By Dr Ben Montet

Journal articles

Ghezzi L; Montet BT; Johnson JA, 2018, 'Retired A Stars Revisited: An Updated Giant Planet Occurrence Rate as a Function of Stellar Metallicity and Mass', ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 860, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aac37c

Montet BT, 2018, 'Unbiased Inference of the Masses of Transiting Planets from Radial Velocity Follow-up', Research Notes of the AAS, 2, pp. 28 - 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2515-5172/aac2c1

Davenport JRA; Covey KR; Clarke RW; Laycock Z; Fleming SW; Boyajian TS; Montet BT; Shiao B; Million CC; Wilson DJ; Olmedo M; Mamajek EE; Olmedo D; Chávez M; Bertone E, 2018, 'The GALEX View of "boyajian's Star" (KIC 8462852)', Astrophysical Journal, 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa413

Simon JD; Shappee BJ; Pojmański G; Montet BT; Kochanek CS; Van Saders J; Holoien TWS; Henden AA, 2018, 'Where Is the Flux Going? the Long-term Photometric Variability of Boyajian's Star', Astrophysical Journal, 853, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa0c1

Karoff C; Metcalfe TS; Santos ÂRG; Montet BT; Isaacson H; Witzke V; Shapiro AI; Mathur S; Davies GR; Lund MN; Garcia RA; Brun AS; Salabert D; Avelino PP; Saders JV; Egeland R; Cunha MS; Campante TL; Chaplin WJ; Krivova N; Solanki SK; Stritzinger M; Knudsen MF, 2018, 'The Influence of Metallicity on Stellar Differential Rotation and Magnetic Activity', Astrophysical Journal, 852, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aaa026

Montet BT; Tovar G; Foreman-Mackey D, 2017, 'Long-term Photometric Variability in Kepler Full-frame Images: Magnetic Cycles of Sun-like Stars', Astrophysical Journal, 851, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa9e00

Morris BM; Hawley SL; Hebb L; Sakari C; Davenport JRA; Isaacson H; Howard AW; Montet BT; Agol E, 2017, 'Chromospheric Activity of HAT-P-11: An Unusually Active Planet-hosting K Star', Astrophysical Journal, 848, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8cca

Shan Y; Yee JC; Bowler BP; Cieza LA; Montet BT; Cánovas H; Liu MC; Close LM; Hinz PM; Males JR; Morzinski KM; Vaz A; Bailey VP; Follette KB, 2017, 'The Multiplicity of M Dwarfs in Young Moving Groups', Astrophysical Journal, 846, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa859d

Czekala I; Mandel KS; Andrews SM; Dittmann JA; Ghosh SK; Montet BT; Newton ER, 2017, 'Disentangling Time-series Spectra with Gaussian Processes: Applications to Radial Velocity Analysis', Astrophysical Journal, 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa6aab

Montet BT; Yee JC; Penny MT, 2017, 'Measuring the galactic distribution of transiting planets with WFIRST', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 129, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aa57fb

Otor OJ; Montet BT; Johnson JA; Charbonneau D; Collier-Cameron A; Howard AW; Isaacson H; Latham DW; Lopez-Morales M; Lovis C; Mayor M; Micela G; Molinari E; Pepe F; Piotto G; Phillips DF; Queloz D; Rice K; Sasselov D; Ségransan D; Sozzetti A; Udry S; Watson C, 2016, 'THE ORBIT and MASS of the THIRD PLANET in the KEPLER-56 SYSTEM', Astronomical Journal, 152, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-6256/152/6/165

Crepp JR; Gonzales EJ; Bechter EB; Montet BT; Johnson JA; Piskorz D; Howard AW; Isaacson H, 2016, 'THE TRENDS HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGING SURVEY. VI. DISCOVERY of A MASS, AGE, and METALLICITY BENCHMARK BROWN DWARF', Astrophysical Journal, 831, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/831/2/136

Montet BT; Simon JD, 2016, 'KIC 8462852 FADED THROUGHOUT the KEPLER MISSION', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 830, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/830/2/L39

Montet BT; Johnson JA; Fortney JJ; Desert JM, 2016, 'BENCHMARK TRANSITING BROWN DWARF LHS 6343 C: SPITZER SECONDARY ECLIPSE OBSERVATIONS YIELD BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE and MID-T SPECTRAL CLASS', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 822, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/822/1/L6

