PAPER ARCHIVES

Accumulation of written papers done by the members of Picture Rocks Observatory. This archives contains the primary source documents over the course of the organization's lifetime and are kept to show the function of the organization.

LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

ASTROBIOLOGY
Astrophysical and Cosmological Constraints on Life
Constraints imposed on the development of life over cosmic time are reviewed.
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(January 2019)
 

CIRCUMBINARY PLANETS

ASTROBIOLOGY
Constraining the Radiation and Plasma Environment
The remarkable discovery of many planets and candidates using the Kepler telescope.
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(January 2015)
Circumbinary Habitability Niches
Strong evidence that chromospheric activity of rapidly rotating young stars may be high enough to cause mass loss.
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(August 2014)
Rotational Synchronization
We report a mechanism capable of reducing (or increasing) stellar activity in binary stars.
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(July 2013)
 
 
 

INTERACTING BINARIES

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A New WZ Sge-Type Dwarf Nova
Present the result of a multi-longitude campaign on the pho-tometric study of the dwarf nova ASASSN-18fk.
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(July 2019)
Asynchronous Polar V1500 Cyg.
Bright Nova Cygni 1975 is a rare nova on a magnetic white dwarf (WD).
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(June 2018)
CRTS J035010.7+323230,
New Eclipsing Polar
Discovery of a new eclipsing polar, CRTS J035010.7+323230.
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(June 2019)
Instabilities in Interacting Binary Stars
New optical photometry of the Low mass X-ray binary V1408 Aql.
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(February 2017)
TESS Photometry and Doppler
Observed the asynchronous polar CD Ind at a two-minute cadence.
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(June 2019)
Case for the Low Mass X-Ray Binary V1408 AQUILAE
New optical photometry of the Low mass X-ray binary V1408 Aql.
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(August 2015)

CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES

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Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable Stars
The Jansky Very Large Array was used to observe 121 magnetic cataclysmic variables (MCVs).
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(November 2018)