Publications
- Benjamin C. Bromley (2099). Publication list on NASA ADS. NASA ADS.
Published, 01/01/2099.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/search/q=%20author%3... - Benjamin C. Bromley (2099). Publication list on Google Scholar. Google Scholar.
Published, 01/01/2099.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=kb-lwlwA... - King, A. J. & Bromley, B.C. et al. (2024). Polarization of circumstellar debris disk light echoes. Astronomical Journal. 14.
Published, 03/2024.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024arXiv2402065... - 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 migration. Monlthy Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Published, 07/2023.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023MNRAS.tmp.17... - Bromley, B.C., Khan, S.H. & Kenyon, S.J. (2023). Dust as a solar shield. PLOS Climate. Vol. 2. Published, 02/2023.
- Bromley, B.C. & Kenyon, S.J. (2022). Magnetic interactions in orbital dynamics. Astronomical J. Vol. 164, 229. Published, 12/2022.
- Kenyon, S. J. & Bromley, B. C. (2022). A Pluto-Charon Sonata IV. Improved Constraints on the Dynamical Behavior and Masses of the Small Satellites. Astronomical J. Vol. 163, 238.
Published, 05/2022.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022AJ....163..2... - Najita, J. R., Kenyon, S. J. & Bromley, B. C. (2022). From Pebbles and Planetesimals to Planets and Dust: The Protoplanetary Disk-Debris Disk Connection. Astrophysical J. Vol. 925, 45.
Published, 01/2022.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJ...925...... - Bromlley, B.C. & al. (2021). Seeking echoes of circumstellar disks in Kepler light curves. Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 162, 91.
Published, 09/2021.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AJ....162...... - Kenyon, S. J. & Bromley, B. C. (2021). A Pluto-Charon Concerto. II. Formation of a Circumbinary Disk of Debris after the Giant Impact. Astronomical J. Vol. 161, 211.
Published, 05/2021.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AJ....161..2... - Bromley, B.C. & Kenyon, S.J. (2021). On the Estimation of Circumbinary Orbital Properties. Astronomical Journal. Vol. 161, 16.
Published, 01/2021.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AJ....161...... - Kenyon, S.J. & Bromley, B.C. (2020). Craters on Charon: Impactors From a Collisional Cascade Among Trans-Neptunian Objects. Planetary Science. Vol. 1, 40.
Published, 09/2020.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020PSJ.....1...... - Bromley, B.C. & Kenyon, S.J. (2020). A Pluto-Charon Concerto: An Impact on Charon as the Origin of the Small Satellites. Astronomical Journal. Vol. 160.
Published, 08/2020.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020AJ....160...... - Kenyon, S.K. & Bromley, B.C. (2019). A Pluto-Charon Sonata. III. Growth of Charon from a Circum-Pluto Ring of Debris. Astronomical Journal.
Published, 10/2019.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AJ....158..1... - Kenyon, S. J., & Bromley, B. C. 2019, “A Pluto-Charon Sonata: Dynamical Limits on the Masses of the Small Satellites,” Astronomical Journal, 158, 69.
Published, 08/2019.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AJ....158...... - Bromley, B.C. & Kenyon. S.J. 2019, "Ohmic Heating of Asteroids around Magnetic Stars", Astrophysical J., 876, 17.
Published, 05/2019.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...876...... - Kenyon, S. J., & Bromley, B. C. 2019, “A Pluto-Charon Sonata: The Dynamical Architecture of the Circumbinary Satellite System,” Astronomical Journal, 157, 79.
Published, 02/2019.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019AJ....157...... - Bromley, B. C., Kenyon, S. J., Brown, W. R., & Geller, M. J. 2018, “Nearby high-speed stars in Gaia DR2”, Astrophysical Journal, 868, 25.
Published, 11/2018.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...868...25B - Mann, C., Tellesbo, C.A., Bromley, B.C., & Kenyon, S.J. (2018) "A Framework for Planet Detection with Faint Light-curve Echoes", Astronomical J., 156, 200.
Published, 10/2018.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AJ....156..200M - Kenyon, S.J., Bromley, B.C., Brown, W.R., & Geller, M.J. ( 2018) "Impact of the Galactic Disk and Large Magellanic Cloud on the Trajectories of Hypervelocity Stars Ejected from the Galactic Center", Astrophysical J., 864, 130.
