A binary merger origin for inflated hot Jupiter planets
We hypothesize that hot Jupiters with inflated sizes represent a separate planet formation channel, the merging of two low-mass stars. We show that the...
A brief review of contrastive learning applied to astrophysics
Reliable tools to extract patterns from high-dimensionality spaces are becoming more necessary as astronomical data sets increase both in volume and complexity...
A calibration of the Rossby number from asteroseismology
Stellar activity and rotation are tightly related in a dynamo process. Our understanding of this mechanism is mainly limited by our capability of inferring the...
A case study of hurdle and generalized additive models in astronomy: the escape of ionizing radiation
The dark ages of the Universe end with the formation of the first generation of stars residing in primeval galaxies. These objects were the first to produce...
A comparative study of resistivity models for simulations of magnetic reconnection in the solar atmosphere
Context. Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental mechanism in astrophysics. A common challenge in mimicking this process numerically in particular for the Sun is...
A comparative study of resistivity models for simulations of magnetic reconnection in the solar atmosphere. II. Plasmoid formation
Context. Plasmoid-mediated reconnection plays a fundamental role in different solar atmospheric phenomena. Numerical reproduction of this process is therefore...
A comprehensive study of the Kepler triples via eclipse timing
We produce and analyse eclipse time variation (ETV) curves for some 2600 Kepler binaries. We find good to excellent evidence for a third body in 222 systems via...
A dearth of planetary transits in the direction of NGC 6940
We present results of our survey for planetary transits in the field of NGC 6940. We think nearly all of our observed stars are field stars. We have obtained...
A DECam view of the diffuse dwarf galaxy Crater II: the colour-magnitude diagram
We present a deep Blanco/DECam colour-magnitude diagram (CMD) for the large but very diffuse Milky Way satellite dwarf galaxy Crater II. The CMD shows only old...