Publications (219)
HD 117214 debris disk: scattered-light images and constraints on the presence of planets
N. Engler, C. Lazzoni, R. Gratton +34
We performed observations of the Sco-Cen F star HD 117214 aiming at a search for planetary companions and the characterization of the debris disk structure. HD 117214 was observed…
A scaled-up planetary system around a supernova progenitor
V. Squicciarini, R. Gratton, M. Janson +24
Virtually all known exoplanets reside around stars with ; to clarify if the dearth of planets around more massive stars is real, we launched the direct-imaging B-sta…
The GAPS programme at TNG XXXIV. Activity-rotation, flux-flux relationships, and active region evolution through stellar age
J. Maldonado, S. Colombo, A. Petralia +26
Active region evolution plays an important role in the generation and variability of magnetic fields on the surface of lower main-sequence stars. However, determining the lifetime…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG VIII: Observations of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterisation of the transiting planetary systems HAT-P-36 and WASP-11/HAT-P-10
L. Mancini, M. Esposito, E. Covino +36
We determine the true and the projected obliquity of HAT-P-36 and WASP-11/HAT-P-10 systems, respectively, which are both composed of a relatively cool star and a hot-Jupiter planet…
Atmospheric properties of AF Lep b with forward modeling
P. Palma-Bifani, G. Chauvin, D. Borja +11
Aims. We aim to expand the atmospheric exploration of AF Lep b by modeling all available observations obtained with SPHERE at VLT (between 0.95-1.65, at 2.105, and 2.253 m, and…
Orbital and atmospheric characterization of the planet within the gap of the PDS 70 transition disk
A. Müller, M. Keppler, Th. Henning +43
Aims: We aim to characterize the orbital and atmospheric properties of PDS 70 b, which was first identified on May 2015 in the course of the SHINE survey with SPHERE, the extreme a…
Sub-0.1" optical imaging of the Z CMa jets with SPHERE/ZIMPOL
S. Antoniucci, L. Podio, B. Nisini +15
Crucial information on the mass accretion-ejection in young stars can be obtained from high spatial resolution images of jets in sources with recurrent accretion outbursts. Using t…
A giant planet in the triple system HD132563
S. Desidera, E. Carolo, R. Gratton +10
As part of our radial velocity planet-search survey performed with SARG at TNG, we monitored the components of HD 132563 for ten years. It is a binary system formed by two rather s…
Characterization of the HD 17156 planetary system
M. Barbieri, R. Alonso, S. Desidera +11
AIMS : To improve the parameters of the HD 17156 system (peculiar due to the eccentric and long orbital period of its transiting planet) and constrain the presence of stellar compa…
Peering into the Young Planetary System AB Pic. Atmosphere, Orbit, Obliquity & Second Planetary Candidate
P. Palma-Bifani, G. Chauvin, M. Bonnefoy +24
We aim to revisit the system AB Pic which has a known companion at the exoplanet/ brown-dwarf boundary. We based this study on a rich set of observations to investigate the compani…
Orbital and spectral analysis of the benchmark brown dwarf HD 4747B
S. Peretti, D. Ségransan, B. Lavie +43
The study of high contrast imaged brown dwarfs and exoplanets depends strongly on evolutionary models. To estimate the mass of a directly imaged substellar object, its extracted ph…
Eyes on K2-3: A system of three likely sub-Neptunes characterized with HARPS-N and HARPS
M. Damasso, A. S. Bonomo, N. Astudillo-Defru +67
M-dwarf stars are promising targets for identifying and characterizing potentially habitable planets. K2-3 is a nearby (45 pc), early-type M dwarf hosting three small transiting pl…
Imaging radial velocity planets with SPHERE
A. Zurlo, D. Mesa, S. Desidera +37
We present observations with the planet finder SPHERE of a selected sample of the most promising radial velocity (RV) companions for high-contrast imaging. Using a Monte Carlo simu…
Performance of the VLT Planet Finder SPHERE II. Data analysis and Results for IFS in laboratory
D. Mesa, R. Gratton, A. Zurlo +33
We present the performance of the Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS) of SPHERE, the high-contrast imager for the ESO VLT telescope designed to perform imaging and spectroscopy of ex…
The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE). III. The demographics of young giant exoplanets below 300 au with SPHERE
A. Vigan, C. Fontanive, M. Meyer +108
The SHINE project is a 500-star survey performed with SPHERE on the VLT for the purpose of directly detecting new substellar companions and understanding their formation and early…
Discovery of Carbon/Oxygen depleted Blue Straggler Stars in 47 Tucanae: the chemical signature of a mass-transfer formation process
F. R. Ferraro, E. Sabbi, R. Gratton +10
We use high-resolution spectra obtained with the ESO Very Large Telescope to measure surface abundance patterns of 43 Blue Stragglers stars (BSS) in 47 Tuc. We discovered that a su…
