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astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Unraveling the Mystery of the Peculiar and Young Hot Jupiter CoRoT-2b. I. HO and CO Detection from Dayside Observations with Gemini-S/IGRINS

Ying Shu, Lisa Dang, Antoine Darveau-Bernier +12

We present ground-based high-resolution spectroscopic pre-eclipse observations of the hot Jupiter CoRoT-2b obtained with the IGRINS spectrograph on Gemini South. Using cross-correl…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 3 cited

Super-Earth masses and stellar abundances from NIRPS reveal tentative evidence for water-rich formation around M dwarfs

Drew Weisserman, Nicole Gromek, Ryan Cloutier +98

Tracing the compositional link between terrestrial super-Earths and their host stars provides clues to their dominant formation pathway. By constraining the stellar abundances of r…

astro-ph.EP2026

NIRPS tightens the mass estimate of GJ 3090 b and detects a planet near the stellar rotation period

Pierrot Lamontagne, Drew Weisserman, Charles Cadieux +148

We present an updated characterization of the planetary system orbiting the nearby M2 dwarf GJ 3090 (TOI-177; pc), based on new high-precision radial velocity (RV) observa…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 5 cited

NIRPS and TESS reveal a peculiar system around the M dwarf TOI-756: A transiting sub-Neptune and a cold eccentric giant

Léna Parc, François Bouchy, Neil J. Cook +148

The Near InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS) joined HARPS on the 3.6-m ESO telescope at La Silla Observatory in April 2023, dedicating part of its Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) p…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

Quantifying thermal water dissociation in the dayside photosphere of WASP-121 b using NIRPS

Luc Bazinet, Romain Allart, Björn Benneke +119

The intense stellar irradiation of ultra-hot Jupiters results in some of the most extreme atmospheric environments in the planetary regime. On their daysides, temperatures can be s…

astro-ph.IM2025★ 29 cited

NIRPS joining HARPS at ESO 3.6 m. On-sky performance and science objectives

Francois Bouchy, Rene Doyon, Francesco Pepe +131

The Near-InfraRed Planet Searcher (NIRPS) is a high-resolution, high-stability near-infrared (NIR) spectrograph equipped with an AO system. Installed on the ESO 3.6-m telescope, it…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 11 cited

Diving into the planetary system of Proxima with NIRPS -- Breaking the metre per second barrier in the infrared

Alejandro Suárez Mascareño, Étienne Artigau, Lucile Mignon +138

We obtained 420 high-resolution spectra of Proxima, over 159 nights, using the Near Infra Red Planet Searcher (NIRPS). We derived 149 nightly binned radial velocity measurements wi…

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

Blind search for activity-sensitive lines in the near-infrared using HARPS and NIRPS observations of Proxima and Gl 581

João Gomes da Silva, Elisa Delgado-Mena, Nuno C. Santos +145

Stellar activity variability is one of the main obstacles to the detection of Earth-like planets using the RV method. The aim of this work is to measure the effect of activity in t…

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★ 3 cited

A Moderate Albedo from Reflecting Aerosols on the Dayside of WASP-80 b Revealed by JWST/NIRISS Eclipse Spectroscopy

Kim Morel, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Jason F. Rowe +18

Secondary eclipse observations of exoplanets at near-infrared wavelengths enable the detection of thermal emission and reflected stellar light, providing insights into the thermal…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 19 cited

Transmission spectroscopy of WASP-52 b with JWST NIRISS: Water and helium atmospheric absorption, alongside prominent star-spot crossings

Marylou Fournier-Tondreau, Yanbo Pan, Kim Morel +20

In the era of exoplanet studies with JWST, the transiting, hot gas giant WASP-52 b provides an excellent target for atmospheric characterization through transit spectroscopy. WASP-…

astro-ph.EP2024

Out of the Darkness: High-resolution Detection of CO Absorption on the Nightside of WASP-33b

