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Eric E. Mamajek is affiliated with the California Institute of Technology in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Physics and Astronomy, with extensive contributions spanning several subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Aerospace Engineering, and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics.

The scientist's work covers a variety of topics concentrated on stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, as well as astronomy and astrophysical research. They have also contributed significantly to astrophysics and star formation studies, astro and planetary science, astronomical observations and instrumentation, astrophysical phenomena and observations, and gamma-ray bursts and supernovae.

Eric E. Mamajek has published numerous papers, some of the recent notable works include:

  • Disk Evolution Study Through Imaging of Nearby Young Stars (DESTINYS): Late Infall Causing Disk Misalignment and Dynamic Structures in SU Aur, 2021, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). III. A Two-planet System in the 400 Myr Ursa Major Group, 2020, DSpace@MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • TESS Hunt for Young and Maturing Exoplanets (THYME). VI. An 11 Myr Giant Planet Transiting a Very-low-mass Star in Lower Centaurus Crux, 2022, The Astronomical Journal
  • Two Directly Imaged, Wide-orbit Giant Planets around the Young, Solar Analog TYC 8998-760-1*, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • The Initial Mass Function Based on the Full-sky 20 pc Census of ∼3600 Stars and Brown Dwarfs, 2024, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

Frequent co-authors in Eric E. Mamajek's research include Matthew A. Kenworthy, Jennifer Burt, C. Ginski, Andrew W. Mann, and David W. Latham. These collaborations span multiple papers, indicating ongoing partnerships in the field.

Publication venues that regularly feature their work include arXiv (Cornell University), The Astronomical Journal, Astronomy and Astrophysics, UNC Libraries, and The Astrophysical Journal Letters. The breadth and diversity of these venues reflect a strong engagement in both archival and peer-reviewed astrophysical literature.

Best Publications

  • Intrinsic Colors, Temperatures, and Bolometric Corrections of Pre-Main Sequence Stars

    Mark J. Pecaut;Eric E. Mamajek

  • Improved Age Estimation for Solar-Type Dwarfs Using Activity-Rotation Diagnostics

    Eric E. Mamajek;Eric E. Mamajek;Lynne A. Hillenbrand

  • THE STELLAR ACTIVITY-ROTATION RELATIONSHIP AND THE EVOLUTION OF STELLAR DYNAMOS

    Nicholas J. Wright;Jeremy J. Drake;Eric E. Mamajek;Gregory W. Henry

  • A self-consistent, absolute isochronal age scale for young moving groups in the solar neighbourhood

    Cameron Pearce MacDonald Bell;E.E. Mamajek;Tim Naylor

  • A REVISED AGE FOR UPPER SCORPIUS AND THE STAR FORMATION HISTORY AMONG THE F-TYPE MEMBERS OF THE SCORPIUS-CENTAURUS OB ASSOCIATION

    Mark J. Pecaut;Eric E. Mamajek;Eric J. Bubar;Eric J. Bubar

  • BANYAN. XI. The BANYAN Σ Multivariate Bayesian Algorithm to Identify Members of Young Associations with 150 pc

    Jonathan Gagné;Eric E. Mamajek;Eric E. Mamajek;Lison Malo;Adric Riedel

  • BANYAN. XI. The BANYAN $\Sigma$ multivariate Bayesian algorithm to identify members of young associations within 150 pc.

    Jonathan Gagné;Eric E. Mamajek;Lison Malo;Adric Riedel

  • Initial Conditions of Planet Formation: Lifetimes of Primordial Disks

    Eric E. Mamajek

  • The star formation history and accretion-disc fraction among the K-type members of the Scorpius–Centaurus OB association

    Mark J. Pecaut;Eric E. Mamajek

  • Post-T Tauri Stars in the Nearest OB Association

    Eric E. Mamajek;Michael R. Meyer;James Liebert

  • A Moving Cluster Distance to the Exoplanet 2M1207 B in the TW Hya Association

    Eric E. Mamajek

  • On the age of the β Pictoris moving group

    Eric E. Mamajek;Cameron P. M. Bell

  • Evidence for Mass-dependent Circumstellar Disk Evolution in the 5 Myr Old Upper Scorpius OB Association

    John M. Carpenter;Eric E. Mamajek;Lynne A. Hillenbrand;Michael R. Meyer

  • Mass and Kinetic Energy of the Homunculus Nebula around η Carinae

    Nathan Smith;Nathan Smith;Robert D. Gehrz;Philip M. Hinz;William F. Hoffmann

  • Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems (FEPS): Properties of Debris Dust around Solar-type Stars

    John M. Carpenter;Jeroen Bouwman;Eric E. Mamajek;Michael R. Meyer

  • THE DISK POPULATION OF THE UPPER SCORPIUS ASSOCIATION

    K. L. Luhman;E. E. Mamajek

  • 2MASSJ035523.51+113337.4: A Young, Dusty, Nearby, Isolated Brown Dwarf Resembling A Giant Exoplanet

    Jacqueline K. Faherty;Emily L. Rice;Kelle L. Cruz;Eric E. Mamajek

  • A MOVING CLUSTER DISTANCE TO THE EXOPLANET 2M1207b IN THE TW HYDRAE ASSOCIATION

    Eric E. Mamajek

  • The η Chamaeleontis Cluster: A Remarkable New Nearby Young Open Cluster

    Eric E. Mamajek;Eric E. Mamajek;Warrick A. Lawson;Eric D. Feigelson

  • The Planetary Mass Companion 2MASS1207-3932 B: Temperature, Mass and Evidence for an Edge-On Disk

    Subhanjoy Mohanty;R. Jayawardhana;N. Huelamo;E. Mamajek

Frequent Co-Authors

Lynne A. Hillenbrand
Lynne A. Hillenbrand California Institute of Technology
Michael Meyer
Michael Meyer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Kevin Luhman
Kevin Luhman Pennsylvania State University
John M. Carpenter
John M. Carpenter California Institute of Technology
Kate Y. L. Su
Kate Y. L. Su University of Arizona
Adam J. Burgasser
Adam J. Burgasser University of California, San Diego
Sebastian Wolf
Sebastian Wolf Kiel University
Jeroen Bouwman
Jeroen Bouwman Max Planck Society
David R. Ciardi
David R. Ciardi California Institute of Technology
Ilaria Pascucci
Ilaria Pascucci University of Arizona

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