Selected Publications

For summaries of what these papers found, see Research.

Refereed journal articles: 53 total · First author: 7 · Second or third author: 3

Last updated: September 2026 · Full list on ADS

First-author papers

  1. The γ Cephei System: Updated Orbits, Dynamical Architecture, and Limits on Additional Companions

    J. Van Zandt, B. P. Bowler, M. Endl, et al.

    The Astronomical Journal, accepted (2026) · arXiv

  2. Gaia Exoplanet Orbits, Demographics, and Evolution Survey (GEODES). I. Characteristics of Three Long-period Companions Accelerating Their Host Stars

    J. Van Zandt, B. P. Bowler, E. A. Petigura, et al.

    The Astrophysical Journal, 1006, 222 (2026) · ADSarXivDOI

  3. A Smooth Transition from Giant Planets to Brown Dwarfs from the Radial Occurrence Distribution

    J. Van Zandt, G. J. Gilbert, E. A. Petigura, et al.

    The Astronomical Journal, 171, 267 (2026) · ADSarXivDOI

  4. The TESS–Keck Survey. XXIV. Outer Giants May Be More Prevalent in the Presence of Inner Small Planets

    J. Van Zandt, E. A. Petigura, J. Lubin, et al.

    The Astronomical Journal, 169, 235 (2025) · ADSarXivDOI

  5. No Evidence for a Metallicity-dependent Enhancement of Distant Giant Companions to Close-in Small Planets in the California Legacy Survey

    J. Van Zandt, E. A. Petigura

    The Astronomical Journal, 168, 268 (2024) · ADSarXivDOI

  6. ethraid: A Simple Method for Characterizing Long-period Companions Using Doppler, Astrometric, and Imaging Constraints

    J. Van Zandt, E. A. Petigura

    The Astronomical Journal, 167, 250 (2024) · ADSarXivDOIcode

  7. TESS-Keck Survey. XIV. Two Giant Exoplanets from the Distant Giants Survey

    J. Van Zandt, E. A. Petigura, M. MacDougall, et al.

    The Astronomical Journal, 165, 60 (2023) · ADSarXivDOI

Second- and third-author papers

  1. Orbital Eccentricities Suggest a Gradual Transition from Giant Planets to Brown Dwarfs

    G. J. Gilbert, J. Van Zandt, E. A. Petigura, et al.

    The Astronomical Journal, 171, 67 (2026) · ADSarXivDOI

  2. The HD 191939 Exoplanet System is Well-Aligned and Flat

    J. Lubin, E. A. Petigura, J. Van Zandt, et al.

    The Astronomical Journal, 168, 196 (2024) · ADSarXivDOI

  3. TESS-Keck Survey. IX. Masses of Three Sub-Neptunes Orbiting HD 191939 and the Discovery of a Warm Jovian plus a Distant Substellar Companion

    J. Lubin, J. Van Zandt, R. Holcomb, et al.

    The Astronomical Journal, 163, 101 (2022) · ADSarXivDOI