Publications

VaTEST III: Validation of 8 Potential Super-Earths from TESS Data

Priyashkumar Mistry, Aniket Prasad, Mousam Maity, Kamlesh Pathak, Sarvesh Gharat, Georgios Lekkas, Surendra Bhattarai, Dhruv Kumar, Jack J. Lissauer, Joseph D. Twicken, Abderahmane Soubkiou, Francisco J. Pozuelos, Jon Jenkins, Keith Horne, Steven Giacalone, Khalid Barkaoui, Mathilde Timmermans, Cristilyn N. Watkins, Ramotholo Sefako, Karen A. Collins, David R. Ciardi, Catherine A. Clark, Boris S. Safonov, Avi Shporer, Joshua E. Schlieder, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Chris Stockdale, Carl Ziegler, Emily A. Gilbert, Emmanuël Jehin, Felipe Murgas, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Martin Paegert, Michael B. Lund, Norio Narita, Richard P. Schwarz, Robert F. Goeke, Sergio B. Fajardo-Acosta, Steve B. Howell, Thiam-Guan Tan, Thomas Barclay, and Yugo Kawai

Published in Publications of Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA), 2024

We statistically validate eight potential super-Earths using TESS data, focusing on candidates near the radius valley.

Recommended citation: Mistry, P., et al. (2024). "VaTEST III: Validation of 8 Potential Super-Earths from TESS Data." PASA. DOI:10.1017/pasa.2024.29
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VaTEST II: Statistical Validation of 11 TESS-Detected Exoplanets Orbiting K-type Stars

Priyashkumar Mistry, Kamlesh Pathak, Aniket Prasad, Georgios Lekkas, Surendra Bhattarai, Sarvesh Gharat, Mousam Maity, Dhruv Kumar, Karen A. Collins, Richard P. Schwarz, Christopher R. Mann, Elise Furlan, Steve B. Howell, David Ciardi, Allyson Bieryla, Elisabeth C. Matthews, Erica Gonzales, Carl Ziegler, Ian Crossfield, Steven Giacalone, Thiam-Guan Tan, Phil Evans, Krzysztof G. Helminiak, Kevin I. Collins, Norio Narita, Akihiko Fukui, Francisco J. Pozuelos, Courtney Dressing, Abderahmane Soubkiou, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Joshua E. Schlieder, Olga Suarez, Khalid Barkaoui, Enric Palle, Felipe Murgas, Gregor Srdoc, Maria V. Goliguzova, Ivan A. Strakhov, Crystal Gnilka, Kathryn Lester, Colin Littlefield, Nic Scott, Rachel Matson, Michael Gillon, Emmanuel Jehin, Mathilde Timmermans, Mourad Ghachoui, Lyu Abe, Philippe Bendjoya, Tristan Guillot and Amaury H.M.J. Triaud

Published in Astronomical Journal (AJ), 2023

We perform wide search and statistical validation using TESS data, focusing on candidates around K-type Stars

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VaTEST I: Validation of Sub-Saturn Exoplanet TOI-181b in Narrow Orbit from its Host Star

Priyashkumar Mistry, Kamlesh Pathak, Georgios Lekkas, Aniket Prasad, Surendra Bhattarai, Mousam Maity, Charles A. Beichman, David R. Ciardi, Phil Evans, Allyson Bieryla, Jason D. Eastman, Gilbert A. Esquerdo and Jennifer P. Lucero

Published in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), 2023

First paper of VaTEST collaboration confirming TOI 181b.

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Investigating Outburst Dynamics of Ultraluminous X-Ray Pulsar Swift J0243.6+ 6124

Published in 6th biannual conference on Recent Trends in Compact Objects at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India, 2025

This was part of the work undertaken during master’s thesis

Statistical Validation of 11 TESS-exoplanets orbiting K-Type stars

Published in Sagan Summer Workshop 2023, Pasedena, 2023

Presented our work on exoplanet validation as a poster

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