Kevin R. Covey

The Distance to NGC 2264 (2009)

Baxter, Eric J., Covey, Kevin R., Muench, August A., Fűrész, Gábor, Rebull, Luisa, Szentgyorgyi, Andrew H.

We determine the distance to the open cluster NGC 2264 using a statistical analysis of cluster member inclinations. We derive distance-dependent values of sin i (where i is the inclination angle) for...

The Distance to NGC 2264 (2009)

Baxter, Eric J., Covey, Kevin R., Muench, August A., Furesz, Gabor, Rebull, Luisa, Szentgyorgyi, Andrew H.

We determine the distance to the open cluster NGC 2264 using a statistical analysis of cluster member inclinations. We derive distance-dependent values of sin i (where i is the inclination angle) for...

First Magnetic Field Detection on a Class I Protostar (2009)

Johns-Krull, Christopher M., Greene, Thomas P., Doppmann, Greg W., Covey, Kevin R.

Strong stellar magnetic fields are believed to truncate the inner accretion disks around young stars, redirecting the accreting material to the high latitude regions of the stellar surface. In the...

Using Magnetic Activity and Galactic Dynamics to Constrain the Ages of M Dwarfs (2008)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Bochanski, John J., Covey, Kevin R., Burgasser, Adam J.

We present a study of the dynamics and magnetic activity of M dwarfs using the largest spectroscopic sample of low-mass stars ever assembled. The age at which strong surface magnetic activity (as...

Our Nearest 15 Million Neighbors: The Field Low-Mass Stellar Luminosity and Mass Functions (2008)

Bochanski, John J., Hawley, Suzanne L., Reid, I. Neill, Covey, Kevin R., West, Andrew A., Golimowski, David A., ...

We report on a new measurement of the luminosity function (LF) and mass function (MF) of field low-mass dwarfs using Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) photometry. The final catalog is composed of ~15...

The Luminosity and Mass Functions of Low-Mass Stars in the Galactic Disk: I. The Calibration Region (2008)

Covey, Kevin R., Hawley, Suzanne L., Bochanski, John J., West, Andrew A., Reid, I. Neill, Golimowski, David A., ...

We present measurements of the luminosity and mass functions of low-mass stars constructed from a catalog of matched Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and 2 Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) detections....

The Milky Way Tomography with SDSS: II. Stellar Metallicity (2008)

Ivezic, Zeljko, Sesar, Branimir, Juric, Mario, Bond, Nicholas, Dalcanton, Julianne, Rockosi, Constance M., ...

Using effective temperature and metallicity derived from SDSS spectra for ~60,000 F and G type main sequence stars (0.2

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Allende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

The Segue Stellar Parameter Pipeline. I. Description and comparison of individual methods (2008)

Lee, Young Sun, Beers, Timothy C., Sivarani, Thirupathi, Allende Prieto, Carlos, Koesterke, Lars, Wilhelm, Ronald, ...

We describe the development and implementation of the Sloan Extension for Galactic Exploration and Understanding (SEGUE) Stellar Parameter Pipeline (SSPP). The SSPP is derived, using multiple...

The milky way tomography with SDSS. II. Stellar metallicity (2008)

Ivezic, Zeljko, Sesar, Branimir, Juric, Mario, Bond, Nicholas, Dalcanton, Julianne, Rockosi, Constance M., ...

Using effective temperature and metallicity derived from SDSS spectra for ~60,000 F- and G-type main-sequence stars (0.2

The sixth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2008)

Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Prieto, Carlos Alende, Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Sixth Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. With this data release, the imaging of the northern Galactic cap is now complete. The survey contains images and...

Constraining the Age-Activity Relation for Cool Stars: The SDSS DR5 Low-Mass Star Spectroscopic Sample (2007)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Bochanski, John J., Covey, Kevin R., Reid, I. Neill, Dhital, Saurav, ...

We present a spectroscopic analysis of over 38,000 low-mass stars from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 5 (DR5). Analysis of this unprecedentedly large sample confirms the previously...

Improved Photometric Calibrations for Red Stars Observed with the SDSS Photometric Telescope (2007)

Davenport, James R. A., Bochanski, John J., Covey, Kevin R., Hawley, Suzanne L., West, Andrew A., Schneider, Donald P.

We present a new set of photometric transformations for red stars observed with the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) 0.5-m Photometric Telescope (PT) and the SDSS 2.5-m telescope at the Apache Point...

Stellar SEDs from 0.3-2.5 Microns: Tracing the Stellar Locus and Searching for Color Outliers in SDSS and 2MASS (2007)

Covey, Kevin R., Ivezic, Zeljko, Schlegel, David J., Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Lupton, Robert H., ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) are rich resources for studying stellar astrophysics and the structure and formation history of the Galaxy. As new surveys...

Exploring the Local Milky Way: M Dwarfs as Tracers of Galactic Populations (2007)

Bochanski, John J., Munn, Jeffrey A., Hawley, Suzanne L., West, Andrew A., Covey, Kevin R., Schneider, Donald P.

We have assembled a spectroscopic sample of low-mass dwarfs observed as part of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey along one Galactic sightline, designed to investigate the observable properties of the...

Meeting the Cool Neighbors. IX. The Luminosity Function of M7-L8 Ultracool Dwarfs in the Field (2007)

Cruz, Kelle L., Reid, I. Neill, Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, Burgasser, Adam J., Liebert, James, Solomon, Adam R., ...

