Publications by authors named "S S Halverson"

Giant exoplanets orbiting close to their host stars are unlikely to have formed in their present configurations. These 'hot Jupiter' planets are instead thought to have migrated inward from beyond the ice line and several viable migration channels have been proposed, including eccentricity excitation through angular-momentum exchange with a third body followed by tidally driven orbital circularization. The discovery of the extremely eccentric (e = 0.

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  • The study discovered a Neptune-mass exoplanet orbiting the low-mass star LHS 3154, which is significantly less massive than the Sun.
  • The exoplanet has a short orbital period of 3.7 days and a minimum mass of 13.2 Earth masses, challenging existing theories of planet formation.
  • Simulations indicate that the high mass ratio between the planet and its star is unexpected, suggesting that close-in Neptune-mass planets would require much more dust in the protoplanetary disk than typically found around such low-mass stars.
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Unlabelled: The distally based peroneus brevis (PB) rotational flap has been shown to be a reliable method of coverage of distal third tibial wounds. The flap is perfused via retrograde flow from distal PB perforators located within 8 cm of the lateral malleolus. The ability to assess patency of these vessels preoperatively facilitates surgical planning, and computed tomography angiography (CTA) has been used for perforator assessment of other lower extremity flaps.

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Background: Gunshot wounds (GSWs) to the wrist and hand are a major health and economic burden in the United States. There are few studies examining the circumstances and epidemiological factors surrounding these injuries. This study assesses the epidemiological factors, as well as the shooting circumstances, injury details, and surgical management of wrist and hand GSWs in children and adults.

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The comblike spectrum of a white light-illuminated Fabry-Pérot etalon can serve as a cost-effective and stable reference for precise Doppler measurements. Understanding the stability of these devices across their broad (hundreds of nanometers) spectral bandwidths is essential to realizing their full potential as Doppler calibrators. However, published descriptions remain limited to small bandwidths or short time spans.

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