Publications (124)
The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE)- I Sample definition and target characterization
S. Desidera, G. Chauvin, M. Bonavita +105
Large surveys with new-generation high-contrast imaging instruments are needed to derive the frequency and properties of exoplanet populations with separations from 5 to 300…
Gap, shadows, spirals, streamers: SPHERE observations of binary-disk interactions in GG Tau A
M. Keppler, A. Penzlin, M. Benisty +31
A large fraction of stars is found to be part of binary or higher-order multiple systems. The ubiquity of planets found around single stars raises the question if and how planets i…
Investigating the young Solar System analog HD95086
G. Chauvin, R. Gratton, M. Bonnefoy +57
HD95086 (A8V, 17Myr) hosts a rare planetary system for which a multi-belt debris disk and a giant planet of 4-5MJup have been directly imaged. Our study aims to characterize the ph…
The rise and fall of V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object)
H. W. Duerbeck, W. Liller, C. Sterken +10
CCD UBVRi photometry of the final helium flash object V4334 Sgr (Sakurai's Object), carried out during 1997 - 1999, is presented, and the light curve from its pre-discovery rise to…
Shadowing and multiple rings in the protoplanetary disk of HD 139614
G. A. Muro-Arena, M. Benisty, C. Ginski +20
Shadows in scattered light images of protoplanetary disks are a common feature and support the presence of warps or misalignments between disk regions. These warps are possibly due…
Orbital characterization of GJ1108A system, and comparison of dynamical mass with model-derived mass for resolved binaries
T. Mizuki, M. Kuzuhara, K. Mede +55
We report an orbital characterization of GJ1108Aab that is a low-mass binary system in pre-main-sequence phase. Via the combination of astrometry using adaptive optics and radial v…
Exploring the RCrA environment with SPHERE: Discovery of a new stellar companion
D. Mesa, M. Bonnefoy, R. Gratton +39
Aims. R Coronae Australis (R CrA) is the brightest star of the Coronet nebula of the Corona Australis (CrA) star forming region. It has very red colors, probably due to dust absorp…
Gliese 12 b: A temperate Earth-sized planet at 12 pc ideal for atmospheric transmission spectroscopy
M. Kuzuhara, A. Fukui, J. H. Livingston +103
Recent discoveries of Earth-sized planets transiting nearby M dwarfs have made it possible to characterize the atmospheres of terrestrial planets via follow-up spectroscopic observ…
Spectral and orbital characterisation of the directly imaged giant planet HIP 65426 b
A. C. Cheetham, M. Samland, S. S. Brems +38
HIP 65426 b is a recently discovered exoplanet imaged during the course of the SPHERE-SHINE survey. Here we present new and observations of the planet from the NACO instr…
Post conjunction detection of Pictoris b with VLT/SPHERE
A. -M. Lagrange, A. Boccaletti, M. Langlois +102
With an orbital distance comparable to that of Saturn in the solar system, \bpic b is the closest (semi-major axis \,9\,au) exoplanet that has been imaged to orbit a star.…
Revisiting the atmosphere of the exoplanet 51 Eridani b with VLT/SPHERE
S. B. Brown-Sevilla, A. -L. Maire, P. Mollière +27
[Full abstract in the paper] We aim to better constrain the atmospheric properties of the directly imaged exoplanet 51~Eri~b by using a retrieval approach on higher signal-to-noise…
Azimuthal asymmetries in the debris disk around HD61005
J. Olofsson, M. Samland, H. Avenhaus +30
Debris disks offer valuable insights into the latest stages of circumstellar disk evolution, and can possibly help us to trace the outcomes of planetary formation processes. In the…
Near-infrared Accretion Signatures from the Circumbinary Planetary Mass Companion Delorme 1 (AB)b
S. K. Betti, K. B. Follette, K. Ward-Duong +8
Accretion signatures from bound brown dwarf and protoplanetary companions provide evidence for ongoing planet formation, and accreting substellar objects have enabled new avenues t…
Searching for the near infrared counterpart of Proxima c using multi-epoch high contrast SPHERE data at VLT
R. Gratton, A. Zurlo, H. Le Coroller +43
Proxima Centauri is known to host an earth-like planet in its habitable zone; very recently a second candidate planet was proposed based on radial velocities. At quadrature, the ex…
Discovery of a brown dwarf companion to the star HIP 64892
A. Cheetham, M. Bonnefoy, S. Desidera +89
