January 2016 – iSIMBA

A prevalence of dynamo-generated magnetic fields in the cores of intermediate-mass stars

Stello, Dennis; Cantiello, Matteo; Fuller, Jim; Huber, Daniel; García, Rafael A.; Bedding, Timothy R.; Bildsten, Lars; Silva Aguirre, Victor

A prevalence of dynamo-generated magnetic fields in the cores of intermediate-mass stars,
Nature, Vol. 529, Issue 7586

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Weakened magnetic braking as the origin of anomalously rapid rotation in old field stars

van Saders, Jennifer L.; Ceillier, Tugdual; Metcalfe, Travis S.; Silva Aguirre, Victor; Pinsonneault, Marc H.; García, Rafael A.; Mathur, Savita; Davies, Guy R.

Weakened magnetic braking as the origin of anomalously rapid rotation in old field stars,
Nature, Volume 529, Issue 7585

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The Kepler-454 System: A Small, Not-rocky Inner Planet, a Jovian World, and a Distant Companion

Gettel, Sara; Charbonneau, David; Dressing, Courtney D.; Buchhave, Lars A.; Dumusque, Xavier; Vanderburg, Andrew; Bonomo, Aldo S.; Malavolta, Luca; Pepe, Francesco; Collier Cameron, Andrew; Latham, David W.; Udry, Stéphane; Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Isaacson, Howard; Howard, Andrew W.; Davies, Guy R.; Silva Aguirre, Victor; Kjeldsen, Hans; Bedding, Timothy R.; Lopez, Eric; Affer, Laura; Cosentino, Rosario; Figueira, Pedro; Fiorenzano, Aldo F. M.; Harutyunyan, Avet; Johnson, John Asher; Lopez-Morales, Mercedes; Lovis, Christophe; Mayor, Michel; Micela, Giusi; Molinari, Emilio; Motalebi, Fatemeh; Phillips, David F.; Piotto, Giampaolo; Queloz, Didier; Rice, Ken; Sasselov, Dimitar; Ségransan, Damien; Sozzetti, Alessandro; Watson, Chris; Basu, Sarbani; Campante, Tiago L.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, Jørgen; Kawaler, Steven D.; Metcalfe, Travis S.; Handberg, Rasmus; Lund, Mikkel N.; Lundkvist, Mia S.; Huber, Daniel; Chaplin, William J.

The Kepler-454 System: A Small, Not-rocky Inner Planet, a Jovian World, and a Distant Companion,
The Astrophysical Journal, Vol. 816, Issue 2

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Red giant masses and ages derived from carbon and nitrogen abundances

Martig, Marie; Fouesneau, Morgan; Rix, Hans-Walter; Ness, Melissa; Mészáros, Szabolcs; García-Hernández, D. A.; Pinsonneault, Marc; Serenelli, Aldo; Silva Aguirre, Victor; Zamora, Olga

Red giant masses and ages derived from carbon and nitrogen abundances,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 456, Issue 4

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EPIC 201585823, a rare triple-mode RR Lyrae star discovered in K2 mission data

Kurtz, Donald W.; Bowman, Dominic M.; Ebo, Simon J.; Moskalik, Paweł; Handberg, Rasmus; Lund, Mikkel N.

EPIC 201585823, a rare triple-mode RR Lyrae star discovered in K2 mission data,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 455, Issue 2

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Photometry of very bright stars with Kepler and K2 smear data

Pope, B. J. S.; White, T. R.; Huber, D.; Murphy, S. J.; Bedding, T. R.; Caldwell, D. A.; Sarai, A.; Aigrain, S.; Barclay, T.

Photometry of very bright stars with Kepler and K2 smear data,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 455, Issue 1

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