Balser DS; Roshi DA; Jeyakumar S; Bania TM; Montet BT; Shitanishi JA, 2016, 'Magnetic field strengths in photodissociation regions', Astrophysical Journal, 816, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/816/1/22

Montet BT; Bowler BP; Shkolnik EL; Deck KM; Wang J; Horch EP; Liu MC; Hillenbrand LA; Kraus AL; Charbonneau D, 2015, 'Dynamical masses of young m dwarfs: Masses and orbital parameters of GJ 3305 AB, the wide binary companion to the imaged exoplanet host 51 ERI', Astrophysical Journal Letters, 813, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/813/1/L11

Yu L; Winn JN; Gillon M; Albrecht S; Rappaport S; Bieryla A; Dai F; Delrez L; Hillenbrand L; Holman MJ; Howard AW; Huang CX; Isaacson H; Jehin E; Lendl M; Montet BT; Muirhead P; Sanchis-Ojeda R; Triaud AHMJ, 2015, 'Tests of the planetary hypothesis for PTFO 8-8695b', Astrophysical Journal, 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/812/1/48

Montet BT; Morton TD; Foreman-Mackey D; Johnson JA; Hogg DW; Bowler BP; Latham DW; Bieryla A; Mann AW, 2015, 'Stellar and planetary properties of K2 campaign 1 candidates and validation of 17 planets, including a planet receiving Earth-like insolation', Astrophysical Journal, 809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/25

Barclay T; Quintana EV; Adams FC; Ciardi DR; Huber D; Foreman-Mackey D; Montet BT; Caldwell D, 2015, 'The five planets in the Kepler-296 binary system all orbit the primary: A statistical and analytical analysis', Astrophysical Journal, 809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/7

Swift JJ; Montet BT; Vanderburg A; Morton T; Muirhead PS; Johnson JA, 2015, 'CHARACTERIZING the COOL KOIs. VIII. PARAMETERS of the PLANETS ORBITING KEPLER'S COOLEST DWARFS', Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 218, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/218/2/26

Foreman-Mackey D; Montet BT; Hogg DW; Morton TD; Wang D; Schölkopf B, 2015, 'A SYSTEMATIC SEARCH FOR TRANSITING PLANETS IN THE K2 DATA', Astrophysical Journal, 806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/806/2/215

Bowler BP; Shkolnik EL; Liu MC; Schlieder JE; Mann AW; Dupuy TJ; Hinkley S; Crepp JR; Johnson JA; Howard AW; Flagg L; Weinberger AJ; Aller KM; Allers KN; Best WMJ; Kotson MC; Montet BT; Herczeg GJ; Baranec C; Riddle R; Law NM; Nielsen EL; Wahhaj Z; Biller BA; Hayward TL, 2015, 'PLANETS AROUND LOW-MASS STARS (PALMS). V. AGE-DATING LOW-MASS COMPANIONS to MEMBERS and INTERLOPERS of YOUNG MOVING GROUPS', Astrophysical Journal, 806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/806/1/62

Montet BT; Johnson JA; Muirhead PS; Villar A; Vassallo C; Baranec C; Law NM; Riddle R; Marcy GW; Howard AW; Isaacson H, 2015, 'Characterizing the cool KOIs. VII. Refined physical properties of the transiting brown dwarf LHS 6343 C', Astrophysical Journal, 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/800/2/134

Vanderburg A; Montet BT; Johnson JA; Buchhave LA; Zeng L; Pepe F; Cameron AC; Latham DW; Molinari E; Udry S; Lovis C; Matthews JM; Cameron C; Law N; Bowler BP; Angus R; Baranec C; Bieryla A; Boschin W; Charbonneau D; Cosentino R; Dumusque X; Figueira P; Guenther DB; Harutyunyan A; Hellier C; Kuschnig R; Lopez-Morales M; Mayor M; Micela G; Moffat AFJ; Pedani M; Phillips DF; Piotto G; Pollacco D; Queloz D; Rice K; Riddle R; Rowe JF; Rucinski SM; Sasselov D; Ségransan D; Sozzetti A; Szentgyorgyi A; Watson C; Weiss WW, 2015, 'Characterizing K2 planet discoveries: A super-earth transiting the bright K dwarf HIP 116454', Astrophysical Journal, 800, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/800/1/59

