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most citedKinematics and chemical properties of the Galactic stellar populations. The HARPS FGK dwarfs sample

161 citations · 590 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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28 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Two extremely irradiated volatile-rich sub-Neptunes with companions in the TOI-426 and TOI-1839 systems: Insights into arrival and survival near the lower edge of the Neptunian desert

A. Castro-González, O. Barragán, D. J. Armstrong +26

Using TESS photometry and 147 HARPS radial velocities, we confirm two extremely irradiated, volatile-rich sub-Neptunes near the lower edge of the Neptunian desert: TOI-426 b and TO…

astro-ph.EP2026

CORALIE radial-velocity search for companions around evolved stars (CASCADES) V. Three planetary companions and achievable precision

P. Figueira, E. Fontanet, J. P. Faria +9

Aims. We expand the planetary census around massive stellar hosts through a long-term campaign of high-precision radial velocity (RV) measurements on evolved stars. Methods. We ana…

astro-ph.EP2026

A decade of monitoring the HIP 41378's planetary system

S. Grouffal, A. Santerne, X. Dumusque +32

Multi-planetary systems provide key constraints on planet formation and evolution, as their architecture encodes the dynamical history of planets formed within a common protoplanet…

astro-ph.EP2026

The small transiting planet population revealed by ESPRESSO with extreme precision radial velocities

M. J. Hobson, B. Lavie, F. Bouchy +35

Small planets are extremely common in the Galaxy, including planets with masses and radii between those of Earth and Neptune. Characterizing these planets' masses requires ultra-pr…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Uncovering the Rapidly Evolving Orbits of the Dynamic TOI-201 System

Ismael Mireles, Solène Ulmer-Moll, Donald Liveoak +47

Studying planetary interactions in exoplanet systems informs theories of planet formation and evolution, providing essential context for understanding our own solar system. We comb…

astro-ph.EP2025

TOI-283 b: A transiting mini-Neptune in a 17.6-day orbit discovered with TESS and ESPRESSO

F. Murgas, E. Pallé, A. Suárez Mascareño +51

Super-Earths and mini-Neptunes are missing from our Solar System, yet they appear to be the most abundant planetary types in our Galaxy. A detailed characterization of key planets…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Detection and characterisation of a 106-day transiting Jupiter : TOI-2449 b / NGTS-36 b

S. Ulmer-Moll, S. Gill, R. Brahm +64

Only a handful of transiting giant exoplanets with orbital periods longer than 100 days are known. These warm exoplanets are valuable objects as their radius and mass can be measur…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 1 cited

Stellar-activity analysis of the nearby M dwarf GJ 526. Multi-dimensional Gaussian-process modelling of RV, FWHM and S-index

A. K. Stefanov, J. I. González Hernández, A. Suárez Mascareño +17

M dwarfs are the most abundant stars in the Galaxy, and their low masses make them natural favourites for exoplanet radial-velocity (RV) searches. Nevertheless, these stars often d…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

TOI-2322: two transiting rocky planets close to the stellar rotation period and its first harmonic

M. J. Hobson, A. Suárez Mascareño, C. Lovis +42

Context. Active regions on the stellar surface can induce quasi-periodic radial velocity (RV) variations that can mimic planets and mask true planetary signals. These spurious sign…

astro-ph.EP2025

A comprehensive study on radial velocity signals using ESPRESSO: Pushing precision to the 10 cm/s level

P. Figueira, J. P. Faria, A. M. Silva +30

We analyse ESPRESSO data for the stars HD10700, HD20794, HD102365, and HD304636 acquired via its Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) programme. We characterise the stars' radial vel…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 9 cited

A systematic bias in template-based RV extraction algorithms

André M. Silva, N. C. Santos, J. P. Faria +30

In this paper we identify and explore a previously unidentified, multi meter-per-second, systematic correlation between time and RVs inferred through TM and LBL methods. We evaluat…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

Giant Outer Transiting Exoplanet Mass (GOT 'EM) Survey. VI: Confirmation of a Long-Period Giant Planet Discovered with a Single TESS Transit

