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most citedThe JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: A 1 to 20 Micron Spectrum of the Planetary-Mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b

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73 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Resolved Structure and Orbital Motion of a Localized 1 au-scale Dust Accumulation in the Protoplanetary Disk around TW Hya

Takashi Tsukagoshi, Takayuki Muto, Hideko Nomura +6

We present the results of high-resolution (~au) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of the TW~Hya protoplanetary disk in the Band 6 dust continu…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: calibration strategy for the Mueller matrix using on-sky sources

Toshiyuki Mizuki, Justin Hom, Bertrand Mennesson +14

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument will provide space-based polarimetric observations of circumstellar disks and exoplanetary systems. Accurate reconstruc…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: corgisim - a simulation suite for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument

Jingwen Zhang, Sophie Noiret, Maxwell A. Millar Blanchaer +14

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will feature a pathfinder Coronagraph Instrument to demonstrate advanced high-contrast imaging from space, paving the way for future missions like the…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: Observation planning and data reduction for polarimetric mode

Ramya M Anche, Toshiyuki Mizuki, Justin Hom +25

Reflected-light polarimetry of exoplanets constrains and resolves degeneracies in atmospheric properties, while polarized light observations of debris disks enable the characteriza…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: data reduction pipeline design and implementation

Jason J. Wang, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer, Marie Ygouf +39

The Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument will demonstrate a series of technologies and techniques to enable the direct detection of reflected-light planets with space-based…

astro-ph.EP2026

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems VIII: patchy forsterite and enstatite clouds in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, retrieval lessons learned and outlook to the future

Niall Whiteford, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Ben Burningham +123

JWST defines a new era for the data-driven approach of retrieval modelling, which has become a cornerstone tool for the statistical inference of exoplanetary and brown dwarf proper…

astro-ph.SR2026

Discovery of a Low-Mass Companion to the Accelerating Star HIP 53005 with Strongly Conflicting Mass Estimates

Taichi Uyama, Thayne Currie, Jerry W. Xuan +22

We present the discovery of a low-mass companion located at 0\farcs{}85 () from the early-type 1.2 Gyr-old star HIP 53005 using direct imagin…

physics.gen-ph2026

Photometric and Astrometric Information for Sources around HD~163296 Revealed by JWST/NIRCam Coronagraphy

Taichi Uyama, Luca Ricci, Marie Ygouf +1

Background stars observed through a circumstellar disk provide valuable benchmarks for investigating the disk's extinction properties. The HD~163296 system is an excellent case stu…

astro-ph.EP2026

Keck Observations in the INfrared of Taurus and Oph Exoplanets And Ultracool dwarfs (KOINTREAU) II: Two Young Bound Companions to Ophiuchus Stars

Samuel Walker, Michael C. Liu, Dimitri Mawet +4

We present the second set of discoveries from Keck Observations in the INfrared of Taurus and Oph Exoplanets And Ultracool dwarfs (KOINTREAU), an adaptive optics survey of youn…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

SCExAO/CHARIS and Gaia Direct Imaging and Astrometric Discovery of a Superjovian Planet 3--4 lambda/D from the Accelerating Star HIP 54515

Thayne Currie, Yiting Li, Mona El Morsy +28

We present the discovery of a superjovian planet around the young A5 star HIP 54515, detected using precision astrometry from the Hipparcos Gaia Catalogue of Accelerations and high…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

OASIS Survey Direct Imaging and Astrometric Discovery of HIP 71618 B: A Substellar Companion Suitable for the Roman Coronagraph Technology Demonstration

Mona El Morsy, Thayne Currie, Brianna Lacy +27

We present the OASIS survey program discovery of a substellar companion orbiting the young A1V star HIP 71618, detected using precision astrometry from Gaia and Hipparcos and high-…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

Keck Observations in the INfrared of Taurus and Oph Exoplanets And Ultracool dwarfs (KOINTREAU) I: A Planetary-Mass Companion and a Disk-Obscured Stellar Companion Discovered in Taurus

Samuel A. U. Walker, Michael C. Liu, Dimitri Mawet +10

We present the first discoveries from Keck Observations in the INfrared of Taurus and Oph Exoplanets And Ultracool dwarfs (KOINTREAU), an adaptive optics imaging survey of youn…

astro-ph.EP2025

Dynamical Analysis of the HD 169142 Planet-Forming Disk: Twelve Years of High-Contrast Polarimetry