Resolving the planet-hosting inner regions of the LkCa 15 disk
C. Thalmann, M. Janson, A. Garufi +28
LkCa 15 hosts a pre-transitional disk as well as at least one accreting protoplanet orbiting in its gap. Previous disk observations have focused mainly on the outer disk, which is…
Exploration of the inner region of the system HD 142527
T. M. H. Tran, M. Langlois, O. Flasseur +6
HD 142527 is a well-studied intermediate-mass T Tauri star surrounded by a transitional disk with a large dust cavity, spiral structures, and an accreting low-mass companion. Despi…
Shadows and spirals in the protoplanetary disk HD 100453
M. Benisty, T. Stolker, A. Pohl +46
Understanding the diversity of planets requires to study the morphology and the physical conditions in the protoplanetary disks in which they form. We observed and spatially resolv…
The Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy: the two-infall model
C. Chiappini, F. Matteucci, R. Gratton
In this paper we present a new chemical evolution model for the Galaxy which assumes two main infall episodes for the formation of halo-thick disk and thin disk, respectively. We d…
A view of the Galactic halo using beryllium as a time scale
Rodolfo Smiljanic, L. Pasquini, P. Bonifacio +4
Beryllium stellar abundances were suggested to be a good tracer of time in the early Galaxy. In an investigation of its use as a cosmochronometer, using a large sample of local hal…
The HADES RV Programme with HARPS-N@TNG VIII. Gl15A: A multiple wide planetary system sculpted by binary interaction
M. Pinamonti, M. Damasso, F. Marzari +28
We present 20 years of radial velocity (RV) measurements of the M1 dwarf Gl15A, combining 5 years of intensive RV monitoring with the HARPS-N spectrograph with 15 years of archival…
The VLT/NaCo large program to probe the occurrence of exoplanets and brown dwarfs at wide orbits. III. The frequency of brown dwarfs and giant planets as companions to solar-type stars
M. Reggiani, M. R. Meyer, G. Chauvin +28
In recent years there have been many attempts to characterize the occurrence of stellar, BD and planetary-mass companions to solar-type stars, with the aim of constraining formatio…
Abundance differences between components of wide binaries
S. Desidera, R. Gratton, S. Scuderi +9
In this paper we present iron abundance analysis for 23 wide binaries with main sequence components in the temperture range 4900-6300 K, taken from the sample of the pairs currentl…
Performance of the VLT Planet Finder SPHERE I. Photometry and astrometry precision with IRDIS and IFS in laboratory
A. Zurlo, A. Vigan, D. Mesa +26
The new planet finder for the Very Large Telescope (VLT), the Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch (SPHERE), just had its first light in Paranal. A dedicated instr…
MUSE spectroscopic observations of the Young Massive Cluster NGC1850
A. Sollima, V. D'Orazi, R. Gratton +4
NGC1850 is the nearest Young Massive Cluster of the Local Group with a mass similar to those of Galactic globular clusters. Recent studies have revealed an extended morphology of i…
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…
GIARPS: commissioning and first scientific results
R. Claudi, S. Benatti, I. Carleo +41
GIARPS (GIAno \& haRPS) is a project devoted to have on the same focal station of the Telescopio Nazionale Galileo (TNG) both high resolution spectrographs, HARPS-N (VIS) and GIANO…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG. XIII. The orbital obliquity of three close-in massive planets hosted by dwarf K-type stars: WASP-43, HAT-P-20 and Qatar-2
M. Esposito, E. Covino, S. Desidera +45
In the framework of the GAPS project, we are conducting an observational programme aimed at the determination of the orbital obliquity of known transiting exoplanets. The targets a…
Characterising brown dwarf companions with IRDIS long-slit spectroscopy: HD 1160 B and HD 19467 B
D. Mesa, V. D'Orazi, A. Vigan +9
The determination of the fundamental properties (mass, separation, age, gravity and atmospheric properties) of brown dwarf companions allows us to infer crucial informations on the…
SPHERE: the exoplanet imager for the Very Large Telescope
J. -L. Beuzit, A. Vigan, D. Mouillet +108
Observations of circumstellar environments to look for the direct signal of exoplanets and the scattered light from disks has significant instrumental implications. In the past 15…
The circumstellar environment of EX Lup: the SPHERE and SINFONI views
E. Rigliaco, R. Gratton, A. Kospal +15
EX Lup is a well-studied T Tauri star that represents the prototype of young eruptive stars EXors. In this paper we analyze new adaptive optics imaging and spectroscopic observatio…
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 GAPS Programme at TNG XXVII. Reassessment of a young planetary system with HARPS-N: is the hot Jupiter V830 Tau b really there?
