Refereed Publications (1st-3rd author)
Determination of Jupiter’s primordial physical state (2025) K. Batygin & F. C. Adams, Nature Astronomy, in press
From Tides to Currents: Unraveling the Mechanism That Powers WASP-107b's Internal Heat Flux (2025) K. Batygin, AAS Journals, in press; eprint arXiv:2505.01581
Measuring the degree of clustering and diffusion of trans-Neptunian objects (2025) G. Pichierri & K. Batygin,
Icarus, Volume 437, id.116560Thermal Evolution and Mass Loss on Short-Period, Low-Mass Planets During FU Orionis Outbursts (2025) J. Becker & K. Batygin, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, in press; eprint arXiv:2504.13130
General Analytic Solutions for Circumplanetary Disks during the Late Stages of Giant Planet Formation (2025) F. C. Adams & K. Batygin, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, in press; eprint arXiv:2504.13130
Early Solar System Turbulence Constrained by High Oxidation States in the Oldest Noncarbonaceous Planetesimals (2025) T. E. Yap, K. Batygin, F. L. H. Tissot, The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, id.2, 16 pp.
Nutation-orbit resonances: The origin of the chaotic rotation of Hyperion and the barrel instability (2024) M. Goldberg & K. Batygin, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 692, id.A9, 17 pp.
The Formation of the TRAPPIST-1 System in Two Steps During the Recession of the Disk Inner Edge (2024) G. Pichierri, A. Morbidelli, K. Batygin, R. Brasser, Nature Astronomy, Volume 8, p. 1408-1415
The Prevalence of Resonance Among Young, Close-in Planets (2024) F. Dai, M. Goldberg, K. Batygin et al., The Astronomical Journal, Volume 168, Issue 6, id.239, 15 pp.
RV measurements of directly imaged brown dwarf GQ Lup B to search for exo-satellites (2024) K. Horstman, J. B. Ruffio, K. Batygin et al., arXiv:2408.10299
Formation of the Inner Oort Cloud in the Presence of an Early Solar Binary (2024) D. Raush, K. Batygin, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 533, L43-L48
Dust-Gas Coupling in Turbulence- and MHD Wind-driven Protoplanetary Disks: Implications for Rocky Planet Formation (2024) T. E. Yap & K. Batygin, Icarus, 417, 116085
Self-gravitational Dynamics Within the Inner Oort Cloud (2024) K. Batygin, D. Nesvorný, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 136, 24.
Generation of Low-Inclination, Neptune-Crossing TNOs by Planet Nine (2024) K. Batygin, A. Morbidelli, M. E. Brown, D. Nesvorny, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 966, L8
Breaking Giant Chains: Early-Stage Instabilities in Long-Period Giant Planet Systems (2024) V. Nagpal, M. Goldberg, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 969, 133
Chaotic tides as a solution to the Hyperion problem (2024) M. Goldberg, K. Batygin, Icarus, 413, 116014.
A Pan-STARRS1 Search for Planet Nine (2024) M. E. Brown, M. J. Holman, K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, 167, 146B
The Origin of Universality in the Inner Edges of Planetary Systems (2023) K. Batygin, F. Adams, J. Becker, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 951, 19B
Suppression of the inclination instability in the trans-Neptunian Solar system (2023) A. Das & K. Batygin, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 523, 6103D
In-situ enrichment in heavy elements of hot Jupiters (2023) A. Morbidelli, K. Batygin, E. Lega, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 675, 75M
Dissipative Capture of Planets Into First-Order Mean-Motion Resonances (2023) K. Batygin, A. Petit, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 946, 11B
Formation of rocky super-earths from a narrow ring of planetesimals (2023), K. Batygin, A. Morbidelli, Nature Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-022-01850-5
Dynamics and Origins of the Near-Resonant Kepler Planets (2023), M Goldberg, K. Batygin, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 948, 12G
A Self-Consistent Model for Dust-Gas Coupling in Protoplanetary Disks (2022), K. Batygin, A. Morbidelli, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 666, A19
A criterion for the stability of planets in chains of resonances (2022), M Goldberg, K. Batygin, A. Morbidelli, Icarus, Volume 388, 115206
Analytic Approach to the Late Stages of Giant Planet Formation (2022), F. Adams, K. Batygin,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 934, 111AGenerating Stellar Obliquity in Systems with Broken Protoplanetary Disks (2022), M. Epstein-Martin, J. Becker, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 931, 42E
Architectures of Compact Super-Earth Systems Shaped by Instabilities (2022) M. Goldberg, K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 163, 201G
A Search for Planet Nine using the Zwicky Transient Facility Public Archive (2022) M. Brown, K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 163, 102B
Shallowness of circulation in hot Jupiters Advancing the Ohmic dissipation model (2022) H. Knierim, K. Batygin, B. Bitsch, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 658, L7
Contemporary Formation of Early Solar System Planetesimals at Two Distinct Radial Locations (2021) A.Morbidelli, K. Baillié, K. Batygin, S. Charnoz, T. Guillot, D.C. Rubie, T. Kleine, Nature Astronomy, Volume 6, 72M
The Stability Boundary of the Distant Scattered Disk (2021) K. Batygin, R. A. Mardling, D. Nesvorny, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 920, 148B
Chaotic Dynamics Driven by Particle-Core Interactions (2021) K. Batygin, Y. Batygin, Physics of Plasmas, 28, 3104
On the Fate of Interstellar Objects Captured by Our Solar System (2021) K. J. Napier, F. C. Adams, K. Batygin, The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 2, 217N.
