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Present	Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Clemson University
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Present	Professor, Clemson University
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Astrophysics and Astronomy

118 Kinard Laboratory
Clemson SC 29634-0978

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Articles (43)

CO and H+3 Toward MWC 1080, MWC 349, and ...

The Astrophysical Journal (2010)

E L Gibb, Sean D Brittain, T W Rettig, M Troutman, et al.

We present high-resolution, near-infrared NIRSPEC observations of the fundamental rovibrational CO and H+ 3 R(1,0), R(1,1) u , and Q(1,0) ...

Tracing the Inner Edge of the Disk Around HD 100546 ...

The Astrophysical Journal (2009)

Sean D Brittain, Joan R Najita and John S Carr

In this paper we present high-resolution 4.7 μm spectra of the isolated Herbig Be star HD 100546. HD 100546 has ...

Revealing the Structure of a Pre-Transitional Disk: The Case of ...

The Astrophysical Journal (2009)

C A Grady, G Schneider, M L Sitko, G M Williger, et al.

SAO 206462 (HD 135344B) has previously been identified as a Herbig F star with a circumstellar disk with a dip ...

HD 100453: A Link Between Gas-Rich Protoplanetary Disks and Gas-Poor ...

The Astrophysical Journal (2009)

K A Collins, C A Grady, K Hamaguchi, J P Wisniewski, et al.

HD 100453 has an IR spectral energy distribution (SED) which can be fit with a power law plus a blackbody. ...

How and When Do Planets Form? The Inner Regions of ...

Publications (2009)

R Millan-Gabet, John D Monnier, Rachel Akeson, Chas Beichman, et al.

The formation of planets is one of the major unsolved problems in modern astrophysics. Planets are believed to form out ...

Erratum: "Warm HCN, C2H2, and CO in the Disk of ...

The Astrophyical Journal (2008)

E L Gibb, K A VanBrunt, Sean D Brittain and T W Rettig

This is an Erratum for the article 2007 ApJ 660 1572

Post-Outburst Observations of V1647 Orionis: Detection of a Brief Warm ...

The Astrophyical Journal (2007)

Sean D Brittain, Terrence W Rettig, Theodore Simon, Dinshaw S Balsara, et al.

We present new observations of the fundamental rovibrational CO spectrum of V1647 Ori, the young star whose recent outburst illuminated ...

Warm Gas in the Inner Disks around Young Intermediate-Mass Stars

The Astrophyical Journal (2007)

Sean D Brittain, Theodore Simon, Joan R Najita and Terrence W Rettig

The characterization of gas in the inner disks around young stars is of particular interest because of its connection to ...

Infrared High-Resolution Spectroscopy of Post-AGB Circumstellar Disks. I. HR 4049 ...

The Astrophyical Journal (2007)

Kenneth H Hinkle, Sean D Brittain and David L Lambert

High-resolution infrared spectroscopy in the 2.3-4.6 micron region is reported for the peculiar A supergiant, single-lined spectroscopic binary HR 4049. ...

Warm HCN, C2H2, and CO in the Disk of GV ...

The Astrophyical Journal (2007)

E L Gibb, K A VanBrunt, Sean D Brittain and T W Rettig

We present the first high-resolution, ground-based observations of HCN and C2H2 toward the T Tauri binary star system GV Tau. ...

Dust Stratification in Young Circumstellar Disks

The Astrophyical Journal (2006)

Terrence Rettig, Sean D Brittain, Theodore Simon, Erika Gibb, et al.

We present high-resolution infrared spectra of four YSOs (T Tau N, T Tau S, RNO 91, and HL Tau). The ...

Post-Outburst Infrared Spectra of V1647 Ori, the Illuminating Star of ...

The Astrophyical Journal (2006)

E L Gibb, T W Rettig, Sean D Brittain, D Wasikowski, et al.

V1647 Ori is a low mass star in the L1630 star-forming region that underwent an outburst in late 2003/early 2004. ...

CO Emission and Absorption toward V1647 Orionis (McNeil's Nebula)

The Astrophyical Journal (2005)

Terrence W Rettig, Sean D Brittain, Erika Gibb, Theodore Simon, et al.

We present high-resolution infrared spectra of V1647 Ori, the illuminating star of McNeil's Nebula, which reveal the presence of hot ...

CO Line Emission and Absorption from the HL Tauri Disk-Where ...

The Astrophyical Journal (2005)

Sean D Brittain, Terrence W Rettig, Theodore Simon and Craig Kulesa

We present high-resolution infrared spectra of HL Tau, a heavily embedded young star. The spectra exhibit broad emission lines of ...

Discovery of CO Gas in the Inner Disk of TW ...

The Astrophysical Journal (2004)

Terrence W Rettig, Joe Haywood, Theodore Simon, Sean D Brittain, et al.

We report the detection of rovibrationally excited CO emission from the inner disk of the classical T Tauri star (cTTS) ...

The Upper Limit for CH4 in the Protostellar Disk toward ...

The Astrophysical Journal (2004)

E L Gibb, T Rettig, Sean D Brittain, R Haywood, et al.

We used high-resolution infrared spectra of the heavily embedded T Tauri star HL Tau to search for evidence of absorption ...

Interstellar H3+ Line Absorption toward LkHα 101

The Astrophysical Journal (2004)

Sean D Brittain, Theodore Simon, Craig Kulesa and Terrence W Rettig

We present a detection of three lines of the H+3 ion in the near-infrared spectrum of the Herbig Be star ...

CO Emission from Disks around AB Aurigae and HD 141569 ...

The Astrophysical Journal (2003)

Sean D Brittain, Terrence W Rettig, Theodore Simon, Craig Kulesa, et al.

We present a comparison of CO fundamental rovibrational lines (observed in the M band near 4.7 μm) from the inner ...

The Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks: A Decade of HST Coronagraphy

Presentation (2007)

Sean Brittain, C Grady, G Schneider, B E Woodgate, et al.