M. Damasso, A. F. Lanza, S. Benatti +41
Detecting and characterising exoworlds around very young stars (age10 Myr) are key aspects of exoplanet demographic studies, especially for understanding the mechanisms and time…
Direct detection of scattered light gaps in the transitional disk around HD 97048 with VLT/SPHERE
C. Ginski, T. Stolker, P. Pinilla +28
We studied the well known circumstellar disk around the Herbig Ae/Be star HD 97048 with high angular resolution to reveal undetected structures in the disk, which may be indicative…
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…
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.…
The GAPS Programme at TNG LXVIII. Characterization of the outer substellar companion around HD 72659 with a multi-technique approach
A. Ruggieri, A. Sozzetti, S. Desidera +23
Before discovering the first exoplanets, the Radial Velocity (RV) method had been used for decades to discover binary stars. Despite significant advancements in this technique, it…
The SARG Planet Search
S. Desidera, R. Gratton, M. Endl +6
In this chapter of the book "Planets in binaries" we summarize our recent work on the statistical properties of planets in binaries and the differences with respect to planets orbi…
IRDIS, the dual-band imager camera of SPHERE: testing the performances in laboratory
A. Zurlo, A. Vigan, C. Moutou +12
Next year the second generation instrument SPHERE will begin science operations at the Very Large Telecope (ESO). This instrument will be dedicated to the search for exoplanets thr…
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…
LBT observations of the HR 8799 planetary system: First detection of HR8799e in H band
S. Esposito, D. Mesa, A. Skemer +33
We have performed H and Ks band observations of the planetary system around HR 8799 using the new AO system at the Large Binocular Telescope and the PISCES Camera. The excellent in…
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…
Testing giant planet formation in the transitional disk of SAO 206462 using deep VLT/SPHERE imaging
A. -L. Maire, T. Stolker, S. Messina +42
Context. The SAO 206462 (HD 135344B) disk is one of the few known transitional disks showing asymmetric features in scattered light and thermal emission. Near-infrared scattered-li…
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-…
The GAPS programme with HARPS-N@TNG IV: A planetary system around XO-2S
S. Desidera, A. S. Bonomo, R. U. Claudi +48
We performed an intensive radial velocity monitoring of XO-2S, the wide companion of the transiting planet-host XO-2N, using HARPS-N at TNG in the framework of the GAPS programme.…
Implications of the discovery of AF Lep b: The mass-luminosity relation for planets in the Pic Moving Group and the L-T transition for young companions and free-floating planets
R. Gratton, M. Bonavita, D. Mesa +7
Dynamical masses of young planets aged between 10 and 200 Myr detected in imaging play a crucial role in shaping models of giant planet formation. Regrettably, only a few such obje…
Exploring the realm of scaled Solar System analogs with HARPS
D. Barbato, A. Sozzetti, S. Desidera +10
The assessment of the frequency of planetary systems reproducing the Solar System's architecture is still an open problem. Detailed study of multiplicity and architecture is genera…
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…
Ongoing flyby in the young multiple system UX Tauri
F. Menard, N. Cuello, C. Ginski +28
We present observations of the young multiple system UX Tauri to look for circumstellar disks and for signs of dynamical interactions. We obtained SPHERE/IRDIS deep differential po…
A study of the frequency and characteristics of stellar companions and Jupiter-like planets in nearby open clusters
R. Gratton, M. Bonavita, D. Mesa +9
Observations of companions of solar-type stars in nearby young moving groups (NYMGs) show that they split into two groups: stellar and brown dwarf companions (mass ratio )…
SPHERE RefPlanets: Search for epsilon Eridani b and warm dust
C. Tschudi, H. M. Schmid, M. Nowak +35
We carried out very deep VLT/SPHERE imaging polarimetry of the nearby system Eps Eri based on 38.5 hours of integration time with a 600 - 900 nm broadband filter to search for pola…
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…
The GAPS Programme at TNG XXI -- A GIARPS case-study of known young planetary candidates: confirmation of HD 285507 b and refutation of AD Leo b
I. Carleo, L. Malavolta, A. F. Lanza +67
The existence of hot Jupiters is still not well understood. Two main channels are thought to be responsible for their current location: a smooth planet migration through the proto-…
The SPHERE view of multiple star formation
