“Dipper” stars in the Upper Sco and ρ Oph star forming regions identified from the K2 mission

We report the discovery of 24 new “dippers” - young stars with disks that show 1-3 day long abrupt drops in their light curves. The search was based on the K2 Campaign 2 observations of the Upper Sco and ρ Oph star forming regions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zhang Yapeng, Ivanov Valentin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EDP Sciences 2017-01-01
Series:EPJ Web of Conferences
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201715203014