Refereed Publications

Stassun, K.G., Kratter, K.M., Scholz, A., Dupuy, T.J. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, An Empirical Correction for Activity Effects on the Temperatures, Radii, and Estimated Masses of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs

Aarnio, A., Matt. S., & Stassun, K.G. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, Mass loss in pre-main sequence stars via coronal mass ejections and implications for angular momentum loss

Mohanty, S., & Stassun, K.G. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, High-Resolution Spectroscopy during Eclipse of the Young Substellar Eclipsing Binary 2MASS 0535-0546. II. Secondary Spectrum: No Evidence that Spots Cause the Temperature Reversal

Beatty, T., et al. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, KELT-2Ab: A Hot Jupiter Transiting the Bright (V=8.77) Primary Star of a Binary System

Triaud, A. H. M. J.; Hebb, L.; Anderson, D. R.; Cargile, P.; Collier Cameron, A.; Doyle, A. P.; Faedi, F.; Gillon, M.; Gomez Maqueo Chew, Y.; Hellier, C.; Jehin, E.; Maxted, P.; Naef, D.; Pepe, F.; Pollacco, D.; Queloz, D.; Ségransan, D.; Smalley, B.; Stassun, K.; Udry, S.; West, R. G. 2012, Astronomy & Astrophysics, The EBLM project. I. Physical and orbital parameters, including spin-orbit angles, of two low-mass eclipsing binaries on opposite sides of the brown dwarf limit, in press

Ma, B., et al. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, Very Low-mass Stellar and Substellar Companions to Solar-like Stars from Marvels III: A Short-Period Brown Dwarf Candidate Around An Active G0Iv Subgiant, in press

Ahn, C., et al. 2012, Astrophysical journal, THE NINTH DATA RELEASE OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FIRST SPECTROSCOPIC DATA FROM THE SDSS-III BARYON OSCILLATION SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY

Scandariato, G., Da Rio, N., Robberto, M., Pagano, I., Stassun, K. 2012, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Empirical Near Infrared colors for low-mass stars and brown dwarfs in the Orion Nebula Cluster

Richardson, M., Hill, F., Stassun, K.G. 2012, Solar Physics, No Evidence Supporting Flare Driven High-Frequency Global Oscillations

Miller, A. A.; Richards, J. W.; Bloom, J. S.; Cenko, S. B.; Silverman, J. M.; Starr, D. L.;Stassun, K. G. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, Discovery of Bright Galactic R Coronae Borealis and DY Persei Variables: Rare Gems Mined from ACVS

M. Morales-Calderon, J. R. Stauffer, K. G. Stassun, F. J. Vrba, L. Prato, L. A. Hillenbrand, S. Terebey, K. R. Covey, L. M. Rebull, D. M. Terndrup, R. Gutermuth, I. Song, P. Plavchan, J. M. Carpenter, F. Marchis, E. V. Garc\’ia, S. Margheim, K. L. Luhman, J. Angione, and J.M. Irwin. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, YSOVAR: Six pre-main-sequence eclipsing binaries in the Orion Nebula Cluster

C.F. Manara, M. Robberto, N. Da Rio, G. Lodato, L. A. Hillenbrand, K. G. Stassun, D.R. Soderblom, 2012, Astrophysical Journal, HST measures of Mass Accretion Rates in the Orion Nebula Cluster

Fleming, S. et al. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, Very Low-mass Stellar and Substellar Companions to Solar-like Stars from MARVELS II: A Short-period Companion Orbiting an F Star with Evidence of a Stellar Tertiary And Significant Mutual Inclination

Wisniewski, J. et al. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, Very Low-Mass Stellar and Substellar Companions to Solar-Like Stars from MARVELS I: A Low Mass Ratio Stellar Companion to TYC 4110-01037-1 in a 79-day Orbit

J. Pepper, R. Kuhn, R. Siverd, D. James, K.G. Stassun, 2012, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, The KELT-South Telescope

