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We identify targets in the Kepler field that may be characterized by transit timing variations (TTVs) and are detectable by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). Despite the reduced signal-to-noise ratio of TESS transits…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Daniel Jontof-Hutter , Paul A. Dalba , John H. Livingston

We present $I$-band time-series photometric variability studies of three known nearby ($\sim$ 140 pc) and young ( $\sim$ 1 Myr) brown dwarfs (BD) in the Taurus star-forming region in the Perseus Molecular Cloud. From 10 nights of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-28 Samrat Ghosh , Soumen Mondal , Somnath Dutta , Rajib Kumbhakar , Ramkrishna Das , Santosh Joshi , Sneh Lata

The highest-energy blazars exhibit non-thermal radiation extending beyond 1 TeV with high luminosities and strong variabilities, indicating extreme particle acceleration in their relativistic jets. The gamma-ray spectra of blazars contain…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-21 Qi Feng

Aims. We aim to investigate the extreme variability properties of the TeV blazar S4 0954+65 using optical photometric and polarisation observations carried out between 2017 and 2023 using three ground-based telescopes. Methods. We examined…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-11-01 Ashwani Pandey , Rumen Bachev , Bozena Czerny , Paul J. Wiita , Alok C. Gupta , Anton Strigachev , Adam Popowicz

In this paper we reanalyze the extended ETV curves of the formerly identified triple star candidates and many other $Kepler$ EBs. Besides the confirmations of the former findings and/or the improvements of the triple systems' orbital…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-19 T. Borkovits , S. A. Rappaport , T. Mitnyan , I. B. Bíró , I. Csányi , E. Forgács-Dajka , A. Forró , T. Hajdu , B. Seli , J. Sztakovics , A. Göblyös , A. Pál

The {\it Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite} (TESS) searches for planets transiting bright and nearby stars using high-cadence, large-scale photometric observations. Full Frame Images provided by the TESS mission include large number of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 A. McNeill , M. Mommert , D. E. Trilling , J. Llama , B. Skiff

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite will conduct a 2-year long wide-field survey searching for transiting planets around bright stars. Many TESS discoveries will be amenable to mass characterization via ground-based radial velocity…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 Ryan Cloutier , René Doyon , François Bouchy , Guillaume Hébrard

We present a software package designed to produce photometric lightcurves and measure rotation periods from full-frame images taken by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), which we name ``TESSILATOR''. TESSILATOR is the only…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-29 A. S. Binks , H. M. Guenther

OT 355 (4FGL J1734.3 + 3858) is a relatively rarely studied but highly variable, moderate-redshift (z = 0.975) flat-spectrum radio quasar (blazar). With this work, we aim to study its optical variability on different timescales, which can…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-05-30 R. Bachev , Tushar Tripathi , Alok C. Gupta , A. Kurtenkov , Y. Nikolov , A. Strigachev , S. Boeva , G. Latev , B. Spassov , M. Minev , E. Ovcharov , W. -X. Yang , Yi Liu , J. -H. Fan

High-quality, short-cadence photometry from TESS enables the detection of rapid oscillators with unprecedented sensitivity. In this work, we conduct a homogeneous search for high-frequency variability using 20-second cadence light curves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 Guanda Huang , Xiaodian Chen , Shu Wang , Xiaobin Zhang , Licai Deng

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), launched successfully on 18th of April, 2018, will observe nearly the full sky and will provide time-series imaging data in ~27-day-long campaigns. TESS is equipped with 4 cameras; each has…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-24 András Pál , László Molnár , Csaba Kiss

Ground-based $\gamma$-ray observatories, such as the VERITAS array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes, provide insight into very-high-energy (VHE, $\mathrm{E}>100\,\mathrm{GeV}$) astrophysical transient events. Examples include the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-09-21 Konstantin Pfrang

Context. We present our findings on 18 formerly known ZZ Ceti stars observed by the TESS space telescope in 120s cadence mode during the survey observation of the southern ecliptic hemisphere. Aims. We focus on the frequency analysis of the…

We present new observations of the transiting system TrES-3 obtained from 2009 to 2011 at several observatories. The orbital parameters of the system were re- determined and a new linear ephemeris was calculated. The best quality light…

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Ultraviolet flare emission can drive photochemistry in exoplanet atmospheres and even serve as the primary source of uncertainty in atmospheric retrievals. Additionally, flare energy budgets are not well-understood due to a paucity of…

Photometric missions such as Kepler and TESS have generated millions of light curves covering almost the entire sky, offering unprecedented opportunities to study stellar variability and advance our understanding of the Universe. In this…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-10 Paul F. X. Gregory , Jeroen Audenaert , Mykyta Kliapets , Daniel Muthukrishna , Andrew Tkachenko , Marek Skarka , Marc Hon , George R. Ricker

The ESA space mission Ariel requires bright sources that are stable at the level of 100ppm over 6 hours in order to accurately measure exoplanet atmospheres through transmission spectroscopy. To ensure this, in-flight instrument calibration…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-27 Elena Tonucci , Tim van Kempen , Jean-Philippe Beaulieu , Lilou Bernard

Both direct and indirect methods of exoplanet detection rely upon detailed knowledge of the potential host stars. Such stellar characterization allows for accurate extraction of planetary properties, as well as contributing to our overall…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Emilie R. Simpson , Tara Fetherolf , Stephen R. Kane , Joshua Pepper , Teo Mocnik , Paul A. Dalba

Variability is a prominent observational feature of blazars. The high-energy radiation mechanism of jets has always been important but still unclear. In this work, we performed a detailed analysis using Fermi-LAT data across 15 years and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-12-05 Gege Wang , Hubing Xiao , Junhui Fan , Xin Zhang