1202.6139 (T. Muto et al.)

Discovery of Small-Scale Spiral Structures in the Disk of SAO 206462 (HD 135344B): Implications for the Physical State of the Disk from Spiral Density Wave Theory    [PDF]

T. Muto, C. A. Grady, J. Hashimoto, M. Fukagawa, J. B. Hornbeck, M. Sitko, R. Russell, C. Werren, M. Cure, T. Currie, N. Ohashi, Y. Okamoto, M. Momose, M. Honda, S. Inutsuka, T. Takeuchi, R. Dong, L. Abe, W. Brandner, T. Brandt, J. Carson, S. Egner, M. Feldt, T. Fukue, M. Goto, O. Guyon, Y. Hayano, M. Hayashi, S. Hayashi, T. Henning, K. W. Hodapp, M. Ishii, M. Iye, M. Janson, R. Kandori, G. R. Knapp, T. Kudo, N. Kusakabe, M. Kuzuhara, T. Matsuo, S. Mayama, M. W. McElwain, S. Miyama, J. -I. Morino, A. Moro-Martin, T. Nishimura, T. -S. Pyo, E. Serabyn, H. Suto, R. Suzuki, M. Takami, N. Takato, H. Terada, C. Thalmann, D. Tomono, E. L. Turner, M. Watanabe, J. P. Wisnewski, T. Yamada, H. Takami, T. Usuda, M. Tamura

1202.6328 (Daniel C. Fabrycky et al.)

Architecture of Kepler's Multi-transiting Systems: II. New investigations with twice as many candidates    [PDF]

Daniel C. Fabrycky, Jack J. Lissauer, Darin Ragozzine, Jason F. Rowe, Eric Agol, Thomas Barclay, Natalie Batalha, William Borucki, David R. Ciardi, Eric B. Ford, John C. Geary, Matthew J. Holman, Jon M. Jenkins, Jie Li, Robert C. Morehead, Avi Shporer, Jeffrey C. Smith, Jason H. Steffen, Martin Still

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

1202.5852 (Natalie M. Batalha et al.)

Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler, III: Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data    [PDF]

Natalie M. Batalha, Jason F. Rowe, Stephen T. Bryson, Thomas Barclay, Christopher J. Burke, Douglas A. Caldwell, Jessie L. Christiansen, Fergal Mullally, Susan E. Thompson, Timothy M. Brown, Andrea K. Dupree, Daniel C. Fabrycky, Eric B. Ford, Jonathan J. Fortney, Ronald L. Gilliland, Howard Isaacson, David W. Latham, Geoffrey W. Marcy, Samuel Quinn, Darin Ragozzine, Avi Shporer, William J. Borucki, David R. Ciardi, Thomas N. Gautier III, Michael R. Haas, Jon M. Jenkins, David G. Koch, Jack J. Lissauer, William Rapin, Gibor S. Basri, Alan P. Boss, Lars A. Buchhave, David Charbonneau, Joergen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Bruce D. Clarke, William D. Cochran, Brice-Olivier Demory, Edna Devore, Gilbert A. Esquerdo, Mark Everett, Francois Fressin, John C. Geary, Forrest R. Girouard, Alan Gould, Jennifer R. Hall, Matthew J. Holman, Andrew W. Howard, Steve B. Howell, Khadeejah A. Ibrahim, K. Kinemuchi, Hans Kjeldsen, Todd C. Klaus, Jie Li, Philip W. Lucas, Robert L. Morris, Andrej Prsa, Elisa Quintana, Dwight T. Sanderfer, Dimitar Sasselov, Shawn E. Seader, Jeffrey C. Smith, Jason H. Steffen, Martin Still, Martin C. Stumpe, Jill C. Tarter, Peter Tenenbaum, Guillermo Torres, Joseph D. Twicken, Kamal Uddin, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Lucianne Walkowicz, William F. Welsh

1202.6007 (Chris Lintott et al.)