Bechter EB; Crepp JR; Ngo H; Knutson HA; Batygin K; Hinkley S; Muirhead PS; Johnson JA; Howard AW; Montet BT; Matthews CT; Morton TD, 2014, 'WASP-12b and HAT-P-8b are members of triple star systems', Astrophysical Journal, 788, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/788/1/2

Knutson HA; Fulton BJ; Montet BT; Kao M; Ngo H; Howard AW; Crepp JR; Hinkley S; Bakos GA; Batygin K; Johnson JA; Morton TD; Muirhead PS, 2014, 'Friends of hot jupiters. I. A radial velocity search for massive, long-period companions to close-in gas giant planets', Astrophysical Journal, 785, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/785/2/126

Montet BT; Crepp JR; Johnson JA; Howard AW; Marcy GW, 2014, 'The trends high-contrast imaging survey. iv. the occurrence rate of giant planets around m dwarfs', Astrophysical Journal, 781, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/781/1/28

Hogg DW; Angus R; Barclay T; Dawson R; Fergus R; Foreman-Mackey D; Harmeling S; Hirsch M; Lang D; Montet BT; Schiminovich D; Schölkopf B, 2013, 'Maximizing Kepler science return per telemetered pixel: Detailed models of the focal plane in the two-wheel era', , http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0653v1

Swift JJ; Johnson JA; Morton TD; Crepp JR; Montet BT; Fabrycky DC; Muirhead PS, 2013, 'Characterizing the cool kois. IV. Kepler-32 as a prototype for the formation of compact planetary systems throughout the galaxy', Astrophysical Journal, 764, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/764/1/105

Montet BT; Johnson JA, 2013, 'Model-independent stellar and planetary masses from multi-transiting exoplanetary systems', Astrophysical Journal, 762, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/762/2/112

Huber D; Carter JA; Barbieri M; Miglio A; Deck KM; Fabrycky DC; Montet BT; Buchhave LA; Chaplin WJ; Hekker S; Montalbán J; Sanchis-Ojeda R; Basu S; Bedding TR; Campante TL; Christensen-Dalsgaard J; Elsworth YP; Stello D; Arentoft T; Ford EB; Gilliland RL; Handberg R; Howard AW; Isaacson H; Johnson JA; Karoff C; Kawaler SD; Kjeldsen H; Latham DW; Lund MN; Lundkvist M; Marcy GW; Metcalfe TS; Aguirre VS; Winn JN, 2013, 'Stellar spin-orbit misalignment in a multiplanet system', Science, 342, pp. 331 - 334, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1242066

Crepp JR; Johnson JA; Howard AW; Marcy GW; Fischer DA; Hillenbrand LA; Yantek SM; Delaney CR; Wright JT; Isaacson HT; Montet BT, 2012, 'The trends high-contrast imaging survey. I. Three benchmark M dwarfs orbiting solar-type stars', Astrophysical Journal, 761, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/761/1/39

Conference Papers

Tuthill P; Betters C; Charles M; Crous F; Deagan C; Desdoigts L; Doelman D; George M; Grattan K; Guyon O; Holland T; Klupar P; Langford C; Larkin K; Luk C; Montet B; Nelson J; Pope B; Piroscia G; Snik F; Taras A; Wong A; Worden SP, 2024, 'Getting to know the neighbours: Earth analogues in Alpha Centauri with the TOLIMAN space telescope', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3019256

Bacon R; Maineiri V; Randich S; Cimatti A; Kneib JP; Brinchmann J; Ellis R; Tolstoy E; Smiljanic R; Hill V; Anderson RI; Sanchez Saez P; Opitom C; Bryson I; Dierickx P; Garilli B; Gonzalez O; de Jong R; Lee D; Mieske S; Otarola A; Schipani P; Travouillon T; Vernet J; Bryant J; Casali M; Colless M; Couch W; Driver S; Fontana A; Lehnert M; Magrini L; Montet B; Pasquini L; Roth M; Sanchez-Janssen R; Steinmetz M; Tresse L; Yeche C; Ziegler B, 2024, 'WST - Widefield Spectroscopic Telescope: Motivation, science drivers and top-level requirements for a new dedicated facility', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.3018093

