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I am an observational astrophysicist researching how stellar magnetic fields affect the formation and evolution of low-mass stars. In particular, I am working to understand how magnetic phenomena allow stars to accrete mass and shed angular momentum as they form, and how those magnetic fields change over the course of a star's lifetime. To shed light on these topics, I make observations at wavelengths ranging from X-rays to the sub-millimeter, and then use the results to test theories that describe the formation and evolution of stars.

Curriculum Vitae: PDF | PS (Last update: October 2008)

Selected Publications

Covey, K. R., Hawley, Suzanne L., Bochanski, John J. et al. 2008 (9 total authors), The Luminosity and Mass Functions of Low-Mass Stars in the Galactic Disk: I. The Calibration Region, Astronomical Journal, 136, 1778
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Covey, K. R., Agüeros, M., Green, P. J. et al. 2008 (12 total authors), The ChaMP Extended Stellar Survey (ChESS): Photometric and Spectroscopic Properties of Serendipitously Detected Stellar X-ray Sources, Astrophysical Journal Supplements, 178, 339
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Covey, K. R., Ivezic, Z., et al. 2007 (18 total authors), Stellar SEDs from 0.3-2.5 Microns: Tracing the Stellar Locus and Searching for Color Outliers in SDSS and 2MASS, Astronomical Journal, 134, 2398
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Covey, K. R., Greene, T. P., Doppmann, G. W., & Lada, C. J. 2006, The Radial Velocity Distribution of Class I and Flat-Spectrum Protostars, Astronomical Journal, 131, 512
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Covey, K. R., Greene, T. P., Doppmann, G. W., & Lada, C. J. 2005, The Angular Momentum Content and Evolution of Class I and Flat-Spectrum Protostars, Astronomical Journal, 129, 2765
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Full Publication List

ADS Listing (36 refereed abstracts) | arXiv Listing (30 abstracts)