Penev, Kaloyan

 

Kaloyan Penev joined the UTD faculty as an Assistant Professor of Physics in 2017. His research interests include:

  • Extrasolar planet detection and orbital dynamics
  • Searching for transiting extrasolar planets using small robotic telescopes
  • High precision photometry from space and from the ground
  • Orbital dynamics of extrasolar planetary systems
  • Astrophysical probes of tidal dissipation in giant planets and low mass stars

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Recent Submissions

  • HATS-60b-HATS-69b: 10 Transiting Planets from HATSouth 

    Hartman, J. D.; Bakos, G. A.; Bayliss, D.; Bento, J.; Bhatti, W.; Brahm, R.; Csubry, Z.; Espinoza, N.; Penev, Kaloyan (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-02)
    We report the discovery of 10 transiting extrasolar planets by the HATSouth survey. The planets range in mass from the super-Neptune HATS-62b, with Mₚ < 0.179 Mⱼ, to the super-Jupiter HATS-66b, with Mₚ = 5.33 Mⱼ, and in ...

  • Hats-70b: A 13 MJ Brown Dwarf Transiting an A Star 

    Zhou, G.; Bakos, G. A.; Bayliss, D.; Bento, J.; Bhatti, W.; Brahm, R.; Csubry, Z.; Espinoza, N.; Hartman, J. D.; Henning, T.; Jordan, A.; Mancini, L.; Penev, Kaloyan; Rabus, M.; Sarkis, P.; Suc, V.; de Val-Borro, M.; Rodriguez, J. E.; Osip, D.; Kedziora-Chudczer, L.; Bailey, J.; Tinney, C. G.; Durkan, S.; Lazar, J.; Papp, I.; Sari, P. (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-01-02)
    We report the discovery of HATS-70b, a transiting brown dwarf at the deuterium burning limit. HATS-70b has a mass of M_{p} = 12.9{{-1.6}^{+1.8} M_{Jup} and a radius of R_{p} = 1.384_{{-0.074} {+0.079}} R_{Jup}, residing ...

  • KELT-22Ab: A Massive, Short-Period Hot Jupiter Transiting a Near-Solar Twin 

    Labadie-Bartz, Jonathan; Rodriguez, Joseph E.; Stassun, Keivan G.; Ciardi, David R.; Penev, Kaloyan; Johnson, Marshall C.; Gaudi, B. Scott (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2019-01-21)
    We present the discovery of KELT-22Ab, a hot Jupiter from the KELT-South survey. KELT-22Ab transits the moderately bright (V ~ 11.1) Sun-like G2V star TYC 7518-468-1. The planet has an orbital period of P = 1.3866529 ± ...

  • An Eccentric Massive Jupiter Orbiting a Subgiant on a 9.5-day Period Discovered in the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Full Frame Images 

    Rodriguez, J. E.; Quinn, S. N.; Huang, C. X.; Vanderburg, A.; Penev, Kaloyan; Brahm, R.; Jordán, A. (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2019-05)
    We report the discovery of TOI-172 b from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, a massive hot Jupiter transiting a slightly evolved G star with a 9.48-day orbital period. This is the first planet to be ...

  • HATS-39b, HATS-40b, HATS-41b, and HATS-42b: Three Inflated Hot Jupiters and a Super-Jupiter Transiting F Stars 

    Bento, J.; Hartman, J. D.; Bakos, G. A.; Bhatti, W.; Csubry, Z.; Penev, Kaloyan; Bayliss, D.; de Val-Borro, M.; Zhou, G.; Brahm, R.; Espinoza, N.; Rabus, M.; Jordan, A.; Suc, V.; Ciceri, S.; Sarkis, P.; Henning, T.; Mancini, L.; Tinney, C. G.; Wright, D. J.; Durkan, S.; Tan, T. G.; Lazar, J.; Papp, I.; Sari, P.
    We report the discovery of four transiting hot Jupiters from the HATSouth survey: HATS39b, HATS-40b, HATS-41b, and HATS-42b. These discoveries add to the growing number of transiting planets orbiting moderately bright (12.5 ...

  • HAT-TR-318-007: A Double-Lined M Dwarf Binary with Total Secondary Eclipses Discovered by HATNet and Observed by K2 

    Hartman, J. D.; Quinn, S. N.; Bakos, G. A.; Torres, G.; Kovács, G.; Latham, D. W.; Noyes, R. W.; Shporer, A.; Fulton, B. J.; Esquerdo, G. A.; Everett, M. E.; Penev, Kaloyan; Bhatti, W.; Csubry, Z.
    We report the discovery by the HATNet survey of HAT-TR-318-007, a P = 3.34395390 ± 0.00000020 day period detached double-lined M dwarf binary with total secondary eclipses. We combine radial velocity (RV) measurements from ...

  • Kelt-19Ab: A P ~ 4.6-day Hot Jupiter Transiting a Likely Am Star with a Distant Stellar Companion 

    Siverd, Robert J.; Collins, Karen A.; Zhou, George; Quinn, Samuel N.; Gaudi, B. Scott; Stassun, Keivan G.; Johnson, Marshall C.; Penev, Kaloyan (IOP Publishing Ltd, 2018-11-05)
    We present the discovery of the giant planet KELT-19Ab, which transits the moderately bright (V similar to 9.9) A8V star TYC 764-1494-1 with an orbital period of 4.61 days. We confirm the planetary nature of the companion ...