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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

1970-09 to 2010-06 | Professor of Physics (Physics)
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Saul Rappaport

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Cambridge, MA, US

1963-09-01 to 1968-02-01 | PhD (Physics)
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Saul Rappaport

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Then and now: A new look at the eclipse timing variations of hierarchical triple star candidates in the primordial Kepler field, revisited by TESS

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2025-03 | Journal article
Contributors: T. Borkovits; S. A. Rappaport; T. Mitnyan; I. B. Bíró; I. Csányi; E. Forgács-Dajka; A. Forró; T. Hajdu; B. Seli; J. Sztakovics et al.
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Tidally Distorted Stars Are Triaxial Pulsators

The Astrophysical Journal
2025-01-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Jim Fuller; Saul Rappaport; Rahul Jayaraman; Don Kurtz; Gerald Handler
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Expanding the Ultracompacts: Gravitational-wave-driven Mass Transfer in the Shortest-period Binaries with Accretion Disks

The Astrophysical Journal
2024-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Joheen Chakraborty; Kevin B. Burdge; Saul A. Rappaport; James Munday; Hai-Liang Chen; Pablo Rodríguez-Gil; V. S. Dhillon; Scott A. Hughes; Gijs Nelemans; Erin Kara et al.
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TIC 435850195: The Second Triaxial Tidally Tilted Pulsator

The Astrophysical Journal
2024-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Rahul Jayaraman; Saul A. Rappaport; Brian Powell; Gerald Handler; Mark Omohundro; Robert Gagliano; Veselin Kostov; Jim Fuller; Donald W. Kurtz; Valencia Zhang et al.
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TIC 290061484: A Triply Eclipsing Triple System with the Shortest Known Outer Period of 24.5 Days

The Astrophysical Journal
2024-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: V. B. Kostov; S. A. Rappaport; T. Borkovits; B. P. Powell; R. Gagliano; M. Omohundro; I. B. Bíró; M. Moe; S. B. Howell; T. Mitnyan et al.
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Eclipse-timing study of new hierarchical triple star candidates in the northern continuous viewing zone of TESS (Corrigendum)

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: T. Mitnyan; T. Borkovits; D. R. Czavalinga; S. A. Rappaport; A. Pál; B. P. Powell; T. Hajdu
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Seven new triply eclipsing triple star systems

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2024-06 | Journal article
Contributors: S. A. Rappaport; T. Borkovits; T. Mitnyan; R. Gagliano; N. Eisner; T. Jacobs; A. Tokovinin; B. Powell; V. Kostov; M. Omohundro et al.
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Eclipse-timing study of new hierarchical triple star candidates in the northern continuous viewing zone of TESS

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2024-05 | Journal article
Contributors: T. Mitnyan; T. Borkovits; D. R. Czavalinga; S. A. Rappaport; A. Pál; B. P. Powell; T. Hajdu
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TIC 184 743 498: the first tri-axial stellar pulsator

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2024-01-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Valencia Zhang; Saul Rappaport; Rahul Jayaraman; Donald W Kurtz; Gerald Handler; James Fuller; Tamas Borkovits
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Transient Corotating Clumps around Adolescent Low-mass Stars from Four Years of TESS

The Astronomical Journal
2024-01-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Luke G. Bouma; Rahul Jayaraman; Saul Rappaport; Luisa M. Rebull; Lynne A. Hillenbrand; Joshua N. Winn; Alexandre David-Uraz; Gáspár Á. Bakos
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101 eclipsing quadruple star candidates discovered in TESS full frame images

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-11-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Veselin B Kostov; Brian P Powell; Saul A Rappaport; Tamás Borkovits; Robert Gagliano; Thomas L Jacobsy; Rahul Jayaraman; Martti H Kristiansen; Daryll M LaCourse; Tibor Mitnyan et al.
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Orbital Decay in an Accreting and Eclipsing 13.7 Minute Orbital Period Binary with a Luminous Donor

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2023-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Kevin B. Burdge; Kareem El-Badry; Saul Rappaport; Tin Long Sunny Wong; Evan B. Bauer; Lars Bildsten; Ilaria Caiazzo; Deepto Chakrabarty; Emma Chickles; Matthew J. Graham et al.
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The Surface Composition of Six Newly Discovered Chemically Peculiar Stars. Comparison to the HgMn Stars mu Lep and beta Scl and the Superficially Normal B Star nu Cap

