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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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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.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.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.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.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.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.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.EP2024

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems V: Do Self-Consistent Atmospheric Models Represent JWST Spectra? A Showcase With VHS 1256 b

Simon Petrus, Niall Whiteford, Polychronis Patapis +119

The unprecedented medium-resolution (R~1500-3500) near- and mid-infrared (1-18um) spectrum provided by JWST for the young (140+/-20Myr) low-mass (12-20MJup) L-T transition (L7) com…

astro-ph.EP2024

Testing magnetospheric accretion as an H emission mechanism of embedded giant planets: The case study for the disk exhibiting meridional flow around HD 163296

Yasuhiro Hasegawa, Taichi Uyama, Jun Hashimoto +7

Recent high-sensitivity observations reveal that accreting giant planets embedded in their parental circumstellar disks can emit H at their final formation stages. While the ori…

astro-ph.EP2023

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems III: Aperture Masking Interferometric Observations of the star HIP 65426 at 3.8 um

Shrishmoy Ray, Steph Sallum, Sasha Hinkley +121

We present aperture masking interferometry (AMI) observations of the star HIP 65426 at as a part of the JWST Direct Imaging Early Release Science (ERS) program obtai…

astro-ph.EP2023

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems IV: NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometry Performance and Lessons Learned

Steph Sallum, Shrishmoy Ray, Jens Kammerer +120

We present a performance analysis for the aperture masking interferometry (AMI) mode on board the James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (JWST/NI…

astro-ph.EP2023

Direct images and spectroscopy of a giant protoplanet driving spiral arms in MWC 758

Kevin Wagner, Jordan Stone, Andrew Skemer +23

Understanding the driving forces behind spiral arms in protoplanetary disks remains a challenge due to the faintness of young giant planets. MWC 758 hosts such a protoplanetary dis…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 6 cited

A Large Double-ring Disk around the Taurus M Dwarf J04124068+2438157

Feng Long, Bin B. Ren, Nicole L. Wallack +23

Planet formation imprints signatures on the physical structures of disks. In this paper, we present high-resolution (50 mas, 8 au) Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Arra…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 76 cited

Direct Imaging and Astrometric Detection of a Gas Giant Planet Orbiting an Accelerating Star

Thayne Currie, G. Mirek Brandt, Timothy D. Brandt +31

Direct imaging of gas giant exoplanets provides key information on planetary atmospheres and the architectures of planetary systems. However, few planets have been detected in blin…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 1 cited

High-contrast Imaging around a 2 Myr-old CI Tau with a Close-in Gas Giant

Toshinori Shimizu, Taichi Uyama, Yasunori Hori +2

Giant planets around young stars serve as a clue to unveiling their formation history and orbital evolution. CI Tau is a 2\,Myr-old classical T-Tauri star hosting an eccentric hot…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 176 cited

The 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

Brittany E. Miles, Beth A. Biller, Polychronis Patapis +101

We present the highest fidelity spectrum to date of a planetary-mass object. VHS 1256 b is a 20 M widely separated (8\arcsec, a = 150 au), young, planetary-…

astro-ph.EP2022

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High Contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2-16 m

Aarynn L. Carter, Sasha Hinkley, Jens Kammerer +108

We present JWST Early Release Science (ERS) coronagraphic observations of the super-Jupiter exoplanet, HIP 65426 b, with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) from 2-5 m, and with t…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 17 cited

A Super-Earth Orbiting Near the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone around the M4.5-dwarf Ross 508

Hiroki Harakawa, Takuya Takarada, Yui Kasagi +46

We report the near-infrared radial-velocity (RV) discovery of a super-Earth planet on a 10.77-day orbit around the M4.5 dwarf Ross 508 (). Using precision RVs f…