Seifahrt A; Bean JL; Kasper D; Stürmer J; Brady M; Liu R; Zechmeister M; Stefánsson G; Montet B; White J; Tapia E; Mocnik T; Xu S; Schwab C, 2022, 'MAROON-X: The first two years of EPRVs from Gemini North', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2629428

Seifahrt A; Bean JL; Stürmer J; Kasper D; Gers L; Schwab C; Zechmeister M; Stefánsson G; Montet B; Dos Santos LA; Peck A; White J; Tapia E, 2020, 'On-sky commissioning of MAROON-X: A new precision radial velocity spectrograph for Gemini North', in Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2561564

Working Papers

Gaudi BS; Akeson R; Anderson J; Bachelet E; Bennett DP; Bhattacharya A; Bozza V; Novati SC; Henderson CB; Johnson SA; Kruk J; Lu JR; Mao S; Montet BT; Nataf DM; Penny MT; Poleski R; Ranc C; Sahu K; Shvartzvald Y; Spergel DN; Suzuki D; Stassun KG; Street RA, 2019, "Auxiliary" Science with the WFIRST Microlensing Survey, http://dx.doi.org, http://arxiv.org/abs/1903.08986v1

Checlair JH; Abbot DS; Webber RJ; Feng YK; Bean JL; Schwieterman EW; Stark CC; Robinson TD; Kempton E; Alcabes ODN; Apai D; Arney G; Cowan N; Domagal-Goldman S; Dong C; Fleming DP; Fujii Y; Graham RJ; Guzewich SD; Hasegawa Y; Hayworth BPC; Kane SR; Kite ES; Komacek TD; Kopparapu RK; Mansfield M; Marounina N; Montet BT; Olson SL; Paradise A; Popovic P; Rackham BV; Ramirez RM; Rau G; Reinhard C; Renaud J; Rogers L; Walkowicz LM; Warren A; Wolf ET, 2019, A Statistical Comparative Planetology Approach to Maximize the Scientific Return of Future Exoplanet Characterization Efforts, http://dx.doi.org, http://arxiv.org/abs/1903.05211v1

Montet BT; Angus R; Barclay T; Dawson R; Fergus R; Foreman-Mackey D; Harmeling S; Hirsch M; Hogg DW; Lang D; Schiminovich D; Scholkopf B, 2013, Maximizing Kepler science return per telemetered pixel: Searching the habitable zones of the brightest stars, http://dx.doi.org, http://arxiv.org/abs/1309.0654v1

Preprints

Seifahrt A; Bean JL; Kasper D; Stürmer J; Brady M; Liu R; Zechmeister M; Stefansson G; Montet B; White J; Tapia E; Mocnik T; Xu S; Schwab C, 2022, MAROON-X: The first two years of EPRVs from Gemini North, http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2629428

Vasilyev V; Reinhold T; Shapiro AI; Krivova NA; Usoskin I; Montet BT; Solanki SK; Gizon L, 2022, Superflares on solar-like stars: A new method for identifying the true flare sources in photometric surveys, http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244422

Li Y; Bedding TR; Murphy SJ; Stello D; Chen Y; Huber D; Joyce M; Marks D; Zhang X; Bi S; Colman IL; Hayden MR; Hey DR; Li G; Montet BT; Sharma S; Wu Y, 2022, Discovery of post-mass-transfer helium-burning red giants using asteroseismology, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01648-5

Rackham BV; Espinoza N; Berdyugina SV; Korhonen H; MacDonald RJ; Montet BT; Morris BM; Oshagh M; Shapiro AI; Unruh YC; Quintana EV; Zellem RT; Apai D; Barclay T; Barstow JK; Bruno G; Carone L; Casewell SL; Cegla HM; Criscuoli S; Fischer C; Fournier D; Giampapa MS; Giles H; Iyer A; Kopp G; Kostogryz NM; Krivova N; Mallonn M; McGruder C; Molaverdikhani K; Newton ER; Panja M; Peacock S; Reardon K; Roettenbacher RM; Scandariato G; Solanki S; Stassun KG; Steiner O; Stevenson KB; Tregloan-Reed J; Valio A; Wedemeyer S; Welbanks L; Yu J; Alam MK; Davenport JRA; Deming D; Dong C; Ducrot E; Fisher C; Gilbert E; Kostov V; López-Morales M; Line M; Močnik T; Mullally S; Paudel RR; Ribas I; Valenti JA, 2022, The Effect of Stellar Contamination on Low-resolution Transmission Spectroscopy: Needs Identified by NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Study Analysis Group 21, http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.09905v2

