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astro-ph.EP2026

A gem system with a lava world and a habitable zone sub-Neptune orbiting TOI-1752

A. Peláez-Torres, F. J. Pozuelos, G. Morello +47

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has delivered a large number of transiting planet candidates around nearby stars by identifying periodic decreases in stellar brigh…

astro-ph.EP2026

TOI-4616 b: a benchmark Earth-sized planet transiting a nearby M4 dwarf

F. Zong Lang, B. O. Demory, Y. Gomez Maqueo Chew +44

Rocky exoplanets are particularly abundant around M-type stars. Their small radii and low luminosities provide favourable conditions for detecting transiting terrestrial planets an…

astro-ph.EP2026

TOI-1080 b: a temperate, rocky planet orbiting a quiet M4V host

Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew, G. Dransfield, K. Barkaoui +41

We present the detection and validation of a small, temperate transiting exoplanet orbiting TOI-1080 every 3.9652482 days. The host is a quiet M4V star…

astro-ph.EP2025

From Earths to Super-Earths: Five New Small Planets Transiting M Dwarf Stars

Jonathan Gomez Barrientos, Heather A. Knutson, Morgan Saidel +39

Earth-sized planets transiting M dwarf stars present one of the best opportunities with current facilities for studying the atmospheric and bulk compositions of terrestrial worlds.…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 8 cited

Two warm Earth-sized exoplanets and an Earth-sized candidate in the M5V-M6V binary system TOI-2267

S. Zúñiga-Fernández, F. J. Pozuelos, M. Dévora-Pajares +63

We report two warm Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting the close binary TOI-2267 (M5+M6, separation ~8 au). Data from TESS and ground-based facilities confirm the planets, but we canno…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

TOI-1743 b, TOI-5799 b, TOI-5799 c and TOI-6223 b: TESS discovery and validation of four super-Earth to Neptune-sized planets around M dwarfs

S. Yalçınkaya, K. Barkaoui, Ö. Baştürk +62

We present the discovery by the TESS mission of one transiting Neptune-sized planet, TOI-6223 b and two transiting super-Earths, TOI-1743 b and TOI-5799 b. We validate these planet…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 16 cited

Detection of an Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting the nearby ultracool dwarf star SPECULOOS-3

Michaël Gillon, Peter P. Pedersen, Benjamin V. Rackham +81

Located at the bottom of the main sequence, ultracool dwarf stars are widespread in the solar neighbourhood. Nevertheless, their extremely low luminosity has left their planetary p…

astro-ph.EP2021

A large sub-Neptune transiting the thick-disk M4V TOI-2406

R. D. Wells, B. V. Rackham, N. Schanche +71

Large sub-Neptunes are uncommon around the coolest stars in the Galaxy and are rarer still around those that are metal-poor. However, owing to the large planet-to-star radius ratio…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 3 cited

Thirteen years of Weather Statistics at San Pedro Martir Observatory

I. Plauchu-Frayn, E. Colorado, M. G. Richer +1

We present weather statistics for thirteen years of data gathered with the meteorological stations at Observatorio Astronómico Nacional in the Sierra San Pedro Mártir (OAN-SPM) ove…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 3 cited

International observational campaign of the 2014 eclipse of EE Cep

D. Pieńkowski, C. Gałan, T. Tomov +64

Context. EE Cep is one of few eclipsing binary systems with a dark, dusty disk around an invisible object similar to ε Aur. The system is characterized by grey and asymmetric eclip…

astro-ph.IM2016★ 16 cited

Night sky brightness at San Pedro Martir Observatory

I. Plauchu-Frayn, M. G. Richer, E. Colorado +4

We present optical UBVRI zenith night sky brightness measurements collected on eighteen nights during 2013--2016 and SQM measurements obtained daily over twenty months during 2014-…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 1 cited

WASP-86b and WASP-102b: super-dense versus bloated planets

F. Faedi, Y. Gómez Maqueo Chew, D. Pollacco +38

We report the discovery of two transiting planetary systems: a super dense, sub-Jupiter mass planet WASP-86b (\mpl\ = 0.82 0.06 \mj, \rpl\ = 0.63 0.01 \rj), and a bloat…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 26 cited

Discovery of WASP-113b and WASP-114b, two inflated hot-Jupiters with contrasting densities

