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astro-ph.EP2026

A Spatial Map of the Atmospheric Limb of a Hot Jupiter

Lili Alderson, Hannah R. Wakeford, David Grant +18

Planets are inherently three-dimensional objects shaped by their thermal structure and dynamics. Observations of transiting exoplanets have begun to uncover this three-dimensional…

astro-ph.EP2025

JWST TRAPPIST-1 e/b Program: Motivation and first observations

Natalie H. Allen, Néstor Espinoza, V. A. Boehm +24

One of the forefront goals in the field of exoplanets is the detection of an atmosphere on a temperate terrestrial exoplanet, and among the best suited systems to do so is TRAPPIST…

astro-ph.EP2025

JWST-TST DREAMS: The Nightside Emission and Chemistry of WASP-17b

Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Kristin S. Sotzen, Kevin B. Stevenson +24

Theoretical studies have suggested using planetary infrared excess (PIE) to detect and characterize the thermal emission of transiting and non-transiting exoplanets, however the PI…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

JWST-TST DREAMS: Sulfur dioxide in the atmosphere of the Neptune-mass planet HAT-P-26 b from NIRSpec G395H transmission spectroscopy

Amélie Gressier, Natasha E. Batalha, Nicholas Wogan +24

We present the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) transmission spectrum of the exoplanet HAT-P-26 b (18.6 Earth masses, 6.33 Earth radii), based on a single transit observed with th…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 25 cited

JWST-TST DREAMS: NIRSpec/PRISM Transmission Spectroscopy of the Habitable Zone Planet TRAPPIST-1 e

Néstor Espinoza, Natalie H. Allen, Ana Glidden +32

TRAPPIST-1 e is one of the very few rocky exoplanets that is both amenable to atmospheric characterization and that resides in the habitable zone of its star -- located at a distan…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 22 cited

JWST-TST DREAMS: Secondary Atmosphere Constraints for the Habitable Zone Planet TRAPPIST-1 e

Ana Glidden, Sukrit Ranjan, Sara Seager +25

The TRAPPIST-1 system offers one of the best opportunities to characterize temperate terrestrial planets beyond our own solar system. Within the TRAPPIST-1 system, planet e stands…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

GEMS JWST: Transmission spectroscopy of TOI-5205b reveals significant stellar contamination and a metal-poor atmosphere

Caleb I. Cañas, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Shang-Min Tsai +21

Recent discoveries of transiting giant exoplanets () around M dwarfs (GEMS) present an opportunity to investigate their atmospheric compositions and…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 21 cited

JWST-TST DREAMS: A Precise Water Abundance for Hot Jupiter WASP-17b from the NIRISS SOSS Transmission Spectrum

Dana R. Louie, Elijah Mullens, Lili Alderson +27

Water has proven to be ubiquitously detected in near-infrared (NIR) transmission spectroscopy observations of hot Jupiter atmospheres, including WASP-17b. However, previous analyse…

astro-ph.EP2025

Detection of H2O and CO2 in the Atmosphere of the Hot Super-Neptune WASP-166b with JWST

Andrew W. Mayo, Charles D. Fortenbach, Dana R. Louie +4

We characterize the atmosphere of the hot super-Neptune WASP-166b ( d, R, M, K) o…

astro-ph.EP2024

JWST-TST DREAMS: A Super-Solar Metallicity in WASP-17 b Dayside Atmosphere from NIRISS SOSS Eclipse Spectroscopy

Amélie Gressier, Ryan J. MacDonald, Néstor Espinoza +26

We present the first emission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-17 b using one eclipse observation from the JWST Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) Single Objec…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 11 cited

JWST-TST DREAMS: Non-Uniform Dayside Emission for WASP-17b from MIRI/LRS

Daniel Valentine, Hannah R. Wakeford, Ryan C. Challener +23

We present the first spectroscopic characterisation of the dayside atmosphere of WASP-17b in the mid-infrared using a single JWST MIRI/LRS eclipse observation. From forward-model f…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

Hydrogen sulfide and metal-enriched atmosphere for a Jupiter-mass exoplanet

Guangwei Fu, Luis Welbanks, Drake Deming +15

As the closest transiting hot Jupiter to Earth, HD 189733b has been the benchmark planet for atmospheric characterization. It has also been the anchor point for much of our theoret…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 3 cited

