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20172026
most citedA candidate short-period sub-Earth orbiting Proxima Centauri

130 citations · 544 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

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

Transit timing and starspot-induced transit depth variations in the 17 Myr old HIP 67522 system

H. Chakraborty, M. Lendl, A. Nigioni +27

HIP 67522 is a one of the youngest multi-planetary systems discovered to date. The 17 Myr-old, Sun-like star is part of the Scorpius-Centarus OB association and is known to host tw…

astro-ph.EP2026

Bayesian analysis of Gaia epoch astrometry and radial velocities with kima

Thomas A. Baycroft, João P. Faria, Jean-Baptiste Delisle

Context. The next data release from the Gaia space telescope is expected to result in tens of thousands of newly detected exoplanets, as well as detection and 3D orbital constraint…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 7 cited

SOAPv4: A new step toward modeling stellar signatures in exoplanet research

E. Cristo, J. P. Faria, N. C. Santos +6

We present and describe a new version of the spot oscillation and planet code, SOAPv4. Our aim is to demonstrate its capabilities in modeling stellar activity in the context of RV…

astro-ph.EP2025

Architecture of planetary systems with and without outer giant planets I. Inner planet detections around HD 23079, HD 196067, and HD 86226

J. -B. Delisle, J. P. Faria, D. Ségransan +22

Understanding the link between outer giant planets (OGPs) and inner light planets (ILPs) is key to understanding planetary system formation and architecture. The correlation betwee…

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

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★ 1 cited

Three Hot Jupiters transiting K-dwarfs with a significant heavy element mass

Y. G. C. Frensch, F. Bouchy, G. Lo Curto +50

Albeit at a lower frequency than around hotter stars, short-period gas giants around low-mass stars ( K) do exist, despite predictions from planetary populat…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 11 cited

RV-exoplanet eccentricities: Good, Beta, and Best

A. T. Stevenson, C. A. Haswell, J. P. Faria +4

We examine the eccentricity distribution(s) of radial velocity detected exoplanets. Previously, the eccentricity distribution was found to be described well by a Beta distribution…

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.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

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.EP2024★ 1 cited

NGTS-30 b/TOI-4862 b: An 1 Gyr old 98-day transiting warm Jupiter

M. P. Battley, K. A. Collins, S. Ulmer-Moll +63

Long-period transiting exoplanets bridge the gap between the bulk of transit- and Doppler-based exoplanet discoveries, providing key insights into the formation and evolution of pl…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 18 cited

Expanding the frontiers of cool-dwarf asteroseismology with ESPRESSO. Detection of solar-like oscillations in the K5 dwarf Indi

T. L. Campante, H. Kjeldsen, Y. Li +25

Fuelled by space photometry, asteroseismology is vastly benefitting the study of cool main-sequence stars, which exhibit convection-driven solar-like oscillations. Even so, the tin…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 10 cited

An ESPRESSO view of HD 189733 system. Broadband transmission spectrum, differential rotation, and system architecture

E. Cristo, E. Esparza Borges, N. C. Santos +25

The development of state-of-the-art spectrographs has ushered in a new era in the detection and characterization of exoplanetary systems. Our objective is to utilize the high-resol…

astro-ph.EP2023

A compact multi-planet system transiting HIP 29442 (TOI-469) discovered by TESS and ESPRESSO. Radial velocities lead to the detection of transits with low signal-to-noise ratio

M. Damasso, J. Rodrigues, A. Castro-González +52

We followed-up with ESPRESSO the K0V star HIP 29442 (TOI-469), already known to host a validated sub-Neptune companion TOI-469.01. We aim to verify the planetary nature of TOI-469.…

astro-ph.EP2022

: a Bayesian observing strategy algorithm for planet detection in radial velocity blind-search surveys

O. Balsalobre-Ruza, J. Lillo-Box, A. Berihuete +16

Ground-based observing time is precious in the era of exoplanet follow-up and characterization, especially in high-precision radial velocity instruments. Blind-search radial veloci…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 23 cited

The KOBE experiment: K-dwarfs Orbited By habitable Exoplanets. Project goals, target selection and stellar characterization

J. Lillo-Box, N. C. Santos, A. Santerne +33

The detection of habitable worlds is one of humanity's greatest endeavors. So far, astrobiological studies show that one of the most critical components for life development is liq…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 38 cited

Automatic model-based telluric correction for the ESPRESSO data reduction software. Model description and application to radial velocity computation

R. Allart, C. Lovis, J. Faria +21

Ground-based high-resolution spectrographs are key instruments for several astrophysical domains. Unfortunately, the observed spectra are contaminated by the Earth's atmosphere. Wh…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 130 cited

A candidate short-period sub-Earth orbiting Proxima Centauri

J. P. Faria, A. Suárez Mascareño, P. Figueira +34

Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun. This small, low-mass, mid M dwarf is known to host an Earth-mass exoplanet with an orbital period of 11.2 days within the habitable…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 8 cited

Composition of super-Earths, super-Mercuries, and their host stars

V. Adibekyan, N. C. Santos, C. Dorn +11

Because of their common origin, it was assumed that the composition of planet building blocks should, to a first order, correlate with stellar atmospheric composition, especially f…