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Dimitri Veras

I am an astrophysicist who researches the contents of planetary systems (including our own solar system) in a wide variety of contexts, across both time and space. I have published academic articles about forming, destroying and evolving planets, asteroids, moons and comets while they interact with their parent star or stars.

You can view (or listen toLink opens in a new window) some media attention regarding different aspects of my work from BBC NewsLink opens in a new window, BBC Sky at Night MagazineLink opens in a new window, BBC Science FocusLink opens in a new window, The IndependentLink opens in a new window, National Geographic 1Link opens in a new window, National Geographic 2Link opens in a new window, The Conversation 1Link opens in a new window, The Conversation 2Link opens in a new window, ForbesLink opens in a new window, Physics TodayLink opens in a new window, New Scientist 1Link opens in a new window, New Scientist 2Link opens in a new window, New Scientist 3Link opens in a new window, Huffington PostLink opens in a new window, Universe TodayLink opens in a new window, Astronomy NowLink opens in a new window, The Daily MailLink opens in a new window, and USA TodayLink opens in a new window.

My most significant current research focus is on the **future and fate** of extrasolar asteroids, comets, moons and planets: how they traverse the violent giant branch stellar evolution phases and "pollute" these stars after they become "white dwarfs". The Sun will become a giant branch star and then white dwarf, and might very well be polluted by asteroids, comets or even planets such as the Earth!

Planetary evolution across stellar evolution

The fate of a planetary system as the host star becomes a violent giant branch star and then a dense ember known as a white dwarf. Artistry © Mark A. Garlick / markgarlick.comLink opens in a new window / space-art.co.ukLink opens in a new window / www.youtube.com/user/magarlickLink opens in a new window


I am an Associate Professor working in the exoplanet, white dwarf, disc-based and space satellites/astrodynamics research groups here at the University of Warwick; my current PhD student is Rafael Martinez-BrunnerLink opens in a new window. I am also a member of the University of Warwick's Centre for Exoplanets and HabitabilityLink opens in a new window and the University of Warwick's Centre for Space Domain AwarenessLink opens in a new window. My biography includes postdoctoral research appointments at the University of CambridgeLink opens in a new window and University of FloridaLink opens in a new window. I obtained my PhD at the University of Colorado at BoulderLink opens in a new window, and my Bachelor's degree at Yale UniversityLink opens in a new window.


Prospective PhD students:

----Along with Ravindra DesaiLink opens in a new window, I will be co-supervising a HetSysLink opens in a new window PhD project entitled "Modelling extreme magnetosphere-atmosphere interactions". Please see this pageLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window for the project description and this pageLink opens in a new windowLink opens in a new window for the application details.

----For topics related to the physical, dynamical or chemical properties of asteroids, planets or discs orbiting violent giant branch stars and white dwarfs, I currently am not able to fund any more PhD students. However, I always welcome interest from those who are able to self-fund their PhDs. Please note that these projects are simulation-based, theory-based and analytics-based; see my papers below before getting in touch at [dimitri.veras (at) aya.yale.edu].


In addition to research, I have a keen interest in maps, and have created an Astronomy Map of the WorldLink opens in a new window containing 745 institutes, as well as a map of the UK Astronomical SocietiesLink opens in a new window.

Please click on the titles of the papers below to obtain pre-published drafts. Highlights include three invited review papers that help summarize the field of exoplanetary system fates covering: (1) all aspects of the evolution and delivery of rocky extra-solar materials to white dwarfsLink opens in a new window up until 2024, (2) all aspects of planetary systems around white dwarfsLink opens in a new window up until 2021, and (3) all theoretical work on giant branch, white dwarf and pulsar planetary systemsLink opens in a new window up until 2016. Also, for a shorter, more publicly accessible read, see my Nature Astronomy News & ViewsLink opens in a new window summary which links the fate of planetary systems to the popular interstellar interloper ‘Oumuamua.

Last updated: January 2024

 



ACCEPTED REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

--Veras, D., Mustill, A.J., Bonsor, A., 2024. "The evolution and delivery of rocky extra-solar materials to white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry (Volume 88), In Press

--Barker, A., Efroimsky, M., Makarov, V.V., Veras, D., 2024. "On the orbital decay of the gas giant Kepler-1658bLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 5131-5139.