Collisional Growth within the Solar System's Primordial Planetesimal Disk and the Timing of the Giant Planet Instability (2021) M. Morgan, D. Seligman, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 917, 8
A Tidal Origin for a Three-body Resonance in Kepler-221 (2021) M. Goldberg, K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, 162, 16
The Distribution of Mutual Inclinations Arising From the Stellar Quadrupole Moment (2021) K. Schultz, C. Spalding, K. Batygin, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506, 2999
Injection of Inner Oort Cloud Objects into the Distant Kuiper Belt by Planet Nine (2021) K. Batygin, M. E. Brown, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 910, 2
The Onset of Chaos in Permanently Deformed Binaries from Spin-Orbit and Spin-Spin Coupling (2021) D. Seligman, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, in press
Eigenstates of Quasi-Keplerian Self-Gravitating Particle Discs (2021) W. Melton, K. Batygin, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502, 3
On the Capture of Interstellar Objects by Our Solar System (2021) K. J. Napier, F. C. Adams, K. Batygin, The Planetary Science Journal, 2, 2
The Origin of Systems of Tightly Packed Inner Planets with Misaligned, Ultra-short-period Companions (2020) J. Becker, K. Batygin, D. Fabrycky, F. C. Adams, G. Li, A. Vanderburg, J. E. Rodriguez, The Astronomical Journal, 160, 6
The Great Inequality and the Dynamical Disintegration of the Outer Solar System (2020) J. K. Zink, K. Batygin, F. C. Adams, The Astronomical Journal, 160, 5
On the Dynamical Origins of Retrograde Jupiter Trojans and their Connection to High-Inclination TNOs (2020) T. Köhne, K. Batygin, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 132, 8
Interactions Among Non-Interacting Particles in Planet Formation Simulations (2020) S. Peng & K. Batygin, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 898, 46
Tidal Inflation Reconciles Low-Density Sub-Saturns with Core Accretion (2020) S. Millholland, E. Petigura, K. Batygin, Astrophysical Journal, 897, 7
No evidence for interstellar planetesimals trapped in the Solar system (2020) A. Morbidelli, K. Batygin, R. Brasser, S. N. Raymond, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497, 46
Formation of Giant Planet Satellites (2020) K. Batygin & A. Morbidelli, Astrophysical Journal, 894, 143
Dynamics of Planetary Systems within Star Clusters: Aspects of the Solar System's Early Evolution (2020) K. Batygin, F. Adams, Y. Batygin, E. Petigura, Astronomical Journal, 159, 101
Energy Optimization in Extrasolar Planetary Systems: The Transition from Peas-in-a-Pod to Runaway Growth (2020) F. Adams, K. Batygin, G. Laughlin, A. Bloch, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, 5520
Energy Optimization in Binary Star Systems: Explanation for Equal Mass Members in Close Orbits (2020) F. Adams, K. Batygin, A. Bloch, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494, 22289
K2-19b and c are in a 3:2 Commensurability but out of Resonance: A Challenge to Planet Assembly by Convergent Migration (2020) E. Petigura, J. Livingston, K. Batygin, and 11 collaborators, The Astronomical Journal, 159, 2
Aero-Resonant Migration (2019) N. Storch, K. Batygin, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 490, 1861
The Planet Nine Hypothesis (2019) K. Batygin, F. C. Adams, M. E. Brown, J. C. Becker, Physics Reports, 805, 1
On the Anomalous Acceleration of 1I/2017 U1 ‘Oumuamua (2019) D. Seligman, G. Laughlin, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 876, 26
Excitation of Planetary Obliquities Through Planet–Disk Interactions (2019) S. Millholland, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 876, 119
The Role of Dissipative Evolution for Three-Planet, Near-Resonant Extrasolar Systems (2019) G. Pichierri, K. Batygin, A. Morbidelli, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 625, 7
Orbital Clustering in the Distant Solar System (2019) M. Brown & K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, 157, 62
