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astro-ph.EP2017★ 53 cited

Sulphur monoxide exposes a potential molecular disk wind from the planet-hosting disk around HD100546

Alice Booth, Catherine Walsh, Mihkel Kama +3

Sulphur-bearing volatiles are observed to be significantly depleted in interstellar and circumstellar regions. This missing sulphur is postulated to be mostly locked up in refracto…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 64 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - HD 147379b: A nearby Neptune in the temperate zone of an early-M dwarf

A. Reiners, I. Ribas, M. Zechmeister +169

We report on the first star discovered to host a planet detected by radial velocity (RV) observations obtained within the CARMENES survey for exoplanets around M dwarfs. HD 147379…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 42 cited

Efficiency of radial transport of ices in protoplanetary disks probed with infrared observations: the case of CO

Arthur D. Bosman, Alexander G. G. M. Tielens, Ewine F. van Dishoeck

The efficiency of radial transport of icy solid material from outer disk to the inner disk is currently unconstrained. Efficient radial transport of icy dust grains could significa…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 19 cited

Interpreting Brightness Asymmetries in Transition Disks: Vortex at Dead Zone or Planet Carved Gap Edges?

Zs. Regaly, A. Juhasz, D. Nehez

Recent sub-millimeter observations show non-axisymmetric brightness distributions with a horseshoe-like morphology for more than a dozen transition disks. The most accepted explana…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 24 cited

Possible detection of a bimodal cloud distribution in the atmosphere of HAT-P-32\,A\,b from multi-band photometry

Jeremy Tregloan-Reed, John Southworth, L. Mancini +6

We present high-precision photometry of eight separate transit events in the HAT-P-32 planetary system. One transit event was observed simultaneously by two telescopes of which one…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 60 cited

The occurrence of planets and other substellar bodies around white dwarfs using K2

Lennart van Sluijs, Vincent Van Eylen

The majority of stars both host planetary systems and evolve into a white dwarf (WD). To understand their post-main-sequence (PMS) planetary system evolution, we present a search f…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 46 cited

The signatures of the parental cluster on field planetary systems

Maxwell Xu Cai, Simon Portegies Zwart, Arjen van Elteren

Due to the high stellar densities in young clusters, planetary systems formed in these environments are likely to have experienced perturbations from encounters with other stars. W…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 31 cited

Searching for reflected light from Bootis b with high-resolution ground-based spectroscopy: Approaching the contrast barrier

H. J. Hoeijmakers, I. A. G. Snellen, S. E. van Terwisga

It is challenging to measure the starlight reflected from exoplanets because of the extreme contrast with their host stars. For hot Jupiters, this contrast is in the range of $10^{…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 14 cited

280 one-opposition near-Earth asteroids recovered by the EURONEAR with the Isaac Newton Telescope

O. Vaduvescu, L. Hudin, T. Mocnik +80

One-opposition near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are growing in number, and they must be recovered to prevent loss and mismatch risk, and to improve their orbits, as they are likely to b…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 26 cited

A better characterization of the chemical composition of exoplanets atmospheres with ARIEL

Olivia Venot, Benjamin Drummond, Yamila Miguel +3

Since the discovery of the first extrasolar planet more than twenty years ago, we have discovered nearly four thousand planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. Current observatio…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 83 cited

The origin of interstellar asteroidal objects like 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua

Simon Portegies Zwart, Santiago Torres, Inti Pelupessy +2

We study the origin of the interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua by juxtaposing estimates based on the observations with simulations. We speculate that objects like 'Oumuamua ar…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 68 cited

K2-141 b: A 5-M super-Earth transiting a K7 V star every 6.7 hours

O. Barragán, D. Gandolfi, F. Dai +32

We report on the discovery of K2-141 b (EPIC 246393474 b), an ultra-short-period super-Earth on a 6.7-hour orbit transiting an active K7 V star based on data from K2 campaign 12. W…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 58 cited

Three Small Super-Earths Transiting the nearby star GJ 9827

Prajwal Niraula, Seth Redfield, Fei Dai +25

We report on the discovery of three transiting planets around GJ~9827. The planets have radii of 1.75, 1.36, and 2.10~…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 21 cited

DZ Cha: a bona fide photoevaporating disc

H. Canovas, B. Montesinos, M. R. Schreiber +14

DZ Cha is a weak-lined T Tauri star (WTTS) surrounded by a bright protoplanetary disc with evidence of inner disc clearing. Its narrow $\Ha$ line and infrared spectral energy distr…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 93 cited

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 intensity…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 34 cited

Capture of exocomets and the erosion of the Oort cloud due to stellar encounters in the Galaxy

Joris Hanse, Lucie Jilkova, Simon F. Portegies Zwart +1

The Oort cloud (OC) probably formed more than 4Gyr ago and has been moving with the Sun in the Galaxy since, exposed to external influences, most prominently to the Galactic ti…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 16 cited

Combining angular differential imaging and accurate polarimetry with SPHERE/IRDIS to characterize young giant exoplanets

Rob G. van Holstein, Frans Snik, Julien H. Girard +11

Young giant exoplanets emit infrared radiation that can be linearly polarized up to several percent. This linear polarization can trace: 1) the presence of atmospheric cloud and ha…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 69 cited

Variable dynamics in the inner disk of HD 135344B revealed with multi-epoch scattered light imaging

Tomas Stolker, Mike Sitko, Bernard Lazareff +12

We present multi-epoch VLT/SPHERE observations of the protoplanetary disk around HD 135344B (SAO 206462). The -band scattered light imagery reveal, with high spatial resolution…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 14 cited

Methanol formation in TW Hya and future prospects for detecting larger complex molecules in disks with ALMA

Catherine Walsh, Shreyas Vissapragada, Harry McGee

Gas-phase methanol was recently detected in a protoplanetary disk for the first time with ALMA. The peak abundance and distribution of methanol observed in TW Hya differed from tha…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 46 cited

Three Small Planets Transiting a Hyades Star

John H. Livingston, Fei Dai, Teruyuki Hirano +33

We present the discovery of three small planets transiting K2-136 (LP 358 348, EPIC 247589423), a late K dwarf in the Hyades. The planets have orbital periods of $7.9757 \pm 0.0011…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 521 cited

An asteroseismic view of the radius valley: stripped cores, not born rocky

Vincent Van Eylen, Camilla Agentoft, Mia. S. Lundkvist +5

Various theoretical models treating the effect of stellar irradiation on planetary envelopes predict the presence of a radius valley: i.e. a bimodal distribution of planet radii, w…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 75 cited

Inferring giant planets from ALMA millimeter continuum and line observations in (transition) disks

Stefano Facchini, Paola Pinilla, Ewine F. van Dishoeck +1

Potential signatures of proto-planets embedded in their natal protoplanetary disk are radial gaps or cavities in the continuum emission in the IR-mm wavelength range. ALMA observat…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 89 cited

Exoplanets around Low-mass Stars Unveiled by K2

Teruyuki Hirano, Fei Dai, Davide Gandolfi +38

We present the detection and follow-up observations of planetary candidates around low-mass stars observed by the K2 mission. Based on light-curve analysis, adaptive-optics imaging…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 156 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. First visual-channel radial-velocity measurements and orbital parameter updates of seven M-dwarf planetary systems

T. Trifonov, M. Kürster, M. Zechmeister +166

Context: The main goal of the CARMENES survey is to find Earth-mass planets around nearby M-dwarf stars. Seven M-dwarfs included in the CARMENES sample had been observed before wit…