--Veras, D., Ida, S., Grishin, E., Kenyon, S.J., Bromley, B.C., 2023. "Planetesimals drifting through dusty and gaseous white dwarf debris discs: Types I, II and III-like migrationLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524, 1-17.

--Veras, D., Rosengren, A.J., 2023. "The smallest planetary drivers of white dwarf pollutionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 519, 6257-6266.

--Veras, D., Georgakarakos, N., Dobbs-Dixon, I., 2023. "High-resolution resonant portraits of a single-planet white dwarf systemLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 518, 4537-4550.

--McDonald, C.H., Veras, D., 2023. "Binary asteroid scattering around white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 520, 4009-4022.

--Raymond, S.N., Veras, D., Clement, M.S., Izidoro, A., Kipping, D., Meadows, V., 2023. "Survival and dynamics of rings of co-orbital planets under perturbationsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 522, 4875-4879.

--Raymond, S.N., Veras, D., Clement, M.S., Izidoro, A., Kipping, D., Meadows, V., 2023. "Constellations of co-orbital planets: horseshoe dynamics, long-term stability, transit timing variations, and potential as SETI beaconsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 2002-2011.

--Hon, M., Huber D., Rui N.Z., Fuller, J., Veras, D., et al. 2023, "A close-in giant planet escapes engulfment by its starLink opens in a new window". Nature, 618, 917-920. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Grunblatt, S.K., Saunders, N., Chontos, A. Hattori, S., Veras, D., et al., 2023. "TESS Giants Transiting Giants. III. An Eccentric Warm Jupiter Supports a Period-Eccentricity Relation for Giant Planets Transiting Evolved StarsLink opens in a new window", The Astronomical Journal, 165, id. 44, 15 pp.

--Chen, J., Tao W., Feinstein, A.D., Stassun, K.G., Bedding, T.R., Veras, D., et al., 2023. "TESS Asteroseismic Analysis of HD 76920: The Giant Star Hosting An Extremely Eccentric ExoplanetLink opens in a new window", The Astrophysical Journal, 945, 12 pp.

--Armstrong et al. 2023, "Discovery and characterization of two Neptune-mass planets orbiting HD 212729 with TESSLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 524, 5804-5816.

--Veras, D., Birader, Y., Zaman, U., 2022. "Orbit decay of 2-100 au planetary remnants around white dwarfs with no gravitational assistance from planetsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 510, 3379-3388.

--Stock, K., Veras, D., Cai, M.X., Spurzem, R., Portegies Zwart, S., 2022. "Birth cluster simulations of planetary systems with multiple super-Earths: initial conditions for white dwarf pollution driversLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 512, 2460-2473.

--Cunningham, T. et al. 2022, "A white dwarf accreting planetary material determined from X-ray observationsLink opens in a new window". Nature, 602, 219-222. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Makarov, V., Goldin, A., Tkachenko, A.V., Veras, D., Noyelles, B., 2022. "Chaos over order: mapping 3D rotation of triaxial asteroids and minor planetsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513, 2076-2087.

--Clement, M.S., Raymond, S.N., Veras, D., Kipping, D., 2022. "Mathematical encoding within multiresonant planetary systems as SETI beaconsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513, 4945-4950.

--Veras, D., 2021. "Planetary systems around white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Oxford Research Encyclopedia, Id. 1. DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190647926.013.238 [Invited Review Chapter]

--Veras, D., Hinkley, S., 2021. "The post-main-sequence fate of the HR 8799 planetary systemLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 505, 1557-1566. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Veras, D., Vidotto, A.A., 2021. "Planetary magnetosphere evolution around post-main-sequence starsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506, 1679-1703. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Veras, D., Georgakarakos, N., Mustill, A.J., Malamud, U., Cunningham, T., Dobbs-Dixon, I., 2021. "The entry geometry and velocity of planetary debris into the Roche sphere of a white dwarfLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506, 1148-1164.

--McDonald, C.H., Veras, D., 2021. "White dwarf planetary debris dependence on physical structure distributions within asteroid beltsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 506, 4031-4047.

--Rozner, M., Veras, D., Perets, H., 2021. "Rapid destruction of planetary debris around white dwarfs through aeolian erosionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 502, 5176-5184.

--Trevascus, D., Price, D.J., Nealon, R., Liptai, D., Manser, C.J., Veras, D., 2021. "Formation of eccentric gas discs from sublimating or partially disrupted asteroids orbiting white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 1, L21-L25.

