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most citedThe JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: A 1 to 20 Micron Spectrum of the Planetary-Mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b

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astro-ph.EP2026

A Misaligned Debris Disk relative to the Host Star CPD-72 2713 from JWST/NIRCam Imaging

Jingwen Zhang, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer, Kellen Lawson +17

Observations of debris disks provide a valuable window to investigate the formation and evolution of planetary systems. We present high-contrast JWST/NIRCam observations of CPD-72…

astro-ph.EP2026

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems VIII: patchy forsterite and enstatite clouds in the atmosphere of VHS 1256 b, retrieval lessons learned and outlook to the future

Niall Whiteford, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Ben Burningham +123

JWST defines a new era for the data-driven approach of retrieval modelling, which has become a cornerstone tool for the statistical inference of exoplanetary and brown dwarf proper…

astro-ph.IM2026

Calibration of an Analog-to-Digital Conversion Nonlinearity in JWST/NIRISS

Shashank Dholakia, Shishir Dholakia, Benjamin J. S. Pope +4

We quantify an unusual flux-dependent systematic which is periodic in raw counts in flight data from the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 2 cited

JWST/MIRI coronagraphic search for planets in systems with gapped exoKuiper belts and proper motion anomalies

R. Bendahan-West, S. Marino, A. L. Carter +17

Over the past decade, ALMA has uncovered a range of substructures within exoKuiper belts, pointing to a population of undetected planets. With JWST's sensitivity, we now have the o…

astro-ph.EP2025

JWST/NIRCam observations of HD~92945 debris disk: An asymmetric disk with a gap

C. Lazzoni, R. Bendahan-West, S. Marino +9

We present the first observations of the HD92945 debris disk obtained with JWST, targeting this nearby K0V star located at 21.54 pc from the Sun. High-contrast coronagraphic imagin…

astro-ph.IM2025

Image reconstruction with the JWST Interferometer

Max Charles, Louis Desdoigts, Benjamin Pope +7

Flying on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) above Earth's turbulent atmosphere, the Aperture Masking Interferometer (AMI) on the NIRISS instrument is the highest-resoluti…

astro-ph.IM2025

AMIGO: a Data-Driven Calibration of the JWST Interferometer

Louis Desdoigts, Benjamin Pope, Max Charles +8

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) hosts a non-redundant Aperture Masking Interferometer (AMI) in its Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, providi…

astro-ph.EP2025

Follow-Up Exploration of the TWA 7 Planet-Disk System with JWST NIRCam

Katie A. Crotts, Aarynn L. Carter, Kellen Lawson +39

The young M-star TWA 7 hosts a bright and near face-on debris disk, which has been imaged from the optical to the submillimeter. The disk displays multiple complex substructures su…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 2 cited

The James Webb Interferometer: Space-based interferometric detections of PDS 70 b and c at 4.8 m

Dori Blakely, Doug Johnstone, Gabriele Cugno +22

We observed the planet-hosting system PDS 70 with the James Webb Interferometer, JWST's Aperture Masking Interferometric (AMI) mode within NIRISS. Observing with the F480M filter c…

astro-ph.EP2024

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems V: Do Self-Consistent Atmospheric Models Represent JWST Spectra? A Showcase With VHS 1256 b

Simon Petrus, Niall Whiteford, Polychronis Patapis +119

The unprecedented medium-resolution (R~1500-3500) near- and mid-infrared (1-18um) spectrum provided by JWST for the young (140+/-20Myr) low-mass (12-20MJup) L-T transition (L7) com…

astro-ph.EP2023

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems III: Aperture Masking Interferometric Observations of the star HIP 65426 at 3.8 um

Shrishmoy Ray, Steph Sallum, Sasha Hinkley +121

We present aperture masking interferometry (AMI) observations of the star HIP 65426 at as a part of the JWST Direct Imaging Early Release Science (ERS) program obtai…

astro-ph.EP2023

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems IV: NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometry Performance and Lessons Learned

Steph Sallum, Shrishmoy Ray, Jens Kammerer +120

We present a performance analysis for the aperture masking interferometry (AMI) mode on board the James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (JWST/NI…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 35 cited

Retrieval study of cool, directly imaged exoplanet 51 Eri b

Niall Whiteford, Alistair Glasse, Katy L. Chubb +12

Retrieval methods are a powerful analysis technique for modelling exoplanetary atmospheres by estimating the bulk physical and chemical properties that combine in a forward model t…

astro-ph.IM2023

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems: Best Practices for Data Collection in Cycle 2 and Beyond

Sasha Hinkley, Beth Biller, Andrew Skemer +35

We present a set of recommended best practices for JWST data collection for members of the community focussed on the direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanetary systems. These…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 5 cited

Detecting planetary mass companions near the water frost-line using JWST interferometry

Shrishmoy Ray, Sasha Hinkley, Steph Sallum +4

JWST promises to be the most versatile infrared observatory for the next two decades. The Near Infrared and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, when used in the Aperture Mas…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 176 cited

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: A 1 to 20 Micron Spectrum of the Planetary-Mass Companion VHS 1256-1257 b

Brittany E. Miles, Beth A. Biller, Polychronis Patapis +101

We present the highest fidelity spectrum to date of a planetary-mass object. VHS 1256 b is a 20 M widely separated (8\arcsec, a = 150 au), young, planetary-…

astro-ph.EP2022

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High Contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2-16 m

Aarynn L. Carter, Sasha Hinkley, Jens Kammerer +108

We present JWST Early Release Science (ERS) coronagraphic observations of the super-Jupiter exoplanet, HIP 65426 b, with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) from 2-5 m, and with t…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 79 cited

Direct discovery of the inner exoplanet in the HD206893 system. Evidence for deuterium burning in a planetary-mass companion

S. Hinkley, S. Lacour, G. -D. Marleau +110

Long term precise radial velocity (RV) monitoring of the nearby star HD206893, as well as anomalies in the system proper motion, have suggested the presence of an additional, inner…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 17 cited

Detectability of satellites around directly imaged exoplanets and brown dwarfs

Cecilia Lazzoni, Silvano Desidera, Raffaele Gratton +3

Satellites around substellar companions are a heterogeneous class of objects with a variety of different formation histories. Focusing on potentially detectable satellites around e…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 51 cited

The JWST Early Release Science Program for the Direct Imaging & Spectroscopy of Exoplanetary Systems

Sasha Hinkley, Aarynn L. Carter, Shrishmoy Ray +83

The direct characterization of exoplanetary systems with high contrast imaging is among the highest priorities for the broader exoplanet community. As large space missions will be…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 15 cited

Discovery of an Edge-on Circumstellar Debris Disk Around BD+45598: a Newly Identifed Member of the Pictoris Moving Group

Sasha Hinkley, Elisabeth C. Matthews, Charlène Lefevre +24

We report the discovery of a circumstellar debris disk viewed nearly edge-on and associated with the young, K1 star BD+45598 using high-contrast imaging at 2.2m obtain…