We report the discovery of a bright, brown dwarf companion to the star HIP 64892, imaged with VLT/SPHERE during the SHINE exoplanet survey. The host is a B9.5V member of the Lower-…
VLT/SPHERE astrometric confirmation and orbital analysis of the brown dwarf companion HR 2562 B
A. -L. Maire, L. Rodet, C. Lazzoni +46
Context. A low-mass brown dwarf has been recently imaged around HR 2562 (HD 50571), a star hosting a debris disk resolved in the far infrared. Interestingly, the companion location…
Multiple rings in the transition disk and companion candidates around RXJ1615.3-3255. High contrast imaging with VLT/SPHERE
J. de Boer, G. Salter, M. Benisty +36
We search for signs of ongoing planet-disk interaction and study the distribution of small grains at the surface of the transition disk around RXJ1615.3-3255 (RX J1615). We observe…
Near-Infrared Multi-Band Photometry of the Substellar Companion GJ 758 B
M. Janson, J. Carson, C. Thalmann +46
GJ 758 B is a cold (~600K) companion to a Sun-like star at 29 AU projected separation, which was recently detected with high-contrast imaging. Here we present photometry of the com…
A Statistical Analysis of SEEDS and Other High-Contrast Exoplanet Surveys: Massive Planets or Low-Mass Brown Dwarfs?
Timothy D. Brandt, Michael W. McElwain, Edwin L. Turner +50
We conduct a statistical analysis of a combined sample of direct imaging data, totalling nearly 250 stars. The stars cover a wide range of ages and spectral types, and include five…
The search for disks or planetary objects around directly imaged companions: A candidate around DH Tau B
C. Lazzoni, A. Zurlo, S. Desidera +45
In recent decades, thousands of substellar companions have been discovered with both indirect and direct methods of detection. In this paper, we focus our attention on substellar c…
Spirals inside the millimeter cavity of transition disk SR 21
G. A. Muro-Arena, C. Ginski, C. Dominik +22
Hydrodynamical simulations of planet-disk interactions suggest that planets may be responsible for a number of the sub-structures frequently observed in disks in both scattered lig…
Giant planet and brown dwarf formation
G. Chabrier, A. Johansen, M. Janson +1
Understanding the dominant brown dwarf and giant planet formation processes, and finding out whether these processes rely on completely different mechanisms or share common channel…
VLT/NACO astrometry of the HR8799 planetary system. L'-band observations of the three outer planets
C. Bergfors, W. Brandner, M. Janson +2
HR8799 is so far the only directly imaged multiple exoplanet system. The orbital configuration would, if better known, provide valuable insight into the formation and dynamical evo…
Orbit of the young very low-mass spectroscopic binary CHXR 74
V. Joergens, M. Janson, A. Müller
The pre-main sequence star CHXR74 (M4.25) in ChaI was detected a few years ago to be a very low-mass spectroscopic binary. Determination of its mass would provide a valuable dynami…
Characterization of AF Lep b at high spectral resolution with VLT/HiRISE
A. Denis, A. Vigan, J. Costes +41
Since the recent discovery of the directly imaged super-Jovian planet AF Lep b, several studies have been conducted to characterize its atmosphere and constrain its orbital paramet…
Observations of fast-moving features in the debris disk of AU Mic on a three-year timescale: Confirmation and new discoveries
A. Boccaletti, E. Sezestre, A. -M. Lagrange +60
The nearby and young M star AU Mic is surrounded by a debris disk in which we previously identified a series of large-scale arch-like structures that have never been seen before in…
New spectro-photometric characterization of the substellar object HR 2562 B using SPHERE
D. Mesa, J. -L. Baudino, B. Charnay +32
HR2562 is an F5V star located at ~33 pc from the Sun hosting a substellar companion that was discovered using the GPI instrument. The main objective of the present paper is to prov…
Upper limits for Mass and Radius of objects around Proxima Cen from SPHERE/VLT
D. Mesa, A. Zurlo, J. Milli +36
The recent discovery of an earth-like planet around Proxima Centauri has drawn much attention to this star and its environment. We performed a series of observations of Proxima Cen…
K-Stacker, an algorithm to hack the orbital parameters of planets hidden in high-contrast imaging. First applications to VLT SPHERE multi-epoch observations
H. Le Coroller, M. Nowak, P. Delorme +40