The Hot Jupiter Period-Mass Distribution as a Signature of In Situ Formation (2018) E. Bailey, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 866, 2
Feasibility of a Resonance-Based Planet Nine Search (2018) E. Bailey, M. E. Brown, K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, 156, 74
The Generation of the Distant Kuiper Belt by Planet Nine from an Initially Broad Perihelion Distribution (2018) T. Khain, K. Batygin, M. E. Brown, The Astronomical Journal, 155, 250
On the Terminal Rotation Rates of Giant Planets (2018) K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, 155, 178
Schrödinger Evolution of Self-Gravitating Discs (2018) K. Batygin, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 475, 5070
The Resilience of Kepler Systems to Stellar Obliquity (2018) C. Spalding, N. Marx, K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, in press
Chaotic Excitation and Tidal Damping in the GJ 876 System (2018) A. Puranam & K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, in press
Dynamical Evolution Induced by Planet Nine (2017) K. Batygin & A. Morbidelli, The Astronomical Journal, 154, 229
A Secular Resonant Origin for the Loneliness of Hot Jupiters (2017) C. Spalding & K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, 154, 93
On the Consequences of the Detection of an Interstellar Asteroid (2017) G. Laughlin & K. Batygin, AAS Research Notes, 1, 43
Simulations of the Solar System's Early Dynamical Evolution with a Self-gravitating Planetesimal Disk (2017) S. Fan & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 851, 37
An Analytic Criterion for Turbulent Disruption of Planetary Resonances (2017) K. Batygin & F. Adams, The Astronomical Journal, 153, 120
Generation of Highly Inclined Trans-Neptunian Objects by Planet Nine (2016) K. Batygin & M. Brown, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 833, 3
Solar Obliquity Induced by Planet Nine (2016) E. Bailey, K. Batygin, M. Brown, The Astronomical Journal, 152, 126
Dynamical Constraints on the Core Mass of Hot Jupiter HAT-P-13b (2016) P. B. Buhler, H. A. Knutson, K. Batygin , B. J. Fulton , J. J. Fortney, The Astrophysical Journal, 821, 26
In Situ Formation and Dynamical Evolution of Hot Jupiter Systems (2016) K. Batygin, P. H. Bodenheimer, G. Laughlin, The Astrophysical Journal, 829, 114
Spin-orbit Misalignment as a Driver of the Kepler Dichotomy (2016) C. Spalding & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 830, 5
Observational Constraints on the Orbit and Location of Planet Nine in the Outer Solar System (2016) M. Brown & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 824, 2
Resonant Removal of Exomoons During Planetary Migration (2016) C. Spalding, K. Batygin, F. Adams, The Astrophysical Journal, 817, 18
Evidence for a Distant Giant Planet in the Solar System (2016) K. Batygin & M. Brown, The Astronomical Journal, 151, 22
Magnetic Origins of the Stellar Mass-Obliquity Correlation in Planetary Systems (2015) C. Spalding & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 811, 82
Spin-Spin Coupling in the Solar System (2015) K. Batygin & A. Morbidelli, The Astrophysical Journal, 810, 110B
Capture of Planets Into Mean-Motion Resonances and the Origins of Extrasolar Orbital Architectures (2015) K. Batygin, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451, 2589B
Jupiter’s Decisive Role in the Inner Solar System’s Early Evolution (2015) K. Batygin & G. Laughlin, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112, 4214B
Migration of Two Massive Planets Into (and Out of) First Order Mean Motion Resonances (2015) K. Deck & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 810, 119
Dynamical Evolution of Multi-Resonant Systems: the Case of GJ876 (2015) K. Batygin, K. Deck, M. Holman, The Astronomical Journal, 149, 167B
Chaotic Disintegration of the Inner Solar System (2015) K. Batygin, A. Morbidelli, M. J. Holman, The Astrophysical Journal, 799, 120B
Alignment of Protostars and Circumstellar Disks During the Embedded Phase (2014) C. Spalding, K. Batygin, F. Adams, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 797, L29