--Smallwood, J., Martin, R.G., Livio, M., Veras, D., 2021. "On the role of resonances in polluting white dwarfs by asteroidsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504, 3375-3386.

--Pfalzner, S., Vargas, L.A., Bhandare, A., Veras, D., 2021. "Significant interstellar object production by close stellar flybysLink opens in a new window", Astronomy & Astrophysics, In Press

--Makarov, V.V., Goldin, A., Veras, D., 2021. "Spin-orbit resonances of high-eccentricity asteroids: regular, switching, and jumpingLink opens in a new window", Planetary Science Journal, 2:108, 6pp.

--Blackman, J.W. et al. 2021, "A Jovian analogue orbiting a white dwarf starLink opens in a new window". Nature, 598, 272-275. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Blake, J. et al. 2021, "DebrisWatch I: A survey of faint geosynchronous debrisLink opens in a new window". Advances in Space Research, 67, 360-370.

--Cunningham, T. et al. 2021, "Horizontal spreading of planetary debris accreted by white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503, 1646-1667.

--Manser, C. et al. 2021, "Velocity-imaging the rapidly precessing planetary disc around the white dwarf HE 1349-2305 using Doppler tomographyLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 503, 1646-1667.

--Gentile Fusillo, N.P. et al. 2021, "White dwarfs with planetary remnants in the era of Gaia I: six emission line systemsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 504, 2707-2726.

--Veras, D., Heng, K., 2020. "The lifetimes of planetary debris discs around white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 496, 2292-2308.

--Veras, D., 2020. "The white dwarf planet WD J0914+1914 b: barricading potential rocky pollutants?Link opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, 4692-4699.

--Veras, D., Fuller, J., 2020. "The dynamical history of the evaporating or disrupted ice giant planet around white dwarf WD J0914+1914Link opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492, 6059-6066.

--Veras, D., McDonald, C.H., Makarov, V.V., 2020. "Constraining the origin of the planetary debris surrounding ZTF J0139+5245 through rotational fission of a triaxial asteroidLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492, 5291-5296

--Veras, D., Scheeres, D., 2020. "Post-main-sequence debris from rotation-induced YORP break-up of small bodies - II. Multiple fissions, internal strengths, and binary productionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 492, 2437-2445. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Veras, D., Reichert, K., Flammini Dotti, F., Cai, M.X., Mustill, A.J., Shannon, A., McDonald, C.H., Portegies Zwart, S., Kouwenhoven, M.B.N., Spurzem, R., 2020. "Linking the formation and fate of exo-Kuiper belts within solar system analoguesLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, 5062-5078.

--Veras, D., Tremblay, P.-E., Hermes, J.J., McDonald, C.H., Kennedy, G.M.; Meru, F., Gänsicke, B.T., 2020. "Constraining planet formation around 6M☉-8M☉ starsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 493, 765-775.

--Veras, D., Kurosawa, K., 2020. "Generating metal-polluting debris in white dwarf planetary systems from small-impact crater ejectaLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 494, 442-457.

--Duvvuri, G., Redfield, S., Veras, D., 2020. "Necroplanetology: Simulating the Tidal Disruption of Differentiated Planetary Material Orbiting WD 1145+017Link opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 893, id.166.

--Zotos, E.E., Veras, D., Saeed, T., Darriba, L.A., 2020. "Short-term stability of particles in the WD J0914+1914 white dwarf planetary systemLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497, 5171-5181.

--Zotos, E.E., Veras, D., 2020. "The grain size survival threshold in one-planet post-main-sequence exoplanetary systemsLink opens in a new window", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 637, id.A14.

--Armstrong, D.J. et al., 2020. "A remnant planetary core in the hot Neptunian desertLink opens in a new window", Nature, 583, 39-42.

--Ronco, M,-P. et al. 2020. "How Jupiters save or destroy inner Neptunes around evolved starsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 898, L23, 7pp.

--Makarov, V.V., Goldin, A., Veras, D. 2020. "Gigayear-timescale Destruction of High-eccentricity Asteroids by Spin and Why 2006 HY51 Has Been SparedLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 899, 103, 7pp.

--Jiang, C. et al., 2020. "TESS Asteroseismic Analysis of the Known Exoplanet Host Star HD 222076Link opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 896, id. 65, 10pp.

--Bryant, E. et al., 2020. "NGTS-12b: A sub-Saturn mass transiting exoplanet in a 7.53 day orbitLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 499, 3139-3148.