Feinstein AD; David TJ; Montet BT; Foreman-Mackey D; Livingston JH; Mann AW, 2021, V1298 Tau with TESS: Updated Ephemerides, Radii, and Period Constraints from a Second Transit of V1298 Tau e, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac4745

Bernardinelli PH; Bernstein GM; Montet BT; Weryk R; Wainscoat R; Aguena M; Allam S; Andrade-Oliveira F; Annis J; Avila S; Bertin E; Brooks D; Burke DL; Rosell AC; Kind MC; Carretero J; Cawthon R; Conselice C; Costanzi M; Costa LND; Pereira MES; Vicente JD; Diehl HT; Everett S; Ferrero I; Flaugher B; Frieman J; García-Bellido J; Gaztanaga E; Gerdes DW; Gruen D; Gruendl RA; Gschwend J; Gutierrez G; Hinton SR; Hollowood DL; Honscheid K; James DJ; Kuehn K; Kuropatkin N; Lahav O; Maia MAG; Marshall JL; Menanteau F; Miquel R; Morgan R; Ogando RLC; Paz-Chinchón F; Pieres A; Malagón AAP; Rodriguez-Monroy M; Romer AK; Roodman A; Sanchez E; Schubnell M; Serrano S; Sevilla-Noarbe I; Smith M; Soares-Santos M; Suchyta E; Swanson MEC; Tarle G; To C; Troxel MA; Varga TN; Walker AR; Zhang Y, 2021, C/2014 UN271 (Bernardinelli-Bernstein): the nearly spherical cow of comets, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac32d3

Hey DR; Montet BT; Pope BJS; Murphy SJ; Bedding TR, 2021, A search for transits among the δ Scuti variables in Kepler, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac1b9b

Winters JG; Cloutier R; Medina AA; Irwin JM; Charbonneau D; Astudillo-Defru N; Bonfils X; Howard AW; Isaacson H; Bean JL; Seifahrt A; Teske JK; Eastman JD; Twicken JD; Collins KA; Jensen ELN; Quinn SN; Payne MJ; Kristiansen MH; Spencer A; Vanderburg A; Zechmeister M; Weiss LM; Wang SX; Wang G; Udry S; Terentev IA; Sturmer J; Stefansson G; Shporer A; Shectman S; Sefako R; Schwengeler HM; Schwarz RP; Scarsdale N; Rubenzahl RA; Roy A; Rosenthal LJ; Robertson P; Petigura EA; Pepe F; Omohundro M; Murphy JMA; Murgas F; Movcnik T; Montet BT; Mennickent R; Mayo AW; Massey B; Lubin J; Lovis C; Lewin P; Kasper D; Kane SR; Jenkins JM; Huber D; Horne K; Hill ML; Gorrini P; Giacalone S; Fulton B; Forveille T; Figueira P; Fetherolf T; Dressing C; Diaz RF; Delfosse X; Dalba PA; Dai F; Cortes CC; Crossfield IJM; Crane JD; Conti DM; Collins KI; Chontos A; Butler RP; Brown P; Brady M; Behmard A; Beard C; Batalha NM; Almenara J-M, 2021, A Second Planet Transiting LTT 1445A and a Determination of the Masses of Both Worlds, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac50a9

Palumbo EK; Montet BT; Feinstein AD; Bouma LG; Hartman JD; Hillenbrand LA; Gully-Santiago MA; Banks KA, 2021, Evidence for Centrifugal Breakout around the Young M Dwarf TIC 234284556, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac38a5

Feinstein AD; Montet BT; Johnson MC; Bean JL; David TJ; Gully-Santiago MA; Livingston JH; Luger R, 2021, H-alpha and Ca II Infrared Triplet Variations During a Transit of the 23 Myr Planet V1298 Tau c, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac1f24

Hattori S; Foreman-Mackey D; Hogg DW; Montet BT; Angus R; Pritchard TA; Curtis JL; Schölkopf B, 2021, The unpopular Package: a Data-driven Approach to De-trend TESS Full Frame Image Light Curves, http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac625a

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