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 …

Stellar multiplicity

G Duchêne, A Kraus - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
Stellar multiplicity is a ubiquitous outcome of the star-formation process. The frequency and
main characteristics of multiple systems, and their dependence on primary mass and …

The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: giant planet and brown dwarf demographics from 10 to 100 au

EL Nielsen, RJ De Rosa, B Macintosh… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a statistical analysis of the first 300 stars observed by the Gemini Planet Imager
Exoplanet Survey. This subsample includes six detected planets and three brown dwarfs; …

How to constrain your M dwarf. II. The mass–luminosity–metallicity relation from 0.075 to 0.70 solar masses

AW Mann, T Dupuy, AL Kraus, E Gaidos… - The Astrophysical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The mass–luminosity relation for late-type stars has long been a critical tool for estimating
stellar masses. However, there is growing need for both a higher-precision relation and a …

Imaging extrasolar giant planets

BP Bowler - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
High-contrast adaptive optics (AO) imaging is a powerful technique to probe the
architectures of planetary systems from the outside-in and survey the atmospheres of self …

The close binary fraction of solar-type stars is strongly anticorrelated with metallicity

M Moe, KM Kratter, C Badenes - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The Close Binary Fraction of Solar-type Stars Is Strongly Anticorrelated with Metallicity -
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On the diversity of asymmetries in gapped protoplanetary disks

N Van der Marel, T Birnstiel, A Garufi… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Protoplanetary disks with large inner dust cavities are thought to host massive planetary or
substellar companions. These disks show asymmetries and rings in the millimeter …

An observational perspective of transitional disks

C Espaillat, J Muzerolle, J Najita, S Andrews… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2014 - arxiv.org
Transitional disks are objects whose inner disk regions have undergone substantial
clearing. The Spitzer Space Telescope produced detailed spectral energy distributions …

LkCa 15: a young exoplanet caught at formation?

AL Kraus, MJ Ireland - The Astrophysical Journal, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
Young and directly imaged exoplanets offer critical tests of planet-formation models that are
not matched by radial velocity surveys of mature stars. These targets have been extremely …

Formation of close binaries by disc fragmentation and migration, and its statistical modelling

A Tokovinin, M Moe - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Joint statistics of periods and mass ratios of close binaries and its dependence on primary
mass can be explained by assuming that seed binary companions are formed by disc …