Philip Steven Muirhead
Experimental Astrophysics!
[philm at astro.caltech.edu]
My Papers on ADS
Google Scholar
Vita:
2011- Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech
2011 PhD Cornell University (NESSF Fellow, Shelley Award)
2005 BSc University of Michigan (University Honors, Angell Scholar)
Research:
Small Stars with Small Planets (or White Dwarfs):
KOI-256 - Using gravitational lensing in an eclipsing post-common envelope binary to measure accurate M dwarf/white dwarf masses, radii and temperatures.
Here is a NASA press release about this study with a great video by Robert Hurt.
Kepler 42 (formerly KOI-961) - A small star with 3 sub-Earth-sized planets!
Here is a news article in Nature about this study.
Distilling Nearby M-Dwarfs for Terrestrial Exoplanets - A new Keck-HIRES Radial Velocity Program.
Uses new methods for measuring M dwarf metallicities, developed by Bárbara Rojas-Ayala
Here is a talk I gave at the 2012 Keck Science Meeting about this program.
Characterizing the Cool KOIs - Identifying compelling Kepler planet-candidates that orbit cool stars (aka Cool KOIs)
with Katherine Hamren, Everett Schlawin, Bárbara Rojas-Ayala, Kevin Covey and James Lloyd
Here's a talk I gave about this work at the First Kepler Science Conference, and a news article in Science Magazine.
Infrared Instrumentation:
Mass-producing efficient NIR spectrographs with the TripleSpec Collaboration (Cornell/Caltech/UVA/Toronto)
Optical interferometric imaging led by John Monnier
Precise Radial Velocities:
LAEDI - A technique to measure ultra-precise stellar radial velocities with Gautam Vasisht (JPL) and Co
Project Minerva - High-cadence radial velocity monitoring of nearby Stars with John Johnson and Co
TEDI - Precision radial velocities in the near-infrared with Jerry Edelstein, David Erskine and James Lloyd
Experimental Astrophysics!
[philm at astro.caltech.edu]
My Papers on ADS
Google Scholar
Vita:
2011- Postdoctoral Scholar, Caltech
2011 PhD Cornell University (NESSF Fellow, Shelley Award)
2005 BSc University of Michigan (University Honors, Angell Scholar)
Research:
Small Stars with Small Planets (or White Dwarfs):
KOI-256 - Using gravitational lensing in an eclipsing post-common envelope binary to measure accurate M dwarf/white dwarf masses, radii and temperatures.
Here is a NASA press release about this study with a great video by Robert Hurt.
Kepler 42 (formerly KOI-961) - A small star with 3 sub-Earth-sized planets!
Here is a news article in Nature about this study.
Distilling Nearby M-Dwarfs for Terrestrial Exoplanets - A new Keck-HIRES Radial Velocity Program.
Uses new methods for measuring M dwarf metallicities, developed by Bárbara Rojas-Ayala
Here is a talk I gave at the 2012 Keck Science Meeting about this program.
Characterizing the Cool KOIs - Identifying compelling Kepler planet-candidates that orbit cool stars (aka Cool KOIs)
with Katherine Hamren, Everett Schlawin, Bárbara Rojas-Ayala, Kevin Covey and James Lloyd
Here's a talk I gave about this work at the First Kepler Science Conference, and a news article in Science Magazine.
Infrared Instrumentation:
Mass-producing efficient NIR spectrographs with the TripleSpec Collaboration (Cornell/Caltech/UVA/Toronto)
Optical interferometric imaging led by John Monnier
Precise Radial Velocities:
LAEDI - A technique to measure ultra-precise stellar radial velocities with Gautam Vasisht (JPL) and Co
Project Minerva - High-cadence radial velocity monitoring of nearby Stars with John Johnson and Co
TEDI - Precision radial velocities in the near-infrared with Jerry Edelstein, David Erskine and James Lloyd