6 papers
Using VLTI/GRAVITY+ to determine the identity of a third planet candidate in the PDS 70 system
David Trevascus, Wolfgang Brandner, Olga Balsalobre-Ruza +75
Detections of protoplanets are rare and protoplanetary disk features mischaracterized as planets are common. PDS 70 is one of only two stars known to host multiple confirmed protop…
Two inner dust clumps in PDS 70. A third protoplanet traced by trojan material or a substructured inner disk?
O. Balsalobre-Ruza, V. Christiaens, N. Huélamo +21
The PDS 70 cavity hosts two confirmed directly imaged protoplanets and a third inner planet candidate at 13au, labeled PDS 70 d. Despite its Keplerian motion, its unusually blue sp…
CO and potential variability in Pictoris b with GRAVITY+
Antonia von Stauffenberg, Jonas Sauter, Paul Mollière +18
The CO/CO ratio was introduced as an indicator for where in the disk a planet has formed. Previously a lower value compared to the host star's was suggested to show t…
SIMTERFERE: An optical interferometry simulator for quantifying the coherent flux stability of VLTI/GRAVITY+. Reaching per mill stability: Application to exoplanet spectroscopy
J. R. Sauter, A. von Stauffenberg, G. Bourdarot +7
The implementation of the GRAVITY+ Adaptive Optics (GPAO) system at VLTI enables unprecedented sensitivity and stability in optical interferometry. This allows high-precision chara…
Differentiating Formation Models with New Dynamical Masses for the PDS 70 Protoplanets
David Trevascus, Sarah Blunt, Valentin Christiaens +22
Hot- and cold-start planet formation models predict differing luminosities for the young, bright planets that direct imaging surveys are most sensitive to. However, precise mass es…
Keplerian motion of a compact source orbiting the inner disc of PDS 70: a third protoplanet in resonance with b and c?
Iain Hammond, Valentin Christiaens, Daniel J. Price +10
The disc around PDS 70 hosts two directly imaged protoplanets in a gap. Previous VLT/SPHERE and recent James Webb Space Telescope/NIRCam observations have hinted at the presence of…