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42 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Detection of Solar-like Oscillations and Granulation at Infrared Wavelengths using JWST

Angharad Weeks, Daniel Huber, Timothy R. Bedding +8

Stellar oscillations and granulation are key probes of stellar convection, one of the most poorly understood processes in stars. Stellar models predict strong wavelength dependence…

astro-ph.EP2026

A temperate sub-Neptune transiting the M4 Dwarf TOI-210 identified by NIRPS and TESS -- Uncovering hidden M-dwarf planetary systems in the near-infrared

C. Cadieux, B. N. Skinner, F. Bouchy +63

Super-Earths and sub-Neptunes dominate the exoplanet population, yet their compositions, formation mechanisms, and capability of retaining atmospheres remain poorly understood. M-t…

astro-ph.EP2026

Upside down: GJ3090 b the first retrograde exoplanet around an M dwarf detected with NIRPS

Y. Carteret, V. Bourrier, L. Parc +57

The angle between stellar spin axis and planetary orbital plane can provide key insights into the formation and dynamical evolution of planetary systems. In particular, this measur…

astro-ph.EP2026

POSTELLAR: Posterior Stellar Spectrum Sampling - An Alternative to Approximate Stellar Spectra for Exoplanetary Analysis

Dhvani Doshi, Nicolas B. Cowan, Yashar Hezaveh +2

We present a novel approach to perform posterior sampling of the underlying stellar spectrum in high-resolution spectroscopic observations. Our method, postellar, coherently combin…

astro-ph.IM2026

Night-sky emission correction techniques for high-resolution spectroscopy: Demonstration with NIRPS

Avidaan Srivastava, François Bouchy, Xavier Dumusque +54

Ground-based spectrographs operating in the near-infrared (NIR) regime are hampered by various absorption and emission features of Earth's atmosphere. While considerable attention…

astro-ph.EP2026

Radial velocity detection of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system with SPIRou and NIRPS

Alexandrine L'Heureux, René Doyon, Charles Cadieux +57

The TRAPPIST-1 system is well-known for its seven transiting Earth-sized exoplanets. It has been extensively studied and characterized, notably with transit timing variations (TTVs…

astro-ph.EP2026

Atmospheric Reconnaissance of TRAPPIST-1 f with JWST NIRISS SOSS: No Evidence for the Transit Light Source Effect

Olivia Lim, René Doyon, Ryan J. MacDonald +25

In just over three years of operation, JWST has observed all seven planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system. The two innermost planets were found to have little to no atmosphere, barring t…

astro-ph.EP2026

The breaking of cold traps and onset of titanium in ultra-hot Jupiter atmospheres: WASP-189b in context

Stefan Pelletier, Romain Allart, Valentina Vaulato +56

Condensates are ubiquitous to all Solar System planets with significant (10mbar) atmospheres. The same is true for most exoplanets with characterised atmospheres, with even ultr…

astro-ph.EP2026

Towards Doppler eclipse mapping of hot Jupiters. An observational perspective on WASP-33 b with SPIRou

Vincent Yariv, Xavier Bonfils, Nicolas Cowan +7

In the last decade, ground-based high-resolution spectroscopy (HRS) has emerged as a powerful method to probe exoplanet atmospheres both in transit and thermal emission. With HRS s…

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

The Days Drag On on WASP-121 b: Interpreting its NIRISS Spectroscopic Phase Curve with General Circulation Models

Robert C. Frazier, Emily Rauscher, Jared Splinter +18

Ultra-hot Jupiters present extreme atmospheric phenomena not found in the Solar System. These planets' daysides experience strong temperature inversions, molecular species (includi…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Confirmation of the hot super-Neptune TOI-672 b with NIRPS and HARPS and Insights into the Neptunian desert around M dwarfs

Ares Osborn, Ryan Cloutier, Vincent Bourrier +65

The Neptunian desert is a distinct lack of Neptune-sized planets at short orbital periods, purportedly carved by photoevaporation and tidal circularization following high-eccentric…

astro-ph.EP2026

Searching for Molecular Signatures in 14 Transiting Exoplanets with SPIRou

A. Masson, S. Vinatier, B. Bézard +6

High-resolution spectroscopy provides unique constraints on exoplanet atmospheric composition and dynamics. The past decade of ground-based campaigns has accumulated extensive publ…

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★ 8 cited

Diversity in the haziness and chemistry of temperate sub-Neptunes

Pierre-Alexis Roy, Björn Benneke, Marylou Fournier-Tondreau +17

Recent transit observations of K2-18b and TOI-270d revealed strong molecular absorption signatures, lending credence to the idea that temperate sub-Neptunes (T=250-40…

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

A complex structure of escaping helium spanning more than half the orbit of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121\,b

Romain Allart, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Yann Carteret +19

Atmospheric escape of planets on short orbital periods, driven by the host star's irradiation, influences their evolution, composition, and atmospheric dynamics. Our main avenue to…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 4 cited

TOI-3288 b and TOI-4666 b: two gas giants transiting low-mass stars characterised by NIRPS

Yolanda G. C. Frensch, François Bouchy, Gaspare Lo Curto +62

Gas giant planets orbiting low-mass stars are uncommon outcomes of planet formation. Increasing the sample of well-characterised giants around early M dwarfs will enable population…

astro-ph.EP2025

Precise Constraints on the Energy Budget of WASP-121 b from its JWST NIRISS/SOSS Phase Curve

Jared Splinter, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Robert C. Frazier +20

Ultra-hot Jupiters exhibit day-to-night temperature contrasts upwards of 1000 K due to competing effects of strong winds, short radiative timescales, magnetic drag, and H2 dissocia…

astro-ph.IM2025

On the synergetic use of Ariel and JWST for exoplanet atmospheric science

Quentin Changeat, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Giovanna Tinetti +27

This paper explores the potential for strategic synergies between the JWST and the Ariel telescopes, two flagship observatories poised to revolutionise the study of exoplanet atmos…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Mapping atmospheric features of the planetary-mass brown dwarf SIMP 0136 with JWST NIRISS

Roman Akhmetshyn, Etienne Artigau, Nicolas B. Cowan +9

In this paper, we analyze James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph time-series spectroscopy data to characterize the atmosphere of the planetary-ma…

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★ 1 cited

Strict limits on potential secondary atmospheres on the temperate rocky exo-Earth TRAPPIST-1 d

Caroline Piaulet-Ghorayeb, Björn Benneke, Martin Turbet +23

The nearby TRAPPIST-1 system, with its seven small rocky planets orbiting a late-type M8 star, offers an unprecedented opportunity to search for secondary atmospheres on temperate…

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…