Josh Carter
Postdoctoral Associate
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, 37-582K
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139
Research Interests
Transiting exoplanets
Transit light curve modeling
Parameter estimation and the effects of noise
Transit timing variations and planet detection
Molecular composition of exoplanet atmospheres
Transmission and emission spectroscopy of exoplanet atmospheres
Exoplanet shapes and internal constitutions
My CV.
Selected Papers
Analytic Approximations for Transit Light-Curve Observables, Uncertainties, and Covariances
Joshua A. Carter, Jennifer C. Yee, Jason Eastman, B. Scott Gaudi, and Joshua N. Winn 2008 ApJ 689 499-512
Near-Infrared Transit Photometry of the Exoplanet HD 149026b
Joshua A. Carter, Joshua N. Winn, Ronald Gilliland, and Matthew J. Holman 2009 ApJ 696 241-253
Parameter Estimation From Time-Series Data with Correlated Errors:
A Wavelet-Based Method and its Application to Transit Light Curves
Joshua A. Carter & Joshua N. Winn 2009 ApJ 704 51
Empirical Constraints on the Oblateness of an Exoplanet
Joshua A. Carter & Joshua N. Winn 2009, in preparation
Selected Research Media
Visual demonstration of an algorithm to determine the transit light curve of an oblate exoplanet. This algorithm was utilized in an analysis to determine the shape of the “Hot Jupiter” HD 189733b.
Variations in the time of mid-transit for the transiting exoplanet HAT-P-13b due to the gravitational perturbation of sibling planet HAT-P-13c
Using wavelets to whiten transit light curve data.
credit: G. Laughlin