S. C. C. Barros, D. J. A. Brown, G. Hébrard +37

We present the discovery and characterisation of the exoplanets WASP-113b and WASP-114b by the WASP survey, {\it SOPHIE} and {\it CORALIE}. The planetary nature of the systems was…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 2 cited

A Semi-automatic Search for Giant Radio Galaxy Candidates and their Radio-Optical Follow-up

I. del C. Santiago-Bautista, C. A. Rodriguez-Rico, H. Andernach +5

We present results of a search for giant radio galaxies (GRGs) with a projected largest linear size in excess of 1 Mpc. We designed a computational algorithm to identify contiguous…

astro-ph.GA2015★ 23 cited

3C 57 as an Atypical Radio-Loud Quasar: Implications for the Radio-Loud/Radio-Quiet Dichotomy

J. W. Sulentic, M. A. Martínez-Carballo, P. Marziani +4

Lobe-dominated radio-loud (LD RL) quasars occupy a restricted domain in the 4D Eigenvector 1 (4DE1) parameter space which implies restricted geometry/physics/kinematics for this su…

astro-ph.GA2014★ 4 cited

A mid infrared study of low-luminosity AGNs with WISE

R. Coziol, J. P. Torres-Papaqui, I. Plauchu-Frayn +4

Using data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) we show that the mid infrared (MIR) colors of low-luminosity AGNs (LLAGNs) are significanlty different from those of…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 1 cited

Techniques for Profile Binning and Analysis of Eigenvector Composite Spectra: Comparing Hbeta and MgII 2800 as Virial Estimators

Jack W. Sulentic, Paola Marziani, Ascension del Olmo +1

We review the basic techniques for extracting information about quasar structure and kinematics from the broad emission lines in quasars. We consider which lines can most effective…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 3 cited

What do the Star Formation Histories of Galaxies tell us about the Starburst-AGN connection?

J. P. Torres-Papaqui, R. Coziol, I. Plauchu-Frayn +2

Using a sample of 229618 narrow emission-line galaxies, we have determined the normal star formation histories (SFHs) for galaxies with different activity types: star forming galax…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 87 cited

Is Mg II 2800 a Reliable Virial Broadening Estimator for Quasars?

Paola Marziani, Jack W. Sulentic, Ilse Plauchu-Frayn +1

[Abridged] Broad MgII 2800 and Hbeta lines have emerged as the most reliable virial estimators of black hole mass in quasars. Which is more reliable? Comparison of MgII 2800 and Hb…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 53 cited

Low-Ionization Outflows in High Eddington Ratio Quasars

P. Marziani, J. W. Sulentic, I. Plauchu-Frayn +1

The broad MgII doublet has been much studied in connection with its potentially important role as a virial estimator of black hole mass in high redshift quasars. An important task…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 2 cited

Evidence of Supermassive Black Holes in Narrow Emission Line Galaxies

J. P. Torres-Papaqui, R. Coziol, H. Andernach +3

A sample of 229618 narrow emission-line galaxies is used to establish two new unambiguous type of evidence for supermassive black holes at the center of their nuclei: 1) the Seyfer…

astro-ph.CO2012★ 26 cited

The star formation histories of Hickson compact group galaxies

I. Plauchu-Frayn, A. del Olmo, R. Coziol +1

ABRIDGED: We study the Star Formation History (SFH) of 210 galaxies members of 55 Hickson Compact Groups (HCG) and 309 galaxies from the Catalog of Isolated Galaxies (CIG). The SFH…

astro-ph.CO2012

What makes a galaxy radio-loud?

R. A. Ortega-Minakata, J. P. Torres-Papaqui, H. Andernach +5

We compare the Spectral Energy Distribution (SED) of radio-loud and radio-quiet AGNs in three different samples observed with SDSS: radio-loud AGNs (RLAGNs), Low Luminosity AGNs (L…

astro-ph.CO2011★ 13 cited

The nature and origin of Narrow Line AGN activity in a sample of isolated SDSS galaxies

R. Coziol, J. P. Torres-Papaqui, I. Plauchu-Frayn +4

We discuss the nature and origin of the nuclear activity observed in a sample of 292 SDSS narrow-emission-line galaxies, considered to have formed and evolved in isolation. All the…