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The Science Potential of Characterizing Gas Giant Exoplanets with HWO
Beck Dacus, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Quinn Konopacky +19
With the ability to directly image Earth-like exoplanets and search their atmospheres for biosignatures, the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will also collect high sign…
On the Impact of Correlated Noise and Spectral Resolution on the Retrieval Analysis of the Habitable World Observatory
Ji Wang, Philipp A. Huber, Sascha P. Quanz
Finding signs of life elsewhere in the universe is the holy grail of the field of exoplanets. Future space missions such as the Habitable World Observatory (HWO) are under developm…
Atmospheric characterization of six ultra-hot Jupiters from -band high-resolution spectroscopy
Luke Finnerty, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Yinzi Xin +27
We present new Keck/KPIC high-resolution spectroscopic detections of three ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) in the band: WASP-189b (), MASCARA-1b (), and…
Chemical Abundances Shape History (CASH). I. A Link between Giant Planets Orbital Periods and Host Stellar C/O Ratios
Ruisheng Zhang, Ji-Wei Xie, Mengrui Pan +5
The chemical abundance of host stars plays a pivotal role in shaping the formation history of planetary systems, yet the influence of elements beyond iron remains poorly understood…
Chemical and Isotopic Homogeneity Between the L Dwarf CD-35 2722 B and its Early M Host Star
Gavin Wang, Jerry Xuan, Darío Picos +29
CD-35 2722 B is an L dwarf companion to the nearby, Myr old M1 dwarf CD-35 2722 A. We present a detailed analysis of both objects using high-resolution ($R \sim 35,00…
Dynamical Architectures of S-type Transiting Planets in Binaries II: A Dichotomy in Orbital Alignment of Small Planets in Close Binary Systems
Jingwen Zhang, Daniel Huber, Michael Bottom +35
Stellar multiplicity plays a crucial role in shaping planet formation and dynamical evolution. We present a survey of 54 TESS Objects of Interest (TOIs) within 300 pc that exhibit…
The watery atmosphere of HD~209458~b revealed by joint - and -band high-resolution spectroscopy
Luke Finnerty, Julie Inglis, Michael P. Fitzgerald +26
We present a joint analysis of high-resolution - and -band observations of the benchmark hot Jupiter \hdb\ from the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC). One half nigh…
Water dissociation and rotational broadening in the atmosphere of KELT-20 b from high-resolution spectroscopy
Luke Finnerty, Yinzi Xin, Jerry W. Xuan +29
We present atmospheric retrievals from Keck/KPIC phase II observations of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-20/MASCARA-2~b. Previous free retrievals of molecular abundances for ultra-hot…
Fringing analysis and forward modeling of Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) spectra
Katelyn A. Horstman, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Jason J. Wang +27
The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) combines high contrast imaging with high resolution spectroscopy (R~35,000 in K band) to study directly imaged exoplanets and brown…
Atmospheric characterization of the super-Jupiter HIP 99770 b with KPIC
Yapeng Zhang, Jerry W. Xuan, Dimitri Mawet +28
Young, self-luminous super-Jovian companions discovered by direct imaging provide a challenging test of planet formation and evolution theories. By spectroscopically characterizing…
Are these planets or brown dwarfs? Broadly solar compositions from high-resolution atmospheric retrievals of ~10-30 companions
Jerry W. Xuan, Chih-Chun Hsu, Luke Finnerty +32
Using Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) high-resolution (~35000) spectroscopy from 2.29-2.49 m, we present uniform atmospheric retrievals for eight young substellar…
kappa And b is a fast rotator from KPIC High Resolution Spectroscopy
Evan C. Morris, Jason J. Wang, Chih-Chun Hsu +24
We used the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) to obtain high-resolution (R35,000) K-band spectra of kappa Andromedae b, a planetary-mass companion orbiting the B9V…
Vortex Fiber Nulling for Exoplanet Observations: First Direct Detection of M Dwarf Companions around HIP 21543, HIP 94666, and HIP 50319
Daniel Echeverri, Jerry W. Xuan, John D. Monnier +35
Vortex fiber nulling (VFN) is a technique for detecting and characterizing faint companions at small separations from their host star. A near-infrared (m) VFN demonstrat…
A Gap in the Densities of Small Planets Orbiting M Dwarfs: Rigorous Statistical Confirmation Using the Open-source Code RhoPop
J. G. Schulze, Ji Wang, J. A. Johnson +4
Using mass-radius-composition models, small planets () are typically classified into three types: iron-rich, nominally Earth-like, and those…
Atmospheric metallicity and C/O of HD 189733 b from high-resolution spectroscopy
Luke Finnerty, Jerry W. Xuan, Yinzi Xin +27
We present high-resolution -band emission spectra of the quintessential hot Jupiter HD 189733 b from the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC). Using a Bayesian retrieval…
Keck/KPIC Emission Spectroscopy of WASP-33b
Luke Finnerty, Tobias Schofield, Ben Sappey +29
We present Keck/KPIC high-resolution () -band thermal emission spectroscopy of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-33b. The use of KPIC's single-mode fibers greatly improves…
Detecting exomoons from radial velocity measurements of self-luminous planets: application to observations of HR 7672 B and future prospects
Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Katelyn Horstman, Dimitri Mawet +36
The detection of satellites around extrasolar planets, so called exomoons, remains a largely unexplored territory. In this work, we study the potential of detecting these elusive o…
Early High-contrast Imaging Results with Keck/NIRC2-PWFS: The SR 21 Disk
Taichi Uyama, Bin Ren, Dimitri Mawet +22
High-contrast imaging of exoplanets and protoplanetary disks depends on wavefront sensing and correction made by adaptive optics instruments. Classically, wavefront sensing has bee…