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astro-ph.EP2017★ 10 cited

Spitzer Secondary Eclipses of Qatar-1b

Emily Garhart, Drake Deming, Avi Mandell +2

Previous secondary eclipse observations of the hot Jupiter Qatar-1b in the Ks band suggest that it may have an unusually high day side temperature, indicative of minimal heat redis…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 46 cited

Planet Candidates from K2 Campaigns 5-8 and Follow-Up Optical Spectroscopy

Erik A. Petigura, Ian J. M. Crossfield, Howard Isaacson +10

We present 151 planet candidates orbiting 141 stars from K2 campaigns 5-8 (C5-C8), identified through a systematic search of K2 photometry. In addition, we identify 16 targets as l…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 12 cited

A Six-Planet System Around the Star HD 34445

Steven S. Vogt, R. Paul Butler, Jennifer Burt +10

We present a new precision radial velocity dataset that reveals a multi-planet system orbiting the G0V star HD 34445. Our 18-year span consists of 333 precision radial velocity obs…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 28 cited

Finding the Needles in the Haystacks: High-Fidelity Models of the Modern and Archean Solar System for Simulating Exoplanet Observations

Aki Roberge, Maxime J. Rizzo, Andrew P. Lincowski +10

We present two state-of-the-art models of the solar system, one corresponding to the present day and one to the Archean Eon 3.5 billion years ago. Each model contains spatial and s…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 84 cited

Estimating the magnetic field strength in hot Jupiters

Rakesh K. Yadav, Daniel P. Thorngren

A large fraction of known Jupiter like exoplanets are inflated as compared to Jupiter. These "hot" Jupiters orbit close to their parent star and are bombarded with intense starligh…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 59 cited

Double-diffusive erosion of the core of Jupiter

R. Moll, P. Garaud, C. Mankovich +1

We present Direct Numerical Simulations of the transport of heat and heavy elements across a double-diffusive interface or a double-diffusive staircase, in conditions that are clos…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 141 cited

Trends in Atmospheric Properties of Neptune-Size Exoplanets

Ian J. M. Crossfield, Laura Kreidberg

Precise atmospheric observations have been made for a growing sample of warm Neptunes. Here we investigate the correlations between these observations and a large number of system…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 111 cited

Phase curves of WASP-33b and HD 149026b and a New Correlation Between Phase Curve Offset and Irradiation Temperature

Michael Zhang, Heather A. Knutson, Tiffany Kataria +9

We present new 3.6 and 4.5 Spitzer phase curves for the highly irradiated hot Jupiter WASP-33b and the unusually dense Saturn-mass planet HD 149026b. As part of this analysis,…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 125 cited

Demarcating circulation regimes of synchronously rotating terrestrial planets within the habitable zone

Jacob Haqq-Misra, Eric. T. Wolf, Manoj Joshi +2

We investigate the atmospheric dynamics of terrestrial planets in synchronous rotation within the habitable zone of low-mass stars using the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM). The s…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 25 cited

Clearing residual planetesimals by sweeping secular resonances in transitional disks: a lone-planet scenario for the wide gaps in debris disks around Vega and Fomalhaut

Xiaochen Zheng, Douglas N. C. Lin, M. B. N. Kouwenhoven +2

Extended gaps in the debris disks of both Vega and Fomalhaut have been observed. These structures have been attributed to tidal perturbations by multiple super-Jupiter gas giant pl…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 79 cited

Planetary Ices and the Linear Mixing Approximation

Mandy Bethkenhagen, Edmund R. Meyer, Sebastien Hamel +8

The validity of the widely used linear mixing approximation for the equations of state (EOS) of planetary ices is investigated at pressure-temperature conditions typical for the in…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 26 cited

K2-114b and K2-115b: Two Transiting Warm Jupiters

Avi Shporer, George Zhou, Benjamin J. Fulton +22

We report the first results from a search for transiting warm Jupiter exoplanets - gas giant planets receiving stellar irradiation below about erg s cm, equiva…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 32 cited