--Veras, D., Fuller, J., 2019. "Tidal circularization of gaseous planets orbiting white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489, 2941-2953.

--Veras, D., Wolszczan, A., 2019. "Survivability of radio-loud planetary cores orbiting white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 488, 153-163. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Veras, D., Efroimsky, M., Makarov, V., Boué, G., Wolthoff, V., Reffert, S., Quirrenbach, A., Tremblay, P-E, Gänsicke, B.T., 2019. "Orbital relaxation and excitation of planets tidally interacting with white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 486, 3831-3848. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Veras, D., Higuchi, A., Ida, S., 2019. "Speeding past planets? Asteroids radiatively propelled by giant branch Yarkovsky effectsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 485, 708-724.

--Veras, D., 2019. "Explicit relations and criteria for eclipses, transits and occultationsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 483, 3919-3949.

--Makarov, V., Veras, D., 2019, "Chaotic Rotation and Evolution of Asteroids and Small Planets in High-eccentricity Orbits around White DwarfsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 886, 127, 7pp.

--Grishin, E., Veras, D., 2019. "Embedding planetesimals into white dwarf discs from large distancesLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 489, 168-175.

--Antoniadou, K.I., Veras, D., 2019. "Driving white dwarf metal pollution through unstable eccentric periodic orbitsLink opens in a new window", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 629, A126, 10pp.

--Manser, C. et al. 2019, "A planetesimal orbiting within the debris disc around a white dwarf starLink opens in a new window", Science, 364, 66-69.

--Campante, T. et al. 2019, "TESS Asteroseismology of the Known Red-giant Host Stars HD 212771 and HD 203949Link opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 885, 31, 12pp. Press ReleaseLink opens in a new window

--Armstrong, D.J., Meru, F., Bayliss, D., Kennedy, G.M., Veras, D., 2019 "A Gap in the Mass Distribution for Warm Neptune and Terrestrial PlanetsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 880, L1, 6pp.

--Veras, D., Georgakarakos, N., Gänsicke, B.T., Dobbs-Dixon, I., 2018. "Effects of non-Kozai mutual inclinations on two-planet system stability through all phases of stellar evolutionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 481, 2180-2188.

--Veras, D., Armstrong, D.J., Blake, J.A., Guti´errez-Marcos, J.F., Jackson, A.J., Schäefer, H., 2018. "Dynamical and biological panspermia constraints within multi-planet exosystemsLink opens in a new window", Astrobiology, 18, 1106-1122.

--Veras, D., Xu, S., Rebassa-Mansergas, A., 2018. "The critical binary star separation for a planetary system origin of white dwarf pollutionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 473, 2871-2880.

--Mustill, A., Villaver, E., Veras, D., Gänsicke, B.T., Bonsor, A., 2018. "Unstable low-mass planetary systems as drivers of white dwarf pollutionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476, 3939-3955.

--Raymond, S.N., Armitage, P.J., Veras, D., 2018. "Interstellar Object ’Oumuamua as an Extinct Fragment of an Ejected Cometary PlanetesimalLink opens in a new window", The Astrophysical Journal, 856, L7, 5pp

--Raymond, S.N., Armitage, P.J., Veras, D., Quintana, E.V., Barclay, T., 2018. "Implications of the interstellar object 1I/'Oumuamua for planetary dynamics and planetesimal formationLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 476, 3031-3038.

--Xu, S. et al., 2018. "Infrared variability of two dusty white dwarfsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, In Press.

--Izquierdo, P. et al., 2018. "Fast spectrophotometry of WD 1145+017Link opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, In Press.

--Veras, D., Carter, P.J., Leinhardt, Z.M., Gänsicke, B.T., 2017. "Explaining the variability of WD 1145+017 with simulations of asteroid tidal disruptionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465, 1008-1022. MOVIES: HERELink opens in a new window

--Veras, D., Breedt, E., 2017. "Eclipse, transit and occultation geometry of planetary systems at exo-syzygyLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468, 2672-2683.

-- Veras, D., Mustill, A.J., Gänsicke, B.T., 2017. "The unstable fate of the planet orbiting the A-star in the HD 131399 triple stellar systemLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465, 1499-1504.

--Veras, D., Georgakarakos, N., Dobbs-Dixon, I., Gänsicke, B.T., 2017. "Binary star influence on post-main-sequence multi-planet stabilityLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465, 2053-2059.