Recent high-contrast imaging surveys, looking for planets in young, nearby systems showed evidence of a small number of giant planets at relatively large separation beyond typicall…
Discovery of a planetary-mass companion within the gap of the transition disk around PDS 70
M. Keppler, M. Benisty, A. Müller +123
Young circumstellar disks are of prime interest to understand the physical and chemical conditions under which planet formation takes place. Only very few detections of planet cand…
High-Contrast study of the candidate planets and protoplanetary disk around HD~100546
E. Sissa, R. Gratton, A. Garufi +62
The nearby Herbig Be star HD100546 is known to be a laboratory for the study of protoplanets and their relation with the circumstellar disk that is carved by at least 2 gaps. We ob…
Direct Imaging Discovery of a `Super-Jupiter' Around the late B-Type Star Kappa And
J. Carson, C. Thalmann, M. Janson +52
We present the direct imaging discovery of an extrasolar planet, or possible low-mass brown dwarf, at a projected separation of 55 +/- 2 AU (1.058 +/- 0.007 arcsec) from the B9-typ…
A Survey for Massive Giant Planets in Debris Disks with Evacuated Inner Cavities
D. Apai, M. Janson, A. Moro-Martin +9
The commonality of collisionally replenished debris around main sequence stars suggests that minor bodies are frequent around Sun-like stars. Whether or not debris disks in general…
High-Resolution Near-Infrared Polarimetry of a Circumstellar Disk around UX Tau A
Ryoko Tanii, Yoichi Itoh, Tomoyuki Kudo +65
We present H-band polarimetric imagery of UX Tau A taken with HiCIAO/AO188 on the Subaru Telescope. UX Tau A has been classified as a pre-transitional disk object, with a gap struc…
In-depth direct imaging and spectroscopic characterization of the young Solar System analog HD 95086
C. Desgrange, G. Chauvin, V. Christiaens +48
Context. HD 95086 is a young nearby Solar System analog hosting a giant exoplanet orbiting at 57 au from the star between an inner and outer debris belt. The existence of additiona…
First light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE. IV. Physical and chemical properties of the planets around HR8799
M. Bonnefoy, A. Zurlo, J. L. Baudino +63
The system of four planets around HR8799 offers a unique opportunity to probe the physics and chemistry at play in the atmospheres of self-luminous young (~30 Myr) planets. We rece…
The Moving Group Targets of the SEEDS High-Contrast Imaging Survey of Exoplanets and Disks: Results and Observations from the First Three Years
Timothy D. Brandt, Masayuki Kuzuhara, Michael W. McElwain +52
We present results from the first three years of observations of moving group targets in the SEEDS high-contrast imaging survey of exoplanets and disks using the Subaru telescope.…
Multiples among B stars in the Scorpius-Centaurus association
R. Gratton, V. Squicciarini, V. Nascimbeni +13
We discuss the properties of companions to B stars in the Scorpius-Centaurus association (age ~15 Myr, 181 B-stars). We gathered available data combining high contrast imaging samp…
Imaging Discovery of the Debris Disk Around HIP 79977
C. Thalmann, M. Janson, E. Buenzli +47
We present Subaru/HiCIAO H-band high-contrast images of the debris disk around HIP 79977, whose pres- ence was recently inferred from an infrared excess. Our images resolve the dis…
The HIP 79977 debris disk in polarized light
N. Engler, H. M. Schmid, Ch. Thalmann +40
We present observations of the known edge-on debris disk around HIP 79977 (HD 146897, F star in Upper Sco, 123 pc), taken with the ZIMPOL differential polarimeter of the SPHERE ins…
The VLT/NaCo large program to probe the occurrence of exoplanets and brown dwarfs at wide orbits. IV. Gravitational instability rarely forms wide, giant planets
A. Vigan, M. Bonavita, B. Biller +34
Understanding the formation and evolution of giant planets (1 ) at wide orbital separation (5 AU) is one of the goals of direct imaging. Over the past 15 years,…
A narrow, edge-on disk resolved around HD 106906 with SPHERE
A. -M. Lagrange, M. Langlois, R. Gratton +39
HD~106906AB is so far the only young binary system around which a planet has been imaged and a debris disk evidenced thanks to a strong IR excess. As such, it represents a unique o…
First light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE. III. New spectrophotometry and astrometry of the HR8799 exoplanetary system
A. Zurlo, A. Vigan, R. Galicher +70
