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20192026
most citedNo thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c

214 citations · 1.3k across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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31 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Improved Constraints on the Surface of LHS 3844 b from its Mid-Infrared Spectrum

Kimberly Paragas, Heather A. Knutson, Renyu Hu +4

The thermal emission spectra of terrestrial exoplanets provide a window into their surface compositions and corresponding geological processes. Close-in, rocky planets orbiting M d…

astro-ph.EP2026

The First Hubble Detection of a Secondary Eclipse from a Rocky Exoplanet: the 5.4-hour planet TOI-2431 b

Sebastian Zieba, Billy Edwards, Samuel N. Quinn +18

We present an HST/WFC3 G141 phase-curve observation of the ultra-short-period rocky planet TOI-2431 b and detect its secondary eclipse in the near infrared. Combined with the TESS…

astro-ph.EP2026

Thermal Evolution of Lava Planets Across System Ages: Predictions for Hell of a Survey

Mariana Sastre, Tim Lichtenberg, Lisa Dang +22

Ultra-short-period (USP) rocky exoplanets can have dayside temperatures high enough to maintain permanent magma oceans, sitting at the intersection of interior geophysics and atmos…

astro-ph.EP2026

The Hill sphere transits of Beta Pictoris c and the search for another 1981-like event

V. E. C. Bakker, M. A. Kenworthy, R. Stuik +17

Beta Pictoris is a young and nearby planetary system hosting an edge-on debris disk and at least three gas-giant planets. Their circumplanetary environments could host exomoons and…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

The dark and featureless surface of rocky exoplanet LHS 3844 b from JWST mid-infrared spectroscopy

Sebastian Zieba, Laura Kreidberg, Brandon P. Coy +13

JWST has opened a new era in the study of rocky exoplanets, enabling direct characterization of their surfaces with mid-infrared spectroscopy. Different types of rock have distinct…

astro-ph.EP2026

Sensitivity of Dry Lava Planet Atmospheric Emission Spectra to Changes in Lava Compositions

Christiaan P. A. van Buchem, Rojita Buddhacharya, Mantas Zilinskas +3

The atmospheres of hot rocky exoplanets are among the first primary targets of the JWST. Interpreting their atmospheric spectra requires understanding the link between silicate lav…

astro-ph.EP2025

An Ancient Brown Dwarf Transiting a Metal-Poor Thick Disk Star

Jéa Adams Redai, Vedant Chandra, Samuel W. Yee +20

We report the discovery of TOI-7019b, the first transiting brown dwarf (BD) known to orbit a star that is part of the Milky Way's ancient thick disk, as defined chemically ([Fe/H]…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

First JWST thermal phase curves of temperate terrestrial exoplanets reveal no thick atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1 b and c

Michaël Gillon, Elsa Ducrot, Taylor J. Bell +30

We report JWST/MIRI 15 m phase curves of TRAPPIST-1 b and c, revealing thermal emission consistent with their irradiation levels, assuming no efficient heat redistribution. We f…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 9 cited

Characterising the Atmosphere of 55 Cancri e: 1D Forward Model Grid for Current and Future JWST Observations

Mantas Zilinskas, Christiaan van Buchem, Sebastian Zieba +9

Recent JWST observations with NIRCam and MIRI of the ultra-short-period super-Earth 55 Cancri e indicate a possible volatile atmosphere surrounding the planet. Previous analysis of…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 19 cited

JWST sighting of decameter main-belt asteroids and view on meteorite sources

Artem Y. Burdanov, Julien de Wit, Miroslav Brož +19

Asteroid discoveries are essential for planetary-defense efforts aiming to prevent impacts with Earth, including the more frequent megaton explosions from decameter impactors. Whil…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 62 cited

A Benchmark JWST Near-Infrared Spectrum for the Exoplanet WASP-39b

A. L. Carter, E. M. May, N. Espinoza +77

Observing exoplanets through transmission spectroscopy supplies detailed information on their atmospheric composition, physics, and chemistry. Prior to JWST, these observations wer…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

The Pictoris b Hill sphere transit campaign. Paper II: Searching for the signatures of the Pictoris exoplanets through time delay analysis of the Scuti pulsations