--Campante, T., Veras, D. et al. 2017. "Weighing in on the masses of retired A stars with asteroseismology: K2 observations of the exoplanet-host star HD 212771Link opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 469, 1360-1368.

--Brown, J.C., Veras, D., Gänsicke, B.T., 2017. "Deposition of steeply infalling debris around white dwarf starsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 468, 1575-1593.

--Payne, M.J., Veras, D., Gänsicke, B.T., Holman, M.J., 2017. "The fate of exomoons in white dwarf planetary systemsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464, 2557-2564.

--Gurri, P., Veras, D., Gänsicke, B.T., 2017. "Mass and eccentricity constraints on the planetary debris orbiting the white dwarf WD 1145+017Link opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 464, 321-328.

--North, T.S.H., Chaplin, W.J., Gilliland, R.L., Huber, D., Campante, T.L., Handberg, R., Lund, M.N., Veras, D., Kuszlewicz, J.S., Farr, W.M., 2017. "A simple model to describe intrinsic stellar noise for exoplanet detection around red giantsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 465, 1308-1315.

--Veras, D. 2016. "Post-main-sequence planetary system evolutionLink opens in a new window", Royal Society Open Science, 3, 150571. [Invited Review Chapter]

--Veras, D. 2016. "The fates of solar system analogues with one additional planetLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463, 2958-2971.

--Veras, D. 2016. "Relating binary-star planetary systems to central configurationsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 462, 3368-3375.

--Veras, D., Mustill, A.J., Gänsicke, B.T., Redfield, S., Georgakarakos, N., Bowler, A.B., Lloyd, M.J.S., 2016. "Full-lifetime simulations of multiple unequal-mass planets across all phases of stellar evolutionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 458, 3942-3967.

--Gänsicke, B.T., Aungwerojwit, A., Marsh, T.M., Dhillon, V.S., Sahman, D.I., Veras, D., et al., 2016. "High-speed Photometry of the Disintegrating Planetesimals at WD1145+017: Evidence for Rapid Dynamical EvolutionLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 818, L7, 6pp.

--Hardy, A., Schreiber, M.R., Parsons, S.G., Claudio, C., Brinkworth, C., Veras, D., Gänsicke, B.T., Marsh, T.M., Cieza, L., et al., 2016. "The detection of dust around NN SerLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 459, 4518-4526.

--Antoniadou, K.I., Veras, D., 2016. "Linking long-term planetary N-body simulations with periodic orbits: application to white dwarf pollutionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 463, 4108-4120.

--Veras, D., Gänsicke, B.T., Marsh, T.R., 2016. "Dynamical mass and multiplicity constraints on co-orbital bodies around starsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 461, 1413-1420.

--Payne, M.J., Veras, D., Holman, M.J., Gänsicke, B.T., 2016. "Liberating exomoons in white dwarf planetary systemsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 457, 217-231.

--Manser, C.J., Gänsicke, B.T., Marsh, T.M., Veras, D., et al., 2016. "Doppler imaging of the planetary debris disc at the white dwarf SDSS J122859.93+104032.9Link opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 455, 4467-4478.

--Veras, D., Brown, D.J.A., Mustill, A.J., Pollacco, D., 2015. "Prospects for detecting decreasing exoplanet frequency with main sequence age using PLATOLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, In Press.

--Veras, D., Eggl, S., Gänsicke, B.T., 2015. "Sublimation-induced orbital perturbations of extrasolar active asteroids and comets: application to white dwarf systemsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, In Press.

--Veras, D., Leinhardt, Z.M., Eggl, S., Gänsicke, B.T., 2015. "Formation of planetary debris discs around white dwarfs II: Shrinking extremely eccentric collisionless ringsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451, 3453-3459.

--Veras, D., Eggl, S., Gänsicke, B.T., 2015. "The orbital evolution of asteroids, pebbles and planets from giant branch stellar radiation and windsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 451, 2814-2834.

--Pfalzner, S., Davies, M.B., Gounelle, M., Johansen, A., Münker, C., Lacerda, P., Portegies Zwart, S., Testi, L., Trieloff, M., Veras, D., 2015. "The formation of the solar systemLink opens in a new window", Physica Scripta, 90, id. 068001 [Review Chapter]

--Veras, D., Gänsicke, B.T., 2015. "Detectable close-in planets around white dwarfs through late unpackingLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 447, 1049-1058.