The planetary system discovered around the young A-type HR8799 provides a unique laboratory to: a) test planet formation theories, b) probe the diversity of system architectures at…
Characterisation of close visual binaries from the AstraLux Large M Dwarf Survey
C. Bergfors, W. Brandner, M. Bonnefoy +4
We present VLT/SINFONI J, H+K spectra of seven close visual pairs in M dwarf binary/triple systems, discovered or observed by the AstraLux M dwarf survey. We determine the spectral…
Limits on the presence of planets in systems with debris disks: HD 92945 and HD 107146
D. Mesa, S. Marino, M. Bonavita +38
Recent observations of resolved cold debris disks at tens of au have revealed that gaps could be a common feature in these Kuiper belt analogues. Such gaps could be evidence for th…
Blobs, spiral arms, and a possible planet around HD 169142
R. Gratton, R. Ligi, E. Sissa +24
Young planets are expected to cause perturbations in protostellar disks that may be used to infer their presence. Clear detection of still-forming planets embedded within gas-rich…
Mapping of shadows cast on a protoplanetary disk by a close binary system
V. D'Orazi, R. Gratton, S. Desidera +47
For a comprehensive understanding of planetary formation and evolution, we need to investigate the environment in which planets form: circumstellar disks. Here we present high-cont…
SCExAO and GPI Band Photometry and Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Young Brown Dwarf Companion to HD 1160
Eugenio V. Garcia, Thayne Currie, Olivier Guyon +51
We present high signal-to-noise ratio, precise photometry and band (\gpiwave~m) spectroscopy of HD 1160 B, a young substellar companion discovered from the Gemini NIC…
The GJ 504 system revisited. Combining interferometric, radial velocity, and high contrast imaging data
M. Bonnefoy, K. Perraut, A. -M. Lagrange +79
The G-type star GJ504A is known to host a 3 to 35 MJup companion whose temperature, mass, and projected separation all contribute to make it a test case for the planet formation th…
Spiral Structure and Differential Dust Size Distribution in the LkHa 330 Disk
E. Akiyama, J. Hashimoto, H. B. Liu +58
Dust trapping accelerates the coagulation of dust particles, and thus it represents an initial step toward the formation of planetesimals. We report -band (1.6 um) linear polari…
The missing cavities in the SEEDS polarized scattered light images of transitional protoplanetary disks: a generic disk model
R. Dong, R. Rafikov, Z. Zhu +53
Transitional circumstellar disks around young stellar objects have a distinctive infrared deficit around 10 microns in their Spectral Energy Distributions (SED), recently measured…
Polarimetry and flux distribution in the debris disk around HD 32297
R. Asensio-Torres, M. Janson, J. Hashimoto +49
We present high-contrast angular differential imaging (ADI) observations of the debris disk around HD 32297 in H-band, as well as the first polarimetric images for this system in p…
New Techniques for High-Contrast Imaging with ADI: the ACORNS-ADI SEEDS Data Reduction Pipeline
Timothy D. Brandt, Michael W. McElwain, Edwin L. Turner +44
We describe Algorithms for Calibration, Optimized Registration, and Nulling the Star in Angular Differential Imaging (ACORNS-ADI), a new, parallelized software package to reduce hi…
Dynamical masses of M-dwarf binaries in young moving groups: I - The case of TWA 22 and GJ 2060
L. Rodet, M. Bonnefoy, S. Durkan +48
Evolutionary models are widely used to infer the mass of stars, brown dwarfs, and giant planets. Their predictions are thought to be less reliable at young ages ( 200 Myr) and i…
Characterization of the gaseous companion κ Andromedae b: New Keck and LBTI high-contrast observations
M. Bonnefoy, T. Currie, G. -D. Marleau +64
We previously reported the direct detection of a low mass companion at a projected separation of 55+-2 AU around the B9 type star κ Andromedae. The properties of the system (mass…
Terrestrial planets across space and time
E. Zackrisson, P. Calissendorff, J. Gonzalez +3
The study of cosmology, galaxy formation and exoplanets has now advanced to a stage where a cosmic inventory of terrestrial planets may be attempted. By coupling semi-analytic mode…
High contrast imaging at 10 microns, a search for exoplanets around: Eps Indi A, Eps Eri, Tau Ceti, Sirius A and Sirius B
P. Pathak, D. J. M. Petit dit de la Roche, M. Kasper +15
The direct imaging of rocky exoplanets is one of the major science goals for upcoming large telescopes. The contrast requirement for imaging such planets is challenging. However, t…