Non-axisymmetric Flows on Hot Jupiters with Oblique Magnetic Fields (2014) K. Batygin, S. Stanley, The Astrophysical Journal, 794, 10B
Pre-Late Heavy Bombardment Evolution of the Earth’s Obliquity (2014) G. Li & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 795, 67L
Early Excitation of Spin-Orbit Misalignments in Close-in Planetary Systems (2014) C. Spalding & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 790, 42S
On the Spin-Axis Dynamics of a Moonless Earth (2014) G. Li & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 790, 69L
Spin-Orbit Angle Distribution and the Origin of (Mis)Aligned Hot Jupiters (2014) A. Crida & K. Batygin, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 567A, 42C
Magnetic and Gravitational Disk-Star Interactions: An Interdependence of PMS Stellar Rotation Rates and Spin-Orbit Misalignments (2013) K. Batygin & F. Adams, The Astrophysical Journal, 778, 169B
Dynamical Measurements of the Interior Structure of Exoplanets (2013) J. C. Becker & K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 778, 2
Magnetically Controlled Circulation on Hot Extrasolar Planets (2013) K. Batygin, S. Stanley, D. J. Stevenson, The Astrophysical Journal, 776, 53
Analytical Treatment of Planetary Resonances (2013) K. Batygin & A. Morbidelli, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 566, 28B
Mass-Radius Relationships for Very Low Mass Gaseous Planets (2013) K. Batygin & D. J. Stevenson, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 769, 9B
Dissipative Divergence of Resonant Orbits (2013) K. Batygin & A. Morbidelli, The Astronomical Journal, 145, 1B
The Mass, Orbit, and Tidal Evolution of the Quaoar–Weywot System (2013) W. C. Fraser, K. Batygin, M. E. Brown, A. Bouchez, Icarus 222, 357
A Primordial Origin for Misalignments Between Stellar Spin Axes and Planetary Orbits (2012) K. Batygin, Nature, 491, 418
Instability-Driven Dynamical Evolution Model of a Primordially 5-Planet Outer Solar System (2012) K. Batygin, M. E. Brown, H. Betts, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 744, L1
Explaining Why the Uranian Satellites Have Equatorial Prograde Orbits Despite the Large Planetary Obliquity (2012) A. Morbidelli, K. Tsiganis, K. Batygin, A. Crida, R. Gomes, Icarus, 219, 737M
Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems in Presence of Highly Inclined Stellar Perturbers (2011) K. Batygin, A. Morbidelli, K. Tsiganis, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 533, 7B
Onset of Secular Chaos in Planetary Systems: Period Doubling and Strange Attractors (2011) K. Batygin, A. Morbidelli, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 111, 219
Retention of a Primordially Cold Classical Kuiper Belt in an Instability-Driven Model for Solar System Formation (2011) K. Batygin, M. E. Brown, W. C. Fraser, The Astrophysical Journal, 738, 13B
Evolution of Ohmically Heated Hot Jupiters (2011) K. Batygin, D. J. Stevenson, P. H. Bodenheimer, The Astrophysical Journal, 738, 1B
Resolving the Sin(i) Degeneracy in Low-Mass Exoplanets (2011) K. Batygin, G. Laughlin, The Astrophysical Journal, 730, 98B
Early Dynamical Evolution of the Solar System: Pinning Down the Initial Conditions of the Nice Model (2010) K. Batygin & M. Brown, The Astrophysical Journal, 716, 1323
Inflating Hot Jupiters with Ohmic Dissipation (2010) K. Batygin & D. J. Stevenson, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 714, L238
Determination of the Interior Structure of Transiting Planets in Multiple-Planet Systems (2009) K. Batygin, P. Bodenheimer, G. Laughlin, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 704, 409
A Quasi-stationary Solution to Gliese 436b's Eccentricity (2009) K. Batygin, G. Laughlin, S. Meschiari, E. Rivera, S. Vogt, P. Butler, The Astrophysical Journal 699, 23
On the Dynamical Stability of the Solar System (2008) K. Batygin & G. Laughlin, The Astrophysical Journal, 683, 1207
Additional Refereed Publications
Tidally Heated Sub-Neptunes, Refined Planetary Compositions, and Confirmation of a Third Planet in the TOI-1266 System (2025) M. Greklek-McKeon et al., The Astronomical Journal, Volume 169, Issue 6, id.292, 28 pp.