--Shannon, A., Jackson, A.P., Veras, D., Wyatt, M.C., 2015. "Eight billion asteroids in the Oort cloudLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 446, 2059-2064.

--Veras, D., Shannon, A., Gänsicke, B.T., 2014. "Hydrogen delivery onto white dwarfs from remnant exo-Oort cloud cometsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445, 4175-4185.

--Veras, D., Jacobson, S.A., Gänsicke, B.T., 2014. "Post-main-sequence debris from rotation-induced YORP break-up of small bodiesLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445, 2794-2799.

--Veras, D., Leinhardt, Z.M., Bonsor, A., Gänsicke, B.T., 2014. "Formation of planetary debris discs around white dwarfs I: Tidal disruption of an extremely eccentric asteroidLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 445, 2244-2255.

--Veras, D., 2014. "A simple bound for the variation at closest approach of a small body and star due to general relativityLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 442, L71-L75.

--Jackson, A.P., Wyatt, M.C., Bonsor, A., Veras, D., 2014. "Debris from giant impacts between planetary embryos at large orbital radiiLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 440, 3757-3777.

--Veras, D., 2014. "Explicit evolution relations with orbital elements for eccentric, inclined, elliptic and hyperbolic restricted few-body problemsLink opens in a new window", Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 118, 315-353.

--Veras, D., Evans, N.W., Wyatt, M.C., Tout, C.A., 2014. "The Great Escape III: Placing post-main-sequence evolution of planetary and binary systems in a Galactic contextLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437, 1127-1140.

--Mustill, A.J., Veras, D., Villaver, E., 2014. "Long-term evolution of three-planet systems to the post-Main Sequence and beyondLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 437, 1404-1419.

--Davies, M.B., Adams, F.C., Armitage, P.J., Chambers, J.E., Ford, E.B., Morbidelli, A., Raymond, S.N., Veras, D., 2014. "The Long-Term Dynamical Evolution of Planetary SystemsLink opens in a new window", Protostars and Planets VI, In Press [Review Chapter]

--Mustill, A.J., Marshall, J.P., Villaver, E., Veras, D., Davis, P.J., Horner, J., Wittenmyer, R.A., 2013. "Main-sequence progenitor configurations of the NN Ser candidate circumbinary planetary system are dynamically unstableLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 436, 2515-2521.

--Veras, D., Hadjidemetriou, J.D., Tout, C.A., 2013. "An Exoplanet's Response to Anisotropic Stellar Mass-Loss During Birth and DeathLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 435, 2416-2430.

--Veras, D., Mustill, A.J., 2013. "A Simple Scaling for the Minimum Instability Time-scale of Two Widely Spaced PlanetsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 434, pp. L11-L15.

--Veras, D., Mustill, A.J., Bonsor, A., Wyatt, M.C., 2013. "Simulations of Two-planet Systems Through All Phases of Stellar Evolution: Implications for the Instability Boundary and White Dwarf PollutionLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 431, pp. 1686-1708.

--Voyatzis, G., Hadjidemetriou, J.D., Veras, D., Varvoglis, H., 2013. "Multi-Planet Destabilisation and Escape in Post-Main Sequence SystemsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430, pp. 3383-3396.

--Veras, D., Evans, N.W., 2013. "Exoplanets Beyond the Solar Neighbourhood: Galactic Tidal PerturbationsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 430, pp. 403-415.

-Veras, D., Evans, N.W., 2013. "Planetary Orbital Equations in Externally-Perturbed Systems: Position and Velocity-Dependent ForcesLink opens in a new window", Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 115, pp. 123-141.

--Veras, D., Moeckel, N., 2012. "Disrupting Primordial Planet Signatures: The Close Encounter of Two Single-Planet Exosystems in the Galactic DiscLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 425, pp. 680-700.

--Veras, D., Tout, C.A., 2012. "The Great Escape II: Exoplanet Ejection from Dying Multiple Star SystemsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422, pp. 1648-1664.

--Veras, D., Raymond, S.N., 2012. "Planet-Planet Scattering Alone Cannot Explain the Free-Floating Planet PopulationLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 421, pp. 117-121.

--Veras, D., Wyatt, M.C., 2012. "The Solar System's Post-Main Sequence Escape BoundaryLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 421, pp. 2969-2981.

--Veras, D., Ford, E.B., 2012. "Identifying Non-resonant Kepler Planetary SystemsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, 420, pp. L23-L27.