P. Muirhead, J. Johnson, K. Apps, J. Carter, T. Morton, D. Fabrycky, J. Pineda, M. Bottom, B. Rojas-Ayala, E. Schlawin, K. Hamren, K. Covey, J. Crepp, K.G. Stassun, J. Pepper, L. Hebb, E. Kirby, A. Howard, H. Isaacson, G. Marcy, D. Levitan, T. Diaz-Santos, L. Armus, J. Lloyd, 2012, Astrophysical Journal, Characterizing the Cool KOIs III. KOI-961: A Small Star with Large Proper Motion and Three Small Planets

Henderson, C., Stassun, K.G. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, Time-Series Photometry of Stars in and around the Lagoon Nebula. I. Rotation Periods of 290 Low-Mass Pre-Main-Sequence Stars in NGC 6530

N. Da Rio, M. Robberto, L. Hillenbrand, T. Henning, K.G. Stassun, 2012, Astrophysical Journal,The Initial Mass Function of the Orion Nebula Cluster across the H-burning limit

S. Dhital, A.A. West, K.G. Stassun, J.J. Bochanski, A.P. Massey, F.A. Bastien, 2012, Astronomical Journal, Refined Metallicity Indices for M Dwarfs Using the SLoWPoKES Catalog of Wide, Low-mass Binaries

Gomez Maqueo Chew, Y., Stassun, K.G., Prsa, A., Stempels, E., Hebb, L., Barnes, R., Heller, R., Mathieu, R.D. 2012, Astrophysical Journal, Luminosity Discrepancy in the Equal-Mass, Pre-Main-Sequence Eclipsing Binary Par 1802: Non-Coevality or Tidal Heating?

Bastien, F., Stassun, K.G., Weintraub, D. 2011, Astronomical Journal, High Cadence Time-Series Photometry of V1647 Orionis

LeBlanc, T., Covey, K., Stassun, K.G. 2011, Astronomical Journal, Spectral Energy Distributions of Young Stars in IC 348: The Role of Disks in Angular Momentum Evolution of Young, Low-Mass Stars

Prsa, A., Pepper, J., Stassun, K.G. 2011, Astronomical Journal, Expected Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) Yield of Eclipsing Binary Stars

Garcia, E.V., Stassun, K.G., Hebb, L., Gomez Maqueo Chew, Y., Heiser, A. 2011, Astronomical Journal, Apsidal Motion of the Massive, Benchmark Eclipsing Binary V578 Mon

Hebb, L., Cegla, H.M., Stassun, K.G., Stempels, H.C., Cargile, P.A., Palladino, L.E. 2011, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Precise Orbit Solution of MML 53, a Low-Mass, Pre-Main Sequence Eclipsing Binary in Upper Centaurus Lupus

Meibom, S., Mathieu, R.D., Stassun, K.G., Liebesny, P., & Saar, S. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, The Color-Period Diagram and Stellar Rotational Evolution — New Rotation Period Measurements in the Open Cluster M34

Eisenstein et al. 2011, Astronomical Journal, SDSS-III: Massive Spectroscopic Surveys of the Distant Universe, the Milky Way, and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems

Fleming, S., Maxted, P., Hebb, L., Stassun, K.G., Ge, J., Cargile, P., Ghezzi, L., De Lee, N., Wisniewski, J., Gary, B., Porto de Mello, G., Ferreira, L., Zhao, B., Anderson, D., Wan, X., Hellier, C., Guo, P., West, R., Mahadevan, S., Pollacco, D., Lee, B., Collier Cameron, A., van Eyken, J., Skillen, I., Crepp, J., Nguyen, D., Kane, S., Paegert, M., da Costa, L., Maia, M., Santiago, B. 2011, Astronomical Journal, Eclipsing Binary Science Via the Merging of Transit and Doppler Exoplanet Survey Data — A Case Study With the MARVELS Pilot Project and SuperWASP

M. Povich, N. Smith, S. Majewski, K. Getman, L. Townsley, B. Babler, P. Broos, R. Indebetouw, M. Meade, T. Robitaille, K.G. Stassun, B. Whitney, Y. Yonekura, Y. Fukui 2011, Astrophysical Journal, A Pan-Carina YSO Catalog: Intermediate-Mass Young Stellar Objects in the Carina Nebula Identified Via Mid-Infrared Excess Emission

