RESEARCH

I'm interested in properties of young stars, specifically evolution of rotation rates, disks, accretion rates, and Li abundances. I'm also interested in light element abundances in halo stars and galactic chemical evolution.

Refereed papers

Young Stars

• NEW! Rebull, L., et al., The Taurus Spitzer Survey: New Candidate Taurus Members Selected Using Sensitive Mid-Infrared Photometry, 2010, ApJS, 186, 259. There are two large sets of online-only figures too; here are the original versions I submitted: all known object SEDs, all new object SEDs.
• Soderblom, D., et al., The Metallicity of the Pleiades, 2009, AJ, 138, 1292
• Morales-Calderon, M., Stauffer, J., Rebull, L., et al., Mid-Infared Variability of Protostars in IC1396A, 2009, ApJ, 702, 1507
• Baxter, E., et al., The Distance to NGC 2264, 2009, AJ, 138, 963
• Flagey, N., et al., Evidence for Dust Evolution Within the Taurus Complex from Spitzer Images, 2009, ApJ, 701, 1450
• Guieu, S., Rebull, L., et al., The North American and Pelican Nebulae I. IRAC Observations, 2009, ApJ, 697, 787
• Cieza, L., et al., Primordial Circumstellar Disks in Binary Systems: Evidence for Reduced Lifetimes, 2009, ApJL, 696, 84
• Terebey, S., et al., Far-Infrared Observations of the Very Low Luminosity Embedded Source L1521F-IRS in the Taurus Star-Forming Region, 2009, ApJ, 696, 1918
• Carey, S., et al., MIPSGAL: A Survey of the Inner Galactic Plane, 2009, PASP, 121, 76
• Pravdo, S., et al., Circumstellar disks in the outer Galaxy: the star-forming region NGC 1893, 2008, A&A, 488, 211
• Gautier, N., Rebull, Stapelfeldt, Mainzer, Spitzer-MIPS Observations of the eta Cha Young Association, 2008, ApJ, 683, 813
• Rebull, L., et al., Spitzer/MIPS Observations of Stars in the Beta Pictoris Moving Group, 2008, ApJ, 681, 1484
• Guedel, M., et al., Million-Degree Plasma Pervading the Extended Orion Nebula, 2007, Science Express and 2008, Science
• Prisinzano, L., et al., X-ray properties of protostars in the Orion Nebula, 2008, ApJ, 677, 425
• Padgett, D., Rebull, L., et al., The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds: VII. Ophiuchus Observed with MIPS, 2008, ApJ, 672, 1013
• Stauffer, J., et al., Near and Mid-IR Photometry of the Pleiades, and a New List of Substellar Candidate Members, 2007, ApJ, 172, 663
• Chapman, N., et al., The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds. IV. Lupus Observed with MIPS, 2007, ApJ, 667, 288
• Rebull, L., Stapelfeldt, K., et al., The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds: VI. Perseus Observed with MIPS, 2007, ApJS, 171, 447
• Harvey, Paul M.; Rebull, Luisa M.; Brooke, Tim; et al. The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds VIII. Serpens Observed with MIPS, 2007, ApJ, 663, 1139
• Harvey, Paul; Merin, Bruno; Huard, Tracy L.; Rebull, Luisa M.; Chapman, Nicholas; Evans, Neal J., II; Myers, Philip C., The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Insterstellar Clouds. IX. The Serpens YSO Population As Observed With IRAC and MIPS, 2007, ApJ, 663, 1149
• Briggs, K., et al., The X-ray activity-rotation relation of T Tauri stars in Taurus-Auriga, 2007, A&A, 468, 413
• Guedel, M., et al., The XMM-Newton Extended Survey of the Taurus Molecular Cloud (XEST), 2007, A&A, 468, 353
• Guieu, S., et al., On the circum(sub)stellar environment of brown dwarfs in Taurus, 2007, A&A, 465, 855
