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Models for the Eclipses of the T Tauri Star KH 15D: Occultation Mapping of a Pre-Main-Sequence Star. Josh Winn. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. In collaboration with : Matt Holman, Kris Stanek, and Dimitar Sasselov (CfA), John Johnson and Geoff Marcy (U.C. Berkeley),
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Models for the Eclipsesof the T Tauri Star KH 15D:Occultation Mapping of a Pre-Main-Sequence Star Josh Winn Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics In collaboration with: Matt Holman, Kris Stanek, and Dimitar Sasselov (CfA), John Johnson and Geoff Marcy (U.C. Berkeley), Catrina Hamilton (Mt. Holyoke), Bill Herbst (Wesleyan)
The Case of theMysterious Winking Star Josh Winn Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics In collaboration with: Matt Holman, Kris Stanek, and Dimitar Sasselov (CfA), John Johnson and Geoff Marcy (U.C. Berkeley), Catrina Hamilton (Mt. Holyoke), Bill Herbst (Wesleyan)
Spectral energy distribution of TW Hya Disk Photosphere Calvet et al. (2002)
Rotation periods of pre-main-sequence stars Lamm et al. (2003)
The unusual star 15D Kearns & Herbst (1998)
The unusual star 15D Kearns & Herbst (1998)
The unusual star 15D Kearns & Herbst (1998)
The unusual star 15D Kearns & Herbst (1998)
The unusual star 15D Kearns & Herbst (1998)
The unusual star 15D Kearns & Herbst (1998)
The unusual star 15D Kearns & Herbst (1998)
Eclipses by circumstellar dust Kearns & Herbst (1998), Hamilton et al. (2001)
Density waves in aprotoplanetary disk (2-d simulation by G. Bryden)
Observations of KH 15D VLT, Subaru, Hobby-Eberly, MMT, Magellan, Gemini, Keck, HST, Chandra, Spitzer…
Observations of KH 15D VLT, Subaru, Hobby-Eberly, MMT, Magellan, Gemini, Keck, HST, Chandra, Spitzer… Harvard College Observatory plate stacks (1913-1951)
Observations of KH 15D VLT, Subaru, Hobby-Eberly, MMT, Magellan, Gemini, Keck, HST, Chandra, Spitzer… Harvard College Observatory plate stacks (1913-1951) The Astrophysical Observatory of Asiago (1967-1981)
Archival observations of KH 15D Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D • The bright state was >2 times brighter Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D • The bright state was >2 times brighter • The fractional variations were only 54% instead of 95% Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D • The bright state was >2 times brighter • The fractional variations were only 54% instead of 95% • The phase of minimum light was shifted by ≈180° Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D There is a second star in the system, which is presently obscured. Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D • Where did the second star go? Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D • Where did the second star go? • Why is there little or no radial velocity variation? Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D • Where did the second star go? • Why is there little or no radial velocity variation? • Why was there a phase shift? Johnson & Winn (2004)
Archival observations of KH 15D What causes the eclipses and their evolution? Johnson & Winn (2004)
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Flux 1950 B A Time
Flux 1970 A Time
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Flux 2000 A Time
Flux 2004 A Time
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KH 15D: gradual occultation of a pre-main-sequence binary Winn et al. (2004) Flux 1995 A Time
KH 15D: gradual occultation of a pre-main-sequence binary Winn et al. (2004)
KH 15D: gradual occultation of a pre-main-sequence binary Winn et al. (2004)
KH 15D: gradual occultation of a pre-main-sequence binary Winn et al. (2004)
KH 15D: a spectroscopic binary Johnson et al. (2004)