Wolk, S., Broos, P., Getman, K., Feigelson, E., Preibisch, T., Townsley, L., Wang, J.,Stassun, K.G., King, R., McCaughrean, M., Moffat, A., Zinnecker, H., 2011, Astrophysical Journal, The Chandra Carina Complex Project View of Trumpler 16

Feigelson, E., Getman, K., Townsley, L., Broos, P., Povich, M., Garmire, G., King, R., Montmerle, T., Preibisch, T., Smith, N., Stassun, K.G., Wang, J., Wolk, S., Zinnecker, H. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, X-ray Star Clusters in the Carina Complex

Wang, J., Feigelson, E., Townsley, L., Broos, P., Getman, K., Wolk, S., Preibisch, T.,Stassun, K.G., Moffat, A., Garmire, G., King, R., McCaughrean, M., Zinnecker, H. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, A Chandra ACIS Study of the Young Star Cluster Trumpler 15 in Carina and Correlation with Near-infrared Sources

Townsley, L., et al. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, An Introduction to the Chandra Carina Complex Project

Stassun, K.G., Sturm, S., Holley-Bockelmann, K., Burger, A., Ernst, D., & Webb, D. 2011, American Journal of Physics, The Fisk-Vanderbilt Master’s-to-Ph.D. Bridge Program: Recognizing, enlisting, and cultivating unrealized or unrecognized potential in underrepresented minority students

Lee, B., Ge, J., Fleming, S.W., Stassun, K.G., et al. 2011, Astrophysical Journal, MARVELS-1b: A Short-Period, Brown Dwarf Desert Candidate from the SDSS-III MARVELS Planet Search

Aarnio, A.N., Stassun, K.G., Hughes, W.J., McGregor, S.L. 2011, Solar Physics, Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections: A Statistically Determined Flare Flux-CME Mass Correlation

Dhital, S., Burgasser, A., Looper D., Stassun, K.G. 2011, Astronomical Journal, Resolved Spectroscopy of M Dwarf/L Dwarf Binaries. IV. Discovery of an M9 + L6 BInary Separated by Over 100 AU

L. Hebb, H.C. Stempels, S. Aigrain, A. Collier-Cameron, S.T. Hodgkin, J.M. Irwin, P.F.L. Maxted, D. Pollacco, R.A. Street, D.M. Wilson, K.G. Stassun, 2010, Astronomy & Astrophysics, MML 53: a new low-mass, pre-main sequence eclipsing binary in the Upper Centarus-Lupus Region discovered by SuperWASP

Mohanty, S., Stassun, K.G., Doppmann, G.W., 2010, Astrophysical Journal, High Resolution Spectroscopy during Eclipse of the Young Substellar Eclipsing Binary 2MASS 0535-0546. I. Primary Spectrum: Cool Spots versus Opacity Uncertainties

Exter, K., Bond, H., Stassun, K.G., Smalley, B., Maxted, P., Pollacco, D.L. 2010, Astronomical Journal, The Exotic Eclipsing Nucleus of the Ring Planetary Nebula SuWt 2

N. Da Rio, M. Robberto, D.R. Soderblom, N. Panagia, L.A. Hillenbrand, F. Palla, K.G. Stassun, 2010, Astrophysical Journal, A Multi-color Optical Survey of the Orion Nebula Cluster. II. the H-R diagram

N.M. Law, S. Dhital, A.L. Kraus, K.G. Stassun, A.A. West, 2010, Astrophysical Journal, The High-Order-Multiplicity of Unusually Wide M-dwarf Binaries: Eleven New Triple and Quadruple Systems

Stassun, K.G., Burger, A., & Lange, S.E., 2010, Journal of Geoscience Education, The Fisk-Vanderbilt Masters-to-PhD Bridge Program: A Model for Broadening Participation of Underrepresented Groups in the Physical Sciences through Effective Partnerships with Minority-Serving Institutions