Pebble Accretion in Turbulent Protoplanetary Disks

Ziyan Xu, Xue-Ning Bai, Ruth Murray-Clay

It has been realized in recent years that the accretion of pebble-sized dust particles onto planetary cores is an important mode of core growth, which enables the formation of gian…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 107 cited

Water, High-Altitude Condensates, and Possible Methane Depletion in the Atmosphere of the Warm Super-Neptune WASP-107b

Laura Kreidberg, Michael R. Line, Daniel Thorngren +2

The super-Neptune exoplanet WASP-107b is an exciting target for atmosphere characterization. It has an unusually large atmospheric scale height and a small, bright host star, raisi…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 201 cited

Bayesian Analysis of Hot Jupiter Radius Anomalies: Evidence for Ohmic Dissipation?

Daniel P. Thorngren, Jonathan J. Fortney

The cause of hot Jupiter radius inflation, where giant planets with K are significantly larger than expected, is an open question and the subject of many propo…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 29 cited

Detecting Proxima b's atmosphere with JWST targeting CO2 at 15 micron using a high-pass spectral filtering technique

I. Snellen, J. -M. Desert, L. Waters +15

Exoplanet Proxima b will be an important laboratory for the search for extraterrestrial life for the decades ahead. Here we discuss the prospects of detecting carbon dioxide at 15…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 4 cited

Simultaneous multicolour optical and near-IR transit photometry of GJ 1214b with SOFIA

D. Angerhausen, C. Dreyer, B. Placek +24

The benchmark exoplanet GJ 1214b is one of the best studied transiting planets in the transition zone between rocky Earth-sized planets and gas or ice giants. This class of super-E…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 14 cited

High signal-to-noise spectral characterization of the planetary-mass object HD 106906 b

Sebastian Daemgen, Kamen Todorov, Sascha P. Quanz +4

We spectroscopically characterize the atmosphere of HD 106906b, a young low-mass companion near the deuterium burning limit. The wide separation from its host star of 7.1" makes it…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 94 cited

Color difference makes a difference: four planet candidates around tau Ceti

Fabo Feng, Mikko Tuomi, Hugh R. A. Jones +4

The removal of noise typically correlated in time and wavelength is one of the main challenges for using the radial velocity method to detect Earth analogues. We analyze radial vel…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 22 cited

The Formation of Uranus and Neptune: Fine Tuning in Core Accretion

Renata Frelikh, Ruth A. Murray-Clay

Uranus and Neptune are ice giants with 15% atmospheres by mass, placing them in an intermediate category between rocky planets and gas giants. These atmospheres are too mass…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 240 cited

Observing the Atmospheres of Known Temperate Earth-sized Planets with JWST

Caroline V. Morley, Laura Kreidberg, Zafar Rustamkulov +2

Nine transiting Earth-sized planets have recently been discovered around nearby late M dwarfs, including the TRAPPIST-1 planets and two planets discovered by the MEarth survey, GJ…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 44 cited

Gemini/GMOS Transmission Spectral Survey: Complete Optical Transmission Spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-4b

C. M. Huitson, J-. M Desert, J. L. Bean +3

We present the complete optical transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-4b from 440-940 nm at R ~ 400-1500 obtained with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrometers (GMOS); this is…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 396 cited

Comparing Jupiter interior structure models to Juno gravity measurements and the role of a dilute core

S. M. Wahl, W. B. Hubbard, B. Militzer +10

The Juno spacecraft has measured Jupiter's low-order, even gravitational moments, --, to an unprecedented precision, providing important constraints on the density profil…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 100 cited

KELT-20b: A giant planet with a period of P~ 3.5 days transiting the V~ 7.6 early A star HD 185603

Michael B. Lund, Joseph E. Rodriguez, George Zhou +46

We report the discovery of KELT-20b, a hot Jupiter transiting a V~7.6 early A star with an orbital period of P~3.47 days. We identified the initial transit signal in KELT-North sur…