Gilbert A. Esquerdo

Refined stellar, orbital and planetary parameters of the eccentric HAT-P-2 planetary system (2009)

Pál, András, Bakos, Gáspár Á., Torres, Guillermo, Noyes, Robert W., Fischer, Debra A., Johnson, John A., ...

We present refined parameters for the extrasolar planetary system HAT-P-2 (also known as HD 147506), based on new radial velocity and photometric data. HAT-P-2b is a transiting extrasolar planet that...

GJ 3236: a new bright, very low-mass eclipsing binary system discovered by the MEarth observatory (2009)

Irwin, Jonathan, Charbonneau, David, Berta, Zachory K., Quinn, Samuel N., Latham, David W., Torres, Guillermo, ...

We report the detection of eclipses in GJ 3236, a bright (I = 11.6) very low mass binary system with an orbital period of 0.77 days. Analysis of light- and radial velocity curves of the system...

Mass and radius determinations for five transiting M-dwarf stars (2009)

Fernandez, Jose M., Latham, David W., Torres, Guillermo, Everett, Mark E., Mandushev, Georgi, Charbonneau, David, ...

We have derived masses and radii for both components in five short-period single-lined eclipsing binary stars discovered by the TrES wide-angle photometric survey for transiting planets. All these...

The Transit Light Curve Project. XII. Six Transits of the Exoplanet XO-2b (2009)

Fernandez, Jose M., Holman, Matthew J., Winn, Joshua N., Torres, Guillermo, Shporer, Avi, Mazeh, Tsevi, ...

We present photometry of six transits of the exoplanet XO-2b. By combining the light-curve analysis with theoretical isochrones to determine the stellar properties, we find the planetary radius to be...

A New Spectroscopic and Photometric Analysis of the Transiting Planet Systems TrES-3 and TrES-4 (2009)

Sozzetti, Alessandro, Torres, Guillermo, Charbonneau, David, Winn, Joshua N., Korzennik, Sylvain G., Holman, Matthew J., ...

We report new spectroscopic and photometric observations of the parent stars of the recently discovered transiting planets TrES-3 and TrES-4. A detailed abundance analysis based on high-resolution...

A New Spectroscopic and Photometric Analysis of the Transiting Planet Systems TrES-3 and TrES-4 (2009)

Sozzetti, Alessandro, Torres, Guillermo, Charbonneau, David, Winn, Joshua N., Korzennik, Sylvain G., Holman, Matthew J., ...

We report new spectroscopic and photometric observations of the parent stars of the recently discovered transiting planets TrES-3 and TrES-4. A detailed abundance analysis based on high-resolution...

HATNet Field G205: Follow-Up Observations of 28 Transiting-Planet candidates and Confirmation of the Planet HAT-P-8b (2008)

Latham, David W., Bakos, Gáspár Á., Torres, Guillermo, Stefanik, Robert P., Noyes, Robert W., Kovács, Géza, ...

We report the identification of 32 transiting-planet candidates in HATNet field G205. We describe the procedures that we have used to follow up these candidates with spectroscopic and photometric...

HAT-P-9b: A Low Density Planet Transiting a Moderately Faint F star (2008)

Shporer, Avi, Bakos, Gaspar A., Bouchy, Francois, Pont, Frederic, Kovacs, Geza, Latham, Dave W., ...

We report the discovery of a planet transiting a moderately faint (V=12.3 mag) late F star, with an orbital period of 3.92289 +/- 0.00004 days. From the transit light curve and radial velocity...

Photometric Follow-up Observations of the Transiting Neptune-Mass Planet GJ 436b (2008)

Shporer, Avi, Mazeh, Tsevi, Pont, Frederic, Winn, Joshua N., Holman, Matthew J., Latham, David W., ...

This paper presents multi-band photometric follow-up observations of the Neptune-mass transiting planet GJ 436b, consisting of 5 new ground-based transit light curves obtained in May 2007. Together...

TrES-4: A Transiting Hot Jupiter of Very Low Density (2007)

Mandushev, Georgi, O'Donovan, Francis T., Charbonneau, David, Torres, Guillermo, Latham, David W., Bakos, Gáspár Á., ...

We report the discovery of TrES-4, a hot Jupiter that transits the star GSC 02620-00648 every 3.55 days. From high-resolution spectroscopy of the star we estimate a stellar effective temperature of...

TrES-3: A Nearby, Massive, Transiting Hot Jupiter in a 31-Hour Orbit (2007)

O'Donovan, Francis T., Charbonneau, David, Bakos, Gáspár Á., Mandushev, Georgi, Dunham, Edward W., Brown, Timothy M., ...

We describe the discovery of a massive transiting hot Jupiter with a very short orbital period (1.30619 d), which we name TrES-3. From spectroscopy of the host star GSC 03089-00929, we measure T_eff...

The Transit Light Curve Project. I. Four Consecutive Transits of the Exoplanet XO-1b (2006)

Holman, Matthew J., Winn, Joshua N., Latham, David W., O'Donovan, Francis T., Charbonneau, David, Bakos, Gáspár A., ...

We present RIz photometry of four consecutive transits of the newly discovered exoplanet XO-1b. We improve on the estimates of the transit parameters, finding the planetary radius to be RP = 1.184...

TrES-2: The First Transiting Planet in the Kepler Field (2006)

O'Donovan, Francis T., Charbonneau, David, Mandushev, Georgi, Dunham, Edward W., Latham, David W., Torres, Guillermo, ...

We announce the discovery of the second transiting hot Jupiter discovered by the Trans-atlantic Exoplanet Survey. The planet, which we dub TrES-2, orbits the nearby star GSC 03549-02811 every 2.47063...

The Transit Light Curve (TLC) Project. I. Four Consecutive Transits of the Exoplanet XO-1b (2006)

Holman, Matthew J., Winn, Joshua N., Latham, David W., O'Donovan, Francis T., Charbonneau, David, Bakos, Gaspar A., ...

We present RIz photometry of four consecutive transits of the newly discovered exoplanet XO-1b. We improve upon the estimates of the transit parameters, finding the planetary radius to be R_P = 1.184...

Rejecting Astrophysical False Positives from the TrES Transiting Planet Survey: The Example of GSC 03885-00829 (2006)

O'Donovan, Francis T., Charbonneau, David, Torres, Guillermo, Mandushev, Georgi, Dunham, Edward W., Latham, David W., ...

Ground-based wide-field surveys for nearby transiting gas giants are yielding far fewer true planets than astrophysical false positives, of which some are difficult to reject. Recent experience has...

Transit Photometry of the Core-Dominated Planet HD 149026b (2005)

Charbonneau, David, Winn, Joshua N., Latham, David W., Bakos, Gaspar, Falco, Emilio E., Holman, Matthew J., ...

We report g, V, and r photometric time series of HD 149026 spanning predicted times of transit of the Saturn-mass planetary companion, which was recently discovered by Sato and collaborators. We...