S.W. Fleming, J. Ge, S. Mahadevan, B. Lee, J.D. Eastman, R.J. Siverd, B.S. Gaudi, A. Niedzielski, T. Sivarani, K.G. Stassun, A. Wolszczan, R. Barnes, B. Gary, D.C. Nguyen, R.C. Morehead, X. Wan, B. Zhao, J. Liu, P. Guo, S.R. Kane, J.C. van Eyken, N.M. De Lee, J.R. Crepp, A.C. Shelden, C. Laws, J.P. Wisniewski, D.P. Schneider, J. Pepper, S.A. Snedden, K. Pan, D. Bizyaev, H. Brewington, O. Malanushenko, V. Malanushenko, D. Oravetz, A. Simmons, S. Watters, 2010, Astrophysical Journal, Discovery of a Low-Mass Companion to a Metal-Rich F Star with the MARVELS Pilot Project

Aarnio, A.N., Stassun, K.G., & Matt, S.P. 2010, Astrophysical Journal, Search for Star-Disk Interaction Among the Strongest X-ray Flaring Stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster

Dhital, S., West, A., Stassun, K.G., Bochanski, J. 2010, Astronomical Journal, Sloan Low-Mass Wide Pairs of Kinematically Equivalent Stars (SLoWPoKES): A Catalog of Very Wide, Low-Mass Pairs

Smith, N., Povich, M., Whitney, B., Churchwell, E., Babler, B., Meade, M., Bally, J., Gehrz, R., Robitaille, T., Stassun, K.G. 2010, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the Carina Nebula: The steady march of feedback-driven star formation

Da Rio, N., Robberto, M., Soderblom, D. R., Panagia, N., Hillenbrand, L. A., Palla, F., Stassun, K.G. 2009, Astrophysical Journal, A Multi-color Optical Survey of the Orion Nebula Cluster. I. The Catalog

Gomez Maqueo Chew, Y., Stassun, K.G., Prsa, A., Mathieu, R.D. 2009, Astrophysical Journal,Near-Infrared Light Curves of the Brown Dwarf Eclipsing Binary 2MASS J05352184-0546085: Can Spots Explain the Temperature Reversal?

Mohanty, S., Stassun, K.G., Mathieu, R.D. 2009, Astrophysical Journal, Circumstellar Environment and Effective Temperature of the Young Substellar Eclipsing Binary 2MASS J05352184-0546085

Meibom, S., Mathieu, R.D., Stassun, K.G. 2009, Astrophysical Journal, Stellar Rotation in M35: Mass-Period Relations, Spin-Down Rates, and Gyrochronology

Aarnio, A.N., Weinberger, A.J., Stassun, K.G., Mamajek, E.E., James, D.J. 2008, Astronomical Journal, A Survey for a Coeval, Comoving Group Associated with HD 141569

Stassun, K.G., Mathieu, R.D., Cargile, P.A., Aarnio, A.N., Stempels, E., & Geller, A. 2008, Nature, Surprising dissimilarities in a newly formed pair of ‘identical twin’ stars

Stempels, H.C., Hebb, L., Stassun, K.G., Holtzman, J., Dunstone, N., Glowienka, L., & Frandsen, S. 2008, Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Pre-Main-Sequence Eclipsing Binary ASAS J052821+0338.5

Cargile, P.A., Stassun, K.G., & Mathieu, R.D. 2008, Astrophysical Journal, Discovery of Par 1802 as a Low-Mass, Pre-Main-Sequence Eclipsing Binary in the Orion Star-Forming Region

Reiners, A., Seifahrt, A., Stassun, K.G., Melo, C., Mathieu, R.D. 2007, Astrophysical Journal,Detection of strong activity in the eclipsing binary brown dwarf 2MASSJ05352184-0546085: A possible explanation for the temperature reversal

Stassun, K.G., Mathieu, R.D., & Valenti, J.A. 2007, Astrophysical Journal, A Surprising Reversal of Temperatures in the Brown-Dwarf Eclipsing Binary 2MASS J05352184-0546085

