Worlds Next Door. III. Indirect Evidence for Enhanced Atmospheric Metallicity and/or the Presence of Water Clouds in the Nearest Jupiter-analog $\epsilon$ Eri b

Aniket Sanghi, James Mang, Jorge Llop-Sayson +12

We present the most sensitive direct imaging search for the nearest ($d=3.2$ pc) Jupiter-analog exoplanet, $\epsilon$ Eri b, with JWST/NIRCam coronagraphy between 4-5 $\mu$m (F444W). We a…