I am particularly interested in short-period chromospherically active variable stars. In addition to this,
I have also worked with RR Lyrae and T Tauri type stars.
Note: Entries in bold indicate papers in which D.L. Summers was the principal investigator.
Publications
- "Overview of the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys" (2018)
arXiv:1804.08657 [astro-ph.IM] with Arjun Dey, et al.
- "ProtoDESI: First On-Sky Technology Demonstration for the Dark Energy Spectrographic Instrument" (2018)
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 130, Number 984, February 2018,
with Parker Fagrelius, et al.
- "2017 YF8" (2018) Minor Planet Electronic Circular, 2018-A11, January 2, 2018,
with R.S. McMillan, et al.
- "A New Telescope Control Software for the Mayall 4-meter Telescope " (2016)
Proc. SPIE 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy III with Behzad Abareshi, et al.
- "The Infrared Light Curve of SN 2011fe in M101 and the Distance to M101" (2012)
The Astrophysical Journal 754, 1 with T. Matheson, et al.
- "Discovery of Eclipses in the Short-Period RS CVn System 1E1919+0427" (1997)
The Astronomical Journal, 113, 2242-45, with P.A. Heckert.
- "1982-1988 Photometry of the Totally Eclipsing Chromospherically Active Binary V792 Herculis=HD 155638" (1996)
The Astronomical Journal, 111,
1322-28, with Anthony B. Kaye, Douglas S. Hall, L. Ronald Patterson,
Harold D. Nations and Paul A. Heckert.
- "1993 BVRI Photometry of BH Virginis." (1994) IBVS 4062, with P.A. Heckert.
- "Long-term Starspot Activity of Short-Period RS Canum Venaticorum Stars V. CG Cygni." (1994)
The Astrophysical Journal, 421, 303-309, with
M. Zeilik, S. Gordon, E. Jaderlund, M. Ledlow,
P.A. Heckert, E. Budding,
and T.S. Banks.
- "1991 V-Band Photometry of an Eclipsing Binary: 1E1919+0427."
(1992) IBVS 3708, with M. Zeilik,
E. Jaderlund, G. Hoeppe, and A. Collins.
- "1991 BVR Photometry of CG Cygni." (1991) IBVS 3663, with M. Zeilik, M. Rhodes, E. Jaderlund,
K. Boudreau, and P.A. Heckert.
- "UBV Photometry of HD 80715 during 1986 and 1987" (1989) IBVS
3298, with P.A. Heckert, R. Harkey,
and V. Sandoval.
- "UBV Photometry of BD+61 1211 during 1986 and 1987." (1989) IBVS
3274 with P.A. Heckert, R. Harkey,
V. Sandoval, and C. Pilkey.
- "Light Curve of V482 Cygni, an R CrB Star." (1988) IBVS 3148, with E.P. Belserene and E.A. Scheer.
- "CK Comae Bereneces and it's Variable Comparison Star." (1987)
JAAVSO, 16,111.
Presentations
- "1E 1919+0427: A New Short Period RS CVn System." (1995). AAS poster presentation with P.A. Heckert.
- "Starspot Activity on the RS CVn Candidate: 1E 1919+0427." (1991).
AAS poster presentation with M. Zeilik.
- "The Bright Stellar X-Ray Source HD 220140: A Nearby Naked T-Tauri Star." (1991). AAS poster presentation
with H.L. Nations, P.A. Heckert,
C.B. Mooney, M.A. Ratcliff, and L.A. Marchall.
- "Optical Photometry of the Active Chromosphere Stars: UZ Lib, HD 220140, and BD+61 1211." (1990).
AAS poster presentation with P.A. Heckert, C.B. Mooney, and M.A. Hickman.
- "UBV Photometry of BD+61 1211 during 1986 and 1987." (1989) AAS poster presentation with P.A. Heckert,
R. Harkey, V. Sandoval, and C. Pilkey.