• Morales-Calderon, M., et al., A Sensitive Search for Variability in Late L Dwarfs: The Quest for Weather, 2006, ApJ, 653, 1454
• Joergensen, J., et al., The Spitzer c2d Survey of Large, Nearby, Interstellar Clouds. III. Perseus Observed with IRAC, 2006, ApJ, 645, 1246
• Furesz, G., et al., Kinematics of NGC 2264: Signs of Cluster Formation, 2006, ApJ, 648, 1090
• Rebull, L. M., Stauffer, J. R., Megeath, S. T., Hora, J. L., Hartmann, L., A Correlation Between Pre-Main Sequence Stellar Rotation Rates and IRAC Excesses in Orion, 2006, ApJ, 646, 297
• Rebull, L. M., Stauffer, J. R., Ramirez, S., Flaccomio, F., Sciortino, S., Micela, G., Strom, S., Wolff, S., Chandra X-Ray Observations of Young Clusters. III. NGC 2264 and the Orion Flanking Fields, 2006, AJ, 131, 2934
• Stauffer, J. R., Rebull, L. M., Carpenter, J., Hillenbrand, L., Backman, D., Meyer, M., Kim, J., Silverstone, M., Young, E., Hines, D., Soderblom, D., Mamajek, E., Morris, P., Bouwman, J., Strom, S., Spitzer Observations of G Dwarfs in the Pleiades: Circumstellar Debris Disks at 100 Myr Age, 2005, AJ, 130, 1834
• Spitzer Special Issue articles:
  • Gorjian, V., Werner, M., Mould, J., Gordon, K., Muzerolle, J., Morrison, J., Surace, J., Rebull, L., Hurt, R., Smith, R., Points, S., Aguilera, C., De Buizer, J., Packham, C., Infrared Imaging of the LMC Star Forming Region Henize 206, 2004, ApJS, 154, 275
  • Gorlova, N., Padgett, D., Rieke, G., Muzerolle, J., Morrison, J., Gordon, K., Engelbracht, C., Hines, D., Hinz, J., Noriega-Crespo, A., Rebull, L., Stansberry, J., Stapelfeldt, K., Su, K., Young, E., New Debris Disk Candidates: 24 micron Stellar Excesses at 100 Myr, 2004, ApJS, 154, 448
  • Ingalls, J., Miville-Deschenes, M.-A., Reach, W. T., Noriega-Crespo, A., Carey, S., Boulanger, F., Stolovy, S. R., Padgett, D. L., Burgdorf, M. J., Fajardo-Acosta, S. B., Glaccum, W. J., Helou, G. , Hoard, D. W., Karr, J., O'Linger, J., Rebull, L. M., Rho, J., Stauffer, J. R., Wachter S., Structure and Colors of Diffuse Emission in the Spitzer Galactic First Look Survey, 2004, ApJS, 154, 281
  • Marston, A., Reach, W., Noriega-Crespo, A., Rho, J., Smith, H., Melnick, G., Fazio, G., Rieke, G., Carey, S., Rebull, L., Muzerolle, J., Egami, E., Watson, D., Pipher, J., Latter, W., Stapelfeldt, K., DR 21: A Major Star Formation Site Revealed by Spitzer, 2004, ApJS, 154, 333
  • Meadows, V., Bhattacharya, B., Reach, W., Grillmair, C., Noriega-Crespo, A., Ryan, E., Tyler, S., Rebull, L., Giorgini, J., Elliot, J., The Spitzer First Look Survey -- Ecliptic Plane Component: Asteroids and Zodiacal Background, 2004, ApJS, 154, 469
  • Padgett, D., Rebull, L., Noriega-Crespo, A., Carey, S., Stapelfeldt, K., Stauffer, J., Burgdorf, M., Cole, D., Fajardo-Acosta, S., Frayer, D., Helou, G., Hoard, D., Karr, J., Latter, W., Lowrance, P., O'Linger, J., Masci, F., Ramirez, S., Reach, W., Rho, J., Stolovy, S., Wachter, S., An Aggregate of Young Stellar Disks in Lynds 1228 South, 2004, ApJS, 154, 433
  • Rieke, G., and E. T. Young, C. W. Engelbracht, D. M. Kelly, F. J. Low, E. E. Haller, J. W. Beeman, K. D. Gordon, J. A. Stansberry, K. A. Misselt, J. Cadien, J. E. Morrison, W. B. Latter, A. Noriega-Crespo, D. L. Padgett, K. R. Stapelfeldt, D. C. Hines, E. Egami, J. Muzerolle, A. Alonso-Herrero, M. Blaylock, H. Dole, J. L. Hinz, E. Le Floc'h, C. Papovich, P. G. Perez-Gonzalez, P. S. Smith, K. Y. L. Su, L. Bennett, D. T. Frayer, D. Henderson, N. Lu, F. Masci, M. Pesenson, L. Rebull, J. Rho, J. Keene, S. Stolovy, S. Wachter, W. Wheaton, P. L. Richards, The Multiband Imaging Photometer for Spitzer, 2004, ApJS, 154, 25