Miles Lucas, Michael Bottom, Ruobing Dong +19

We present a dynamical analysis of the HD 169142 planet-forming disk based on high-contrast polarimetric imaging over a twelve-year observational period, offering insights into its…

astro-ph.SR2025

Direct Imaging Explorations for Companions from the Subaru/IRD Strategic Program II; Discovery of a Brown-dwarf Companion around a Nearby mid-M~dwarf LSPM~J1446+4633

Taichi Uyama, Masayuki Kuzuhara, Charles Beichman +35

We report the discovery of a new directly-imaged brown dwarf companion with Keck/NIRC2+pyWFS around a nearby mid-type M~dwarf LSPM~J1446+4633 (hereafter J1446). The -band contr…

astro-ph.EP2025

Unveiling the Atmosphere of HR 7672 B from the Near-Infrared High-Resolution Spectrum Using REACH/Subaru

Yui Kasagi, Yui Kawashima, Hajime Kawahara +12

Characterizing the atmospheres of exoplanets and brown dwarfs is crucial for understanding their atmospheric physics and chemistry, searching for biosignatures, and investigating t…

astro-ph.EP2025

JWST/NIRCam Coronagraphic Search for Hidden Planets in the HD~163296 Protoplanetary Disk

Taichi Uyama, Luca Ricci, Marie Ygouf +10

HD~163296 is a Herbig Ae/Be star with multiple signposts of on-going planet formation on its disk, such as prominent rings and gaps, as well as kinematic features as identified by…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 17 cited

Evidence for Variable Accretion onto PDS 70 c and Implications for Protoplanet Detections

Yifan Zhou, Brendan P. Bowler, Aniket Sanghi +14

Understanding the processes of planet formation and accretion in young systems is essential to unraveling the initial conditions of planetary systems. The PDS 70 system, which host…

astro-ph.IM2024

Visible-Light High-Contrast Imaging and Polarimetry with SCExAO/VAMPIRES

Miles Lucas, Barnaby Norris, Olivier Guyon +17

We present significant upgrades to the VAMPIRES instrument, a visible-light (600 nm to 800 nm) high-contrast imaging polarimeter integrated within SCExAO on the Subaru telescope. K…

astro-ph.EP2024

SCExAO/CHARIS Near-Infrared Scattered-Light Imaging and Integral Field Spectropolarimetry of the AB Aurigae Protoplanetary System

Erica Dykes, Thayne Currie, Kellen Lawson +21

We analyze near-infrared integral field spectropolarimetry of the AB Aurigae protoplanetary disk and protoplanet (AB Aur b), obtained with SCExAO/CHARIS in 22 wavelength channels c…

astro-ph.EP2024

Design, scientific goals, and performance of the SCExAO survey for planets around accelerating stars

Mona El Morsy, Thayne Currie, Masayuki Kuzuhara +25

We describe the motivation, design, and early results for our 42-night, 125 star Subaru/SCExAO direct imaging survey for planets around accelerating stars. Unlike prior large surve…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 6 cited

Multiband polarimetric imaging of HD 34700 with SCExAO/CHARIS

Minghan Chen, Kellon Lawson, Timothy D. Brandt +5

We present Subaru/SCExAO + CHARIS broadband (JHK) integral field spectroscopy of HD 34700 A in polarized light. CHARIS has the unique ability to obtain polarized integral field ima…

astro-ph.EP2024

A Survey of Protoplanetary Disks Using the Keck/NIRC2 Vortex Coronagraph

Nicole L. Wallack, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Garreth Ruane +34

Recent Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) observations of protoplanetary disks in the millimeter continuum have shown a variety of radial gaps, cavities, and spira…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 22 cited

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…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 18 cited

Direct-imaging Discovery of a Substellar Companion Orbiting the Accelerating Variable Star, HIP 39017

Taylor L. Tobin, Thayne Currie, Yiting Li +23

We present the direct-imaging discovery of a substellar companion (a massive planet or low-mass brown dwarf) to the young, Doradus-type variable star, HIP 39017 (HD 65526). The…