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We report on a sub-stellar companion search utilizing interferometric fringe-tracking astrometry acquired with Fine Guidance Sensor 3 (FGS 3) on the Hubble Space Telescope. Our targets were Proxima Centauri and Barnard's Star. We obtain…

We have observed Proxima Centauri and Barnard's Star with Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor 3. Proxima Centauri exhibits small-amplitude, periodic photometric variations. Once several sources of systematic photometric error are…

We present high-precision radial velocity (RV) observations of Gaia BH1, the nearest known black hole (BH). The system contains a solar-type G star orbiting a massive dark companion, which could be either a single BH or an inner BH + BH…

We report the detection of an exoplanet candidate in orbit around sigma Persei from a radial velocity (RV) survey. The system exhibits periodic RV variations of 579.8 +/- 2.4 days. The purpose of the survey is to search for low-amplitude…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-18 Byeong-Cheol Lee , Inwoo Han , Myeong-Gu Park , David E. Mkrtichian , Gwanghui Jeong , Kang-Min Kim , Gennady Valyavin

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) are extragalactic astrophysical transients whose brightness requires emitters that are highly energetic, yet compact enough to produce the short, millisecond-duration bursts. FRBs have thus far been detected between…

We investigate retrieval of the stellar rotation signal for Proxima Centauri. We make use of high-resolution spectra taken with uves and harps of Proxima Centauri over a 13-year period as well as photometric observations of Proxima Centauri…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-07 John M. Collins , Hugh R. A. Jones , John R. Barnes

We present here the detection of a brown dwarf orbiting the A9V star HD180777. The radial velocity measurements, obtained with the ELODIE echelle spectrograph at the Haute-Provence Observatory, show a main variation with a period of 28.4…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 F. Galland , A. M. Lagrange , S. Udry , J. L. Beuzit , F. Pepe , M. Mayor

Doppler spectroscopy of rho1 Cnc has detected evidence of a companion with an orbital period of 14.65 days and a minimum mass of 0.88 Jupiter masses. Astrometric observations performed with the Hubble Space Telescope Fine Guidance Sensor 1r…

We report photometric and radial velocity observations of the XO-4 transiting planetary system, conducted with the FLWO 1.2m telescope and the 8.2m Subaru Telescope. Based on the new light curves, the refined transit ephemeris of XO-4b is…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Norio Narita , Teruyuki Hirano , Roberto Sanchis-Ojeda , Joshua N. Winn , Matthew J. Holman , Bun'ei Sato , Wako Aoki , Motohide Tamura

Exoplanetary systems closest to the Sun, with the brightest host stars, provide the most favorable opportunities for characterization studies of the host star and their planet(s). The Transit Ephemeris Refinement and Monitoring Survey uses…

In this paper, we present high-resolution spectroscopic transit observations from ESPRESSO of the super-Neptune WASP-166~b. In addition to spectroscopic ESPRESSO data, we analyse photometric data from {\sl TESS} of six WASP-166~b transits…

Transiting planets around bright stars have allowed the detailed follow-up and characterization of exoplanets, such as the study of exoplanetary atmospheres. The Transit Ephemeris Refinement and Monitoring Survey (TERMS) is refining the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Stephen R. Kane , Gregory W. Henry , Diana Dragomir , Debra A. Fischer , Andrew W. Howard , Xuesong Wang , Jason T. Wright

M dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the Galaxy, and their low masses make them natural favourites for exoplanet radial-velocity (RV) searches. Nevertheless, these stars often demonstrate strong stellar activity that is yet to be fully…

We report the detection of an extreme flux decrease accompanied by clear dispersion measure (DM) and rotation measure (RM) variations for pulsar B1929+10 during the 110-minute radio observation with the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-23 Zhengli Wang , Shunshun Cao , Jiguang Lu , Yulan Liu , Xun Shi , Jinchen Jiang , Enwei Liang , Weiyang Wang , Heng Xu , Renxin Xu

We present precise radial velocities of XO-2 taken with the Subaru HDS, covering two transits of XO-2b with an interval of nearly two years. The data suggest that the orbital eccentricity of XO-2b is consistent with zero within 2$\sigma$…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Norio Narita , Teruyuki Hirano , Bun'ei Sato , Hiroki Harakawa , Akihiko Fukui , Wako Aoki , Motohide Tamura

Aims: As part of our observational projects at the La Silla Danish 1.54-meter telescope, we aim to measure the precise times of minimum light for eccentric eclipsing binaries in the Large Magellanic Cloud, needed for accurate determination…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-10 P. Zasche , M. Wolf

Small planets are extremely common in the Galaxy, including planets with masses and radii between those of Earth and Neptune. Characterizing these planets' masses requires ultra-precise radial velocities. The ESPRESSO spectrograph was…

We report the discovery via radial velocity of a short-period (P = 2.430420 \pm 0.000006 days) companion to the F-type main sequence star TYC 2930-00872-1. A long-term trend in the radial velocities indicates the presence of a tertiary…