Ari Heinze's Professional Astronomy Webpage

Dissertation and First-Author Papers Ph.D. Dissertation. Ph.D. advisor: Phil Hinz, University of Arizona. Note: My dissertation is several megabytes in size, so it will take some time to load. A delay of many seconds here is not necessarily evidence of a broken link. Constraints on Long-Period Planets from an L' and M band Survey of Nearby Sun-Like Stars: Observations The link leads to a preliminary draft at present. Click here for supporting data from this paper. Constraints on Long-Period Planets from an L' and M band Survey of Nearby Sun-Like Stars: Modeling Results The link leads to a preliminary draft at present. Click here for supporting data from this paper. The rotation period and rotational lightcurve amplitude of the Kuiper Belt dwarf planet Makemake (2009; preprint) An adaptive optics imaging search for planets around Vega and eps Eri (2008, published in ApJ) Spectral types for four unusually promising OGLE-III transiting planet candidates (2005, published in AJ)	Images shown here are visually impressive and/or of exceptional scientific significance, but are not all directly related to my research. Click on an image for information on its source and its scientific implications.
Curriculum Vitae Curriculum Vitae for Ari Heinze Other Peer-Reviewed Papers Early adaptive optics results with a phase-plate coronagraph (2007; published in ApJ) First author: Matt Kenworthy. First AO search for planets around Vega in the M band (2006; published in ApJ) First author: Phil Hinz. Probing variations in Pluto's rotational lightcurve over time to test for surface changes (2003; published in Icarus) First author: Bonnie Buratti.
Recent Conference Posters Adaptive Optics Astrometry of Binary Stars: From Calibration to Orbital Science MMT Adaptive Optics Imaging of the asteroid 4 Vesta in L' and M during the 2007 Apparition Research Links General Useful Papers.

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