Disk Detective

Disk Detective is now in its second phase: Disk Detective 2.0.
Stay tuned for scientific results from this new relaunch, or check our blog for updates!

Disk Detective 1.0 led to several publications:

Chandra Observations of Six Peter Pan Disks: Diversity of X-Ray-driven Internal Photoevaporation Rates Does Not Explain Their Rare Longevity Stefan Laos, John P. Wisniewski, Marc J. Kuchner, Steven M. Silverberg, Hans Moritz Günther, Principe, David A. Principe, Brett Bonine, Marina Kounkel, and The Disk Detective Collaboration

Disks in Nearby Young Stellar Associations Found Via Virtual Reality Susan Higashio, Marc J. Kuchner, Steven M. Silverberg, Matthew A. Brandt, Thomas G. Grubb, Jonathan Gagné, John H. Debes, Joshua Schlieder, John P. Wisniewski, Stewart Slocum, Alissa S. Bans, Shambo Bhattacharjee, Joseph R. Biggs, Milton K.D. Bosch, Tadeas Cernohous, Katharina Doll, Hugo A. Durantini Luca, Alexandru Enachioaie, Phillip Griffith, Joshua Hamilton, Jonathan Holden, Michiharu Hyogo, Dawoon Jung, Lily Lau, Fernanda Piñeiro, Art Piipuu, Lisa Stiller, and the Disk Detective Collaboration

Discovery of a Nearby Young Brown Dwarf Disk Maria C. Schutte, Kellen D. Lawson, John P. Wisniewski, Marc J. Kuchner, Steven M. Silverberg, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi, Rocio Kiman, Jonathan Gagné, Aaron Meisner, Adam C. Schneider, Alissa S. Bans, John H. Debes, Natalie Kovacevic, Milton K. D. Bosch, Hugo A. Durantini Luca, Jonathan Holden, Michiharu Hyogo, and the Disk Detective Collaboration

"Peter Pan Disks: Long-lived Accretion Disks Around Young M Stars" Steven M. Silverberg, John P. Wisniewski, Marc J. Kuchner, Kellen D. Lawson, Alissa S. Bans, John H. Debes, Joseph R. Biggs, Milton K.D. Bosch, Katharina Doll, Hugo A. Durantini Luca, Alexandru Enachioaie, Joshua Hamilton, Jonathan Holden, Michiharu Hyogo, and the Disk Detective Collaboration.

Follow-up Imaging of Disk Candidates from the Disk Detective Citizen Science Project: New Discoveries and False-Positives in WISE Circumstellar Disk Surveys Steven M. Silverberg, Marc J. Kuchner, John P. Wisniewski, Alissa S. Bans, John H. Debes, Scott J. Kenyon, Christoph Baranec, Reed Riddle, Nicholas Law, Johanna K. Teske, Emily Burns-Kaurin, Milton K.D. Bosch, Tadeas Cernohous, Katharina Doll, Hugo A. Durantini Luca, Michiharu Hyogo, Joshua Hamilton, Johanna J.S. Finnemann, Lily Lau, the Disk Detective Collaboration

A new M dwarf debris disk candidate in a young moving group discovered with disk detective
Steven M. Silverberg, Marc J. Kuchner, John P. Wisniewsk, Jonathan Gagné, Alissa S. Bans, Shambo Bhattacharjee, Thayne R. Currie, John R. Debes, Joseph R. Biggs, Milton Bosch, Katharina Doll, Hugo A. Durantini-Luca, Alexandru Enachioaie, Philip Griffith, Sr., Michiharu Hyogo, Fernanda Piñiero, and Disk Detective Collaboration

Disk Detective: Discovery of New Circumstellar Disk Candidates through Citizen Science Marc J. Kuchner, Steven M. Silverberg, Alissa S. Bans, Shambo Bhattacharjee, Scott J. Kenyon, John H. Debes, Thayne Currie, Luciano García, Dawoon Jung, Chris Lintott, Michael McElwain, Deborah L. Padgett, Luisa M. Rebull, John P. Wisniewski, Erika Nesvold, Kevin Schawinski, Michelle L. Thaller, Carol A. Grady, Joseph Biggs, Milton Bosch, Tadeás̆ C̆ernohous, Hugo A. Durantini Luca, Michiharu Hyogo, Lily Lau Wan Wah, Art Piipuu, Fernanda Piñeiro, and the Disk Detective Collaboration