The Astronomical Journal
2023-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Richard Monier; E. Niemczura; D. W. Kurtz; S. Rappaport; D. M. Bowman; Simon J. Murphy; Yveline Lebreton; Remko Stuik; Morgan Deal; Thibault Merle et al.
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TTV constraints on additional planets in the WD 1856+534 system

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-03-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Sarah Kubiak; Andrew Vanderburg; Juliette Becker; Bruce Gary; Saul A Rappaport; Siyi Xu; Zoe de Beurs
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A study of nine compact triply eclipsing triples

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2023-03-02 | Journal article
Contributors: S A Rappaport; T Borkovits; R Gagliano; T L Jacobs; A Tokovinin; T Mitnyan; R Komžík; V B Kostov; B P Powell; G Torres et al.
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New compact hierarchical triple system candidates identified using Gaia DR3

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2023-02 | Journal article
Contributors: D. R. Czavalinga; T. Mitnyan; S. A. Rappaport; T. Borkovits; R. Gagliano; M. Omohundro; M. H. K. Kristiansen; A. Pál
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Kepler K2 and TESS Observations of Two Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables: The New Asynchronous Polar SDSS J084617.11+245344.1 and Paloma

The Astronomical Journal
2023-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Colin Littlefield; D. W. Hoard; Peter Garnavich; Paula Szkody; Paul A. Mason; Simone Scaringi; Krystian Ilkiewicz; Mark R. Kennedy; Saul A. Rappaport; Rahul Jayaraman
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White Dwarf—Red Giant Star Binaries as Type Ia Supernova Progenitors: With and without Magnetic Confinement

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2022-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Iminhaji Ablimit; Philipp Podsiadlowski; Rosanne Di Stefano; Saul A. Rappaport; James Wicker
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A Population of Dipper Stars from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Mission

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2022-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Benjamin K. Capistrant; Melinda Soares-Furtado; Andrew Vanderburg; Marina Kounkel; Saul A. Rappaport; Mark Omohundro; Brian P. Powell; Robert Gagliano; Thomas Jacobs; Veselin B. Kostov et al.
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TIC 114936199: A Quadruple Star System with a 12 Day Outer-orbit Eclipse

The Astrophysical Journal
2022-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Brian P. Powell; Saul A. Rappaport; Tamás Borkovits; Veselin B. Kostov; Guillermo Torres; Rahul Jayaraman; David W. Latham; Hana Kučáková; Zoltán Garai; Theodor Pribulla et al.
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TIC 5724661: A Long-period Binary with a Pulsating sdB Star and δ Scuti Variable

The Astrophysical Journal
2022-09-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Rahul Jayaraman; Saul A. Rappaport; Lorne Nelson; Donald W. Kurtz; George Dufresne; Gerald Handler; Abdel Senhadji; David W. Latham; George Zhou; Allyson Bieryla et al.
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The Visual Survey Group: A Decade of Hunting Exoplanets and Unusual Stellar Events with Space-based Telescopes

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
2022-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Martti H. K. Kristiansen; Saul A. Rappaport; Andrew M. Vanderburg; Thomas L. Jacobs; Hans Martin Schwengeler; Robert Gagliano; Ivan A. Terentev; Daryll M. LaCourse; Mark R. Omohundro; Allan R. Schmitt et al.
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Six new compact triply eclipsing triples found with TESS

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
2022-05-18 | Journal article
Contributors: S A Rappaport; T Borkovits; R Gagliano; T L Jacobs; V B Kostov; B P Powell; I Terentev; M Omohundro; G Torres; A Vanderburg et al.
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Complex Modulation of Rapidly Rotating Young M Dwarfs: Adding Pieces to the Puzzle

The Astronomical Journal
2022-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Maximilian N. Günther; David A. Berardo; Elsa Ducrot; Catriona A. Murray; Keivan G. Stassun; Katalin Olah; L. G. Bouma; Saul Rappaport; Joshua N. Winn; Adina D. Feinstein et al.
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Ninety-seven Eclipsing Quadruple Star Candidates Discovered in TESS Full-frame Images

