YOUNG "DIPPER" STARS IN UPPER SCO AND OPH OBSERVED BY K2

YOUNG "DIPPER" STARS IN UPPER SCO AND OPH OBSERVED BY K2

We present ten young ([< over ~]10 Myr) late-K and M dwarf stars observed in K2 Campaign 2 that host protoplanetary disks and exhibit quasi-periodic or aperiodic dimming events. Their optical light curves show ~10-20 dips in flux over the 80-day observing campaign with durations of ~0.5-2 days an...

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Main Authors: Ansdell, M. (Author), Gaidos, E. (Author), Jacobs, T. L. (Author), LaCourse, D. M. (Author), Jek, K. J. (Author), Mann, A. W. (Author), Wyatt, M. C. (Author), Kennedy, G. (Author), Williams, J. P. (Author), Boyajian, T. S. (Author), Rappaport, Saul A (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics (Contributor), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research (Contributor), Rappaport, Saul A. (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing, 2016-03-10T03:18:57Z.
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