Updated Mass, Eccentricity, and Tidal Heating Constraints for the Earth-sized Planet LP 791-18 d (2025) M. Greklek-McKeon et al., AAS Journals, in press; eprint arXiv:2501.18700
The cool brown dwarf Gliese 229 B is a close binary (2024) Xuan J. W. et al., Nature, Volume 634, Issue 8036, pp. 1070-1074
Radial distribution of distant trans-Neptunian objects points to Sun's formation in a stellar cluster (2023) D. Nesvorny, P. Bernardinelli, D. Vokrouhlicky, K. Batygin, Icarus, 406, 115738
Science opportunities with solar sailing smallsats (2023) Turyshev, S. G. and 26 colleagues, Planetary and Space Science, 235, 105744
Detecting exomoons from radial velocity measurements of self-luminous planets: application to observations of HR 7672 B and future prospects, (2023) J. B. Ruffio and 38 colleagues, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 165, 113
A 2:1 Mean-motion Resonance Super-Jovian Pair Revealed by TESS, FEROS, and HARPS (2023) V. Bozhilov and 26 colleagues, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 946, L36
TOI-1136 is a Young, Coplanar, Aligned Planetary System in a Pristine Resonant Chain (2023) F. Dai and 62 colleagues, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 165, 33
A Multiplanet System's Sole Super-puff: Exploring Allowable Physical Parameters for the Cold Super-puff HIP 41378 f (2022) M. Belkovski, J. Becker, A. Howe, I. Malsky, K. Batygin, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 163, 277B
TESS-Keck Survey IX: Masses of Three Sub-Neptunes Orbiting HD 191939 and the Discovery of a Warm Jovian Plus a Distant Sub-Stellar Companion (2022), J. Lubin and 35 co-authors, including K. Batygin. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 163, 101L
Architectures of Compact Multi-planet Systems: Diversity and Uniformity (2022), L. M. Weiss, S. C. Millholland, E. A. Petigura, F. C. Adams, K. Batygin, A. M. Bloch, C. Mordasini, Protostars & Planets VII, in press
Migration of Jupiter Mass Planets in Discs with Laminar Accretion Flows (2022), E. Lega, A. Morbidelli, R. P. Nelson, X. S. Ramos, A. Crida, W. Béthune, K. Batygin, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 658, A32
Kepler-223 Resonance Holds Information About Turbulence During the Gas-Disk Phase (2021), L. A. Hühn1, G. Pichierri, B. Bitsch, and K. Batygin, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 656, 115H
Strong Near-infrared Spectral Variability of the Young Cloudy L Dwarf Companion VHS J1256-1257 b (2020), P. P. Bowler, Y. Zhou, C. V. Morley, T. Kataria, M. L. Bryan, B. Benneke, K. Batygin, Astrophysical Journal Letters, 893, 30
An Excess of Jupiter Analogs in Super-Earth Systems (2019) M. L. Bryan, H. A. Knutson, E. J. Lee, B. J. Fulton, K. Batygin, H. Ngo, T. Meshkat, The Astronomical Journal, 157, 52
Dynamics and Formation of the Near-resonant K2-24 System: Insights from Transit-timing Variations and Radial Velocities (2018) E. A. Petigura, B. Benneke, K. Batygin, B. J. Fulton, M. Werner, J. E. Krick, V. Gorjian, E. Sinukoff, K. M. Deck, S. M. Mills, D. Deming, The Astronomical Journal, 156, 89
Constraints on the Spin Evolution of Young Planetary-Mass Companions (2018) M. L. Bryan, B. Benneke, H. A. Knutson, K. Batygin, B. P. Bowler, Nature Astronomy, 2, 138
A Direct Imaging Survey of Spitzer-detected Debris Disks: Occurrence of Giant Planets in Dusty Systems (2018) T. Meshkat, D. Mawet, M. L. Bryan, S. Hinkley, B. P. Bowler, K. R. Stapelfeldt, K. Batygin, D. Padgett, F. Y. Morales, E. Serabyn, V Christiaens, T. D. Brandt, Z, Wahhaj, The Astronomical Journal, 154,245