The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
2022-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Veselin B. Kostov; Brian P. Powell; Saul A. Rappaport; Tamás Borkovits; Robert Gagliano; Thomas L. Jacobs; Martti H. Kristiansen; Daryll M. LaCourse; Mark Omohundro; Jerome Orosz et al.
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Tidally Tilted Pulsations in HD 265435, a Subdwarf B Star with a Close White Dwarf Companion

The Astrophysical Journal Letters
2022-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Rahul Jayaraman; Gerald Handler; Saul A. Rappaport; Jim Fuller; Donald W. Kurtz; Stéphane Charpinet; George R. Ricker
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Mysterious Dust-emitting Object Orbiting TIC 400799224

The Astronomical Journal
2021-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Brian P. Powell; Veselin B. Kostov; Saul A. Rappaport; Andrei Tokovinin; Avi Shporer; Karen A. Collins; Hank Corbett; Tamás Borkovits; Bruce L. Gary; Eugene Chiang et al.
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Two New roAp Stars Discovered with TESS

Research Notes of the AAS
2021-11-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Rahul Jayaraman; Donald W. Kurtz; Gerald Handler; Saul Rappaport; George Ricker
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Recurring Planetary Debris Transits and Circumstellar Gas around White Dwarf ZTF J0328–1219

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Zachary P. Vanderbosch; Saul Rappaport; Joseph A. Guidry; Bruce L. Gary; Simon Blouin; Thomas G. Kaye; Alycia J. Weinberger; Carl Melis; Beth L. Klein; B. Zuckerman et al.
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TIC 454140642: A Compact, Coplanar, Quadruple-lined Quadruple Star System Consisting of Two Eclipsing Binaries

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-08-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Veselin B. Kostov; Brian P. Powell; Guillermo Torres; Tamás Borkovits; Saul A. Rappaport; Andrei Tokovinin; Petr Zasche; David Anderson; Thomas Barclay; Perry Berlind et al.
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Minimum Orbital Periods of H-rich Bodies

The Astrophysical Journal
2021-06-01 | Journal article
Contributors: S. Rappaport; A. Vanderburg; J. Schwab; L. Nelson
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TIC 168789840: A Sextuply Eclipsing Sextuple Star System

The Astronomical Journal
2021-04-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Brian P. Powell; Veselin B. Kostov; Saul A. Rappaport; Tamás Borkovits; Petr Zasche; Andrei Tokovinin; Ethan Kruse; David W. Latham; Benjamin T. Montet; Eric L. N. Jensen et al.
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Three short-period Jupiters from TESS

Astronomy & Astrophysics
2020-07 | Journal article
Contributors: L. D. Nielsen; R. Brahm; F. Bouchy; N. Espinoza; O. Turner; S. Rappaport; L. Pearce; G. Ricker; R. Vanderspek; D. W. Latham et al.
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Complex Rotational Modulation of Rapidly Rotating M Stars Observed with TESS

The Astrophysical Journal
2019-05-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Z. Zhan; M. N. Günther; S. Rappaport; K. Oláh; A. Mann; A. M. Levine; J. Winn; F. Dai; G. Zhou; Chelsea X. Huang et al.
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Detecting Exomoons via Doppler Monitoring of Directly Imaged Exoplanets

The Astronomical Journal
2018-11-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Andrew Vanderburg; Saul A. Rappaport; Andrew W. Mayo
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Minimum Orbital Period of Precataclysmic Variables

The Astrophysical Journal
2018-10-20 | Journal article
Contributors: L. Nelson; J. Schwab; M. Ristic; S. Rappaport
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Occultations from an Active Accretion Disk in a 72-day Detached Post-Algol System Detected by K2

The Astrophysical Journal
2018-02-20 | Journal article
Contributors: G. Zhou; S. Rappaport; L. Nelson; C. X. Huang; A. Senhadji; J. E. Rodriguez; A. Vanderburg; S. Quinn; C. I. Johnson; D. W. Latham et al.
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Multiwavelength Transit Observations of the Candidate Disintegrating Planetesimals Orbiting WD 1145+017

The Astrophysical Journal
2017-02-10 | Journal article
Contributors: Bryce Croll; Paul A. Dalba; Andrew Vanderburg; Jason Eastman; Saul Rappaport; John DeVore; Allyson Bieryla; Philip S. Muirhead; Eunkyu Han; David W. Latham et al.
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EVOLUTION OF CATACLYSMIC VARIABLES AND RELATED BINARIES CONTAINING A WHITE DWARF