Georgia Mraz, Antoine Darveau-Bernier, Anne Boucher +3

We observed the ultra hot Jupiter WASP-33b with the Spectro-Polarimètre Infra-Rouge on the Canada Fance Hawaii Telescope. Previous observations of the dayside of WASP-33b show evid…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 64 cited

Near-Infrared Transmission Spectroscopy of HAT-P-18b with NIRISS: Disentangling Planetary and Stellar Features in the Era of JWST

Marylou Fournier-Tondreau, Ryan J. MacDonald, Michael Radica +24

The JWST Early Release Observations (ERO) included a NIRISS/SOSS (0.6-2.8m) transit of the 850K Saturn-mass exoplanet HAT-P-18b. Initial analysis of these data…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 170 cited

Atmospheric Reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 b with JWST/NIRISS: Evidence for Strong Stellar Contamination in the Transmission Spectra

Olivia Lim, Björn Benneke, René Doyon +22

TRAPPIST-1 is a nearby system of seven Earth-sized, temperate, rocky exoplanets transiting a Jupiter-sized M8.5V star, ideally suited for in-depth atmospheric studies. Each TRAPPIS…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 40 cited

Homogeneous search for helium in the atmosphere of 11 gas giant exoplanets with SPIRou

R. Allart, P. -B. Lemée-Joliecoeur, A. Y. Jaziri +31

The metastable helium triplet in the near-infrared (10833Å) is among the most important probes of exoplanet atmospheres. It can trace their extended outer layers and constrain mass…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 56 cited

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope -- III. Single Object Slitless Spectroscopy

Loic Albert, David Lafreniere, Rene Doyon +37

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph instrument (NIRISS) is the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) contribution to the suite of four science instruments of JWST. As one of t…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 4 cited

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope -- I. Instrument Overview and in-Flight Performance

Rene Doyon, C. J Willott, John B. Hutchings +60

The Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) is the science module of the Canadian-built Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NI…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 490 cited

The James Webb Space Telescope Mission

Jonathan P. Gardner, John C. Mather, Randy Abbott +1004

Twenty-six years ago a small committee report, building on earlier studies, expounded a compelling and poetic vision for the future of astronomy, calling for an infrared-optimized…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 45 cited

CO or no CO? Narrowing the CO abundance constraint and recovering the H2O detection in the atmosphere of WASP-127 b using SPIRou

Anne Boucher, David Lafrenière, Stefan Pelletier +24

Precise measurements of chemical abundances in planetary atmospheres are necessary to constrain the formation histories of exoplanets. A recent study of WASP-127b, a close-in puffy…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 53 cited

TOI-1452 b: SPIRou and TESS reveal a super-Earth in a temperate orbit transiting an M4 dwarf

Charles Cadieux, René Doyon, Mykhaylo Plotnykov +53

Exploring the properties of exoplanets near or inside the radius valley provides insights on the transition from the rocky super-Earths to the larger, hydrogen-rich atmosphere mini…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 37 cited

ATOCA: an algorithm to treat order contamination. Application to the NIRISS SOSS mode

Antoine Darveau-Bernier, Loïc Albert, Geert Jan Talens +20

After a successful launch, the James Webb Space Telescope is preparing to undertake one of its principal missions, the characterization of the atmospheres of exoplanets. The Single…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 43 cited

APPLESOSS: A Producer of ProfiLEs for SOSS. Application to the NIRISS SOSS Mode

Michael Radica, Loïc Albert, Jake Taylor +12

The SOSS mode of the NIRISS instrument is poised to be one of the workhorse modes for exoplanet atmosphere observations with the newly launched James Webb Space Telescope. One of t…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 10 cited

On the Effect of Stellar Activity on Low-resolution Transit Spectroscopy and the Use of High Resolution as Mitigation

Frédéric Genest, David Lafrenière, Anne Boucher +4

We present models designed to quantify the effects of stellar activity on exoplanet transit spectroscopy and atmospheric characterization at low (R = 100) and high (R = 100,000) sp…