Three’s Company: An Additional Non-transiting Super-Earth in the Bright HD 3167 System, and Masses for All Three Planets (2017) J. L. Christiansen, A. Vanderburg, J. Burt, B. J. Fulton, K. Batygin, B. Benneke, J. M. Brewer, D. Charbonneau, D. R. Ciardi, A. C. Cameron and 48 coauthors, The Astronomical Journal, 154, 122
No Difference in Orbital Parameters of RV-detected Giant Planets between 0.1 and 5 au in Single versus Multi-stellar Systems (207) H. Ngo, H. A. Knutson, M. L. Bryan, S. Blunt, E. L. Nielsen, K. Batygin, B. P. Bowler, J. R. Crepp, S. Hinkley, A. W. Howard, D. Mawet, The Astronomical Journal, 153, 242
Planet-induced Stellar Pulsations in HAT-P-2's Eccentric System (2017) J. de Wit, N. K. Lewis, H. A. Knutson, J. Fuller, V. Antoci, B. J. Fulton, G. Laughlin, D. Deming, A. Shporer, K. Batygin, N. B. Cowan, E. Agol, A. S. Burrows, J. J. Fortney, J. Langton, A. P. Showman, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 836, L17
Statistics of Long Period Gas Giant Planets in Known Planetary Systems (2016) M. L. Bryan, H. A. Knutson, A. W. Howard, H. Ngo, K. Batygin, J. R. Crepp, B. J. Fulton, S. Hinkley, H. Isaacson, J. A. Johnson, G. W. Marcy, J. T. Wright, The Astrophysical Journal, 821, 89
Direct Measure of Radiative and Dynamical Properties of an Exoplanet Atmosphere (2016) J. de Wit, N. K. Lewis, J. Langton, G. Laughlin , D. Deming, K. Batygin, J. J. Fortney, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 820, L33
Friends of Hot Jupiters. IV. Stellar Companions Beyond 50 AU Might Facilitate Giant Planet Formation, but Most are Unlikely to Cause Kozai–Lidov Migration (2016) H. Ngo, H. A. Knutson, S. Hinkley, M. Bryan, J. R. Crepp, K. Batygin, I. Crossfield, B. Hansen, A. W. Howard, J. A. Johnson, D. Mawet, T. D. Morton, P. S. Muirhead, J. Wang, The Astrophysical Journal, 827, 8
Friends of Hot Jupiters. III. An Infrared Spectroscopic Search for Low-Mass Stellar Companions (2015) D. Piskorz, H. A. Knutson, H. Ngo, P. S. Muirhead, K. Batygin, J. R. Crepp, S. Hinkley, T. D. Morton, The Astrophysical Journal, 814, 148
Friends of Hot Jupiters. II. No Correspondence Between Hot-Jupiter Spin–Orbit Misalignment and the Incidence of Directly Imaged Stellar Companions (2015) H. Ngo, H. A. Knutson, S. Hinkley, J. R. Crepp, E. B. Bechter, K. Batygin, A. W. Howard, J. A. Johnson, T. D. Morton, P. S. Muirhead, The Astrophysical Journal, 800, 138
Friends of Hot Jupiters. I. A Radial Velocity Search for Massive, Long-Period Companions to Close-in Gas Giant Planets (2014) H. A. Knutson, B. J. Fulton, B. T. Montet, M. Kao, H. Ngo, A. W. Howard, J. R. Crepp, S. Hinkley, G. A. Bakos, K. Batygin, J. A. Johnson, T, D. Morton, P. S. Muirhead, The Astrophysical Journal, 785, 126
WASP-12b and HAT-P-8b are Members of Triple Star Systems (2014) E. Bechter, J. R. Crepp, H. Ngo, H. A. Knutson, K. Batygin, S. Hinkley, P. S. Muirhead, J. A. Johnson, A, W. Howard, B. T. Montet, C. Matthews, T. D. Morton, The Astrophysical Journal, 788, 2
The Absolute Magnitude Distribution of Kuiper Belt Objects (2014) W. C. Fraser, M. E. Brown, A. Morbidelli, A. Parker, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 782:100
A Super-Earth and Two Neptunes Orbiting the Nearby Sun-like Star 61 Virginis (2010) S. S. Vogt, R. A. Wittenmyer, R. P. Butler, S. O’Toole, G. W. Henry, E. J. Rivera, S. Meschiari, G. Laughlin, C. G. Tinney, H. R. A. Jones, J. Bailey, B. D. Carter, K. Batygin, The Astrophysical Journal, 708, 1366
General Audience Articles
Pathway to Planet Nine (2016) K. Batygin, Physics World, July 2016 issue
Born of Chaos: the Violent Biography of Our Solar System (2016) K. Batygin, G. Laughlin, A. Morbidelli, Scientific American, May 2016 issue (cover story)