Recent Publications

X-ray afterglow limits on the viewing angles of short gamma-ray bursts

| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
UMD Author(s): Brendan O'Connor


cortecs: A Python package for compressing opacities

| Journal of Open Source Software
Author(s): Arjun B. Savel, Megan Bedell, Eliza M.-R. Kempton
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton


The Pandora SmallSat: multiwavelength characterization of exoplanets and their host stars

| Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Author(s): Quintana, Elisa V., Dotson, Jessie L., Colón, Knicole D., et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Weiner Mansfield


Hydrogen sulfide and metal-enriched atmosphere for a Jupiter-mass exoplanet

| Nature
Author(s): Fu, Guangwei, Welbanks, Luis, Deming, Drake, et. al
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton


Gypsum on Mars: A Detailed View at Gale Crater

| Minerals
Author(s): David Vaniman, Steve Chipera, Elizabeth Rampe, et. al
UMD Author(s): Michael Terrance Thorpe


NICER Confirms Burst Activity from the Magnetar 1E 1841-045

| The Astronomer's Telegram
Author(s): Ng, M., Younes, G., Hu, C. -P., et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


Aggregate Cloud Particle Effects in Exoplanet Atmospheres

| Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Author(s): Sanaz Vahidinia, Sarah E. Moran, Mark S. Marley, et. al
UMD Author(s): Sarah E. Moran


JWST Reveals CO Ice, Concentrated CO2 Deposits, and Evidence for Carbonates Potentially Sourced from Ariel’s Interior

| The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Author(s): Richard J. Cartwright, Bryan J. Holler, William M. Grundy, et. al
UMD Author(s): Marc Neveu


Unraveling the Mystery of the Low CO-to-H2 Conversion Factor in Starburst Galaxies: RADEX Modeling of the Antennae

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Hao He, Christine D. Wilson, Jiayi Sun, et. al
UMD Author(s): Yu-Hsuan (Eltha) Teng


symfind : Addressing the Fragility of Subhalo Finders and Revealing the Durability of Subhalos

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Philip Mansfield, Elise Darragh-Ford, Yunchong Wang, et. al
UMD Author(s): Benedikt Diemer


An Expanding Accretion Disk and a Warm Disk Wind as Seen in the Spectral Evolution of HBC 722

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Adolfo Carvalho, Lynne Hillenbrand, Jerome Seebeck, et. al
UMD Author(s): Jerome John Seebeck


Short-period Variables in TESS Full-frame Image Light Curves Identified via Convolutional Neural Networks

| The Astronomical Journal
Author(s): Greg Olmschenk, Richard K. Barry, Stela Ishitani Silva, et. al
UMD Author(s): Gregory Michael Olmschenk


Three-dimensional plasmoid-mediated reconnection and turbulence in Hall magnetohydrodynamics

| Physics of Plasmas
Author(s): Yi-Min Huang, Amitava Bhattacharjee
UMD Author(s): Yi-Min Huang


Lessons from Hubble and Spitzer: 1D Self-consistent Model Grids for 19 Hot Jupiter Emission Spectra

| The Astrophysical Journal
Author(s): Lindsey S. Wiser, Michael R. Line, Luis Welbanks, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Weiner Mansfield


New Insights into the Internal Structure of GJ 1214 b Informed by JWST

| The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Author(s): Matthew C. Nixon, Anjali A. A. Piette, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, et. al
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton


On the Interpretation of Mid-infrared Absorption Lines of Gas-phase H2O as Observed by JWST/MIRI

| The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Author(s): Jialu 佳璐 Li 李, Adwin Boogert, Alexander G. G. M. Tielens
UMD Author(s): Alexander Tielens


Phase-resolving the Absorption Signatures of Water and Carbon Monoxide in the Atmosphere of the Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b with GEMINI-S/IGRINS

| Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Author(s): Joost P. Wardenier, Vivien Parmentier, Michael R. Line, et. al
UMD Author(s): Megan Weiner Mansfield


A benchmark JWST near-infrared spectrum for the exoplanet WASP-39 b

| Nature Astronomy
Author(s): Carter, A. L., May, E. M., Espinoza, N., et. al
UMD Author(s): Eliza Kempton, Megan Weiner Mansfield


Dissociative recombination of rotationally cold ArH+

| Physical Review A
Author(s): Kálosi, Ábel, Grieser, Manfred, Isberner, Leonard W., et. al
UMD Author(s): Mark G Wolfire


Benford’s law in atomic spectra and opacity databases

| Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Author(s): Jean-Christophe Pain, Yuri Ralchenko
UMD Author(s): Yuri Ralchenko


Tail Morphology of Near-Sun Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE)

| Research Notes of the AAS
Author(s): Yihao Zhou, Quanzhi 泉志 Ye 叶
UMD Author(s): Quanzhi Ye


Earth's Alfvén Wings Driven by the April 2023 Coronal Mass Ejection

| Geophysical Research Letters
Author(s): Li‐Jen Chen, Daniel Gershman, Brandon Burkholder, et. al
UMD Author(s): Harsha Gurram, Haoming Liang


Towards modelling AR Sco: generalized particle dynamics and strong radiation-reaction regimes

| Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Author(s): L Du Plessis, C Venter, A K Harding, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zorawar Wadiasingh


A Potential Surface Warming Regime for Volcanic Super‐Eruptions Through Stratospheric Water Vapor Increases

| Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Author(s): Scott D. Guzewich, Luke D. Oman, Peter R. Colarco, et. al
UMD Author(s): Patrick Whelley


Field‐Aligned Current Structures During the Terrestrial Magnetosphere's Transformation Into Alfvén Wings and Recovery

| Geophysical Research Letters
Author(s): J. M. H. Beedle, L.‐J. Chen, J. R. Shuster, et. al
UMD Author(s): Harsha Gurram