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astro-ph.EP2019★ 18 cited

High-Resolution Transmission Spectra of Earth through Geological Time

Lisa Kaltenegger, Zifan Lin, Jack Madden

The next generation of ground- and space-based telescopes will be able to observe rocky Earth-like planets in the near future, transiting their host star. We explore how the transm…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 11 cited

High-resolution reflection spectra for Proxima b and Trappist-1e models for ELT observations

Zifan Lin, Lisa Kaltenegger

The closest stars that harbor potentially habitable planets are cool M-stars. Upcoming ground- and space-based telescopes will be able to search the atmosphere of such planets for…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 9 cited

Photometric analyses of Saturn's small moons: Aegaeon, Methone and Pallene are dark; Helene and Calypso are bright

M. M. Hedman, P. Helfenstein, R. O. Chancia +4

We examine the surface brightnesses of Saturn's smaller satellites using a photometric model that explicitly accounts for their elongated shapes and thus facilitates comparisons am…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 49 cited

The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: Dynamical Mass of the Exoplanet beta Pictoris b from Combined Direct Imaging and Astrometry

Eric L. Nielsen, Robert J. De Rosa, Jason J. Wang +51

We present new observations of the planet beta Pictoris b from 2018 with GPI, the first GPI observations following conjunction. Based on these new measurements, we perform a joint…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 20 cited

First Resolved Scattered-Light Images of Four Debris Disks in Scorpius-Centaurus with the Gemini Planet Imager

Justin Hom, Jennifer Patience, Thomas M. Esposito +57

We present the first spatially resolved scattered-light images of four debris disks around members of the Scorpius-Centaurus (Sco-Cen) OB Association with high-contrast imaging and…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 9 cited

Detecting and Characterizing Water Vapor in the Atmospheres of Earth Analogs through Observation of the 0.94 Micron Feature in Reflected Light

Adam J. R. W. Smith, Y. Katherina Feng, Jonathan J. Fortney +4

The characterization of rocky, Earth-like planets is an important goal for future large ground- and space-based telescopes. In support of developing an efficient observational stra…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 19 cited

Pulsed Disc Accretion Driven by Hot Jupiters

Jean Teyssandier, Dong Lai

We present 2D hydrodynamical simulations of hot Jupiters orbiting near the inner edge of protoplanetary discs. We systemically explore how the accretion rate at the inner disc edge…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 246 cited

How to Characterize Habitable Worlds and Signs of Life

L. Kaltenegger

The detection of exoplanets orbiting other stars has revolutionized our view of the cosmos. First results suggest that it is teeming with a fascinating diversity of rocky planets,…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 30 cited

ACCESS: A Visual to Near-infrared Spectrum of the Hot Jupiter WASP-43b with Evidence of , but no evidence of Na or K

Ian C. Weaver, Mercedes López-Morales, Néstor Espinoza +11

We present a new ground-based visual transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-43b, obtained as part of the ACCESS Survey. The spectrum was derived from four transits observed…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 40 cited

Transmission Spectroscopy of WASP-79b from 0.6 to 5.0 m

Kristin S. Sotzen, Kevin B. Stevenson, David K. Sing +18

As part of the PanCET program, we have conducted a spectroscopic study of WASP-79b, an inflated hot Jupiter orbiting an F-type star in Eridanus with a period of 3.66 days. Building…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 46 cited

Detection of Na, K and HO in the hazy atmosphere of WASP-6b

Aarynn L. Carter, Nikolay Nikolov, David K. Sing +13

We present new observations of the transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-6b both from the ground with the Very Large Telescope (VLT) FOcal Reducer and Spectrograph (FORS2)…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 55 cited

WASP-127b transmission spectrum]{Abundance measurements of HO and carbon-bearing species in the atmosphere of WASP-127b confirm its super-solar metallicity

Jessica J. Spake, David K. Sing, Hannah R. Wakeford +14

The chemical abundances of exoplanet atmospheres may provide valuable information about the bulk compositions, formation pathways, and evolutionary histories of planets. Exoplanets…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 46 cited

