RJW's Publications

Ph.D., Astronomy, UCLA, Nov 1999
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Andrea M. Ghez
Thesis Title: Observational Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Young Multiple Systems


Publications:

High Dispersion Optical Spectra of Nearby Stars Younger Than the Sun
White, R. J., Gabor, J. M. & Hillenbrand, L. A. 2007, AJ, 133, 2524

Near-Infrared Interferometric, Spectroscopic, and Photometric Monitoring of T Tauri Inner Disks
Eisner, J. A., Hillenbrand, L. A., White, R. J., Bloom, J. S., Akeson, R. L. & Blake, C. H. 2007, ApJ, 669, 1072

Multi-epoch Radial Velocity Observations of L Dwarfs
Blake, C. H., Charbonneau, D., White, R. J., Marley, M. S. & Saumon, D. 2007, ApJ, 666, 1198

The Stellar Properties of Embedded Protostars
White, R. J., Greene, T. P., Doppmann, G. W., Covey, K. R. & Hillenbrand, L. A. 2006, in Protostars and Planets V, ed. B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, and K. Keil, (University of Arizona Press, Tucson)

The Formation of Brown Dwarfs: Observations
Luhman, K. L., Joergens, V., Lada, C., Muzerolle, J., Pascucci, I. & White, R. 2006, in Protostars and Planets V, ed. B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, and K. Keil, (University of Arizona Press, Tucson)

Dynamical Mass Measurements of Pre-Main Sequence Stars: Fundamental Tests of the Physics of Young Stars
Mathieu, R. D., Baraffe, I., Simon, M., Stassun, K. G. and White, R. 2006, in Protostars and Planets V, ed. B. Reipurth, D. Jewitt, and K. Keil, (University of Arizona Press, Tucson)

Multiplicity at the Stellar/Substellar Boundary in Upper Scorpius
Kraus, A. L., White, R. J., & Hillenbrand, L. A. 2006, ApJ, 633, 452

Observations of T Tauri Disks at Sub-AU Radii: Implications for Magnetospheric Accretion and Planet Formation
Eisner, J. A., Hillenbrand, L. A., White, R. J., Akeson, R. L. & Sargent, A. I. 2005, ApJ, 623, 952

A Long-Lived Accretion Disk Around a Lithium-Depleted Binary T Tauri Star
White, R. J. & Hillenbrand, L. A. 2005, 621L, 65

The Challenge of Wide-Field Transit Surveys: The Case of GSC 01944-02289
Mandushev, G., Torres, G., Latham, D. W., Charbonneau, D., Stefanik, R. P., Alonso, R., White, R. J., Dunham, E. W., Brown, T. M. & O'Donovan, F. T. 2004, accepted

Forbidden Line Emission in the Eccentric Spectroscopic Binaries DQ Tauri and UZ Tauri E Monitored over an Orbital Period
Huerta, M., Hartigan, P., White, R. J. 2005, AJ, 129, 985

On the Evolutionary Status of Class I Stars and Herbig-Haro Energy Sources in Taurus-Auriga
White, R. J. & Hillenbrand, L. A. 2004, ApJ, 616, 998

An Assessment of Dynamical Mass Constraints on Pre-Main Sequence Evolutionary Tracks
Hillenbrand, L. A. & White, R. J. 2004, ApJ, 604, 741

Stellar Properties of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars from High-Resolution Near-Infrared Spectra
Doppmann, G. W., Jaffe, D. T. & White, R. J. 2003, AJ, 126, 3043

Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in Taurus-Auriga
White, R. J. & Basri, G. 2003, ApJ, 582, 1109

Adaptive Optics Observations of Vega: Eight Detected Sources and Upper Limits to Planetary-Mass Companions
Metchev, S. A., Hillenbrand, L. A. & White, R. J. 2003, ApJ, 582, 1109

Very Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs in Taurus-Auriga
White, R. J. & Basri, G. 2002, In the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 211, Brown Dwarfs, ed. E. L. Martin.

Stellar Companions to Stars with Planets
Patience, J., White, R. J., Ghez, A. M. et al. 2002, ApJ, 581, 654

Preliminary Orbits and System Masses for Five Binary T Tauri Stars
Tamazian, V. S., Docobo, J. A., White, R. J., Woitas, J. 2002, ApJ, 578, 925

Observational Constraints on the Formation and Evolution of Binary Stars
White, R. J. & Ghez, A. M. 2001, ApJ, 556, 265

A Relative Age Test of PMS Evolutionary Models
White, R. J. 2000, In the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 200, The Formation of Binary Stars (Potsdam, Germany, April 2000), eds. R. Mathieu, H. Zinnecker

Young Binary Stars in Taurus-Auriga
White, R. J. & Ghez, A. M. 2000, In the Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 200, The Formation of Binary Stars (Potsdam, Germany, April 2000), eds. R. Mathieu, H. Zinnecker

A Test of PMS Evolutionary Models Across the Stellar/Substellar Boundary Based on Spectra of the Young Quadruple GG Tau
White, R. J., Ghez, A. M., Reid, N. & Schultz, G. 1999, ApJ, 520, 811

Discovery of Seven Nearby T Tauri Stars in the TW Hydra Association
Webb, R. A., Zuckerman, B., Platais, I., Patience, J., White, R. J., Schwartz, M. & McCarthy, C. 1998, ApJ, 512, L63

A Proto-Cometary Cloud Around HR 4796A?
Jura, M., Malkan, M., White, R. J., Telesco, C., Pina, R. & Fisher, R. S. 1998, ApJ, 505, 897

High Spatial Resolution Imaging of PMS Binary Stars: Resolving the Relationship Between Disks and Close Companions
Ghez, A. M., White, R. J. & Simon, M. 1997, ApJ, 490, 353

HDE 233517: Lithium and Excess Infrared Emission in Giant Stars
Fekel, F. C., Webb, R. A., White, R. J. & Zuckerman, B. 1996, ApJ Letters, 462, L95

The Fate of the Solid Matter Orbiting HR 4796A
Jura, M., Ghez, A. M., White, R. J., McCarthy, D. W., Smith, R. C. & Martin, P. G. 1995, ApJ, 445, 451

Steps Toward Detrmination of the Size and Structure of the Broad-Line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei. VIII. An Intensive HST, IUE, and Ground Based Study of NGC 5548
Korista, K. T., et al. 1996, ApJS, 97, 285

Steps Toward Detrmination of the Size and Structure of the Broad-Line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei. VII. Variability of the Optical Spectrum of NGC 5548 Over 4 Years
Peterson, B. M., et al. 1994, ApJ, 425, 622

Steps Toward Detrmination of the Size and Structure of the Broad-Line Region in Active Galactic Nuclei. V. Variability of the Ultraviolet Continuum and Emission Lines of NGC 3783
Reichert, G. A., et al. 1994, ApJ, 425, 582

Comments on Cross-Correlation Methodology in Variability Studies of Active Galactic Nuclei
White, R. J. & Peterson, B. M. 1994, PASP, 106, 879


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