Investigating the nature of the extended structure around the Herbig star RCrA using integral field and high-resolution spectroscopy
E. Rigliaco, R. Gratton, D. Mesa +24
We present a detailed analysis of the extended structure detected around the young and close-by Herbig Ae/Be star RCrA. This is a young triple system with an intermediate mass cent…
Perturbers: SPHERE detection limits to planetary-mass companions in protoplanetary disks
R. Asensio-Torres, Th. Henning, F. Cantalloube +25
The detection of a wide range of substructures such as rings, cavities and spirals has become a common outcome of high spatial resolution imaging of protoplanetary disks, both in t…
Orbital and dynamical analysis of the system around HR 8799. New astrometric epochs from VLT/SPHERE and LBT/LUCI
A. Zurlo, K. Gozdziewski, C. Lazzoni D. Mesa +44
HR\,8799 is a young planetary system composed of 4 planets and a double debris belt. Being the first multi-planetary system discovered with the direct imaging technique, it has bee…
Investigation of the inner structures around HD169142 with VLT/SPHERE
R. Ligi, A. Vigan, R. Gratton +47
We present observations of the Herbig Ae star HD169142 with VLT/SPHERE instruments InfraRed Dual-band Imager and Spectrograph (IRDIS) ( and bands) and the Integral Fie…
First light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE. I. Detection and characterization of the sub-stellar companion GJ 758 B
A. Vigan, M. Bonnefoy, C. Ginski +72
GJ758 B is a brown dwarf companion to a nearby (15.76 pc) solar-type, metal-rich (M/H = +0.2 dex) main-sequence star (G9V) that was discovered with Subaru/HiCIAO in 2009. From prev…
Investigating three Sirius-like systems with SPHERE
R. Gratton, V. D'Orazi, T. A. Pacheco +61
Sirius-like systems are wide binaries composed of a white dwarf (WD) and a companion of a spectral type earlier than M0. The WD progenitor evolves in isolation, but its wind during…
New disk discovered with VLT/SPHERE around the M star GSC 07396-00759
E. Sissa, J. Olofsson, A. Vigan +30
Debris disks are usually detected through the infrared excess over the photospheric level of their host star. The most favorable stars for disk detection are those with spectral ty…
Dynamical models to explain observations with SPHERE in planetary systems with double debris belts
C. Lazzoni, S. Desidera, F. Marzari +66
A large number of systems harboring a debris disk show evidence for a double belt architecture. One hypothesis for explaining the gap between the belts is the presence of one or mo…
The gravitational mass of Proxima Centauri measured with SPHERE from a microlensing event
A. Zurlo, R. Gratton, D. Mesa +19
Proxima Centauri, our closest stellar neighbour, is a low-mass M5 dwarf orbiting in a triple system. An Earth-mass planet with an 11 day period has been discovered around this star…
An extended scattered light disk around AT Pyx -- Possible planet formation in a cometary globule
C. Ginski, R. Gratton, A. Bohn +35
To understand how the multitude of planetary systems that have been discovered come to be, we need to study systems at different evolutionary stages, with different central stars b…
Spectral and atmospheric characterization of 51 Eridani b using VLT/SPHERE
M. Samland, P. Mollière, M. Bonnefoy +37
51 Eridani b is an exoplanet around a young (20 Myr) nearby (29.4 pc) F0-type star, recently discovered by direct imaging. Being only 0.5" away from its host star it is well suited…
SPHERE dynamical and spectroscopic characterization of HD142527B
R. Claudi, A. -L. Maire, D. Mesa +50
We detect the accreting low-mass companion HD142527B at a separation of 73 mas (11.4 au) from the star. No other companions with mass greater than 10 MJ are visible in the field of…
Giant planets population around B stars from the first part of the BEAST survey
P. Delorme, A. Chomez, V. Squicciarini +23
Exoplanets form from circumstellar protoplanetary discs whose fundamental properties (notably their extent, composition, mass, temperature and lifetime) depend on the host star pro…
New binaries from the SHINE survey
M. Bonavita, R. Gratton, S. Desidera +67
We present the multiple stellar systems observed within the SpHere INfrared survey for Exoplanet (SHINE). SHINE searched for substellar companions to young stars using high contras…
The Structure of Pre-transitional Protoplanetary Disks I: Radiative Transfer Modeling of the Disk+Cavity in the PDS 70 system
