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20192026
most citedTitanium oxide and chemical inhomogeneity in the atmosphere of the exoplanet WASP-189b

114 citations · 397 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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20 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

SPIRou near-infrared spectropolarimetry of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b: tentative detection of the planet magnetic field

Alexis Lavail, Florian Debras, David Rogé Royo +23

Exoplanetary magnetic fields govern atmospheric escape and circulation but have eluded detection in close-in planets. In the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b, atmospheric dynamo is predic…

astro-ph.EP2026

The atomic C/O ratio of KELT-9b

Stefan Pelletier, Nicholas W. Borsato, Jacob L. Bean +12

The carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio of a giant planet's atmosphere has long been theorised to hold compositional information that can be traced back to its formation history. Typicall…

astro-ph.EP2026

Sorting a mess I: Addressing velocity-axis correlation of cross-correlation functions. A census of atomic and ionised species in KELT-9b's atmosphere

Nicholas W. Borsato, Brian Thorsbro, Jens Hoeijmakers +3

Ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are the most extreme class of close-in gas giants. We combine 13 transit observations of KELT-9b from six high-resolution spectrographs spanning 316-960 n…

astro-ph.GA2026

The GALAH Survey: Neutron-Capture Elemental Abundances for 350,000 Gaia-RVS spectra and the Chemodynamics of Accreted Structures

Pradosh Barun Das, Daniel B. Zucker, Aldo Mura-Guzmán +15

We present a comprehensive data-driven spectroscopic analysis of 357,415 red giant stars using Gaia DR3 Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) spectra (8460-8700 A; ),…

astro-ph.EP2025

JWST NIRSpec finds no clear signs of an atmosphere on TOI-1685 b

Chloe E. Fisher, Matthew J. Hooton, Amélie Gressier +21

Determining the prevalence of atmospheres on terrestrial planets is a core objective in exoplanetary science. While M dwarf systems offer a promising opportunity, conclusive observ…

astro-ph.EP2025

Untapped: Veloce Detects Calcium in the Atmosphere of WASP-189b

Nicholas W. Borsato, Joachim Krüger, Daniel B. Zucker +3

High-resolution transmission spectroscopy has become a powerful tool for detecting atomic and ionic species in the atmospheres of ultra-hot Jupiters. In this study, we demonstrate…

astro-ph.EP2025

Atmospheric composition and circulation of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b with joint NIRPS, HARPS and CRIRES+ transit spectroscopy

Valentina Vaulato, Melissa J. Hobson, Romain Allart +57

Ultra-hot Jupiters like WASP-121b provide unique laboratories for studying atmospheric chemistry and dynamics under extreme irradiation. Constraining their composition and circulat…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 15 cited

Titanium chemistry of WASP-121 b with ESPRESSO in 4-UT mode

B. Prinoth, J. V. Seidel, H. J. Hoeijmakers +15

Transit spectroscopy usually relies on the integration of one or several transits to achieve the S/N necessary to resolve spectral features. Consequently, high-S/N observations of…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 3 cited

Polarization position angle standard stars: a reassessment of and its variability for seventeen stars based on a decade of observations

Daniel V. Cotton, Jeremy Bailey, Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer +14

Observations of polarization position angle () standards made from 2014 to 2023 with the High Precision Polarimetric Instrument (HIPPI) and other HIPPI-class polarimeters in bot…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 42 cited

CRIRES+ and ESPRESSO reveal an atmosphere enriched in volatiles relative to refractories on the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b

Stefan Pelletier, Björn Benneke, Yayaati Chachan +11

One of the outstanding goals of the planetary science community is to measure the present-day atmospheric composition of planets and link this back to formation. As giant planets a…

astro-ph.GA2024★ 8 cited

The GALAH Survey: Stellar parameters and abundances for 800,000 Gaia RVS spectra using GALAH DR4 and The Cannon

Pradosh Barun Das, Daniel B. Zucker, Gayandhi M. De Silva +15

Analysing stellar parameters and abundances from nearly one million Gaia Data Release 3 (DR3) Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS) spectra poses challenges due to the limited spectra…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 25 cited

An atlas of resolved spectral features in the transmission spectrum of WASP-189 b with MAROON-X

B. Prinoth, H. J. Hoeijmakers, B. M. Morris +10

Exoplanets in the ultra-hot Jupiter regime provide an excellent laboratory for testing the impact of stellar irradiation on the dynamics and chemical composition of gas giant atmos…

astro-ph.EP2023

Small but mighty: High-resolution spectroscopy of ultra-hot Jupiter atmospheres with compact telescopes. KELT-9 b's transmission spectrum with Wendelstein's FOCES Spectrograph

N. W. Borsato, H. J. Hoeijmakers, D. Cont +9

When observing transmission spectra produced by atmospheres of ultra-hot Jupiters, large telescopes are typically the instrument of choice due to the very weak signal of the planet…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 47 cited

Time-resolved transmission spectroscopy of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-189 b

Bibiana Prinoth, H. Jens Hoeijmakers, Stefan Pelletier +14

Ultra-hot Jupiters are tidally locked with their host stars dividing their atmospheres into a hot dayside and a colder nightside. As the planet moves through transit, different reg…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 44 cited

The Mantis Network III: Expanding the limits of chemical searches within ultra hot-Jupiters. New detections of Ca I, V I, Ti I, Cr I, Ni I, Sr II, Ba II, and Tb II in KELT-9 b

N. W. Borsato, H. J. Hoeijmakers, B. Prinoth +5

Cross-correlation spectroscopy is an invaluable tool in the study of exoplanets. However, aliasing between spectral lines makes it vulnerable to systematic biases. This work strive…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 27 cited

The Mantis Network II: Examining the 3D high-resolution observable properties of the UHJs WASP-121b and WASP-189b through GCM modelling

Elspeth K. H. Lee, Bibiana Prinoth, Daniel Kitzmann +4

The atmospheres of ultra hot Jupiters (UHJs) are prime targets for the detection of molecules and atoms at both low and high spectral resolution. We study the atmospheres of the UH…

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.EP2021★ 21 cited

The Mantis Network I: A standard grid of templates and masks for cross-correlation analyses of ultra-hot Jupiter transmission spectra

Daniel Kitzmann, Jens H. Hoeijmakers, Simon L. Grimm +3

The atmospheres of ultra-hot Jupiters are highly interesting and unique chemical laboratories. Due to the very high atmospheric temperatures, their chemical composition is dominate…

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.GA2019★ 48 cited

Identifying Stellar Streams in Gaia DR2 with Data Mining Techniques

Nicholas W. Borsato, Sarah L. Martell, Jeffrey D. Simpson

Streams of stars from captured dwarf galaxies and dissolved globular clusters are identifiable through the similarity of their orbital parameters, a fact that remains true long aft…