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most citedAtomic iron and titanium in the atmosphere of the exoplanet KELT-9b

252 citations · 2.9k across the 46 of their papers we have counts for

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46 papers

astro-ph.EP2024★ 14 cited

The GAPS programme at TNG: TBD. Studies of atmospheric FeII winds in ultra-hot Jupiters KELT-9b and KELT-20b using HARPS-N spectrograph

M. Stangret, L. Fossati, M. C. D'Arpa +21

Ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are gas giant planets orbiting close to their host star, with equilibrium temperatures exceeding 2000 K, and among the most studied planets in terms of th…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 13 cited

The GAPS programme at TNG LX Atmospheric characterisation of KELT-9 b via single-line analysis: Detection of six H I Balmer lines, Na I, Ca I, Ca II, Fe I, Fe II, Mg I, Ti II, Sc II, and Cr II

M. C. D'Arpa, A. Saba, F. Borsa +27

We analysed six primary transits of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9,b obtained with the HARPS-N high-resolution spectrograph in the context of the Global Architecture of Planetary Sys…

astro-ph.EP2024

The GAPS Programme at TNG: LIV. A HeI survey of close-in giant planets hosted by M-K dwarf stars with GIANO-B

G. Guilluy, M. C. D'Arpa, A. S. Bonomo +30

Atmospheric escape plays a fundamental role in shaping the properties of exoplanets. The metastable near-infrared helium triplet at 1083.3 nm (HeI) is a powerful proxy of extended…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 34 cited

The GAPS Programme at TNG LV. Multiple molecular species in the atmosphere of HAT-P-11 b and review of the HAT-P-11 planetary system

M. Basilicata, P. Giacobbe, A. S. Bonomo +29

The atmospheric characterisation of hot and warm Neptune-size exoplanets is challenging due to their small radius and atmospheric scale height. The warm-Neptune HAT-P-11b is a rema…

astro-ph.EP2024

The GAPS Programme at TNG. LIII. New insights on the peculiar XO-2 system

A. Ruggieri, S. Desidera, K. Biazzo +20

Planets in binary systems are a fascinating and yet poorly understood phenomenon. Since there are only a few known large-separation systems in which both components host planets, c…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 8 cited

Ground-breaking Exoplanet Science with the ANDES spectrograph at the ELT

Enric Palle, Katia Biazzo, Emeline Bolmont +56

In the past decade the study of exoplanet atmospheres at high-spectral resolution, via transmission/emission spectroscopy and cross-correlation techniques for atomic/molecular mapp…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 1 cited

A Non-Detection of Iron in the First High-Resolution Emission Study of the Lava Planet 55 Cnc e

Kaitlin C. Rasmussen, Miles H. Currie, Celeste Hagee +17

Close-in lava planets represent an extreme example of terrestrial worlds, but their high temperatures may allow us to probe a diversity of crustal compositions. The brightest and m…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 24 cited

The GAPS programme at TNG. XLV. HI Balmer lines transmission spectroscopy and NLTE atmospheric modelling of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-20b/MASCARA-2b

L. Fossati, F. Biassoni, G. M. Cappello +27

We aim at extracting the transmission spectrum of the HI Balmer lines of the ultra-hot Jupiter (UHJ) KELT-20b/MASCARA-2b from observations and to further compare the results with w…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 91 cited

Vanadium oxide and a sharp onset of cold-trapping on a giant exoplanet

Stefan Pelletier, Björn Benneke, Mohamad Ali-Dib +15

The abundance of refractory elements in giant planets can provide key insights into their formation histories. Due to the Solar System giants' low temperatures, refractory elements…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 16 cited

The PEPSI Exoplanet Transit Survey. III: The detection of FeI, CrI and TiI in the atmosphere of MASCARA-1 b through high-resolution emission spectroscopy

G. Scandariato, F. Borsa, A. S. Bonomo +19

Hot giant planets like MASCARA-1 b are expected to have thermally inverted atmospheres, that makes them perfect laboratory for the atmospheric characterization through high-resolut…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 13 cited

Hyades Member K2-136c: The Smallest Planet in an Open Cluster with a Precisely Measured Mass

Andrew W. Mayo, Courtney D. Dressing, Andrew Vanderburg +39

K2-136 is a late-K dwarf ( M) in the Hyades open cluster with three known, transiting planets and an age of Myr. Analyzing K2 photometry, we found…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 41 cited

Detection of a high-velocity sodium feature on the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b

