Astrostatistics & Astroinformatics

Our research group specializes in the Bayesian analysis of exoplanet observations, including Doppler, transit, transit timing, and astrometric observations. This page features papers that develop new statistical methods, introduce recent development in statistics to the field of exoplanets, or just include a significant amount of statistical methodology. For example, we have a series of papers characterizing the population of exoplanets based on Kepler data using “SysSim”, the Planetary Systems Simulator.

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Publications

We present occurrence rates for rocky planets in the habitable zones (HZ) of main-sequence dwarf stars based on the Kepler DR25 planet …

The radial velocity method is one of the most successful techniques for the discovery and characterization of exoplanets. Modern …

The EXPRES Stellar-Signals Project is providing sets of high-fidelity, spectroscopic and photometric observations to enable direct …

We present robust planet occurrence rates for Kepler planet candidates around M stars for planet radii $Rp=0.5−4 R\oplus$ and orbital …

The angular momentum deficit (AMD) of a planetary system is a measure of its orbital excitation and a predictor of long–term …

To robustly detect and accurately characterize low-mass planets via Doppler planet surveys, the exoplanet community must develop …

We present robust planet occurrence rates for Kepler planet candidates around M stars for planet radii Rp=0.5−4 R⊕ and orbital …

We present results from a data challenge posed to the radial velocity (RV) community: namely, to quantify the Bayesian …

We describe an efficient and automated technique for detecting circumbinary planets that transit their binary hosts in Kepler light …

Press Coverage Apsidal: Systemic (UCSC Astronomy's Prof. Greg Laughlin's blog), November 7, 2006 He Thinks We're Alone Now: Chicago …