Fortney, J.J.; Fabrycky, D.C.; Cochran, W.D.; Endl, M.; MacQueen, P.J.; Isaacson, H.T.; Knutson, H.A.; Marcy, G.W.; Buchhave, L.A.; Bryson, S.T.; Rowe, J.F.; Borucki, W.J.; Christiansen, J.L.; Haas, M.R.; Koch, D.; Batalha, N.M.; Brown, T.M.; Caldwell, D.A.; Jenkins, J.M.; Mullally, F.; Tenenbaum, P.; Deming, D.; Ford, E.B.; Gilliland, R.L.; Gillon, M.; Kinemuchi, K.; Still, M.; Lucas, P.W.; Uddin, K. (2011-11-01)
      This paper reports the discovery and characterization of the transiting hot giant exoplanet Kepler-17b. The planet has an orbital period of 1.486 days, and radial velocity measurements from the Hobby-Eberly Telescope show ...

    • Initial data release of the Kepler-INT survey 

      Greiss, S.; Steeghs, D.; Gaensicke, B. T.; Martin, E. L.; Groot, P. J.; Irwin, M.J.; Gonzalez-Solares, E.; Greimel, R.; Knigge, C.; Ostensen, R. H.; Verbeek, K.; Drew, J.E.; Drake, J.; Jonker, P. G.; Ripepi, V.; Scaringi, S.; Southworth, J.; Still, M.; Wright, Nick; Farnhill, H.; van Haaften, L. M.; Shah, S. (2012-07)
      This paper describes the first data release of the Kepler-INT Survey (KIS) that covers a 116 deg(2) region of the Cygnus and Lyra constellations. The Kepler field is the target of the most intensive search for transiting ...

    • Kepler-15b : A hot Jupiter enriched in heavy elements and the first Kepler mission planet confirmed with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope 

      Endl, M.; MacQueen, P.J.; Cochran, W.D.; Brugamyer, E.J.; Buchhave, L.A.; Rowe, J.; Lucas, P.W.; Isaacson, H.; Bryson, S.; Howell, S.B.; Borucki, W.J.; Caldwell, D.; Christiansen, J.L.; Haas, M.R.; Koch, D.J.; Lissauer, J.J.; Still, M.; Fortney, J.J.; Hansen, T.; Ciardi, D.R.; Demory, B.-O.; Everett, M.; Ford, E.B.; Holman, M.J.; Horch, E.; Jenkins, J.M.; Sanderfer, D.T.; Seader, S.E.; Smith, J.C.; Thompson, S.E.; Twicken, J.D.; MacHalek, P.; Welsh, W.F. (2011-11-01)
      We report the discovery of Kepler-15b (KOI-128), a new transiting exoplanet detected by NASA's Kepler mission. The transit signal with a period of 4.94days was detected in the quarter 1 (Q1) Kepler photometry. For the first ...

    • Kepler-18b, c, and d : A system of three planets confirmed by transit timing variations, light curve validation, Warm-Spitzer photometry, and radial velocity measurements 

      Cochran, W.D.; MacQueen, P.J.; Endl, M.; Fabrycky, D.C.; Fortney, J.J.; Miller, N.; Torres, G.; Fressin, F.; Désert, J.-M.; Ragozzine, D.; Sasselov, D.; Carter, J.A.; Quinn, S.N.; Latham, D.W.; Holman, M.J.; Charbonneau, D.; Rowe, J.F.; Bryson, S.T.; Howell, S.B.; Borucki, W.J.; Koch, D.G.; Uddin, K.; Tenenbaum, P.; Still, M.; Mullally, F.; Lissauer, J.J.; Kinemuchi, K.; Jenkins, J.M.; Henze, C.E.; Haas, M.R.; Caldwell, D.; Brugamyer, E.J.; Ciardi, D.R.; Steffen, J.H.; Winn, J.N.; Seager, S.; Demory, B.-O.; Welsh, W.F.; Uddin, K.; Tenenbaum, P.; Mullally, F.; Jenkins, J.M.; Caldwell, D.; Still, M.; Kinemuchi, K.; Marcy, G.W.; Knutson, H.; Isaacson, H.; Howard, A.; Lucas, P.W.; Johnson, J.A.; Horch, E.; Gilliland, R.L.; Gautier, T.N.; Ford, E.B.; Fischer, D.A.; Everett, M.; Deming, D.; Buchhave, L.; Brown, T.M.; Batalha, N. (2011-11-01)
      We report the detection of three transiting planets around a Sun-like star, which we designate Kepler-18. The transit signals were detected in photometric data from the Kepler satellite, and were confirmed to arise from ...

    • Transit timing observations from Kepler. I. : Statistical analysis of the first four months 

      Ford, E.B.; Rowe, J.F.; Caldwell, D.A.; Jenkins, J.M.; Li, J.; Mullally, F.R.; Quintana, E.; Tenenbaum, P.; Thompson, S.E.; Twicken, J.D.; Lissauer, J.J.; Borucki, W.J.; Bryson, S.; Caldwell, D.A.; Jenkins, J.M.; Koch, D.G.; Still, M.; Fabrycky, D.C.; Carter, J.A.; Holman, M.J.; Ragozzine, D.; Steffen, J.H.; Batalha, N.M.; Dunham, E.W.; Gautier, T.N.; Lucas, P.W.; Marcy, G.W.; McCauliff, S. (2011-11-01)
      The architectures of multiple planet systems can provide valuable constraints on models of planet formation, including orbital migration, and excitation of orbital eccentricities and inclinations. NASA's Kepler mission has ...