Meibom, S., Mathieu, R.D., & Stassun, K.G. 2007, Astrophysical Journal, The Effect of Binarity on Stellar Rotation: Beyond the Reach of Tides

Irwin, J., Aigrain, S., Hodgkin, S., Stassun, K.G., Hebb, L., Irwin, M., Moraux, E., Bouvier, J., Alapini, A., Alexander, R., Bramich, D.M., Holtzman, J., Martin, E.L., McCaughrean, M.J., Pont, F., Verrier, P.E., Zapatero Osorio, M.R. 2007, MNRAS, The Monitor project: JW 380 — a 0.26, 0.15 Msol pre main sequence eclipsing binary in the Orion Nebula Cluster

Jensen, E.L.N., Dhital, S., Stassun, K.G., Patience, J., Herbst, W., Walter, F.M., Simon, M., Basri, G. 2007, Astronomical Journal, Periodic Accretion from a Circumbinary Disk in the Young Binary UZ Tau E

Stassun, K.G., van den Berg, M., & Feigelson, E. 2007, Astrophysical Journal, A Simultaneous Optical and X-ray Variability Study of the Orion Nebula Cluster. II. A Common Origin in Magnetic Activity

Stassun, K.G., van den Berg, M., Feigelson, E., & Flaccomio, E., 2006, Astrophysical Journal,A Simultaneous Optical and X-ray Variability Study of the Orion Nebula Cluster. I. Incidence of Time-Correlated X-ray/Optical Variations

Stark, D.P., Whitney, B.A., Stassun, K.G., & Wood, K. 2006, Astrophysical Journal, Near-IR Synthetic Images of Protostellar Disks and Envelopes

Meibom, M., Mathieu, R.D., & Stassun, K.G., 2006, Astrophysical Journal, An Observational Study of Tidal Synchronization in Solar-Type Binary Stars in the Open Clusters M35 and M34

Stassun, K.G., Mathieu, R.D., & Valenti, J.A, 2006, Nature, Discovery of two young brown dwarfs in an eclipsing binary system

Feigelson, E., Townsley, L., Gudel, M., & Stassun, K.G., 2006, in Protostars & Planets V, X-ray Properties of Young Stars and Stellar Clusters

Mathieu, R., Baraffe, I., Simon, M., Stassun, K.G., & White, R., 2006, in Protostars & Planets V, Dynamical Mass Measurements of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars: Fundamental Tests of the Physics of Young Stars

Favata, F., Flaccomio, E., Reale, F., Micela, G., Sciortino, S., Shang, H., Stassun, K.G., & Feigelson, E., 2005, Astrophysical Journal, Bright X-ray Flares in Orion Young Stars from COUP: Evidence for Star-Disk Magnetic Fields?

Preibisch, T., Kim, Y.-C., Favata, F., Feigelson, E., Flaccomio, E., Getman, K., Micela, G., Sciorino, S., Stassun, K.G., Stelzer, B., & Zinnecker, H., 2005, Astrophysical Journal, The Origin of T Tauri X-ray Emission: New Insights from the Chandra Orion Ultradeep Project

Smith, N., Stassun, K.G., & Bally, J. 2005, Astronomical Journal, Opening the Treasure Chest: A Newborn Star Cluster Emerges from its Dust Pillar in Carina

Stassun, K.G., Ardila, D.R., Barsony, M., Basri, G., & Mathieu, R.D. 2004, Astronomical Journal, X-ray Properties of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster with Known Rotation Periods

Stassun, K.G., Mathieu, R.D., Vaz, L.P.R., Stroud, N., Vrba, F. 2004, Astrophysical Journal,Dynamical Mass Constraints on Pre-Main-Sequence Stellar Evolutionary Traks: An Eclipsing Binary in Orion With a 1.0 Msun Primary and an 0.7 Msun Secondary

Stassun, K. G. & Terndrup, D. 2003, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific,Angular Momentum Evolution of Young Stars: Toward a Synthesis of Observations, Theory, and Modeling

Mathieu, R.D., van den Berg, M., Torres, G., Latham, D., Verbunt, F., & Stassun, K.G. 2003, Astronomical Journal, Sub-Subgiants in the Old Open Cluster M67?