We present a 20 pc, volume-limited sample of M7-L8 dwarfs created through spectroscopic follow-up of sources selected from the Two Micron All Sky Survey Second Incremental Release Point Source...

Low-Mass Dwarf Template Spectra from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2006)

Bochanski, John J., West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Covey, Kevin R.

We present template spectra of low-mass (M0-L0) dwarfs derived from over 4,000 Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) spectra. These composite spectra are suitable for use as medium-resolution (R ~ 1,800)...

Meeting the Cool Neighbors. IX. The Luminosity Function of M7-L8 Ultracool Dwarfs in the Field (2006)

Cruz, Kelle L., Reid, I. Neill, Kirkpatrick, J. Davy, Burgasser, Adam J., Liebert, James, Solomon, Adam R., ...

We present a 20-pc, volume-limited sample of M7-L8 dwarfs created through spectroscopic follow-up of sources selected from the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) Second Incremental Release Point...

Using the Galactic Dynamics of M7 Dwarfs to Infer the Evolution of Their Magnetic Activity (2006)

West, Andrew A., Bochanski, John J., Hawley, Suzanne L., Cruz, Kelle L., Covey, Kevin R., Silvestri, Nicole M., ...

We present a spectroscopic study and dynamical analysis of ~2600 M7 dwarfs. We confirm our previous finding that the fraction of magnetically active stars decreases with vertical distance from the...

Searching for proto-brown dwarfs: Extending near IR spectroscopy of protostars below the hydrogen burning limit (2005)

Covey, Kevin R., Greene, Thomas P., Doppmann, Greg W., Lada, Charles J., Wilking, Bruce A.

Recent observations of nearby star forming regions have offered evidence that young brown dwarfs undergo a period of mass accretion analogous to the T Tauri phase observed in young stars. Brown dwarf...

The Radial Velocity Distribution of Class I and Flat-Spectrum Protostars (2005)

Covey, Kevin R., Greene, Thomas P., Doppmann, Greg W., Lada, Charles J.

We analyze radial velocities for a sample of 31 Class I and flat spectrum protostars in Taurus-Auriga, rho Ophiuchi and Serpens for evidence of the global dynamical state of extremely young stellar...

The UV, Optical, and IR Properties of SDSS Sources Detected by GALEX (2005)

Agueros, Marcel A., Ivezic, Zeljko, Covey, Kevin R., Obric, Mirela, Hao, Lei, Walkowicz, Lucianne M., ...

We discuss the UV, optical, and IR properties of the SDSS sources detected by GALEX as part of its All-sky Imaging Survey Early Release Observations. Virtually all of the GALEX sources in the overlap...

The Angular Momentum Content and Evolution of Class I and Flat-Spectrum Protostars (2005)

Covey, Kevin R., Greene, Thomas P., Doppmann, Greg W., Lada, Charles J.

We report on the angular momentum content of heavily embedded protostars based on our analysis of the projected rotation velocities (v sin i s) of 38 Class I/flat spectrum young stellar objects...

The Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)

Abazajian, Kevork, Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agüeros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg2,...

The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...

The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...

The third data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2005)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Kurt S. J., Anderson, Scott F., ...

This paper describes the Third Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS). This release, containing data taken up through 2003 June, includes imaging data in five bands over 5282 deg²,...

Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars in the SDSS: An Analysis of Magnetic Activity and a Search for Subdwarfs (2004)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Covey, Kevin R., Silvestri, Nicole M., Raymond, Sean N., ...

We present a spectroscopic analysis of nearly 8000 late-type dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using the Halpha emission line as an activity indicator, we investigate the fraction of active...

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Imaging of Low Galactic Latitude Fields: Technical Summary and Data Release (2004)

Finkbeiner, Douglas P., Padmanabhan, Nikhil, Schlegel, David J., Carr, Michael A., Gunn, James E., Rockosi, Constance M., ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) mosaic camera and telescope have obtained five-band optical-wavelength imaging near the Galactic plane outside of the nominal survey boundaries. These additional...

A First Look at White Dwarf - M Dwarf Pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) (2003)

Raymond, Sean N., Szkody, Paula, Hawley, Suzanne L., Anderson, Scott F., Brinkman, J., Covey, Kevin R., ...

We have identified 109 White Dwarf (WD) - M dwarf pairs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) with g < 20th magnitude. For each system we determined the temperature of the WD primary and the...

The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...

The first data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (2003)

Abazajian, Kevork N., Adelman-McCarthy, Jennifer K., Agueros, Marcel A., Allam, Sahar S., Anderson, Scott F., Annis, James, ...

The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) has validated and made publicly available its First Data Release. This consists of 2099 deg2 of five-band (u, g, r, i, z) imaging data, 186,240 spectra of...

L Dwarfs Found in Sloan Digital Sky Survey Commissioning Data II. Hobby-Eberly Telescope Observations (2001)

Schneider, Donald P., Knapp, Gillian R., Hawley, Suzanne L., Covey, Kevin R., Fan, Xiaohui, Ramsey, Lawrence W., ...

Low dispersion optical spectra have been obtained with the Hobby-Eberly Telescope of 22 very red objects found in early imaging data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The objects are assigned...

Spectroscopic Properties of Cool Stars in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: An Analysis of Magnetic Activity and a Search for Subdwarfs (1998)

West, Andrew A., Hawley, Suzanne L., Walkowicz, Lucianne M., Covey, Kevin R., Silvestri, Nicole M.

We present a spectroscopic analysis of nearly 8000 late-type dwarfs in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Using the Halpha emission line as an activity indicator, we investigate the fraction of active...