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20222026
most citedCompany for the ultra-high density, ultra-short period sub-Earth GJ 367 b: discovery of two additional low-mass planets at 11.5 and 34 days

34 citations · 213 across the 27 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Cool, Cloudy Nights on an Ultrahot Neptune: A Panchromatic NIRISS/NIRSpec Transmission Spectrum of LTT 9779 b

Sarah Stamer, Diana Dragomir, Annabella Meech +13

Studies of planets that reside in the hot Neptune desert allow us to gain insight into how their atmospheres survive the intense flux from their host stars. One such member of that…

astro-ph.EP2026

WINERED Detects a Strong Atmospheric Outflow on the Sub-Neptune GJ 3090b

Shreyas Vissapragada, Zifan Lin, Annabella Meech +12

Sub-Neptunes are the most common short-period ( d) planets known. A major goal for the field is to build a comprehensive understanding of their compositions and evolutionary…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 4 cited

Helium escaping from the atmosphere of a nearby rocky exoplanet orbiting in a habitable zone

Collin Cherubim, Shreyas Vissapragada, Tim Cunningham +13

Observations of highly irradiated gas giant exoplanets have shown helium escaping from their atmospheres. There is limited evidence for atmospheres on rocky exoplanets, perhaps bec…

astro-ph.EP2026

JWST COMPASS Program: The 3--5m transmission spectrum of LTT 1445 A b

Natasha E. Batalha, Nicole Wallack, Tyler Gordon +16

The search for an atmosphere on the closest rocky M dwarf planet, LTT 1445 A b, has been the subject of intense investigation from both the ground and space. Here, we present the f…

astro-ph.EP2026

BOWIE-ALIGN: Exploring degeneracies in the muted transmission spectrum of the aligned hot Jupiter NGTS-2b with NIRSpec/G395H

Charlotte Fairman, Hannah R. Wakeford, Alastair B. Claringbold +15

We present the first atmospheric observation and characterisation of the aligned, 1468 K hot Jupiter, NGTS-2b, with one JWST NIRSpec/G395H transit. These observations complete the…

astro-ph.EP2026

JWST COMPASS: A NIRSpec G395H Transmission Spectrum of Radius Valley-Dweller TOI-260 b

Annabella Meech, Peter Gao, Nicole L. Wallack +16

We present a JWST/NIRSpec G395H transmission spectrum of TOI-260 b, a K, planet. The transmission spectrum is derived by com…

astro-ph.EP2026

JWST COMPASS: NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Observations of the Sub-Neptune HD 15337 c

Nicole L. Wallack, Peter Gao, Michael Greklek-McKeon +17

We present the 3-5 m transmission spectrum of HD 15337 c (TOI-402.02), a sub-Neptune (2.526 R, 6.792 M, T656 K) around a K1V star observed…

astro-ph.EP2026

BOWIE-ALIGN: Sub-solar C/O ratio and metallicity atmosphere of the misaligned hot Jupiter HAT-P-30b

Alastair B. Claringbold, Chloe E. Fisher, James Kirk +18

We present the JWST NIRSpec/G395H transmission spectrum of the misaligned hot Jupiter HAT-P-30b from 2.8--5.2 m as part of the BOWIE-ALIGN survey, a comparative survey designed…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Mass estimates of the young TOI-451 transiting planets: Multidimensional Gaussian Process on stellar spectroscopic and photometric signals

Oscar Barragán, Manuel Mallorquín, Jorge Fernández-Fernández +30

The young TOI-451 planetary system, aged 125 Myr, provides a unique opportunity to test theories of planetary internal structures and atmospheric mass loss through examination of i…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

No TiO detected in the hot Neptune-desert planet LTT-9779 b in reflected light at high spectral resolution

Sophia R. Vaughan, Jayne L. Birkby, Natasha E. Batalha +12

LTT-9779 b is an inhabitant of the hot Neptune desert and one of only a few planets with a measured high albedo. Characterising the atmosphere of this world is the key to understan…

astro-ph.EP2025

JWST COMPASS: Insights into the Systematic Noise Properties of NIRSpec/G395H From a Uniform Reanalysis of Seven Transmission Spectra

Tyler A. Gordon, Natalie M. Batalha, Natasha E. Batalha +9

JWST has already observed near-infrared transmission spectra of over a dozen super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. While some observations have allowed astronomers to characterize sub-Nep…

astro-ph.EP2025

BOWIE-ALIGN: Weak spectral features in KELT-7b's JWST NIRSpec/G395H transmission spectrum imply a high cloud deck or a low-metallicity atmosphere