Planet Hunters: New Kepler planet candidates from analysis of quarter 2    [PDF]

Chris Lintott, Megan E. Schawmb, Charlie Sharzer, Debra A. Fisher, Thomas Barclay, Michael Parrish, Natalie Batalha, Steve Bryson, Jon Jenkins, Darin Ragozzine, Jason F. Rowe, Kevin Schawinski, Rovert Gagliano, Joe Gilardi, Kian J. Jek, Jari-Pekka Pääkkönen, Tjapko Smits

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

1202.4721 (Catherine M. Huitson et al.)

Temperature-Pressure Profile of the hot Jupiter HD 189733b from HST Sodium Observations: Detection of Upper Atmospheric Heating    [PDF]

Catherine M. Huitson, David K. Sing, Alfred Vidal-Madjar, Gilda E. Ballester, Alain Lecavelier des Etangs, Jean-Michel Désert, Frédéric Pont

1202.3999 (Michael Solontoi et al.)

Ensemble Properties of Comets in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey    [PDF]

Michael Solontoi, Zeljko Ivezic, Mario Juric, Andrew C. Becker, Lynne Jones, Andrew A. West, Steve Kent, Robert H. Lupton, Mark Claire, Gillian R. Knapp, Tom Quinn, James E. Gunn, Donald P. Schneider

1202.3435 (Ming Zhao et al.)

Detection of Ks-band Thermal Emission from WASP-3b    [PDF]

Ming Zhao, Jennifer Milburn, Travis Barman, Sasha Hinkley, Mark R. Swain, Jason Wright, John D. Monnier

1202.3657 (Michael Mommert et al.)

TNOs are Cool: A survey of the trans-Neptunian region V. Physical characterization of 18 Plutinos using Herschel PACS observations    [PDF]

Michael Mommert, A. W. Harris, C. Kiss, A. Pal, P. Santos-Sanz, J. Stansberry, A. Delsanti, E. Vilenius, T. G. Mueller, N. Peixinho, E. Lellouch, N. Szalai, F. Henry, R. Duffard, S. Fornasier, P. Hartogh, M. Mueller, J. L. Ortiz, S. Protopapa, M. Rengel, A. Thirouin

Thursday, February 16, 2012

1109.6350 (Henry H. Hsieh et al.)

Observational and Dynamical Characterization of Main-Belt Comet P/2010 R2 (La Sagra)    [PDF]

Henry H. Hsieh, Bin Yang, Nader Haghighipour, Bojan Novakovic, Robert Jedicke, Richard J. Wainscoat, Larry Denneau, Shinsuke Abe, Wen-Ping Chen, Alan Fitzsimmons, Mikael Granvik, Tommy Grav, Wing Ip, Heather M. Kaluna, Daisuke Kinoshita, Jan Kleyna, Matthew M. Knight, Pedro Lacerda, Carey M. Lisse, Eric Maclennan, Karen J. Meech, Marco Micheli, Andrea Milani, Jana Pittichova, Eva Schunova, David J. Tholen, Lawrence H. Wasserman, William S. Burgett, K. C. Chambers, Jim N. Heasley, N. Kaiser, Eugene A. Magnier, Jeffrey S. Morgan, Paul A. Price, Uffe G. Jorgensen, Martin Dominik, Tobias Hinse, Kailash Sahu, Colin Snodgrass

1202.2379 (Joseph R. Masiero et al.)

A revised asteroid polarization-albedo relationship using WISE/NEOWISE data    [PDF]

Joseph R. Masiero, A. K. Mainzer, T. Grav, J. M. Bauer, E. L. Wright, R. S. McMillan, D. J. Tholen, A. W. Blain

1202.2467 (X. Delfosse et al.)

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXV. Super-Earths around the M-dwarf neighbors Gl433 and Gl667C    [PDF]

X. Delfosse, X. Bonfils, T. Forveille, S. Udry, M. Mayor, F. Bouchy, M. Gillon, C. Lovis, V. Neves, F. Pepe, C. Perrier, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, D. Ségransan

1202.2655 (G. Chauvin et al.)

