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20172026
most citedThe Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

440 citations · 1.7k across the 42 of their papers we have counts for

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46 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

JWST/MIRI Imaging Search for Kinematically Detected Protoplanetary Candidates

G. Cugno, M. Benisty, R. Teague +32

Kinematic perturbations observed with ALMA in CO line emission provide evidence for a population of embedded giant protoplanets shaping the structure of protoplanetary disks. We pr…

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

Oxygen and nitrogen isotopologues on cold COCONUTS-2b observed with MIRI/MRS

H. Kühnle, E. C. Matthews, P. Mollière +12

Linking the composition of gas giant planets to their formation paths has long been a goal in exoplanet science. Especially, cold gas giants with temperatures below 500K have…

astro-ph.EP2026

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems. VII. Molecular Mapping Performance with JWST/MIRI MRS: VHS 1256 b as a case study

Mathilde Mâlin, Anthony Boccaletti, Benjamin Charnay +29

VHS 1256 b was the first planetary-mass companion to be observed with the James Webb Space Telescope's Mid-Infrared Instrument (JWST/MIRI) using the Medium-Resolution Spectrometer…

astro-ph.EP2025

MIRI-JWST mid-infrared direct imaging of the debris disk of HD106906

Daniel Rouan, Anthony Boccaletti, Clément Perrot +20

We report MIRI-JWST coronagraphic observations at 11.3 and 15.5 mic of the debris disk around the young star HD 106906. The observations were made to characterize the structure, te…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 6 cited

Extended source fringe flats for the JWST MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer

N. Crouzet, M. Mueller, B. Sargent +17

The detectors of the JWST Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) form low-finesse resonating cavities that cause periodic count rate modulations (fring…

astro-ph.EP2025

HCN and C2H2 in the atmosphere of a T8.5+T9 brown dwarf binary

Elisabeth C. Matthews, Paul Mollière, Helena Kühnle +22

T-type brown dwarfs present an opportunity to explore atmospheres teeming with molecules such as H2O, CH4 and NH3, which exhibit a wealth of absorption features in the mid-infrared…

astro-ph.EP2025

First unambiguous detection of ammonia in the atmosphere of a planetary mass companion with JWST/MIRI coronagraphs

Mathilde Mâlin, Anthony Boccaletti, Clément Perrot +28

The newly accessible mid-infrared (MIR) window offered by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for exoplanet imaging is expected to provide valuable information to characterize th…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 5 cited

High-contrast spectroscopy with the new VLT/ERIS instrument: Molecular maps and radial velocity of the gas giant AF Lep b

Jean Hayoz, Markus Johannes Bonse, Felix Dannert +66

The Enhanced Resolution Imager and Spectrograph (ERIS) is the new Adaptive-Optics (AO) assisted Infrared instrument at the Very Large Telescope (VLT). Its refurbished Integral Fiel…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 53 cited

Combined analysis of the 12.8 and 15 JWST/MIRI eclipse observations of TRAPPIST-1 b

Elsa Ducrot, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Michiel Min +36

The first JWST/MIRI photometric observations of TRAPPIST-1 b allowed for the detection of the thermal emission of the planet at 15 , suggesting that the planet could be a bare…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 26 cited

Water depletion and 15NH3 in the atmosphere of the coldest brown dwarf observed with JWST/MIRI

H. Kühnle, P. Patapis, P. Mollière +21

With a temperature of K WISE0855 is the coldest brown dwarf observed so far. Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) we obtained observations that allow us to charac…

astro-ph.EP2024

Unveiling the HD 95086 system at mid-infrared wavelengths with JWST/MIRI

Mathilde Mâlin, Anthony Boccaletti, Clément Perrot +26

Mid-infrared imaging of exoplanets and disks is now possible with the coronagraphs of the MIRI on the JWST. This wavelength range unveils new features of young directly imaged syst…

astro-ph.IM2024

The MIRI/MRS Library I. Empirically correcting detector charge migration in unresolved sources

Danny Gasman, Ioannis Argyriou, Jane E. Morrison +7

The JWST has been collecting scientific data for over two years now. Scientists are now looking deeper into the data, which introduces the need to correct known systematic effects.…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 1 cited

A case study of gas impacted by black-hole jets with the JWST: outflows, bow shocks, and high excitation of the gas in the galaxy IC5063

K. M. Dasyra, G. F. Paraschos, F. Combes +8

We present James Webb Space Telescope MIRI data of the inner 3x2kpc^2 of the galaxy IC5063, in which the jets of a supermassive black hole interact with the gaseous disk they are c…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 11 cited

Machine Learning for Exoplanet Detection in High-Contrast Spectroscopy: Revealing Exoplanets by Leveraging Hidden Molecular Signatures in Cross-Correlated Spectra with Convolutional Neural Networks

Emily O. Garvin, Markus J. Bonse, Jean Hayoz +8

The new generation of observatories and instruments (VLT/ERIS, JWST, ELT) motivate the development of robust methods to detect and characterise faint and close-in exoplanets. Molec…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

Mid-Infrared Spectrum of the Disk around the Forming Companion GQ Lup B Revealed by JWST/MIRI

Gabriele Cugno, Polychronis Patapis, Andrea Banzatti +5

GQ Lup B is a forming brown dwarf companion () showing evidence for an infrared excess associated with a disk surronding the companion itself. Here we present mid-i…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 34 cited

JWST MIRI Flight Performance: Imaging

Dan Dicken, Macarena García Marín, Irene Shivaei +37

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides the observatory with a huge advance in mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy covering the w…

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.EP2023★ 43 cited

15NH3 in the atmosphere of a cool brown dwarf

David Barrado, Paul Mollière, Polychronis Patapis +40

Brown dwarfs serve as ideal laboratories for studying the atmospheres of giant exoplanets on wide orbits as the governing physical and chemical processes in them are nearly identic…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 128 cited

SO2, silicate clouds, but no CH4 detected in a warm Neptune

Achrene Dyrek, Michiel Min, Leen Decin +44

WASP-107b is a warm (~740 K) transiting planet with a Neptune-like mass of ~30.5 Earth masses and Jupiter-like radius of ~0.94 Jupiter radius, whose extended atmosphere is eroding.…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 31 cited

Imaging detection of the inner dust belt and the four exoplanets in the HR8799 system with JWST's MIRI coronagraph

Boccaletti A., Mâlin M., Baudoz P. +35

The multi planet system HR8799 is the first target observed with MIRI's coronagraphs as part of the MIRI-EC Guaranteed Time Observations exoplanets programme in Nov. 2022. We obtai…

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★ 7 cited

CROCODILE \\ Incorporating medium-resolution spectroscopy of close-in directly imaged exoplanets into atmospheric retrievals via cross-correlation

Jean Hayoz, Gabriele Cugno, Sascha P. Quanz +8

The investigation of the atmospheres of closely separated, directly imaged gas giant exoplanets is challenging due to the presence of stellar speckles that pollute their spectrum.…