Eva-Maria Ahrer, Charlotte Fairman, James Kirk +20

Hot Jupiters and their atmospheres are prime targets for transmission spectroscopy due to their extended atmospheres and the corresponding large signal-to-noise, providing the best…

astro-ph.EP2025

JWST COMPASS: A NIRSpec G395H Transmission Spectrum of the Super-Earth GJ 357 b

Jea Adams Redai, Nicholas Wogan, Nicole L. Wallack +14

We present JWST NIRSpec/G395H transmission spectroscopy observations of GJ 357 b, a warm ( K) super-Earth (, $1.84\ \mathrm{…

astro-ph.EP2025

BOWIE-ALIGN: Sub-stellar metallicity and carbon depletion in the aligned TrES-4b with JWST NIRSpec transmission spectroscopy

Annabella Meech, Alastair B. Claringbold, Eva-Maria Ahrer +19

The formation and migration history of a planet is expected to be imprinted in its atmosphere, in particular its carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio and metallicity. The BOWIE-ALIGN progr…

astro-ph.EP2025

Limits on the atmospheric metallicity and aerosols of the sub-Neptune GJ 3090 b from high-resolution CRIRES+ spectroscopy

Luke T. Parker, João M. Mendonça, Hannah Diamond-Lowe +9

The sub-Neptune planets have no solar system analogues, and their low bulk densities suggest thick atmospheres containing degenerate quantities of volatiles and H/He, surrounding c…

astro-ph.EP2025

JWST COMPASS: NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Observations of TOI-776 c, a 2 Rearth M Dwarf Planet

Johanna Teske, Natasha E. Batalha, Nicole L. Wallack +16

The atmospheres of planets between the size of Earth and Neptune at short orbital periods have been under intense scrutiny. Of the ~dozen planets in this regime with atmospheres st…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 21 cited

JWST COMPASS: NIRSpec/G395H Transmission Observations of the Super-Earth TOI-776b

Lili Alderson, Sarah E. Moran, Nicole L. Wallack +15

We present two transit observations of the 520K, 1.85R, 4.0M super-Earth TOI-776b with JWST NIRSpec/G395H, resulting in a 2.8-5.2m transmission spectrum.…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 12 cited

A possible misaligned orbit for the young planet AU Mic c

H. Yu, Z. Garai, M. Cretignier +98

The AU Microscopii planetary system is only 24 Myr old, and its geometry may provide clues about the early dynamical history of planetary systems. Here, we present the first measur…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 1 cited

JWST COMPASS: The first near- to mid-infrared transmission spectrum of the hot super-Earth L 168-9 b

Munazza K. Alam, Peter Gao, Jea Adams Redai +14

We present the first broadband near- to mid-infrared (3-12 microns) transmission spectrum of the highly-irradiated (T_eq = 981 K) M dwarf rocky planet L 168-9 b (TOI-134 b) observe…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 23 cited

BOWIE-ALIGN: JWST reveals hints of planetesimal accretion and complex sulphur chemistry in the atmosphere of the misaligned hot Jupiter WASP-15b

James Kirk, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Alastair B. Claringbold +23

We present a transmission spectrum of the misaligned hot Jupiter WASP-15b from 2.8-5.2 microns observed with JWST's NIRSpec/G395H grating. Our high signal to noise data, which has…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 32 cited

BOWIE-ALIGN: How formation and migration histories of giant planets impact atmospheric compositions

Anna B. T. Penzlin, Richard A. Booth, James Kirk +15

Hot Jupiters present a unique opportunity for measuring how planet formation history shapes present-day atmospheric composition. However, due to the myriad pathways influencing com…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 16 cited

BOWIE-ALIGN: A JWST comparative survey of aligned vs misaligned hot Jupiters to test the dependence of atmospheric composition on migration history

James Kirk, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Anna B. T. Penzlin +19

A primary objective of exoplanet atmosphere characterisation is to learn about planet formation and evolution, however, this is challenged by degeneracies. To determine whether dif…

astro-ph.EP2024

Constraints on atmospheric water abundance and cloud deck pressure in the warm Neptune GJ 3470 b via CARMENES transmission spectroscopy

Spandan Dash, Matteo Brogi, Siddharth Gandhi +4

Observations of cooler atmospheres of super-Earths and Neptune sized objects often show flat transmission spectra. The most likely cause of this trend is the presence of aerosols (…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 12 cited

TOI-837b is a Young Saturn-sized Exoplanet with a Massive 70 Core

Oscar Barragán, Haochuan Yu, Alix Violet Freckelton +10

We present an exhaustive photometric and spectroscopic analysis of TOI-837, a F9/G0 35 Myr young star, hosting a transiting exoplanet, TOI-837b, with an orbital period of 8.32d. Ut…