Sebastian Zieba, Konstanze Zwintz, Matthew Kenworthy +34

The Pictoris system is the closest known stellar system with directly detected gas giant planets, an edge-on circumstellar disc, and evidence of falling sublimating bodies and…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 5 cited

Nightside clouds and disequilibrium chemistry on the hot Jupiter WASP-43b

Taylor J. Bell, Nicolas Crouzet, Patricio E. Cubillos +80

Hot Jupiters are among the best-studied exoplanets, but it is still poorly understood how their chemical composition and cloud properties vary with longitude. Theoretical models pr…

astro-ph.EP2024

Characterization of K2-167 b and CALM, a new stellar activity mitigation method

Zoë L. de Beurs, Andrew Vanderburg, Erica Thygesen +13

We report precise radial velocity (RV) observations of HD 212657 (= K2-167), a star shown by K2 to host a transiting sub-Neptune-sized planet in a 10 day orbit. Using Transiting Ex…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 3 cited

Potential Atmospheric Compositions of TRAPPIST-1 c constrained by JWST/MIRI Observations at 15 m

Andrew P. Lincowski, Victoria S. Meadows, Sebastian Zieba +13

The first JWST observations of TRAPPIST-1 c showed a secondary eclipse depth of 421+/-94 ppm at 15 um, which is consistent with a bare rock surface or a thin, O2-dominated, low CO2…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 214 cited

No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c

Sebastian Zieba, Laura Kreidberg, Elsa Ducrot +16

Seven rocky planets orbit the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, providing a unique opportunity to search for atmospheres on small planets outside the Solar System (Gillon et al., 2017)…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 35 cited

Photochemical hazes dramatically alter temperature structure and atmospheric circulation in 3D simulations of hot Jupiters

Maria E. Steinrueck, Tommi Koskinen, Panayotis Lavvas +5

Photochemical hazes are expected to form in hot Jupiter atmospheres and may explain the strong scattering slopes and muted spectral features observed in the transmission spectra of…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 7 cited

CHEOPS's hunt for exocomets: photometric observations of 5 Vul

Isabel Rebollido, Sebastian Zieba, Daniela Iglesias +3

The presence of minor bodies in exoplanetary systems is in most cases inferred through infra-red excesses, with the exception of exocomets. Even if over 35 years have passed since…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 164 cited

A reflective, metal-rich atmosphere for GJ 1214b from its JWST phase curve

Eliza M. -R. Kempton, Michael Zhang, Jacob L. Bean +30

There are no planets intermediate in size between Earth and Neptune in our Solar System, yet these objects are found around a substantial fraction of other stars. Population statis…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 3 cited

The transmission spectrum of the potentially rocky planet L 98-59 c

Thomas Barclay, Kyle B. Sheppard, Natasha Latouf +32

We present observations of the 1.35+/-0.07 Earth-radius planet L 98-59 c, collected using Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope. L 98-59 is a nearby (10.6 pc), bright (…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 6 cited

PACMAN: A pipeline to reduce and analyze Hubble Wide Field Camera 3 IR Grism data

Sebastian Zieba, Laura Kreidberg

Here we present PACMAN, an end-to-end pipeline developed to reduce and analyze HST/WFC3 data. The pipeline includes both spectral extraction and light curve fitting. The foundation…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 197 cited

Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam

Eva-Maria Ahrer, Kevin B. Stevenson, Megan Mansfield +96

Measuring the metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio in exoplanet atmospheres is a fundamental step towards constraining the dominant chemical processes at work and, if in eq…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 25 cited

A transmission spectrum of the sub-Earth planet L98-59~b in 1.1-1.7 m

Mario Damiano, Renyu Hu, Thomas Barclay +20

With the increasing number of planets discovered by TESS, the atmospheric characterization of small exoplanets is accelerating. L98-59 is a M-dwarf hosting a multi-planet system, a…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 149 cited

Eureka!: An End-to-End Pipeline for JWST Time-Series Observations

Taylor J. Bell, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Jonathan Brande +12

is a data reduction and analysis pipeline for exoplanet time-series observations, with a particular focus on JWST data. Over the next 1-2 decades, JWST will purs…