Zahra Essack, Diana Dragomir, Paul A. Dalba +81

We report the discovery and confirmation of TOI-4465 b, a , giant planet orbiting a G dwarf star at 122 pc. The planet was…

astro-ph.EP2025

CORALIE radial-velocity search for companions around evolved stars (CASCADES) IV: New planetary systems around HD 87816, HD 94890, and HD 102888 and an update on HD 121056

E. Fontanet, S. Udry, D. Ségransan +25

With around 200 detections of exoplanets around giant stars to date, our knowledge of the population of exoplanets orbiting evolved hosts more massive than the Sun remains limited.…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

Two neighbours of the ultra-short-period Earth-sized planet K2-157 b in the warm Neptunian savanna

A. Castro-González, F. Bouchy, A. C. M. Correia +30

The formation and evolution of ultra-short-period (USP) planets is poorly understood. However, it is widely thought that these planets migrated inwards through interactions with ou…

astro-ph.EP2025

TOI-512: Super-Earth transiting a K-type star discovered by TESS and ESPRESSO

J. Rodrigues, S. C. Barros, N. C. Santos +38

One of the goals of the ESPRESSO guaranteed time observations (GTOs) at the ESO 8.2m telescope is to follow up on candidate planets from transit surveys such as the TESS mission. H…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

KOBE-1: The first planetary system from the KOBE survey. Two planets likely residing in the sub-Neptune mass regime around a late K-dwarf

O. Balsalobre-Ruza, J. Lillo-Box, A. M. Silva +35

K-dwarf stars are promising targets in the exploration of potentially habitable planets. Their properties, falling between G and M dwarfs, provide an optimal trade-off between the…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 12 cited

Revisiting the multi-planetary system of the nearby star HD 20794: Confirmation of a low-mass planet in the habitable zone of a nearby G-dwarf

N. Nari, X. Dumusque, N. C. Hara +44

Close-by Earth analogs and super-Earths are of primary importance because they will be preferential targets for the next generation of direct imaging instruments. Bright and close-…

astro-ph.EP2024

The obliquity and atmosphere of the hot Jupiter WASP-122b (KELT-14b) with ESPRESSO: An aligned orbit and no sign of atomic or molecular absorption

M. Stangret, E. Palle, E. Esparza-Borges +21

Thanks to their short orbital periods and hot extended atmospheres, hot Jupiters are ideal candidates for atmosphere studies with high-resolution spectroscopy. New stable spectrogr…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 27 cited

A sub-Earth-mass planet orbiting Barnard's star

J. I. Gonzalez Hernandez, A. Suarez Mascareno, A. M. Silva +37

Barnard's star is a primary target within the ESPRESSO guaranteed time observations (GTO) as it is the second closest neighbour to our Sun after the Centauri stellar system. We…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 11 cited

ESPRESSO reveals blueshifted neutral iron emission lines on the dayside of WASP-76 b

A. R. Costa Silva, O. D. S. Demangeon, N. C. Santos +34

Ultra hot Jupiters (gas giants, Teq>2000 K) are intriguing exoplanets due to their extreme atmospheres. Their torrid daysides can be characterised using ground-based high-resolutio…

astro-ph.EP2024

The TROY project III. Exploring co-orbitals around low-mass stars

O. Balsalobre-Ruza, J. Lillo-Box, D. Barrado +7

Co-orbital objects, also known as trojans, are frequently found in simulations of planetary system formation. In these configurations, a planet shares its orbit with other massive…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 27 cited

Broadband transmission spectroscopy of HD209458b with ESPRESSO: Evidence for Na, TiO, or both

N. C. Santos, E. Cristo, O. Demangeon +42

The detection and characterization of exoplanet atmospheres is currently one of the main drivers pushing the development of new observing facilities. In this context, high-resoluti…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 17 cited

So close, so different: characterization of the K2-36 planetary system with HARPS-N

M. Damasso, L. Zeng, L. Malavolta +19

K2-36 is a K dwarf orbited by two small ( and ), close-in (=0.022 AU and =0.054 AU) transiti…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 70 cited

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XXXVI. Eight HARPS multi-planet systems hosting 20 super-Earth and Neptune-mass companions

S. Udry, X. Dumusque, C. Lovis +21

We present radial-velocity measurement of eight stars observed with the HARPS Echelle spectrograph mounted on the 3.6-m telescope in La Silla (ESO, Chile). Data span more than ten…