Peter Schofer
University of Wisconsin-Madison
6 Papers
53 Citations
Peter Schofer is an academic researcher from University of Wisconsin-Madison. The author has contributed to research in topics: Communicative competence & Critical thinking. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 2 publications.
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Wolf 327b: A new member of the pack of ultra-short-period super-Earths around M dwarfs
Felipe Murgas,E. Pall'e,J. Orell-Miquel,Ilaria Carleo,L. Pena-Monino,M. P'erez-Torres,C. Watkins,Sandra V. Jeffers,M. Azzaro,K. Barkaoui,A. Belinski,J. A. Caballero,D. Charbonneau,D. Cheryasov,David R. Ciardi,K. A. Collins,M. Cort'es-Contreras,Jerome de Leon,Christian Duque-Arribas,G. Enoc,E. Esparza-Borges,A. Fukui,S. Gerald'ia-Gonz'alez,E. A. Gilbert,A. P. Hatzes,Y. Hayashi,T. Henning,Enrique Herrero,Jon M. Jenkins,J. Lillo-Box,N. Lodieu,Michael B. Lund,Rafael Luque,D. Montes,E. Nagel,Norio Narita,H. Parviainen,A. Polanski,Sabine Reffert,M. Schlecker,Peter Schofer,R. P. Schwarz,Andreas Schweitzer,Sara Seager,Keivan G. Stassun,Hugo M. Tabernero,Yuka Terada,Joseph D. Twicken,Siegfried Vanaverbeke,J. Winn,Roberto Zambelli,Pedro J. Amado,Andreas Quirrenbach,Ann W. Reiners,I. Ribas +54 more
- 22 Jan 2024
TL;DR: Wolf 327b is a newly discovered super-Earth around an M dwarf with a mass and radius similar to K2-229b, suggesting a rocky composition.
The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Behaviour of the Paschen lines during flares and quiescence
Birgit Fuhrmeister,Stefan Czesla,J. H. M. M. Schmitt,P. Schneider,J. A. Caballero,Sandra V. Jeffers,E. Nagel,D. Montes,M. C. G. Ortiz,A. Reinerns,I. Ribas,Andreas Quirrenbach,Pedro J. Amado,T. Henning,N. Lodieu,P. Mart'in-Fern'andez,J. C. Morales,Peter Schofer,W. Seifert,Mathias Zechmeister +19 more
- 15 Aug 2023
TL;DR: The Paschen lines are activity indicators in M dwarfs, and their behaviour is similar to that of H$\alpha$.
CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs. VIII. Kinematics in the solar neighbourhood
M. Cortés-Contreras,A. J. Caballero,D. Montes,C. Cardona-Guillen,S. V. J. Béjar,Carlos Cifuentes,M. Tabernero,R. M. Zapatero Osorio,J. P. Amado,V. S. Jeffers,M. Lafarga,N. Lodieu,Andreas Quirrenbach,Ann W. Reiners,I. Ribas,Peter Schofer,Andreas Schweitzer,W. Seifert +17 more
- 08 Nov 2024
TL;DR: This study characterises the kinematic properties of 2187 M dwarfs, identifying 191 young candidates, 118 very active stars, and 9 potentially younger than 50 Ma, with a combined analysis method for robust young M dwarf identification.