Potential Members of Stellar Kinematic Groups Within 30 pc of the Sun

Potential Members of Stellar Kinematic Groups Within 30 pc of the Sun

Authors: Tadashi Nakajima & Jun-Ichi Morino

Purpose: Identify kinematic groups from their XYZ positions and UVW space velocities.

The Link Between Planetary Systems, Dusty White Dwarfs, and Metal-Polluted White Dwarfs

The Link Between Planetary Systems, Dusty White Dwarfs, and Metal-Polluted White Dwarfs

Authors: John Debes, Kevin Walshe, and Christopher Stark

Purpose: To describe a model by which planetesimals around a white dwarf can be perturbed by the host star's evolution off the main sequence and form dusty debris disks around the white dwarf.

A New Method to Identify Nearby, Young, Low-mass Stars - David Rodriguez

A New Method to Identify Nearby, Young, Low-mass Stars

Author: David Rodriguez

The Main Point: Young, low mass stars (K5 and later, 10-100 Myr) tend to have more UV emission than older stars. So we can use GALEX near-UV (NUV) fluxes to identify a sample of young, nearby stars.