Published, 09/2018.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018ApJ...864..130K - Meisner, A.M., Bromley, B.C., Kenyon, S.J., & Anderson, T.E. (2018). "A 3 pi search for Planet Nine and 3.4 microns with WISE and NEOWISE", Astronomical J., 155, 166.
Published, 04/2018.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018AJ....155..166M - Kenyon, S.J. & Bromley, B.C. (2017). Numerical Simulations of Gaseous Disks Generated from Collisional Cascades at the Roche Limits of White Dwarf Stars. Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 850, 15. Published, 11/2017.
- Dall'Asen, A., Dimas, S., Tyler, S., Johnston, J., Anderson. T., Ivans. I., Gerton, J., Bromley. B. & Kenyon, S. (2017). Mapping the composition of chondritic meteorite Northwest Africa 3118 with micro-Raman spectroscopy. Spectroscopy Letters. Vol. 50, 417-425.
Published, 09/2017.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017SpecL..50..417D - Kenyon, S.J. & Bromley. B.C. (2017). Numerical Simulations of Collisional Cascades at the Roche Limits of White Dwarf Stars. Astrophysical Journal. Vol. 844.
Published, 08/2017.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...844..116K - Bromley, B.C. & Kenyon. S.J. "Terrestrial Planet Formation: Dynamical Shake-up and the Low Mass of Mars", Astronomical Journal, 153, 216.
Published, 05/2017.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AJ....153..216B - Kenyon, S.J., & Bromley, B.C. "Variations on Debris Disks. IV. An Improved Analytical Model for Collisional Cascades", Astrophysical Journal, 839, 38.
Published, 04/2017.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017ApJ...839...38K - Meisner, A.M., Bromley, B.C., Nugent, P.E., Schelgel, D.J., Kenyon, S.J., Schafly, E.F., Dawson, K.S. "Searching for Planet Nine with Coadded WISE and NEO Wise-Reactivation Images", Astronomical Journal, 153, 65.
Published, 12/2016.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017AJ....153...65M - Kenyon, S.J., Najita, J.R., & Bromley, B.C. "Rocky Planet Formation: Quick and Neat", Astrophysical Journal, 831, 8.
Published, 11/2016.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...831....8K - Kenyon, S.J., & Bromley, B.C. "Making Planet Nine: Pebble Accretion at 250--750 AU in a Gravitationally Unstable Ring", Astrophysical Journal, 825, 33.
Published, 07/2016.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...825...33K - Bromley, B.C., & Kenyon, S.J. "Making Planet Nine: A Scattered Giant in the Outer Solar System" Astrophysical Journal, 826, 64.
Published, 07/2016.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...826...64B - Kenyon, S. J. and Bromley, B. C. "Variations on Debris Disks III. Collisional Cascades and Giant Impacts in the Terrestrial Zones of Solar-Type Stars" Astrophys. J., 817, 51. Published, 02/2016.
- Kenyon, S. J., & Bromley, B. C. "Collisional Cascade Caclulations for Irregular Satellite Swarms in Fomalhaut b" Astrophys. J., 811, 60.
Published, 09/2015.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...811...60K - Bromley, B. C., & Kenyon, S. J. "Evolution of a ring around the Pluto-Charon binary," Astrophys. J., 809, 88.
Published, 07/2015.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...809...88B - Bromley, B. C., & Kenyon, S. J. "Planet formation around binary stars: Tatooine made easy," Astrophys. J, 806, 98.
Published, 04/2015.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...806...98B - Kenyon, S. J., & Bromley, B. C. "Formation of Super-Earth Mass Planets at 125-250 AU from a Solar-type Star," Astrophys. J., 806, 42.
Published, 03/2015.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015ApJ...806...42K - Bromley, B. C., & Kenyon, S. J. "The fate of scattered planets," Astrophys. J. 796, 141.
Published, 12/2014.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...796..141B - Kenyon, S.J., Bromley, B.C., Geller, M.J., and Brown, W.R. "Predicted Space Motions for Hypervelocity and Runaway stars: Proper Motions and Radial Velocities for the GAIA Era," Astrophys. J., 793, 122. Published, 09/2014.
- Czaja, B. and Bromley, B.C. "Distortion of the cosmic microwave background by the Milky Way," Phys. Rev. D. 90, 047302. Published, 08/2014.
- Kenyon, S.J., Currie, T., and Bromley, B.C. "Fomalhaut b as a cloud of dust: Testing aspects of planet formation theory." Astrophys. J. 786, 70. Published, 05/2014.