R. Gratton, S. Desidera, F. Marzari +1
While a large fraction of the stars are in multiple systems, our understanding of the processes leading to the formation of these systems is still inadequate. Given the large theor…
SPHERE/SHINE reveals concentric rings in the debris disk of HIP 73145
M. Feldt, J. Olofsson, A. Boccaletti +22
The debris disk of HIP73145 has been detected in scattered light in the near-IR, and at far-IR wavelengths before, but no substructure has been seen so far. Detection of such subst…
Multiple stellar populations in 47 Tucanae
A. P. Milone, G. Piotto, L. R. Bedin +16
We use Hubble Space Telescope (HST) and ground-based imaging to study the multiple populations of 47 Tuc, combining high-precision photometry with calculations of synthetic spectra…
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…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N@TNG II: No giant planets around the metal-poor star HIP 11952
S. Desidera, A. Sozzetti, A. S. Bonomo +37
In the context of the program Global Architecture of Planetary Systems (GAPS), we have performed radial velocity monitoring of the metal-poor star HIP 11952 on 35 nights over about…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N@TNG XIV. Investigating giant planet migration history via improved eccentricity and mass determination for 231 transiting planets
A. S. Bonomo, S. Desidera, S. Benatti +34
We carried out a Bayesian homogeneous determination of the orbital parameters of 231 transiting giant planets (TGPs) that are alone or have distant companions; we employed DE-MCMC…
Multi-band high resolution spectroscopy rules out the hot Jupiter BD+20 1790b - First data from the GIARPS Commissioning
I. Carleo, S. Benatti, A. F. Lanza +51
Context. Stellar activity is currently challenging the detection of young planets via the radial velocity (RV) technique. Aims. We attempt to definitively discriminate the nature o…
The VLT/NaCo large program to probe the occurrence of exoplanets and brown dwarfs at wide orbits: II- Survey description, results and performances
G. Chauvin, A. Vigan, M. Bonnefoy +29
In anticipation of the VLT/SPHERE planet imager guaranteed time programs, we have conducted a preparatory survey of 86 stars between 2009 and 2013 in order to identify new faint co…
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…
Belt(s) of debris resolved around the Sco-Cen star HIP 67497
M. Bonnefoy, J. Milli, F. Ménard +15
In 2015, we initiated a survey of Scorpius-Centaurus A-F stars that are predicted to host warm-inner and cold-outer belts of debris similar to the case of the system HR~8799. The s…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N@TNG V. A comprehensive analysis of the XO-2 stellar and planetary systems
M. Damasso, K. Biazzo, A. S. Bonomo +56
XO-2 is the first confirmed wide stellar binary system where the almost twin components XO-2N and XO-2S have planets. This stimulated a detailed characterization study of the stell…
Determining mass limits around HD163296 through SPHERE direct imaging data
D. Mesa, M. Langlois, A. Garufi +33
HD163296 is a Herbig Ae/Be star known to host a protoplanetary disk with a ringed structure. To explain the disk features, previous works proposed the presence of planets embedded…
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…
SPHERE / ZIMPOL observations of the symbiotic system R Aqr. I. Imaging of the stellar binary and the innermost jet clouds
H. M. Schmid, A. Bazzon, J. Milli +40
R Aqr is a symbiotic binary system consisting of a mira variable, a hot companion with a spectacular jet outflow, and an extended emission line nebula. We have used R Aqr as test t…
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…
GIARPS@TNG GIANO-B & HARPS-N together for a wider wavelength range spectroscopy
R. Claudi, S. Benatti, I. Carleo +36
Since 2012, thanks to the installation of the high resolution echelle spectrograph in the optical range HARPS-N, the Italian telescope TNG (La Palma) became one of the key faciliti…
The metallicity of Palomar 1
A. Rosenberg, G. Piotto, I. Saviane +2
Palomar 1 is a peculiar galactic globular cluster, suspected to be younger than the bulk of the Galactic halo objects. However, such a low age can be confirmed only after a reliabl…
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…
Accurate mass ratio and heating effects in the dual-line millisecond binary pulsar in NGC 6397
F. R. Ferraro, E. Sabbi, R. Gratton +4
By means of high-resolution spectra we have measured radial velocities of the companion (hereafter COM J1740-5340) to the eclipsing millisecond pulsar PSR J1740-5340 in the Galacti…
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…