Ruobing Dong, Jun Hashimoto, Roman Rafikov +49
Through detailed radiative transfer modeling, we present a disk+cavity model to simultaneously explain both the SED and Subaru H-band polarized light imaging for the pre-transition…
Direct Imaging of Fine Structures in Giant Planet Forming Regions of the Protoplanetary Disk around AB Aurigae
J. Hashimoto, M. Tamura, T. Muto +49
We report high-resolution 1.6 $\micron$ polarized intensity () images of the circumstellar disk around the Herbig Ae star AB Aur at a radial distance of 22 AU () up to 5…
Hint of curvature in the orbital motion of the exoplanet 51 Eridani b using 3 years of VLT/SPHERE monitoring
A. -L. Maire, L. Rodet, F. Cantalloube +49
Context. The 51 Eridani system harbors a complex architecture with its primary star forming a hierarchical system with the binary GJ 3305AB at a projected separation of 2000 au, a…
Discovery of Small-Scale Spiral Structures in the Disk of SAO 206462 (HD 135344B): Implications for the Physical State of the Disk from Spiral Density Wave Theory
T. Muto, C. A. Grady, J. Hashimoto +59
We present high-resolution, H-band, imaging observations, collected with Subaru/HiCIAO, of the scattered light from the transitional disk around SAO 206462 (HD 135344B). Although p…
The GAPS program at TNG XLVII: The unusual formation history of V1298 Tau
D. Turrini, F. Marzari, D. Polychroni +33
Observational data from space and ground-based campaigns reveal that the 10-30 Ma old V1298 Tau star hosts a compact and massive system of four planets. Mass estimates for the two…
TRAP: A temporal systematics model for improved direct detection of exoplanets at small angular separations
M. Samland, J. Bouwman, D. W. Hogg +3
High-contrast imaging surveys for exoplanet detection have shown giant planets at large separations to be rare. It is important to push towards detections at smaller separations, t…
Cold and eccentric: a high-spectral resolution view of 51 Eri b with VLT/HiRISE
A. Denis, A. Vigan, G. Chauvin +35
Discovered almost 10 years ago, the giant planet 51 Eridani b is one of the least separated (0.2 arcsec) and faintest (J = 19.74 mag) directly imaged exoplanets known to date. Its…
The architecture of the LkCa 15 transitional disk revealed by high-contrast imaging
C. Thalmann, G. D. Mulders, K. Hodapp +12
We present four new epochs of Ks-band images of the young pre-transitional disk around LkCa 15, and perform extensive forward modeling to derive the physical parameters of the disk…
The cool brown dwarf Gliese 229 B is a close binary
Jerry W. Xuan, A. Mérand, W. Thompson +76
Owing to their similarities with giant exoplanets, brown dwarf companions of stars provide insights into the fundamental processes of planet formation and evolution. From their orb…
An imaged 15Mjup companion within a hierarchical quadruple system
A. Chomez, V. Squicciarini, A. -M. Lagrange +20
Since 2019, the direct imaging B-star Exoplanet Abundance Study (BEAST) at SPHERE@VLT has been scanning the surroundings of young B-type stars in order to ascertain the ultimate fr…
Spatially resolved spectroscopy of the exoplanet HR 8799 c
M. Janson, C. Bergfors, M. Goto +2
HR 8799 is a multi-planet system detected in direct imaging, with three companions known so far. Here, we present spatially resolved VLT/NACO 3.88--4.10 micron spectroscopy of the…
Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): I. Improved exoplanet detection yield estimates for a large mid-infrared space-interferometer mission
S. P. Quanz, M. Ottiger, E. Fontanet +68
One of the long-term goals of exoplanet science is the atmospheric characterization of dozens of small exoplanets in order to understand their diversity and search for habitable wo…
High-Contrast NIR Polarization Imaging of MWC480
N. Kusakabe, C. A. Grady, M. L. Sitko +52
One of the key predictions of modeling from the IR excess of Herbig Ae stars is that for protoplanetary disks, where significant grain growth and settling has occurred, the dust di…
The high-albedo, low polarization disk around HD 114082 harbouring a Jupiter-sized transiting planet
N. Engler, J. Milli, R. Gratton +36
We present new optical and near-IR images of debris disk around the F-type star HD 114082. We obtained direct imaging observations and analysed the TESS photometric time series dat…
The circumstellar disk HD169142: gas, dust and planets acting in concert?