JWST-TST High Contrast: Achieving direct spectroscopy of faint substellar companions next to bright stars with the NIRSpec IFU

Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Marshall D. Perrin, Kielan K. W. Hoch +33

The JWST NIRSpec integral field unit (IFU) presents a unique opportunity to observe directly imaged exoplanets from 3-5 um at moderate spectral resolution (R~2,700) and thereby bet…

astro-ph.EP2023

JWST-TST DREAMS: Quartz Clouds in the Atmosphere of WASP-17b

David Grant, Nikole K. Lewis, Hannah R. Wakeford +39

Clouds are prevalent in many of the exoplanet atmospheres that have been observed to date. For transiting exoplanets, we know if clouds are present because they mute spectral featu…

astro-ph.EP2023

Two Warm Super-Earths Transiting the Nearby M Dwarf TOI-2095

Elisa V. Quintana, Emily A. Gilbert, Thomas Barclay +55

We report the detection and validation of two planets orbiting TOI-2095 (TIC 235678745). The host star is a 3700K M1V dwarf with a high proper motion. The star lies at a distance o…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 55 cited

Stellar surface inhomogeneities as a potential source of the atmospheric signal detected in the K2-18 b transmission spectrum

Thomas Barclay, Veselin B. Kostov, Knicole D. Colón +5

Transmission spectroscopy of transiting exoplanets is a proven technique that can yield information on the composition and structure of a planet's atmosphere. However, transmission…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 3 cited

TOI-1431b/MASCARA-5b: A Highly Irradiated Ultra-Hot Jupiter Orbiting One of the Hottest & Brightest Known Exoplanet Host Stars

Brett Christopher Addison, Emil Knudstrup, Ian Wong +70

We present the discovery of a highly irradiated and moderately inflated ultra-hot Jupiter, TOI-1431b/MASCARA-5b (HD 201033b), first detected by NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey S…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 392 cited

The TESS Objects of Interest Catalog from the TESS Prime Mission

Natalia M. Guerrero, S. Seager, Chelsea X. Huang +102

We present 2,241 exoplanet candidates identified with data from the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) during its two-year prime mission. We list these candidates in the…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 17 cited

A hot mini-Neptune in the radius valley orbiting solar analogue HD 110113

H. P. Osborn, D. J. Armstrong, L. D. Nielsen +53

We report the discovery of HD 110113 b (TOI-755.01), a transiting mini-Neptune exoplanet on a 2.5-day orbit around the solar-analogue HD 110113 (Teff = 5730K). Using TESS photometr…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 47 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs -- LP 714-47b (TOI 442.01): Populating the Neptune desert

S. Dreizler, I., J. +134

We report the discovery of a Neptune-like planet (LP 714-47 b, P = 4.05204 d, m_b = 30.8 +/- 1.5 M_earth , R_b = 4.7 +/- 0.3 R_earth ) located in the 'hot Neptune desert'. Confirma…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 1 cited

Simulations Predicting the Ability of Multi-Color Simultaneous Photometry to Distinguish TESS Candidate Exoplanets from False Positives

Dana R. Louie, Norio Narita, Akihiko Fukui +5

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) is currently concluding its 2-year primary science mission searching 85% of the sky for transiting exoplanets. TESS has already dis…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 23 cited

The TESS Phase Curve of KELT-1b Suggests a High Dayside Albedo

Thomas G. Beatty, Ian Wong, Tara Fetherolf +12

We measured the optical phase curve of the transiting brown dwarf KELT-1b (TOI 1476, Siverd et al. 2012) using data from the TESS spacecraft. We found that KELT-1b shows significan…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 17 cited

How to Characterize the Atmosphere of a Transiting Exoplanet

Drake Deming, Dana Louie, Holly Sheets

This tutorial is an introduction to techniques used to characterize the atmospheres of transiting exoplanets. We intend it to be a useful guide for the undergraduate, graduate stud…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 593 cited

A Framework for Prioritizing the TESS Planetary Candidates Most Amenable to Atmospheric Characterization

Eliza M. -R. Kempton, Jacob L. Bean, Dana R. Louie +40

A key legacy of the recently launched TESS mission will be to provide the astronomical community with many of the best transiting exoplanet targets for atmospheric characterization…