Prof Jayne Birkby: Publications

Four ultra-short period eclipsing M-dwarf binaries in the WFCAM Transit Survey

(2012)

Authors:

SV Nefs, JL Birkby, IAG Snellen, ST Hodgkin, DJ Pinfield, B Sipocz, G Kovacs, D Mislis, RP Saglia, J Koppenhofer, P Cruz, D Barrado, EL Martin, N Goulding, H Stoev, J Zendejas, C del Burgo, M Cappetta, YV Pavlenko

The signature of orbital motion from the dayside of the planet τ Boötis b

Nature Springer Nature 486:7404 (2012) 502-504

Authors:

Matteo Brogi, Ignas AG Snellen, Remco J de Kok, Simon Albrecht, Jayne Birkby, Ernst JW de Mooij

Observational Constraints on Low-Mass Stellar Evolution and Planet Formation

(2011)

Planet Formation Around M-dwarfs: From Young Disks to Planets

(2011)

Authors:

I Pascucci, G Laughlin, BS Gaudi, G Kennedy, K Luhman, S Mohanty, J Birkby, B Ercolano, P Plavchan, A Skemer

The monitor project: A search for low mass ebs in the young open cluster M50

Aip Conference Proceedings 1094 (2009) 832-835

Authors:

JL Birkby, ST Hodgkin, S Aigrain, J Irwin

Abstract:

We present preliminary results from a high-cadence photometric monitoring survey of the 130 Myr old open cluster M50. Using the semi-automated occultation detection process developed by Miller et al. [1], we uncovered eight low mass (< 1M⊙) eclipsing binary candidates in the cluster. Preliminary analysis of spectroscopic follow-up on five of these candidates confirms their binary nature. One candidate also exhibits a systemic velocity broadly consistent with the cluster radial velocity, indicating cluster membership. Confirmation of these eight candidates as true members of the M50 cluster will allow us to provide important constraints to the mass-radius relationship for objects below 1M⊙ at ages younger than lGyr, where current observations remain scarce. © 2009 American Institute of Physics.

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