A. Pohl, M. Benisty, P. Pinilla +33
HD169142 is an excellent target to investigate signs of planet-disk interaction due to the previous evidence of gap structures. We performed J-band (~1.2μm) polarized intensit…
Orbiting a binary: SPHERE characterisation of the HD 284149 system
Mariangela Bonavita, V. D'Orazi, D. Mesa +52
In this paper we present the results of the SPHERE observation of the HD 284149 system, aimed at a more detailed characterisation of both the primary and its brown dwarf companion.…
Characterization of debris disks observed with SPHERE
N. Engler, J. Milli, N. Pawellek +33
This study aims to characterize debris disks observed with SPHERE across multiple programs, with the goal of identifying systematic trends in disk morphology, dust mass, and grain…
Discovery of a warm, dusty giant planet around HIP65426
G. Chauvin, S. Desidera, A. -M. Lagrange +120
The SHINE program is a large high-contrast near-infrared survey of 600 young, nearby stars. It is aimed at searching for and characterizing new planetary systems using VLT/SPHERE's…
SEEDS direct imaging of the RV-detected companion to V450 Andromedae, and characterization of the system
K. G. HeÅminiak, M. Kuzuhara, K. Mede +49
We report the direct imaging detection of a low-mass companion to a young, moderately active star V450 And, that was previously identified with the radial velocity method. The comp…
MESS (Multi-purpose Exoplanet Simulation System): A Monte Carlo tool for the statistical analysis and prediction of exoplanets search results
M. Bonavita, G. Chauvin, S. Desidera +5
The high number of planet discoveries made in the last years provides a good sample for statistical analysis, leading to some clues on the distributions of planet parameters, like…
The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE). V. Complete observations, data reduction and analysis, detection performances, and final results
A. Chomez, P. Delorme, A. -M. Lagrange +117
During the past decade, state-of-the-art planet-finder instruments like SPHERE@VLT, coupling coronagraphic devices and extreme adaptive optics systems, unveiled, thanks to large su…
First scattered light detection of a nearly edge-on transition disk around the T Tauri star RY Lup
M. Langlois, A. Pohl, A. -M. Lagrange +41
Transition disks are considered sites of ongoing planet formation, and their dust and gas distributions could be signposts of embedded planets. The transition disk around the T Tau…
Subaru Imaging of Asymmetric Features in a Transitional Disk in Upper Scorpius
S. Mayama, J. Hashimoto, T. Muto +52
We report high-resolution (0.07 arcsec) near-infrared polarized intensity images of the circumstellar disk around the star 2MASS J16042165-2130284 obtained with HiCIAO mounted on t…
Discovery of a Disk Gap Candidate at 20 AU in TW Hydrae
E. Akiyama, T. Muto, N. Kusakabe +53
We present a new Subaru/HiCIAO high-contrast H-band polarized intensity (PI) image of a nearby transitional disk associated with TW Hydrae. The scattered light from the disk was de…
Astrometric and photometric accuracies in high contrast imaging: The SPHERE speckle calibration tool (SpeCal)
R. Galicher, A. Boccaletti, D. Mesa +21
The consortium of the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch installed at the Very Large Telescope (SPHERE/VLT) has been operating its guaranteed observation time (2…
Constraining masses and separations of unseen companions to five accelerating nearby stars
D. Mesa, M. Bonavita, S. Benatti +39
Aims. This work aims at constraining the masses and separations of potential substellar companions to five accelerating stars (HIP 1481, HIP 88399, HIP 96334, HIP 30314 and HIP 116…
A search for accreting young companions embedded in circumstellar disks: High-contrast H imaging with VLT/SPHERE
G. Cugno, S. P. Quanz, S. Hunziker +37
Aims: We want to detect and quantify observables related to accretion processes occurring locally in circumstellar disks, which could be attributed to young forming planets. We foc…
Resolving faint structures in the debris disk around TWA7
J. Olofsson, R. G. van Holstein, A. Boccaletti +51
Debris disks are the intrinsic by-products of the star and planet formation processes. Most likely due to instrumental limitations and their natural faintness, little is known abou…
Images of the Extended Outer Regions of the Debris Ring Around HR 4796 A
C. Thalmann, M. Janson, E. Buenzli +48
We present high-contrast images of HR 4796 A taken with Subaru/HiCIAO in H-band, resolving the debris disk in scattered light. The application of specialized angular differential i…