The Astrophysical Journal
2016-12-10 | Journal article
Contributors: B. Kalomeni; L. Nelson; S. Rappaport; M. Molnar; J. Quintin; K. Yakut
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KIC 7177553: A QUADRUPLE SYSTEM OF TWO CLOSE BINARIES

The Astrophysical Journal
2016-03-01 | Journal article
Contributors: H. Lehmann; T. Borkovits; S. A. Rappaport; H. Ngo; D. Mawet; Sz. Csizmadia; E. Forgács-Dajka
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YOUNG “DIPPER” STARS IN UPPER SCO AND OPH OBSERVED BY K2

The Astrophysical Journal
2016-01-10 | Journal article
Contributors: M. Ansdell; E. Gaidos; S. A. Rappaport; T. L. Jacobs; D. M. LaCourse; K. J. Jek; A. W. Mann; M. C. Wyatt; G. Kennedy; J. P. Williams et al.
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TIDALLY DRIVEN ROCHE-LOBE OVERFLOW OF HOT JUPITERS WITH MESA

The Astrophysical Journal
2015-11-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Francesca Valsecchi; Saul Rappaport; Frederic A. Rasio; Pablo Marchant; Leslie A. Rogers
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THE K2-ESPRINT PROJECT. I. DISCOVERY OF THE DISINTEGRATING ROCKY PLANET K2-22b WITH A COMETARY HEAD AND LEADING TAIL

The Astrophysical Journal
2015-10-14 | Journal article
Contributors: R. Sanchis-Ojeda; S. Rappaport; E. Pallè; L. Delrez; J. DeVore; D. Gandolfi; A. Fukui; I. Ribas; K. G. Stassun; S. Albrecht et al.
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WASP-47: A HOT JUPITER SYSTEM WITH TWO ADDITIONAL PLANETS DISCOVERED BY K2

The Astrophysical Journal
2015-10-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Juliette C. Becker; Andrew Vanderburg; Fred C. Adams; Saul A. Rappaport; Hans Martin Schwengeler
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TESTS OF THE PLANETARY HYPOTHESIS FOR PTFO 8-8695b

The Astrophysical Journal
2015-10-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Liang Yu; Joshua N. Winn; Michaël Gillon; Simon Albrecht; Saul Rappaport; Allyson Bieryla; Fei Dai; Laetitia Delrez; Lynne Hillenbrand; Matthew J. Holman et al.
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NEW CONSTRAINTS ON QUANTUM GRAVITY FROM X-RAY AND GAMMA-RAY OBSERVATIONS

The Astrophysical Journal
2015-05-13 | Journal article
Contributors: E. S. Perlman; S. A. Rappaport; W. A. Christiansen; Y. J. Ng; J. DeVore; D. Pooley
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DISCOVERY OF TWO NEW THERMALLY BLOATED LOW-MASS WHITE DWARFS AMONG THEKEPLERBINARIES

The Astrophysical Journal
2015-04-21 | Journal article
Contributors: S. Rappaport; L. Nelson; A. Levine; R. Sanchis-Ojeda; D. Gandolfi; G. Nowak; E. Palle; A. Prsa
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A COMPREHENSIVE X-RAY AND MULTIWAVELENGTH STUDY OF THE COLLIDING GALAXY PAIR NGC 2207/IC 2163

The Astrophysical Journal
2014-12-03 | Journal article
Contributors: S. Mineo; S. Rappaport; A. Levine; D. Pooley; B. Steinhorn; J. Homan
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M-DWARF RAPID ROTATORS AND THE DETECTION OF RELATIVELY YOUNG MULTIPLE M-STAR SYSTEMS

The Astrophysical Journal
2014-05-29 | Journal article
Contributors: S. Rappaport; J. Swift; A. Levine; M. Joss; R. Sanchis-Ojeda; T. Barclay; M. Still; G. Handler; K. Oláh; P. S. Muirhead et al.
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A STUDY OF THE SHORTEST-PERIOD PLANETS FOUND WITHKEPLER

The Astrophysical Journal
2014-05-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Roberto Sanchis-Ojeda; Saul Rappaport; Joshua N. Winn; Michael C. Kotson; Alan Levine; Ileyk El Mellah
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