--Moeckel, N., Veras, D., 2012. "Exoplanets Bouncing Between Binary StarsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 422, pp. 831-840.

--Rein, H., Payne, M.J., Veras, D., Ford, E.B. 2012. "Traditional Scenarios Fail to Explain 4:3 Mean Motion ResonancesLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 426, pp. 187-202.

--Veras, D., Wyatt, M.C., Mustill, A.J., Bonsor, A., Eldridge, J.J., 2011. "The Great Escape: How Exoplanets and Smaller Bodies Desert Dying StarsLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 417, pp. 2104-2123. ADS Article of the Day on Aug. 30, 2011

--Veras, D., Ford, E.B., Payne, M.J., 2011. "Quantifying the Challenges of Detecting Unseen Planetary Companions with Transit Timing VariationsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 727, pp. 74-97.

--Wright, J.T., Veras, D., Ford, E.B., Johnson, J.A., Marcy, G.W., Howard, A.W., Isaacson, H., Fischer, D.A., Spronk, J., Anderson, J., Valenti, J., 2011. "The California Planet Survey III. A Possible 2:1 Resonance in the Exoplanetary Triple System HD 37124Link opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 730, pp. 93-102.

--Ford, E., Moorhead, A., Veras, D., 2011. "A Bayesian Surrogate Model for Rapid Time Series Analysis and Application to Exoplanet ObservationsLink opens in a new window", Bayesian Analysis, 6, pp. 475-500

--Veras, D., Ford, E.B., 2010. "Secular Orbital Dynamics of Hierarchical Two Planet SystemsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 715, pp. 803-822. Online tables are hereLink opens in a new window.

--Payne, M.J., Ford, E.B., Veras, D. 2010. "Transit Timing Variations for Inclined and Retrograde Exoplanetary SystemsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 712, pp. L86-L92.

--Veras, D., Crepp, J.R., Ford, E.B., 2009. "Formation, Survival, and Detectability of Planets Beyond 100 AULink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 696, pp. 1600-1611.

--Veras, D., Ford, E.B., 2009. "Secular Evolution of HD 12661: a System Caught at an Unlikely TimeLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 690, pp. L1-L4.

--Dodson-Robinson, S.E., Veras, D., Ford, E.B., Beichman, C.A., 2009. "The Formation Mechanisms of Gas Giants on Wide OrbitsLink opens in a new window" , Astrophysical Journal, 707, pp. 79-88.

-- Raymond, S.N., Barnes, R., Veras, D., Armitage, P.J., Gorelick, N., Greenberg, R., 2009. "Planet-planet Scattering Leads to Tightly Packed Planetary SystemsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 696, pp. L98-L101.

--Wright, J.T., Fischer, D.A., Ford, E.B., Veras, D., Wang, J., Henry, G.W., Marcy, G.W., Howard, A.W., Asher, J., 2009. "A Third Planet Orbiting HIP 14810Link opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 699, pp. L97-L101.

--Ford, E.B., Quinn, S.N., Veras, D., 2008. "Characterizing the Orbital Eccentricities of Transiting Extrasolar Planets with Photometric ObservationsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 678, pp. 1407-1418.

--Veras, D., 2007. "A Resonant Term-Based-Model Including a Nascent Disk, Precession, and Oblateness: Application to GJ 876Link opens in a new window", Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 99, pp. 197-243.

--Veras, D., Armitage, P.J., 2007. "Extrasolar planetary dynamics with a generalized planar Laplace-Lagrange secular theoryLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 661, pp. 1311-1322.

--Veras, D., Armitage P.J., 2006. "Predictions for the correlation between giant and terrestrial extrasolar planets in dynamically evolved systemsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal, 645, pp. 1509-1515.

--Veras, D., Armitage P.J., 2005. "The influence of massive planet scattering on nascent terrestrial planetsLink opens in a new window", Astrophysical Journal Letters, 620, pp. L111-L114.

--Veras, D., Armitage P.J., 2004. "The dynamics of two massive planets on inclined orbitsLink opens in a new window", Icarus, 172, pp. 349-371.

--Veras, D., Armitage P.J., 2004. "Outward migration of extrasolar planets to large orbital radiiLink opens in a new window", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 347, pp. 613-624.

--Asghari, N., et al. 2004. "Stability of terrestrial planets in the habitable zone of Gl 777 A, HD 72659, Gl 614, 47 Uma and HD 4208Link opens in a new window", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 426, pp. 353-365.

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