WASP-52b. The effect of starspot correction on atmospheric retrievals

Giovanni Bruno, Nikole K. Lewis, Munazza K. Alam +13

We perform atmospheric retrievals on the full optical to infrared () transmission spectrum of the inflated hot Jupiter WASP-52b by combining HST/STIS, WFC3 IR…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 24 cited

An updated visual orbit of the directly-imaged exoplanet 51 Eridani b and prospects for a dynamical mass measurement with Gaia

Robert J. De Rosa, Eric L. Nielsen, Jason J. Wang +52

We present a revision to the visual orbit of the young, directly-imaged exoplanet 51 Eridani b using four years of observations with the Gemini Planet Imager. The relative astromet…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 55 cited

A Hubble PanCET Study of HAT-P-11b: A Cloudy Neptune with a Low Atmospheric Metallicity

Yayaati Chachan, Heather A. Knutson, Peter Gao +14

We present the first comprehensive look at the m transmission spectrum of the warm ( K) Neptune HAT-P-11b derived from thirteen individual transits observed u…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 81 cited

Detection of ionized calcium in the atmosphere of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b

Jake D. Turner, Ernst J. W. de Mooij, Ray Jayawardhana +6

With a day-side temperature in excess of 4500K, comparable to a mid-K-type star, KELT-9b is the hottest planet known. Its extreme temperature makes KELT-9b a particularly interesti…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 119 cited

The Precision of Mass Measurements Required for Robust Atmospheric Characterization of Transiting Exoplanets

Natasha E. Batalha, Taylor Lewis, Jonathan J. Fortney +4

Two of TESS's major science goals are to measure masses for 50 planets smaller than 4 Earth radii and to discover high-quality targets for atmospheric characterization efforts. It…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 47 cited

Exoplanet characterisation in the longest known resonant chain: the K2-138 system seen by HARPS

T. A. Lopez, S. C. C. Barros, A. Santerne +36

The detection of low-mass transiting exoplanets in multiple systems brings new constraints to planetary formation and evolution processes and challenges the current planet formatio…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 32 cited

The potassium absorption on HD189733b and HD209458b

Engin Keles, Matthias Mallonn, Carolina von Essen +9

In this work, we investigate the potassium excess absorption around 7699A of the exoplanets HD189733b and HD209458b. For this purpose, we used high spectral resolution transit obse…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 16 cited

Migrating Scarps as a Significant Driver for Cometary Surface Evolution

Samuel Birch, Alexander Hayes, Orkan Umurhan +10

Rosetta observations of 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) reveal that most changes occur in the fallback-generated smooth terrains, vast deposits of granular material blanketing the…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 16 cited

A Simplified Model for the Secular Dynamics of Eccentric Discs and Applications to Planet-Disc Interactions

Jean Teyssandier, Dong Lai

We develop a simplified model for studying the long-term evolution of giant planets in protoplanetary discs. The model accounts for the eccentricity evolution of the planets and th…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 38 cited

Exoplanet Atmosphere Forecast: Observers Should Expect Spectroscopic Transmission Features to be Muted to 33%

H. R. Wakeford, T. J. Wilson, K. B. Stevenson +1

To ensure robust constraints are placed on exoplanet atmospheric transmission spectra, future observations need to obtain high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) measurements assuming sma…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 18 cited

Biofluorescent Worlds I: Global Biological Fluorescence as a Biosignature

J. T. O'Malley-James, L. Kaltenegger

In this paper, we analyze a new possible biological surface feature for habitable worlds orbiting other stars: biofluorescence. High ultraviolet (UV) and blue radiation fluxes driv…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 46 cited

The Hubble PanCET program: An extensive search for metallic ions in the exosphere of GJ 436 b

L. A. dos Santos, D. Ehrenreich, V. Bourrier +15

(Abridged) The quiet M2.5 star GJ 436 hosts a warm Neptune that displays an extended atmosphere that dwarfs its own host star. Predictions of atmospheric escape in such planets sta…