The origin and evolution of multiple star systems

SSR Offner, M Moe, KM Kratter, SI Sadavoy… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2022 - arxiv.org
Observational advances over the last decade have enabled high-resolution, interferometric
studies of forming multiple systems, statistical surveys of multiplicity in star-forming regions …

[HTML][HTML] Binary stars in the new millennium

X Chen, Z Liu, Z Han - Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2024 - Elsevier
Binary stars are as common as single stars. Binary stars are of immense importance to
astrophysicists because that they allow us to determine the masses of the stars independent …

TESS Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Short-cadence Observations of 4584 Eclipsing Binaries in Sectors 1–26

A Prša, A Kochoska, KE Conroy, N Eisner… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
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 binary …

Kepler eclipsing binary stars. VII. The catalog of eclipsing binaries found in the entire Kepler data set

B Kirk, K Conroy, A Prša, M Abdul-Masih… - The Astronomical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The primary Kepler Mission provided nearly continuous monitoring of∼
200,000 objects with unprecedented photometric precision. We present the final catalog of …

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite: simulations of planet detections and astrophysical false positives

PW Sullivan, JN Winn… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is a NASA-sponsored
Explorer mission that will perform a wide-field survey for planets that transit bright host stars …

Rotation periods of 34,030 Kepler main-sequence stars: the full autocorrelation sample

A McQuillan, T Mazeh, S Aigrain - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyzed three years of data from the Kepler space mission to derive rotation periods of
main-sequence stars below 6500 K. Our automated autocorrelation-based method detected …

The NASA exoplanet archive: data and tools for exoplanet research

RL Akeson, X Chen, D Ciardi, M Crane… - Publications of the …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We describe the contents and functionality of the NASA Exoplanet Archive, a database and
toolset funded by NASA to support astronomers in the exoplanet community. The current …

The false positive rate of Kepler and the occurrence of planets

F Fressin, G Torres, D Charbonneau… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The Kepler mission is uniquely suited to study the frequencies of extrasolar planets. This
goal requires knowledge of the incidence of false positives such as eclipsing binaries in the …

The PLATO 2.0 mission

H Rauer, C Catala, C Aerts, T Appourchaux… - Experimental …, 2014 - Springer
PLATO 2.0 has recently been selected for ESA's M3 launch opportunity (2022/24). Providing
accurate key planet parameters (radius, mass, density and age) in statistical numbers, it …

Target selection for the sdss-iv apogee-2 survey

G Zasowski, RE Cohen, SD Chojnowski… - The Astronomical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
APOGEE-2 is a high-resolution, near-infrared spectroscopic survey observing∼ 3× 10 5
stars across the entire sky. It is the successor to APOGEE and is part of the Sloan Digital Sky …