# Summary of K2 Program GO4090 Title: Variability and Dynamics of Young Stars PI: Caldwell, Douglas A. (SETI Institute) CoIs: Chiar, Jean; Smith, Jeffrey Claiborne; Batalha, Natalie Marie; Carey, Sean Joseph; Morris, Robert L; Seader, Shawn Eugene We seek to understand the conditions and dynamics of the earliest stages of planetary system formation through a study of the variability of young stars in the K2 Campaign-4 field of view. We propose to observe at long cadence ~50 young stellar objects, T-Tauri stars, pre-main sequence stars, and flare stars selected from the literature and associated with the Pleiades and Hyades star clusters. The objects range in age from tens to hundreds of million years and in spectral type from late-F through mid-M. We will analyze the variability of these objects on timescales ranging from hours to months in order to model the accretion onto the star, detect disk density variations, measure rotation rates, and search for eclipsing/transiting companions. The results of our analysis will lead to a better understanding of the range of conditions under which planetary systems form. The proposed work uses the unique capabilities of K2 to collect data with the precision, duration, and duty cycle needed for such a study. # Targets requested by this program that have been observed (57) EPIC ID, RA (J2000) [deg], Dec (J2000) [deg], magnitude, Investigation IDs 210354201, 55.080445, 12.337943, 12.141, GO4020_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4106_LC 210355746, 58.103167, 12.378796, 9.943, GO4008_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4104_LC 210370784, 59.527183, 12.769413, 8.888, GO4090_LC|GO4021_LC|GO4033_LC 210612142, 65.586623, 17.136604, 17.89, GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 210613397, 56.558337, 17.154839, 11.993, GO4020_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4006_LC|GO4081_LC|GO4109_LC 210631263, 60.853952, 17.407212, 11.279, GO4020_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC 210658027, 65.219772, 17.778184, 13.817, GO4020_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4076_LC|GO4097_LC|GO4011_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC 210658415, 56.359407, 17.783213, 12.049, GO4020_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4106_LC 210662824, 66.794042, 17.845179, 10.039, GO4060_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4104_LC 210689130, 66.770253, 18.207532, 7.025, GO4023_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC 210689309, 66.774885, 18.210282, 8.717, GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC 210714090, 56.504193, 18.56672, 9.391, GO4057_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC 210716088, 66.746593, 18.596865, 19.403, GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 210759564, 65.534627, 19.256181, 11.902, GO4020_LC|GO4097_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4109_LC 210777988, 65.497644, 19.535116, 9.609, GO4076_SC|GO4023_LC|GO4089_LC|GO4076_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4104_LC 210780789, 65.555513, 19.577566, 14.2, GO4076_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 210780956, 65.520712, 19.58012, 11.771, GO4023_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC 210783336, 63.210954, 19.616045, 12.082, GO4057_LC|GO4023_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4064_LC 210798039, 66.167725, 19.838713, 14.722, GO4097_LC|GO4090_LC 210805120, 62.054163, 19.944247, 12.525, GO4020_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC 210818897, 61.331643, 20.157102, 10.514, GO4020_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4104_LC 210890748, 56.383279, 21.246695, 8.615, GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC 210895951, 57.044124, 21.329068, 8.7, GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC 210921519, 53.536471, 21.728973, 9.472, GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC 210929228, 61.378688, 21.852944, 14.089, GO4057_LC|GO4076_LC|GO4097_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 210934391, 61.118695, 21.934603, 11.055, GO4023_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4104_LC 210936710, 61.16405, 21.971816, 14.26, GO4020_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4023_LC|GO4076_LC|GO4097_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 210936757, 61.166032, 21.972631, 13.125, GO4020_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4097_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 210946924, 60.723221, 22.136585, 8.79, GO4023_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4083_LC|GO4104_LC 210969614, 61.292223, 22.496697, 11.206, GO4105_SC|GO4020_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4105_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4107_LC|GO4104_LC 210970173, 52.879833, 22.50581, 9.476, GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC 210972491, 60.091751, 22.544027, 16.003, GO4090_LC 210977750, 61.89594, 22.627619, 14.555, GO4020_LC|GO4097_LC|GO4011_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4006_LC 210988075, 55.566328, 22.786456, 7.356, GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC 210996505, 56.659972, 22.919779, 9.426, GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4086_LC|GO4064_LC|GO4012_LC|GO4081_LC|GO4024_LC 210996662, 56.845408, 22.922122, 8.177, GO4018_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4086_LC|GO4012_LC|GO4045_LC|GO4035_LC|GO4024_LC 211038410, 58.82962, 23.583818, 17.703, GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 211050460, 57.275455, 23.781247, 10.483, GO4020_LC|GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4037_LC|GO4024_LC 211053737, 57.726362, 23.834868, 11.101, GO4020_LC|GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4024_LC 211063000, 57.205515, 23.977259, 12.246, GO4020_LC|GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4106_LC|GO4024_LC 211066337, 56.054429, 24.030806, 10.778, GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4024_LC 211066412, 56.053078, 24.031778, 12.006, GO4089_LC|GO4090_LC 211067472, 61.819718, 24.04937, 17.828, GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 211070599, 56.061063, 24.101882, 10.235, GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4064_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4024_LC 211087059, 58.605179, 24.360078, 10.793, GO4105_SC|GO4020_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4105_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4037_LC|GO4082_LC 211091848, 56.618392, 24.433939, 10.912, GO4018_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4086_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4024_LC 211096368, 56.014803, 24.504237, 10.615, GO4018_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4052_LC|GO4024_LC|GO4082_LC 211101761, 56.109488, 24.589711, 11.176, GO4032_SC|GO4020_LC|GO4018_LC|GO4057_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4106_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4024_LC 211104793, 63.16959, 24.637709, 13.798, GO4020_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4015_LC 211106344, 58.009403, 24.663243, 11.659, GO4020_LC|GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4076_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4064_LC|GO4106_LC|GO4024_LC 211108319, 63.213409, 24.695632, 11.554, GO4020_LC|GO4089_LC|GO4090_LC 211114317, 56.083695, 24.796175, 10.556, GO4032_SC|GO4074_SC|GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4074_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4024_LC|GO4082_LC 211120842, 56.4255, 24.906009, 9.418, GO4018_LC|GO4032_LC|GO4060_LC|GO4048_LC|GO4029_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC|GO4091_LC|GO4064_LC|GO4012_LC|GO4104_LC|GO4024_LC 211137540, 60.518384, 25.202835, 18.301, GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 211159819, 58.649871, 25.618936, 12.146, GO4020_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 211159865, 58.648171, 25.619768, 13.524, GO4020_LC|GO4076_LC|GO4090_LC|GO4092_LC|GO4015_LC 211167048, 58.307165, 25.756064, 10.187, GO4090_LC|GO4033_LC|GO4007_LC