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  • 2013 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

David W. Latham is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and conducts research primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several major subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, and Nuclear and High Energy Physics.

The scientist's research concentrates on key topics such as Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astro and Planetary Science, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, Astronomical Observations and Instrumentation, Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae, and Space Exploration and Technology.

Frequent publication venues for David W. Latham include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • The Astronomical Journal
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • UNC Libraries

Their notable recent papers include:

  • "A giant planet candidate transiting a white dwarf," 2020, Nature
  • "TESS Eclipsing Binary Stars. I. Short-cadence Observations of 4584 Eclipsing Binaries in Sectors 1-26," 2022, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
  • "A red giant orbiting a black hole," 2023, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • "A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert," 2020, Nature
  • "Three years of HARPS-N high-resolution spectroscopy and precise radial velocity data for the Sun," 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics

David W. Latham has collaborated extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Jon M. Jenkins
  • Sara Seager
  • G. Ricker
  • Karen A. Collins
  • Joshua N. Winn

The scientist has received recognition in the form of several awards, notably being named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995 and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2013.

Best Publications

  • Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

    William J. Borucki;David Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

  • The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite

    George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

  • Detection of Planetary Transits Across a Sun-like Star.

    David Charbonneau;David Charbonneau;Timothy M. Brown;David W. Latham;Michel Mayor

  • Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler, III: Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data

    Natalie M. Batalha;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Thomas Barclay

  • Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler, II: Analysis of the first four months of data

    William J. Borucki;David G. Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

  • Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-type Stars from Kepler

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

  • A SURVEY OF STELLAR FAMILIES: MULTIPLICITY OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS

    Deepak Raghavan;Harold A. McAlister;Todd J. Henry;David W. Latham

  • Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS)

    George R. Ricker;Joshua N. Winn;Roland Vanderspek;David W. Latham

  • Characteristics of planetary candidates observed by Kepler. II. Analysis of the first four months of data

    William J. Borucki;David G. Koch;Gibor Basri;Natalie Batalha

  • Kepler Mission Design, Realized Photometric Performance, and Early Science

    David G. Koch;William J. Borucki;Gibor Basri;Natalie M. Batalha

  • Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. III. Analysis of the First 16 Months of Data

    Natalie M. Batalha;Natalie M. Batalha;Jason F. Rowe;Stephen T. Bryson;Thomas Barclay

  • Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-Type Stars from Kepler

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

  • A survey of galaxy redshifts. IV - The data

    J. Huchra;M. Davis;D. Latham;J. Tonry

  • A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star

    David Charbonneau;Zachory Kaczmarczyk Berta;Jonathan M Irwin;Christopher J. Burke

  • KEPLER INPUT CATALOG: PHOTOMETRIC CALIBRATION AND STELLAR CLASSIFICATION

    Timothy M. Brown;David W. Latham;Mark E. Everett;Gilbert A. Esquerdo

  • The Revised TESS Input Catalog and Candidate Target List.

    Keivan G. Stassun;Ryan J. Oelkers;Martin Paegert;Guillermo Torres

  • The TESS Science Processing Operations Center

    Jon M. Jenkins;Joseph D. Twicken;Sean McCauliff;Jennifer Campbell

  • Architecture and Dynamics of Kepler's Candidate Multiple Transiting Planet Systems

    Jack J. Lissauer;Darin Ragozzine;Daniel C. Fabrycky;Jason H. Steffen

  • Planet occurrence within 0.25AU of solar-type stars from Kepler

    Andrew W. Howard;Geoffrey W. Marcy;Stephen T. Bryson;Jon M. Jenkins

  • Kepler Planet Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results

    William J. Borucki;D. Koch;G. Basri;N. M. Batalha

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon M. Jenkins
Jon M. Jenkins Ames Research Center
Lars A. Buchhave
Lars A. Buchhave Technical University of Denmark
Guillermo Torres
Guillermo Torres Harvard University
Joshua N. Winn
Joshua N. Winn Princeton University
Keivan G. Stassun
Keivan G. Stassun Vanderbilt University
David Charbonneau
David Charbonneau Harvard University
David R. Ciardi
David R. Ciardi California Institute of Technology
Douglas A. Caldwell
Douglas A. Caldwell Ames Research Center
Joseph D. Twicken
Joseph D. Twicken Ames Research Center

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