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A public dataset of Ariel simulated observations for developing exoplanetary atmosphere data reduction pipelines
Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Kai Hou Yip, Andrea Bocchieri +7
Detecting and characterising exoplanet atmospheres remains challenging because atmospheric signals can be comparable to residual noise and instrumental/astrophysical systematics. S…
The EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE): A balloon-borne mission to measure spectroscopic phase curves of transiting hot Jupiters
Timothy D. Rehm, Caitlyn Altermatt, Lee Bernard +26
The EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE) is a balloon-borne mission dedicated to measuring spectroscopic phase curves of hot Jupiter-type exoplanets. Phase curve measureme…
ExoClock Project IV: A homogeneous catalogue of 620 updated exoplanet ephemerides
A. Kokori, A. Tsiaras, G. Pantelidou +323
The ExoClock project is an open platform aiming to monitor exoplanets by integrating observations from space and ground based telescopes. This study presents an updated catalogue o…
Exploring Synergies between Twinkle and Ariel: a Pilot Study
Andrea Bocchieri, Luke Booth, Lorenzo V. Mugnai
Launching in 2027 and 2029, respectively, Twinkle and Ariel will conduct the first large-scale homogeneous spectroscopic surveys of the atmospheres of hundreds of diverse exoplanet…
On the synergetic use of Ariel and JWST for exoplanet atmospheric science
Quentin Changeat, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Giovanna Tinetti +27
This paper explores the potential for strategic synergies between the JWST and the Ariel telescopes, two flagship observatories poised to revolutionise the study of exoplanet atmos…
De-jittering Ariel: an optimized algorithm
Andrea Bocchieri, Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Enzo Pascale +9
The European Space Agency's Ariel mission, scheduled for launch in 2029, aims to conduct the first large-scale survey of atmospheric spectra of transiting exoplanets. Ariel achieve…
ExoSim 2: the new Exoplanet Observation Simulator applied to the Ariel space mission
Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Andrea Bocchieri, Enzo Pascale +2
ExoSim 2 is the next generation of the Exoplanet Observation Simulator (ExoSim) tailored for spectro-photometric observations of transiting exoplanets from space, ground, and sub-o…
HD 110067 c has an aligned orbit
J. Zak, H. M. J. Boffin, E. Sedaghati +25
Planetary systems in mean motion resonances hold a special place among the planetary population. They allow us to study planet formation in great detail as dissipative processes ar…
Comparing transit spectroscopy pipelines at the catalogue level: evidence for systematic differences
Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Mark R. Swain, Raissa Estrela +1
The challenge of inconsistent results from different data pipelines, even when starting from identical data, is a recognized concern in exoplanetary science. As we transition into…
ARES VI: Viability of one-dimensional retrieval models for transmission spectroscopy characterization of exo-atmospheres in the era of JWST and Ariel
Adam Yassin Jaziri, William Pluriel, Andrea Bocchieri +10
Observed exoplanet transit spectra are usually retrieved using 1D models to determine atmospheric composition while planetary atmospheres are 3D. With the JWST and future space tel…
Detecting molecules in Ariel low resolution transmission spectra
Andrea Bocchieri, Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Enzo Pascale +2
The Ariel Space Mission aims to observe a diverse sample of exoplanet atmospheres across a wide wavelength range of 0.5 to 7.8 microns. The observations are organized into four Tie…
ExoClock Project III: 450 new exoplanet ephemerides from ground and space observations
A. Kokori, A. Tsiaras, B. Edwards +214
The ExoClock project has been created with the aim of increasing the efficiency of the Ariel mission. It will achieve this by continuously monitoring and updating the ephemerides o…
RAPOC : the Rosseland and Planck opacity converter. A user-friendly and fast opacity program for Python
Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Darius Modirrousta-Galian
RAPOC (Rosseland and Planck Opacity Converter) is a Python 3 code that calculates Rosseland and Planck mean opacities (RPMs) from wavelength-dependent opacities for a given tempera…
ExoClock project II: A large-scale integrated study with 180 updated exoplanet ephemerides
A. Kokori, A. Tsiaras, B. Edwards +102
The ExoClock project is an inclusive, integrated, and interactive platform that was developed to monitor the ephemerides of the Ariel targets to increase the mission efficiency. Th…
Alfnoor: assessing the information content of Ariel's low resolution spectra with planetary population studies
Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Ahmed Al-Refaie, Andrea Bocchieri +3
The ARIEL Space Telescope will provide a large and diverse sample of exoplanet spectra, performing spectroscopic observations of about 1000 exoplanets in the wavelength range $0.5…
ARES V: No Evidence For Molecular Absorption in the HST WFC3 Spectrum of GJ 1132 b
Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Darius Modirrousta-Galian, Billy Edwards +25
We present a study on the spatially scanned spectroscopic observations of the transit of GJ 1132 b, a warm (500 K) Super-Earth (1.13 R) that was obtained with the G1…
Ariel: Enabling planetary science across light-years
Giovanna Tinetti, Paul Eccleston, Carole Haswell +313
Ariel, the Atmospheric Remote-sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-survey, was adopted as the fourth medium-class mission in ESA's Cosmic Vision programme to be launched in 2029. Durin…
A survey of exoplanet phase curves with Ariel
Benjamin Charnay, Joao M. Mendonça, Laura Kreidberg +12
The ESA-Ariel mission will include a tier dedicated to exoplanet phase curves corresponding to ~10% of the science time. We present here the current observing strategy for studying…
ExoClock Project: An open platform for monitoring the ephemerides of Ariel targets with contributions from the public
Anastasia Kokori, Angelos Tsiaras, Billy Edwards +46
The Ariel mission will observe spectroscopically around 1000 exoplanets to further characterise their atmospheres. For the mission to be as efficient as possible, a good knowledge…
ARES IV: Probing the atmospheres of the two warm small planets HD 106315 c and HD 3167 c with the HST/WFC3 camera
Gloria Guilluy, Amélie Gressier, Sam Wright +27
We present an atmospheric characterization study of two medium sized planets bracketing the radius of Neptune: HD 106315 c (R=4.98 0.23 R) and HD 3167 c…
ArielRad: the Ariel Radiometric Model
Lorenzo V. Mugnai, Enzo Pascale, Billy Edwards +2
ArielRad, the Ariel radiometric model, is a simulator developed to address the challenges in optimising the space mission science payload and to demonstrate its compliance with the…
ARES III: Unveiling the Two Faces of KELT-7 b with HST WFC3
William Pluriel, Niall Whiteford, Billy Edwards +24
We present the analysis of the hot-Jupiter KELT-7b using transmission and emission spectroscopy from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), both taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3…
ARES II: Characterising the Hot Jupiters WASP-127 b, WASP-79 b and WASP-62 b with HST
Nour Skaf, Michelle Fabienne Bieger, Billy Edwards +24
This paper presents the atmospheric characterisation of three large, gaseous planets: WASP-127b, WASP-79b and WASP-62b. We analysed spectroscopic data obtained with the G141 grism…
ARES I: WASP-76 b, A Tale of Two HST Spectra
Billy Edwards, Quentin Changeat, Robin Baeyens +25
We analyse the transmission and emission spectra of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-76b, observed with the G141 grism of the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3). We redu…