Orbital characterization of the βPictoris b giant planet    [PDF]

G. Chauvin, A. -M. Lagrange, H. Beust, M. Bonnefoy, A. Boccaletti, D. Apai, F. Allard, D. Ehrenreich, J. H. V. Girard, D. Mouillet, D. Rouan

1202.2799 (Pedro V. Sada et al.)

Extrasolar Planet Transits Observed at Kitt Peak National Observatory    [PDF]

Pedro V. Sada, Drake Deming, Donald E. Jennings, Brian K. Jackson, Catrina M. Hamilton, Jonathan Fraine, Steven W. Peterson, Flynn Haase, Kevin Bays, Allen Lunsford, Eamon O'Gorman

1202.2801 (P. Figueira et al.)

Comparing HARPS and Kepler surveys: On the alignment of multiple-planet systems    [PDF]

P. Figueira, M. Marmier, G. Boué, C. Lovis, N. C. Santos, M. Montalto, S. Udry, F. Pepe, M. Mayor

1202.2126 (Henry H. Hsieh et al.)

Discovery of Main-Belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1    [PDF]

Henry H. Hsieh, Bin Yang, Nader Haghighipour, Heather M. Kaluna, Alan Fitzsimmons, Larry Denneau, Bojan Novakovic, Robert Jedicke, Richard J. Wainscoat, James D. Armstrong, Samuel R. Duddy, Stephen C. Lowry, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Marco Micheli, Jacqueline V. Keane, Laurie Urban, Timm Riesen, Karen J. Meech, Shinsuke Abe, Yu-Chi Cheng, Wen-Ping Chen, Mikael Granvik, Tommy Grav, Wing-Huen Ip, Daisuke Kinoshita, Jan Kleyna, Pedro Lacerda, Tim Lister, Andrea Milani, David J. Tholen, Peter Veres, Carey M. Lisse, Michael S. Kelley, Yanga R. Fernandez, Bhuwan C. Bhatt, Devendra K. Sahu, Nick Kaiser, K. C. Chambers, Klaus W. Hodapp, Eugene A. Magnier, Paul A. Price, John L. Tonry

1202.2257 (Christian Vitense et al.)

An improved model of the Edgeworth-Kuiper debris disk    [PDF]

Christian Vitense, Alexander V. Krivov, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Torsten Löhne

1202.2270 (D. A. Oszkiewicz et al.)

Asteroid taxonomic signatures from photometric phase curves    [PDF]

D. A. Oszkiewicz, E. Bowell, L. H. Wasserman, K. Muinonen, A. Penttilä, T. Pieniluoma, D. E. Trilling, C. A. Thomas

Friday, February 10, 2012

1108.2048 (V. R. Eke et al.)

A quantitative comparison of lunar orbital neutron data    [PDF]

V. R. Eke, L. F. A. Teodoro, D. J. Lawrence, R. C. Elphic, W. C. Feldman

1202.1800 (Ryan C. Terrien et al.)

An H-band Spectroscopic Metallicity Calibration for M Dwarfs    [PDF]

Ryan C. Terrien, Suvrath Mahadevan, Chad F. Bender, Rohit Deshpande, Lawrence W. Ramsey, John J. Bochanski

1202.1826 (Joshua Pepper et al.)

The KELT-South Telescope    [PDF]

Joshua Pepper, Rudolf B. Kuhn, Robert Siverd, David James, Keivan Stassun

1202.1481 (P. Santos-Sanz et al.)