H-activity and ages for stars in the SARG survey
E. Sissa, R. Gratton, S. Desidera +7
Stellar activity influences radial velocity (RV) measurements and can also mimic the presence of orbiting planets. As part of the search for planets around the components of wide b…
The composition of HB stars : RR Lyrae variables
G. Clementini, E. Carretta, R. Gratton +3
We used moderately high-resolution, high S/N spectra to study the chemical composition of 10 field ab-type RR Lyrae stars. A new temperature scale was determined from literature In…
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…
Investigating point sources in MWC 758 with SPHERE
A. Boccaletti, E. Pantin, F. Ménard +26
Context. Spiral arms in protoplanetary disks could be shown to be the manifestation of density waves launched by protoplanets and propagating in the gaseous component of the disk.…
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…
Orbital and spectral characterization of the benchmark T-type brown dwarf HD 19467B
A. -L. Maire, K. Molaverdikhani, S. Desidera +42
Context. Detecting and characterizing substellar companions for which the luminosity, mass, and age can be determined independently is of utter importance to test and calibrate the…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N at TNG XV. A substellar companion around a K giant star identified with quasi-simultaneous HARPS-N and GIANO measurements
E. González - Ãlvarez, L. Affer, G. Micela +34
Context. Identification of planetary companions of giant stars is made difficult because of the astrophysical noise, that may produce radial velocity (RV) variations similar to tho…
The GAPS Programme with HARPS-N@TNG IX. The multi-planet system KELT-6: detection of the planet KELT-6 c and measurement of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for KELT-6 b
M. Damasso, M. Esposito, V. Nascimbeni +39
Aims. For more than 1.5 years we monitored spectroscopically the star KELT-6 (BD+312447), known to host the transiting hot Saturn KELT-6b, because a previously observed long-term t…
Stellar companions and Jupiter-like planets in young associations
R. Gratton, M. Bonavita, D. Mesa +9
Recently, combining high-contrast imaging and space astrometry we found that Jupiter-like (JL) planets are frequent in the beta Pic moving group (BPMG) around those stars where the…
Upgrading the high contrast imaging facility SPHERE: science drivers and instrument choices
A. Boccaletti, G. Chauvin, F. Wildi +71
SPHERE+ is a proposed upgrade of the SPHERE instrument at the VLT, which is intended to boost the current performances of detection and characterization for exoplanets and disks. S…
Stellar parameters of early M dwarfs from ratios of spectral features at optical wavelengths
J. Maldonado, L. Affer, G. Micela +29
(Abridged) Low-mass stars have been recognised as promising targets in the search for rocky, small planets with the potential of supporting life. Doppler search programmes using hi…
Variable stars in the bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud: the photometric catalogue
L. Di Fabrizio, G. Clementini, M. Maio +6
The catalogue of the Johnson-Cousins B,V and I light curves obtained for 162 variable stars (135 RR Lyrae, 4 candidate Anomalous Cepheids, 11 Classical Cepheids, 11 eclipsing binar…
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…
Predictions for self-pollution in globular cluster stars
P. Ventura, F. D'Antona, I. Mazzitelli +1
Full evolutionary models have been built to follow the phases of asymptotic giant branch evolution with mass loss for metal mass fractions from Z=0.0002 to Z=0.004. For the first t…
The GAPS Programme at TNG. LIII. New insights on the peculiar XO-2 system
A. Ruggieri, S. Desidera, K. Biazzo +20
Planets in binary systems are a fascinating and yet poorly understood phenomenon. Since there are only a few known large-separation systems in which both components host planets, c…
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…
The LEECH Exoplanet Imaging Survey. Further constraints on the planet architecture of the HR 8799 system
A. -L. Maire, A. J. Skemer, P. M. Hinz +36
Context. Astrometric monitoring of directly-imaged exoplanets allows the study of their orbital parameters and system architectures. Because most directly-imaged planets have long…
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…
Disk Evolution Study Through Imaging of Nearby Young Stars (DESTINYS): HD 34700 A unveils an inner ring
G. Columba, E. Rigliaco, R. Gratton +18
Context. The study of protoplanetary disks is fundamental to understand their evolution and interaction with the surrounding environment, and to constrain planet formation mechanis…