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astro-ph.SR2023

Characterisation of stellar activity of M dwarfs. I. Long-timescale variability in a large sample and detection of new cycles

L. Mignon, N. Meunier, X. Delfosse +7

M dwarfs are active stars that exhibit variability in chromospheric emission and photometry at short and long timescales, including long cycles that are related to dynamo processes…

astro-ph.EP2025

Radial velocity homogeneous analysis of M dwarfs observed with HARPS. II. Detection limits and planetary occurrence statistics

L. Mignon, X. Delfosse, N. Meunier +13

We re-determine planetary occurrences around M dwarfs using 20 years of observations from HARPS on 197 targets. The first aim of this study is to propose more precise occurrence ra…

astro-ph.EP2021

HD207897 b: A dense sub-Neptune transiting a nearby and bright K-type star

N. Heidari, I. Boisse, J. Orell-Mique +90

We present the discovery and characterization of a transiting sub-Neptune orbiting with a 16.20 day period around a nearby (28 pc) and bright(V=8.37) K0V star HD207897 (TOI-1611).…

astro-ph.EP2025

The JADE code. II. Modeling the coupled orbital and atmospheric evolution of GJ 436 b to constrain its migration and companion

M. Attia, V. Bourrier, E. Bolmont +5

The observed architecture and modeled evolution of close-in exoplanets provide crucial insights into their formation pathways and survival mechanisms. To investigate these fundamen…

astro-ph.EP2026

The RoPES project with HARPS and HARPS-N II. A third planet in the multi-planet system HD 176986

N. Nari, A. Suárez Mascareño, J. I. González Hernández +7

Earth-like planets orbiting in the habitable zone of K- to G-type stars create an RV effect in amplitude of less than 1 \si{\meter\per\second} and have orbital periods of hundreds…

astro-ph.EP2020

A hot terrestrial planet orbiting the bright M dwarf L 168-9 unveiled by TESS

N. Astudillo-Defru, R. Cloutier, S. X. Wang +67

We report the detection of a transiting super-Earth-sized planet (R=1.39+-0.09 Rearth) in a 1.4-day orbit around L 168-9 (TOI-134),a bright M1V dwarf (V=11, K=7.1) located at 25.15…

astro-ph.EP2018

The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets XIII. Two planets around M-dwarfs Gl617A and Gl96

M. J. Hobson, R. F. Díaz, X. Delfosse +32

We report the detection of two exoplanets and a further tentative candidate around the M-dwarf stars Gl96 and Gl617A, based on radial velocity measurements obtained with the SOPHIE…

astro-ph.EP2025

Characterizing planetary systems with SPIRou: Detection of a sub-Neptune in a 6-day period orbit around the M dwarf Gl 410

A. Carmona, X. Delfosse, M. Ould-Elhkim +42

The search for exoplanets around nearby M dwarfs represents a crucial milestone in the census of planetary systems in the vicinity of our Solar System. Since 2018 our team is carry…

astro-ph.EP2025

Architecture of planetary systems with and without outer giant planets I. Inner planet detections around HD 23079, HD 196067, and HD 86226

J. -B. Delisle, J. P. Faria, D. Ségransan +22

Understanding the link between outer giant planets (OGPs) and inner light planets (ILPs) is key to understanding planetary system formation and architecture. The correlation betwee…

astro-ph.EP2019

The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets. XIV. A temperate ( K) super-earth around the nearby star Gliese 411

R. F. Díaz, X. Delfosse, M. J. Hobson +33

Periodic radial velocity variations in the nearby M-dwarf star Gl411 are reported, based on measurements with the SOPHIE spectrograph. Current data do not allow us to distinguish b…

astro-ph.SR2023

Near-IR and optical radial velocities of the active M dwarf star Gl 388 (AD Leo) with SPIRou at CFHT and SOPHIE at OHP: A 2.23 day rotation period and no evidence for a corotating planet

A. Carmona, X. Delfosse, S. Bellotti +36

Context: The search for extrasolar planets around the nearest M dwarfs is a crucial step towards identifying the nearest Earth-like planets. One of the main challenges in this sear…

astro-ph.EP2024

The inflated, eccentric warm Jupiter TOI-4914 b orbiting a metal-poor star, and the hot Jupiters TOI-2714 b and TOI-2981 b

G. Mantovan, T. G. Wilson, L. Borsato +32

Recent observations of giant planets have revealed unexpected bulk densities. Hot Jupiters, in particular, appear larger than expected for their masses compared to planetary evolut…

astro-ph.EP2021

The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets -- XVII. A wealth of new objects: Six cool Jupiters, three brown dwarfs, and 16 low-mass binary stars

S. Dalal, F. Kiefer, G. Hébrard +30

Distinguishing classes within substellar objects and understanding their formation and evolution need larger samples of substellar companions such as exoplanets, brown dwarfs, and…

astro-ph.EP2023

The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets-XIX. A system including a cold sub-Neptune potentially transiting a V = 6.5 star HD88986

N. Heidari, I. Boisse, N. C. Hara +51

Transiting planets with orbital periods longer than 40 d are extremely rare among the 5000+ planets discovered so far. The lack of discoveries of this population poses a challenge…

astro-ph.EP2025

Searching for substellar companion candidates with Gaia. III. Search for companions to members of young associations

A. -M. Lagrange, F. Kiefer, P. Rubini +13

Absolute astrometry with Gaia is expected to detect and characterize the orbits of thousands of exoplanets in the coming years. A tool, GaiaPMEX, was recently developed to characte…

astro-ph.EP2026

The RoPES project with HARPS and HARPS-N III. Two candidate planets orbiting the G-type star HD 161098

N. Nari, A. Suárez Mascareño, J. I. González Hernández +9

Context. The development of refined instruments and techniques for a detailed analysis of the radial velocities (RVs) of stars other than the Sun allows the presence of planetary s…

astro-ph.EP2020

The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets. XVI. HD 158259: A compact planetary system in a near-3:2 mean motion resonance chain

N. C. Hara, F. Bouchy, M. Stalport +32

Since 2011, the SOPHIE spectrograph has been used to search for Neptunes and super-Earths in the Northern Hemisphere. As part of this observational program, 290 radial velocity mea…

astro-ph.EP2019

The SOPHIE search for northern extrasolar planets XV. A Warm Neptune around the M-dwarf Gl378

M. J. Hobson, X. Delfosse, N. Astudillo-Defru +31

We present the detection of a Warm Neptune orbiting the M-dwarf Gl378, using radial velocity measurements obtained with the SOPHIE spectrograph at the Observatoire de Haute-Provenc…

astro-ph.SR2022

Relationship between Ca and H chromospheric emission in F-G-K stars: indication of stellar filaments?

N. Meunier, M. Kretzschmar, R. Gravet +2

Different relationships between the H and Ca II chromospheric emissions have been reported in solar-type stars. In particular, the time-series of emissions in these two lines a…

astro-ph.SR2016

Variability of stellar granulation and convective blueshift with spectral type and magnetic activity. I. K and G main sequence stars

N. Meunier, A. -M. Lagrange, L. Mbemba Kabuiku +3

In solar-type stars, the attenuation of convective blueshift by stellar magnetic activity dominates the RV variations over the low amplitude signal induced by low mass planets. Mod…