"TNOs are Cool": A Survey of the Transneptunian Region IV. Size/albedo characterization of 15 scattered disk and detached objects observed with Herschel Space Observatory-PACS    [PDF]

P. Santos-Sanz, E. Lellouch, S. Fornasier, C. Kiss, A. Pal, T. G. Müller, E. Vilenius, J. Stansberry, M. Mommert, A. Delsanti, M. Mueller, N. Peixinho, F. Henry, J. L. Ortiz, A. Thirouin, S. Protopapa, R. Duffard, N. Szalai, T. Lim, C. Ejeta, P. Hartogh, A. W. Harris, M. Rengel

1202.0819 (Michael T. Murphy et al.)

Laser frequency comb techniques for precise astronomical spectroscopy    [PDF]

Michael T. Murphy, Clayton R. Locke, Philip S. Light, Andre N. Luiten, Jon S. Lawrence

1202.0903 (A. Cassan et al.)

One or more bound planets per Milky Way star from microlensing observations    [PDF]

A. Cassan, D. Kubas, J. -P. Beaulieu, M. Dominik, K. Horne, J. Greenhill, J. Wambsganss, J. Menzies, A. Williams, U. G. Jorgensen, A. Udalski, D. P. Bennett, M. D. Albrow, V. Batista, S. Brillant, J. A. R. Caldwell, A. Cole, Ch. Coutures, K. H. Cook, S. Dieters, D. Dominis Prester, J. Donatowicz, P. Fouque, K. Hill, N. Kains, S. Kane, J. -B. Marquette, R. Martin, K. R. Pollard, K. C. Sahu, C. Vinter, D. Warren, B. Watson, M. Zub, T. Sumi, M. K. Szymanski, M. Kubiak, R. Poleski, I. Soszynski, K. Ulaczyk, G. Pietrzynski, L. Wyrzykowski

Monday, February 6, 2012

1202.0083 (Kaspar von Braun et al.)

The GJ 436 System: Directly Determined Astrophysical Parameters of an M-Dwarf and Implications for the Transiting Hot Neptune    [PDF]

Kaspar von Braun, Tabetha S. Boyajian, Stephen R. Kane, Leslie Hebb, Gerard T. van Belle, Chris Farrington, David R. Ciardi, Heather A. Knutson, Theo A. ten Brummelaar, Mercedes Lopez-Morales, Harold A. McAlister, Gail Schaefer, Stephen Ridgway, Andrew Collier Cameron, P. J. Goldfinger, Nils H. Turner, Laszlo Sturmann, Judit Sturmann

1202.0265 (Paul Robertson et al.)

The McDonald Observatory Planet Search: New Long-Period Giant Planets, and Two Interacting Jupiters in the HD 155358 System    [PDF]

Paul Robertson, Michael Endl, William D. Cochran, Phillip J. MacQueen, Robert A. Wittenmyer, J. Horner, Erik J. Brugamyer, Attila E. Simon, Stuart I. Barnes, Caroline Caldwell

1202.0446 (Guillem Anglada-Escudé et al.)

A planetary system around the nearby M dwarf GJ 667C with at least one super-Earth in its habitable zone    [PDF]

Guillem Anglada-Escudé, Pamela Arriagada, Steven S. Vogt, Eugenio J. Rivera, R. Paul Butler, Jeffrey D. Crane, Stephen A. Shectman, Ian B. Thompson, Dante Minniti, Nader Haghighipour, Brad D. Carter, C. G. Tinney, Robert A. Wittenmyer, Jeremy A. Bailey, Simon J. O'Toole, Hugh R. A. Jones, James S. Jenkins

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

1201.6419 (Jae Woo Lee et al.)

The sub-Saturn Mass Transiting Planet HAT-P-12b    [PDF]

Jae Woo Lee, Jae-Hyuck Youn, Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Tobias Cornelius Hinse

1201.6573 (N. P. Gibson et al.)

Probing the haze in the atmosphere of HD 189733b with HST/WFC3 transmission spectroscopy    [PDF]

N. P. Gibson, S. Aigrain, F. Pont, D. Sing, J. -M. Désert, T. M. Evans, G. Henry, N. Husnoo, H. Knutson