Planets and Debris Disks: Results from a Spitzer/MIPS Search for Infrared Excess (2009)
Bryden, G., Beichman, C. A., Carpenter, J. M., Rieke, G. H., Stapelfeldt, K. R., Werner, M. W., ...
Using the MIPS camera on the Spitzer Space Telescope, we have searched for debris disks around 104 stars known from radial velocity studies to have one or more planets. Combining this new data with...
Trilling, D. E., Mueller, M., Hora, J. L., Fazio, G., Spahr, T., Stansberry, J. A., ...
Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are fragments of remnant primitive bodies that date from the era of Solar System formation. At present, the physical properties and origins of NEOs are poorly understood. We...
The Exceptionally Large Debris Disk around \gamma Ophiuchi (2008)
Su, K. Y. L., Rieke, G. H., Stapelfeldt, K. R., Smith, P. S., Bryden, G., Chen, C. H., ...
Spitzer images resolve the debris disk around \gamma Ophiuchi at both 24 and 70 um. The resolved images suggest a disk radius of ~520 AU at 70 um and >=260 AU at 24 um. The images, along with a...
TIDAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE MASSES OF EXTRASOLAR PLANETS (2007)
Tidal theory predicts that the orbits of close extrasolar giant planets will circularize on timescales that can be comparable to the ages of those systems. Additionally, planets that are close enough...
DETECTION OF PLANETARY TRANSITS OF THE STAR HD 209458 IN THE HIPPARCOS DATA SET (2007)
T. Castellano, J. Jenkins, D. E. Trilling, D. Koch
A search of the Hipparcos satellite photometry data for the star HD 209458 reveals evidence for a planetary transit signature consistent with the planetary properties reported by Henry et al. and...
D. E. Trilling, R. H. Brown, A. S. Rivkin
We have searched six stars with known radial velocity planetary companions for circumstellar disks. Disks are expected around stars with planetary systems that accreted from regular protoplanetary...
D. E. Trilling, W. Benz, T. Guillot, A. Burrows
Giant planets in circumstellar disks can migrate inward from their initial (formation) positions. Radial migration is caused by inward torques between the planet and the disk, by outward torques...
Aa 394, 241--251 (2002) (2007)
Doi Eso Astronomy, D. E. Trilling, J. I. Lunine, W. Benz
We present a statistical study of the post-formation migration of giant planets in a range of initial disk conditions. For given initial conditions we model the evolution of giant planet orbits under...
Will Be Inserted, D. E. Trilling, J. I. Lunine, W. Benz
We present a statistical study of the post-formation migration of giant planets in a range of initial disk conditions. For given initial conditions we model the evolution of giant planet orbits under...
Debris disks around Sun-like stars (2007)
Trilling, D. E., Bryden, G., Beichman, C. A., Rieke, G. H., Su, K. Y. L., Stansberry, J. A., ...
We have observed nearly 200 FGK stars at 24 and 70 microns with the Spitzer Space Telescope. We identify excess infrared emission, including a number of cases where the observed flux is more than 10...
Albedos and diameters of three Mars Trojan asteroids (2007)
Trilling, D. E., Rivkin, A. S., Stansberry, J. A., Spahr, T. B., Crudo, R. A., Davies, J. K.
We observed the Mars Trojan asteroids (5261) Eureka and (101429) 1998 VF31 and the candidate Mars Trojan 2001 FR127 at 11.2 and 18.1 microns using Michelle on the Gemini North telescope. We derive...
Spitzer MIPS limits on asteroidal dust in the Pulsar Planetary System PSR B1257+12 (2007)
Bryden, G., Beichman, C. A., Rieke, G. H., Stansberry, J. A., Stapelfeldt, K. R., Trilling, D. E., ...
With the MIPS camera on Spitzer, we have searched for far-infrared emission from dust in the planetary system orbiting pulsar PSR B1257+12. With accuracies of 0.05 mJy at 24 µm and 1.5 mJy at 70...
Grundy, W. M., Stansberry, J. A., Noll, K. S., Stephens, D. C., Trilling, D. E., Kern, S. D., ...
Hubble Space Telescope observations of Uranus- and Neptune-crossing object (65489) Ceto/Phorcys (provisionally designated 2003 FX128) reveal it to be a close binary system. The mutual orbit has a...
Debris disks in main sequence binary systems (2006)
Trilling, D. E., Stansberry, J. A., Stapelfeldt, K. R., Rieke, G. H., Su, K. Y. L., Gray, R. O., ...
We observed 69 A3-F8 main sequence binary star systems using the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer onboard the Spitzer Space Telescope. We find emission significantly in excess of predicted...
Debris Disk Evolution Around A Stars (2006)
Su, K. Y. L., Rieke, G. H., Stansberry, J. A., Bryden, G., Stapelfeldt, K. R., Trilling, D. E., ...
We report 24 and/or 70 um measurements of ~160 A-type main-sequence stars using the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS). Their ages range from 5 to 850 Myr based on estimates from the...
Spitzer/MIPS Limits on Asteroidal Dust in the Pulsar Planetary System PSR B1257+1 (2006)
Bryden, G., Beichman, C. A., Rieke, G. H., Stansberry, J. A., Stapelfeldt, K. R., Trilling, D. E., ...
