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most citedPopulating the brown dwarf and stellar boundary: Five stars with transiting companions near the hydrogen-burning mass limit

48 citations · 270 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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32 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

HD 148797: A bright F-type star with two moderate-period low-density sub-Jovian planets. Compact multi-planet architectures are common in the Neptunian savanna

J. M. Almenara, A. Castro-González, R. Mardling +26

We report the confirmation and characterisation of two moderate-period sub-Jovian planets transiting the bright F-type star HD 148797 (G=9.4 mag, Teff=6441 +/- 51 K). Using photome…

astro-ph.EP2026

NGTS-39 b: A 58 d transiting warm Jupiter in an eccentric orbit

Ioannis Apergis, Daniel Bayliss, Solène Ulmer-Moll +53

We report the discovery and characterisation of NGTS-39 b (TIC 453147896 b), a warm Jupiter transiting a Sun-like star on a 58.2 day, eccentric (e = 0.386 +/- 0.019) orbit. NGTS-39…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

ASTEP confirmation of a pair of long-period Jupiter-sized planets with extremely low densities transiting TOI-791

Georgina Dransfield, Antoine C. Petit, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud +45

Gas giant planets with periods orbiting Sun-like stars are a relatively uncommon outcome of planetary formation, and key questions about the nature and form…

astro-ph.EP2026

TOI-159 b: an eccentric hot-Jupiter planet around a young, pulsating Doradus star

G. Mantovan, A. Llancaqueo Albornoz, A. Psaridi +16

Fast-rotating hot stars are challenging targets for exoplanet searches due to rotational broadening and stellar variability. Moreover, hot stars often exhibit pulsations, an additi…

astro-ph.EP2026

The atmosphere of the warm Neptune GJ 436 b probed with ESPRESSO

E. Herrero-Cisneros, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, J. Sanz-Forcada +21

Aims. We aim to identify the presence of atomic and molecular species in the upper atmosphere of the warm Neptune-sized transiting planet GJ 436 b, which has a radiative equilibriu…

astro-ph.EP2026

Precise measurement of WASP-31 b's Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and characterization of the planet transmission spectra

M. Steiner, V. Bourrier, D. Ehrenreich +23

Context. Hot Jupiters are ideal natural laboratories to investigate atmospheric composition and dynamics. However, high-resolution transmission spectroscopy is currently limited by…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Densities of small planets around the M dwarfs TOI-4336 A and TOI-4342 with ESPRESSO: Three sub-Neptunes, one super-Earth, and a Neptune-mass candidate

Léna Parc, Charles Cadieux, Nolan Grieves +27

We present the characterization of two planetary systems orbiting the M dwarfs TOI-4336 A (M3.5V) and TOI-4342 (M0V), each hosting two transiting planets previously validated with…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

A decade of transit photometry for K2-19: Revised system architecture

J. M. Almenara, R. Mardling, A. Leleu +21

The star K2-19 hosts a pair of Neptunian planets deep inside the 3:2 resonance. They induce strong transit-timing variations with two incommensurate frequencies. Previous photodyna…

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.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★ 6 cited

NIRPS detection of delayed atmospheric escape from the warm and misaligned Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-69b

Romain Allart, Yann Carteret, Vincent Bourrier +119

Near-infrared high-resolution echelle spectrographs unlock access to fundamental properties of exoplanets, from their atmospheric escape and composition to their orbital architectu…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

Hydride ion continuum hides absorption signatures in the NIRPS near-infrared transmission spectrum of the ultra-hot gas giant WASP-189b

Valentina Vaulato, Stefan Pelletier, David Ehrenreich +77

Ultra-hot Jupiters showcase extreme atmospheric conditions, including molecular dissociation, ionisation, and significant day-to-night temperature contrasts. Their close proximity…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

The ESPRESSO transmission spectrum of HD189733b : Extracting the planetary sodium and lithium signatures amid stellar contamination

D. Mounzer, W. Dethier, C. Lovis +20

While transmission spectroscopy has allowed us to detect many atomic and molecular species in exoplanet atmospheres, the improvement in resolution and signal-to-noise ratio enabled…

astro-ph.EP2024

Discovery and Characterization of an Eccentric, Warm Saturn Transiting the Solar Analog TOI-4994

Romy Rodriguez Martinez, Jason D. Eastman, Karen Collins +46

We present the detection and characterization of TOI-4994b (TIC 277128619b), a warm Saturn-sized planet discovered by the NASA Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). TOI-499…

astro-ph.EP2024

Redshifted Sodium Transient near Exoplanet Transit

Apurva V. Oza, Julia V. Seidel, H. Jens Hoeijmakers +21

Neutral sodium (Na I) is an alkali metal with a favorable absorption cross section such that tenuous gases are easily illuminated at select transiting exoplanet systems. We examine…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 14 cited

The atmospheric composition of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-178 b observed with ESPRESSO

Y. C. Damasceno, J. V. Seidel, B. Prinoth +25

We search for atmospheric constituents for the UHJ WASP-178 b with two ESPRESSO transits using the narrow-band and cross-correlation techniques, focusing on the detections of NaI,…

astro-ph.EP2024

HD 21520 b: a warm sub-Neptune transiting a bright G dwarf

Molly Nies, Ismael Mireles, François Bouchy +49

We report the discovery and validation of HD 21520 b, a transiting planet found with TESS and orbiting a bright G dwarf (V=9.2, K, $R_{\star} = 1.04\pm 0.02…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 7 cited

Discovery of a cold giant planet and mass measurement of a hot super-Earth in the multi-planetary system WASP-132

N. Grieves, F. Bouchy, D. J. Armstrong +25

Hot Jupiters generally do not have nearby planet companions, as they may have cleared out other planets during their inward migration from more distant orbits. This gives evidence…

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.EP2024

Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815

Angelica Psaridi, Hugh Osborn, François Bouchy +130

We present the discovery and characterization of two warm mini-Neptunes transiting the K3V star TOI-815 in a K-M binary system. Analysis of the spectra and rotation period reveal i…

astro-ph.EP2024

A long-period transiting substellar companion in the super-Jupiters to brown dwarfs mass regime and a prototypical warm-Jupiter detected by TESS

Matias I. Jones, Yared Reinarz, Rafael Brahm +48

We report on the confirmation and follow-up characterization of two long-period transiting substellar companions on low-eccentricity orbits around TIC 4672985 and TOI-2529, whose t…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited

TESS Giants Transiting Giants V -- Two hot Jupiters orbiting red-giant hosts

Filipe Pereira, Samuel K. Grunblatt, Angelica Psaridi +24

In this work we present the discovery and confirmation of two hot Jupiters orbiting red-giant stars, TOI-4377 b and TOI-4551 b, observed by TESS in the southern ecliptic hemisphere…

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★ 25 cited

TOI-5678 b: A 48-day transiting Neptune-mass planet characterized with CHEOPS and HARPS

S. Ulmer-Moll, H. P. Osborn, A. Tuson +92

A large sample of long-period giant planets has been discovered thanks to long-term radial velocity surveys, but only a few dozen of these planets have a precise radius measurement…