- Kenyon, S.J., and Bromley, B.C. 2014, "Coagulation Calculations of Icy Planet Formation Around 0.1--0.5~msun Stars: Super-Earths From Large Planetestimals," Astrophys. J., 780, 4.
Published, 01/2014.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014ApJ...780....4K - Kenyon, S.J., and Bromley, B.C. 2014, "The formation of Pluto's low mass satellites" Astron. J., 147, 8.
Published, 01/2014.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AJ....147....8K - Currie, T., et al. 2013. "A Combined VLT and Gemini Study of the Atmosphere of the Directly-Imaged Planet, beta Pictoris b" Astrophys. J., 776, 15.
Published, 10/2013.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJ...776...15C - Bromley, B. C., & Kenyon, S. J. 2013, "Migration of small moons in Saturn's rings," Astrophysical Journal, 764, 192.
Published, 02/2013.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013arXiv1301.3211B - Bromley, B. C., Kenyon, S. J., Geller, M. J., & Brown, W. R. 2012, “Binary Disruption by Massive Black Holes: Hypervelocity Stars, S Stars, and Tidal Disruption Events,” Astrophys. J. Letters, 749, L42.
Published, 04/2012.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012arXiv1203.6685B - Kenyon, S. J., & Bromley, B. C. 2012, "Coagulation Calculations of Icy Planet Formation at 15--150 AU: A Correlation between the Maximum Radius and the Slope of the Size Distribution for Transneptunian Objects,'' Astronomical Journal.
Published, 03/2012.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AJ....143...63K - Bromley, B. C. 2011, “Gravitationally focused dark matter around compact stars,” Astrophysical Journal Suppl. 197, 37.
Published, 12/2011.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJS..197...37B - Bromley, B. C., & Kenyon, S. J. 2011, “Migration of Planets Embedded in a Circumstellar Disk,” Astrophysical Journal, 735, 29.
Published, 07/2011.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...735...29B - Bromley, B. C., & Kenyon, S. J. 2011, “A New Hybrid N-body-coagulation Code for the Formation of Gas Giant Planets,” Astrophysical Journal, 731, 101.
Published, 04/2011.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ApJ...731..101B - Kenyon, S. J., & Bromley, B. C. 2010, “Variations on Debris Disks. II. Icy Planet Formation as a Function of the Bulk Properties and Initial Sizes of Planetesimals,” Astrophysical Journal Supplement, 188, 242.
Published, 05/2010.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ApJS..188..242K
Research Statement
My research is focused on the formation of structure in the Universe. I did my PhD work on the formation of galaxies, galaxy clusters and superclusters. More recently I started studying the formation of smaller things: planets. Along the way, my collaborators and I have considered a variety of other topics including accretion flows onto supermassive black holes, galaxy dynamics, hypervelocity stars and behavior of dark matter. Much of my work depends on parallel supercomputers to extract the science, and I am grateful to NASA for the generous allocation of compute cycles.
Research Keywords
- Astrophysics, Astronomy, Planetary Science
Presentations
- B.C.Bromley. "Charon's legacy? An impact origin of the small moons of Pluto & Charon". NASA New Horizon team. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 08/2020.
- Dall'Asén, A. G. et al. "Analyzing the Thermal Metamorphism Process of Carbonaceous Chondrites Using Raman Spectroscopy", 51st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held 16-20 March, 2020 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 2326, 2020, id.2920.
Conference Paper,
Presented, 03/2020.
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020LPI....51.29... - Bromley, B.C., "Dynamical shake-up and the low mass of Mars", American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #49, id.508.07, Provo, UT.
Contributed Talk,
Presented, 10/2017.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2017DPS....4950807B - Bromley, B.C. "From disks to planets: a theoretical perspective." [DOI 10.5281/zenodo.58241] at the ESO conference on Resolving Planet Formation in the Era of ALMA and Extreme AO, Santiago, Chile.
Invited Talk/Keynote,
Presented, 05/2016.
http://www.eso.org/sci/meetings/2016/Planet-Format... - Bromley, B.C. "The Revenge of Pluto and other stories from the outer Solar System," Department of Physics, Idaho State University. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2015.
- Bromley, B.C. "The Revenge of Pluto and other stories from the outer Solar System," College of Science, Science at Breakfast presentation to the SLC business community.