With the MIPS camera on Spitzer, we have searched for far-infrared emission from dust in the planetary system orbiting pulsar PSR 1257+12. With accuracies of 0.05 mJy at 24 um and 1.5 mJy at 70 um,...
The Albedo, Size, and Density of Binary Kuiper Belt Object (47171) 1999 TC36 (2006)
Stansberry, J. A., Grundy, W. M., Margot, J. L., Cruikshank, D. P., Emery, J. P., Rieke, G. H., ...
We measured the system-integrated thermal emission of the binary Kuiper Belt Object 1999 TC36 at wavelengths near 24 and 70 microns using the Spitzer space telescope. We fit these data and the visual...
IRS Spectra of Solar-Type Stars: \break A Search for Asteroid Belt Analogs (2006)
Beichman, C. A., Tanner, A., Bryden, G., Stapelfeldt, K. R., Werner, M. W., Rieke, G. H., ...
We report the results of a spectroscopic search for debris disks surrounding 41 nearby solar type stars, including 8 planet-bearing stars, using the {\it Spitzer Space Telescope}. With accurate...
IRS Spectra of Solar-Type Stars: A Search for Asteroid Belt Analogs (2006)
Beichman, C. A., Tanner, A., Bryden, G., Stapelfeldt, K. R., Werner, M. W., Rieke, G. H., ...
We report the results of a spectroscopic search for debris disks surrounding 41 nearby solar type stars, including 8 planet-bearing stars, using the {\it Spitzer Space Telescope}. With accurate...
Frequency of Debris Disks around Solar-Type Stars: First Results from a Spitzer/MIPS Survey (2005)
Bryden, G., Beichman, C. A., Trilling, D. E., Rieke, G. H.
We have searched for infrared excesses around a well defined sample of 69 FGK main-sequence field stars. These stars were selected without regard to their age, metallicity, or any previous detection...
The Vega Debris Disk -- A Surprise from Spitzer (2005)
Su, K. Y. L., Rieke, G. H., Misselt, K. A., Stansberry, J. A., Moro-Martin, A., Stapelfeldt, K. R., ...
We present high spatial resolution mid- and far-infrared images of the Vega debris disk obtained with the Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer (MIPS). The disk is well resolved and its angular...
The Substellar Mass Function: A Bayesian Approach (2005)
Allen, P. R., Koerner, D. W., Reid, I. N., Trilling, D. E.
We report our efforts to constrain the form of the low-mass star and brown dwarf mass function via Bayesian inference. Recent surveys of M, L, and T dwarfs in the local solar neighborhood are an...
Planets and IR Excesses: Preliminary Results from a Spitzer/MIPS Survey of Solar-Type Stars (2004)
Beichman, C. A., Bryden, G., Rieke, G. H., Stansberry, J. A., Trilling, D. E., Stapelfeldt, K. R., ...
As part of a large Spitzer/MIPS GTO program, we have searched for infrared excesses due to debris disks toward 26 FGK field stars known from radial velocity (RV) studies to have one or more planets....
Procedures, Resources, and Selected Results of the Deep Ecliptic Survey (2003)
Buie, M. W., Millis, R. L., Wasserman, L. H., Elliot, J. L., Kern, S. D., Clancy, K. B., ...
The Deep Ecliptic Survey is a project whose goal is to survey a large area of the near-ecliptic region to a faint limiting magnitude (R ~ 24) in search of objects in the outer solar system. We are...
The Size Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Bodies (2003)
Bernstein, G. M., Trilling, D. E., Allen, R. L., Brown, M. E., Holman, M., Malhotra, R.
[Condensed] We search 0.02 deg^2 for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with m
Luminosity Functions of Young Clusters: Modeling the Substellar Mass Regime (2003)
Allen, P. R., Trilling, D. E., Koerner, D. W., Reid, I. N.
We predict near-infrared luminosity functions of young (5 Myr to 1 Gyr) star clusters by combining evolutionary models of very low-mass ($1 M_J$ to $0.15 M_{\odot}$) dwarfs with empirical bolometric...
Resonance Occupation in the Kuiper Belt: Case Examples of the 5:2 and Trojan Resonances (2003)
Chiang, E. I., Jordan, A. B., Millis, R. L., Buie, M. W., Wasserman, L. H., Elliot, J. L., ...
As part of our ongoing Deep Ecliptic Survey (DES) of the Kuiper belt, we report on the occupation of the 1:1 (Trojan), 4:3, 3:2, 7:4, 2:1, and 5:2 Neptunian mean-motion resonances (MMRs). The...
G. M. Bernstein, D. E. Trilling, R. L. Allen, M. E. Brown, M. Holman, R. Malhotra
We search 0.02 deg 2 of the invariable plane for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) 25 AU or more distant using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) aboard the Hubble Space Telescope. With 22 ks per...
Orbital Evolution and Migration of Giant Planets: Modeling Extrasolar Planets (1998)
Trilling, D. E., Benz, W., Guillot, T., Lunine, J. I., Hubbard, W. B., Burrows, A.
Giant planets in circumstellar disks can migrate inward from their initial (formation) positions. Radial migration is caused by inward torques between the planet and the disk; by outward torques...