J. V. Seidel, F. Borsa, L. Pino +19

Ultra-hot Jupiters, with their high equilibrium temperatures and resolved spectral lines, have emerged as a perfect testbed for new analysis techniques in the study of exoplanet at…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 15 cited

A strong H- opacity signal in the near-infrared emission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b

Bob Jacobs, Jean-Michel Désert, Lorenzo Pino +11

We present the analysis of a spectroscopic secondary eclipse of the hottest transiting exoplanet detected to date, KELT-9b, obtained with the Wide Field Camera 3 aboard the Hubble…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 3 cited

The Mantis Network IV: A titanium cold-trap on the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b

H. J. Hoeijmakers, D. Kitzmann, B. M. Morris +10

Observations of WASP-121 b have suggested an under-abundance of titanium and titanium-oxide from its terminator region. In this study, we aim to determine whether this depletion is…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 79 cited

The Roasting Marshmallows Program with IGRINS on Gemini South I: Composition and Climate of the Ultra Hot Jupiter WASP-18 b

Matteo Brogi, Vanessa Emeka-Okafor, Michael R. Line +19

We present high-resolution dayside thermal emission observations of the exoplanet WASP-18b using IGRINS on Gemini South. We remove stellar and telluric signatures using standard al…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 56 cited

The GAPS Programme at TNG. XLI. The climate of KELT-9b revealed with a new approach to high spectral resolution phase curves

L. Pino, M. Brogi, J. M. Désert +25

[Abridged] We present a novel method to study the thermal emission of exoplanets as a function of orbital phase at very high spectral resolution, and apply it to investigate the cl…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 29 cited

Unifying High- and Low-resolution Observations to Constrain the Dayside Atmosphere of KELT-20b/MASCARA-2b

David Kasper, Jacob L. Bean, Michael R. Line +10

We present high-resolution dayside thermal emission observations of the exoplanet KELT-20b/MASCARA-2b using the MAROON-X spectrograph. Applying the cross-correlation method with bo…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 50 cited

The GAPS Programme at TNG XXXVIII. Five molecules in the atmosphere of the warm giant planet WASP-69b detected at high spectral resolution

G. Guilluy, P. Giacobbe, I. Carleo +32

The field of exo-atmospheric characterisation is progressing at an extraordinary pace. Atmospheric observations are now available for tens of exoplanets, mainly hot and warm inflat…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 39 cited

The GAPS Programme at TNG XXXIX -- Multiple molecular species in the atmosphere of the warm giant planet WASP-80 b unveiled at high resolution with GIANO-B

Ilaria Carleo, Paolo Giacobbe, Gloria Guilluy +28

Detections of molecules in the atmosphere of gas giant exoplanets allow us to investigate the physico-chemical properties of the atmospheres. Their inferred chemical composition is…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 28 cited

The GAPS Programme at TNG XXXIII. HARPS-N detects multiple atomic species in emission from the dayside of KELT-20b

F. Borsa, P. Giacobbe, A. S. Bonomo +31

The detection of lines in emission in planetary atmospheres provides direct evidence of temperature inversion. We confirm the trend of ultra-hot Jupiters orbiting A-type stars show…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 34 cited

The PEPSI Exoplanet Transit Survey (PETS) I: Investigating the presence of a silicate atmosphere on the super-Earth 55 Cnc e

Engin Keles, Matthias Mallonn, Daniel Kitzmann +26

The study of exoplanets and especially their atmospheres can reveal key insights on their evolution by identifying specific atmospheric species. For such atmospheric investigations…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 40 cited

Black Mirror: The impact of rotational broadening on the search for reflected light from 51 Pegasi b with high resolution spectroscopy

E. F. Spring, J. L. Birkby, L. Pino +6

The extreme contrast ratios between stars and their planets at optical wavelengths make it challenging to isolate the light reflected by exoplanet atmospheres. Yet, these reflectiv…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 114 cited

Titanium oxide and chemical inhomogeneity in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-189b

Bibiana Prinoth, H. Jens Hoeijmakers, Daniel Kitzmann +21

The temperature of an atmosphere decreases with increasing altitude, unless a shortwave absorber exists that causes a temperature inversion. Ozone plays this role in the Earth`s at…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 48 cited

Confirmation of Iron Emission Lines and Non-detection of TiO on the Dayside of KELT-9b with MAROON-X

David H. Kasper, Jacob L. Bean, Michael R. Line +5

We present dayside thermal emission observations of the hottest exoplanet KELT-9b using the new MAROON-X spectrograph. We detect atomic lines in emission with a signal-to-noise rat…