• Ramirez, S., Rebull, L., Stauffer, J., Hearty, T., Hillenbrand, L., Jones, B., Makidon, R., Pravdo, S., Strom, S., Werner, M. "Chandra X-Ray Observations of Young Clusters I. Orion Flanking Fields Data", 2004, AJ, 128, 787
• Ramirez, S., Rebull, L., Stauffer, J., Hearty, T., Hillenbrand, L., Jones, B., Makidon, R., Pravdo, S., Strom, S., Werner, M. "Chandra X-Ray Observations of Young Clusters I. NGC 2264 Data", 2004, AJ, 127, 2659
• Makidon, R., Rebull, L., Strom, S., Adams, M., Patten, B., "Periodic Variability of Pre-Main Sequence Stars in the NGC 2264 OB Association", 2004, AJ, 127, 2228 (data table)
• Rebull, L. M., Wolff, S. C., Strom, S. E., "Stellar Rotation in Young Clusters: The First 4 Million Years," 2004, AJ, 127, 1029
• Rebull, L. M., Cole, D. M., Stapelfeldt, K. R., and Werner, M. W. "High-Resolution Mid-Infrared Observations of Very Young Stellar Objects in NGC 1333," 2003, AJ, 125, 2568.
• Holmes, E. K., Butner, H. M., Fajardo-Acosta, S. B., and Rebull, L. M. "A Survey of Nearby Main-Sequence Stars for Submillimeter Emission," 2003, AJ, 125, 3334
• Rebull, L. M., Wolff, S. C., Strom, S. E., and Makidon, R. B., "The Early Angular Momentum History of Low Mass Stars: Evidence for a Regulation Mechanism," 2002, AJ, 124, 546
• Rebull, L. M., Makidon, R. B., Strom, S. E., Hillenbrand, L. A., Birmingham, A., Patten, B. M., Jones, B. F., Yagi, H., & Adams, M. T., "Circumstellar Disk Candidates Identified in NGC 2264," 2002, AJ, 123, 1528 (table 1, table 2, table 3; all 3 tables in standard ADS format.)
• Rebull, L. M., "Rotation of Young Low-Mass Stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster Flanking Fields," 2001, AJ, 121, 1676 (table 3 and table4) [Yes, this is my thesis.]
• Rebull, L. M., Hillenbrand, L. A., Strom, S. E., Duncan, D. K., Patten, B. M., Pavlovsky, C., Makidon, R., Adams, M., "Circumstellar Disk Candidates Identified from UV Excesses in the Orion Nebula Cluster Flanking Fields," 2000, AJ, 119, 3026 (data tables)
• Duncan, D.K. and Rebull, L.M., "Lithium in Young Solar-Type Stars in the Orion Nebula Region," 1996, PASP, 108, 738.

Light Element Abundances

• Hobbs, L.M., Thorburn, J.T., and Rebull, L.M., "Lithium Isotope Ratios in Halo Stars III," 1999, ApJ, 523, 797.
• Rebull, L.M., Duncan, D.K., Johansson, S., Thorburn, J.T., Fields, B., "Limits on the Boron Isotopic Ratio in HD 76932," 1998, ApJ, 507, 387.
• Duncan, D.K., Rebull, L.M., Primas, F., Boesgaard, A.M., Deliyannis, C.P., Hobbs, L.M., King, J., Ryan, S., "The Boron Abundance of BD-13D3442," 1998, A&A, 332, 1017.
• Duncan, D.K., Primas, F., Rebull, L.M., Boesgaard, A.M., Deliyannis, C.P., Hobbs, L.M., King, J., Ryan, S., "The Evolution of Galactic Boron and the Production Site of the Light Elements," 1997, ApJ, 488, 338.
• Duncan, D.K. and Rebull, L.M., "Lithium in Young Solar-Type Stars in the Orion Nebula Region," 1996, PASP, 108, 738.

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Last substantially modified 13 Aug 07 by rebull
The research described here was partially carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

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