van den Berg, M., Stassun, K. G., Verbunt, F., & Mathieu, R. D. 2002, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Photometric variability in the open cluster M 67. I. Cluster members detected in X-rays

Stassun, K. G., van den Berg, M., Mathieu, R. D., & Verbunt, F. 2002, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Photometric variability in the old open cluster M 67. II. General survey

Wood, K., Smith, D., Whitney, B., Stassun, K.G., Kenyon, S., Wolff, M., & Bjorkman, K. 2001, Astrophysical Journal, Scattered Light Models of Protostellar Envelopes: Multiple Outflow Cavities and Misaligned Circumstellar Disks

van den Berg, M., Orosz, J., Verbunt, F., & Stassun, K.G. 2001, Astronomy and Astrophysics,The blue straggler S 1082: A triple system in the old open cluster M 67

Stassun, K.G., Mathieu, R.D., Vrba, F.J., Mazeh, T., & Henden, A. 2001, Astronomical Journal,A 10 Micron Search for Truncated Disks Among Pre-Main-Sequence Stars with Photometric Rotation Periods

Wood, K., Wolk, S.J., Stanek, K. Z., Leussis, G., Stassun, K.G., Wolff, M., & Whitney, B.A. 2000, Astrophysical Journal, Optical Variability of the T Tauri Star HH 30 IRS

Stassun, K.G., Mathieu, R.D., Mazeh, T., & Vrba, F.J. 1999, Astronomical Journal, The Rotation Period Distribution of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars in and around the Orion Nebula

Stassun, K.G. & Wood, K. 1999, Astrophysical Journal, Magnetic Accretion and Photopolarimetric Variability in Classical T Tauri Stars

Mathieu, R.D., Stassun, K.G., Basri, G., Jensen, E.L.N., Johns-Krull, C.M., Valenti, J. A., & Hartmann, L. W. 1997, Astronomical Journal, The Classical T Tauri Spectroscopic Binary DQ Tau.I.Orbital Elements and Light Curves

Other Contributions

Stassun, K.G. 2012, Nature News & Views, A pas de trois birth for wide binary stars

D. Burger, K.G. Stassun, J. Pepper, R. Siverd, M. Paegert, N. De Lee, 2012, ADASS 2012 Conference, Filtergraph: A Flexible Web Application for Instant Data Visualization of Astronomy Datasets

Stassun, K.G., Kratter, K.M., Scholz, A., Dupuy, T.J. 2012, Cool Stars 17, An Empirical Correction for Activity Effects on the Temperatures, Radii, and Estimated Masses of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs

Stassun, K.G.; Hebb, L.; Covey, K.; West, A.A.; Irwin, J.; Jackson, R.; Jardine, M.; Morin, J.; Mullan, D.; Reid, N. 2010, Cool Stars 16, The M4 Transition: Toward a comprehensive understanding of the transition into the fully convective regime

Stassun, K.G. 2010, Witness Testimony, US House of Representatives Committee on Science and Technology, Broadening Participation in STEM

Stassun, K.G.; Hebb, L.; López-Morales, M.; Prša, A. 2009, IAU 258: Ages of Stars, Eclipsing binary stars as tests of stellar evolutionary models and stellar ages

Liu, M.C.; Stassun, K.G.; Allard, F.; Blake, C.H.; Bonnefoy, M.; Cody, A.; Day-Jones, A.C.; Dupuy, T.J.; Kraus, A.; López-Morales, M. 2008, Cool Stars 15, Fundamental Properties of Low-Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs

Stassun, K.G. & Burger, A. 2007, AAPT Interactions, Bridging the Gap

Stassun, K.G. 2006, Cool Stars 14, Empirical Constraints on the Interiors of Low-Mass Pre-Main-Sequence Stars and Young Brown Dwarfs

Stassun, K.G., 2005, Mercury, Building Bridges to Diversity

Stassun, K.G., 2003, BAAS, Enhancing Diversity in Astronomy: Minority-Serving Institutions and REU Programs