Invited Talk/Keynote,
Presented, 02/2015.
http://science.utah.edu/events/breakfast.php - Bromley, B.C. and Kenyon, S.J. "Satellite Formation around Pluto-Charon." American Astronomical Society/Division of Planetary Science, 45th Meeting, Denver, CO.
Contributed Talk,
Presented, 10/09/2013.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013DPS....4530305B - Bromley, B. C. "The migration of Saturn's small moons and implications for planet formation theory" at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics and the University of Colorado, Boulder. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/25/2013.
- Bromley, B. C. "Binary Star Disruptions & the Growth of Massive Black Holes," at SnowPAC2013.
Contributed Talk,
Presented, 03/21/2013.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/68024270/SnowP... - Bromley, B. C., & Kenyon, S. 2013, "Brightening the Infrared Sky: Debris Disks and the Formation of Terrestrial Planets," American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts, 221, 325.01.
Invited Talk/Keynote,
Presented, 01/09/2013.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AAS...22132501B - Dimas, S., et al. "Using Nanotechnology to Study Planet Formation," American Astronomical Society Meeting
Abstracts, 221, 353.12.
Poster,
Presented, 01/09/2013.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013AAS...22135312D - "The transit of Venus and the search for planets around distant stars," Public talk, College of Science, The UofU.
Other,
Presented, 06/04/2012.
http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/transit-of-ven... - “Simulating the Diversity of Planetary Systems,” The First Kepler Science Conference, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA. Contributed Talk, Presented, 12/2011.
- “The Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks and the Diversity of Giant Planets,” Extreme Solar Systems II, Jackson, WY (Sept).
Contributed Talk,
Presented, 09/2011.
http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2011ESS.....2.0801B - "Planet formation" Physics & Astronomy Colloquium, BYU, Provo, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/2011.
- Bromley, B. C., & Kenyon, S. J. 2010, "Numerical simulations of planet formation," American Physical Society 4C Meeting, Weber State, UT. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/2010.
Research Groups
- Smashing Rocks, Other. 01/01/2011 - present.
Grants, Contracts & Research Gifts
- Pluto's Small Satellite System: Formation and Dynamics. PI: Kenyon, S. J. Co-PI(s): Bromley, B. C.. NASA, 07/01/2023 - 06/30/2026. Total project budget to date: $122,000.00
- The formation of Pluto's low mass satellites. PI: Kenyon, S.J. Co-PI(s): Bromley, B.C.. NASA, 01/15/2017 - 08/15/2022. Total project budget to date: $204,517.00
- Stellar Echo Imaging of Exoplanets. PI: C. Mann. NASA, 02/01/2018 - 02/15/2021. Total project budget to date: $500,000.00
- The Formation of the Outer Solar System. PI: Kenyon, S. J. Co-PI(s): Bromley, B. C.. NASA, 07/14/2011 - 07/13/2017. Total project budget to date: $212,000.00
- Formation of Gas Giant Planets. PI: Kenyon, S. J. Co-PI(s): Bromley, B. C.. NASA, 01/21/2010 - 01/20/2013. Total project budget to date: $189,000.00
- Keck Observation of HR 8799. PI: Currie, T. Co-PI(s): (Burrows, A., Bromley, B.C., Kenyon, S. J., Kuchner, M.). NASA (time allocation), 10/29/2012 - 11/02/2012. Total project budget to date: $0.00
Research/Scholarship Projects
- Utah Planet Formation. PI: Bromley, B. C. Co-PI(s): Gerton, J., Ivans, I.. 06/2011 - 12/2011.
- Planet Formation. PI: Kenyon, S. J. Co-PI(s): Bromley, B. C.. 01/2010 - present.
Research Equipment and Testing Expertise
- Parallel supercomputing. C++ with MPI. ODE and Poisson solvers. Visualization.
Software Titles
- Dust-as-a-solar-shield. Code to calculate the reduction in solar irradiance from dust between Earth and the Sun. Release Date: 02/2023. Inventors: Bromley, B.C., Khan, S.H., Kenyon, S.J. Distribution List: https://github.com/benjbromley/Dust-as-a-solar-shield .
- Orchestra. Parallel Hybrid N-body--coagulation code for planet formation. Release Date: 12/2012. Inventors: Scott J. Kenyon Benjamin C. Bromley. Distribution List: [code description in press; distribution is currently limited.].
Geographical Regions of Interest
- Antarctica
and the outer solar system.