9 papers
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…
Connecting JWST Silicate Cloud Observations to Exoplanet Cloud Microphysics with Nimbus
Sven Kiefer, Caroline V. Morley, Melanie Rowland
The unprecedented accuracy of JWST has led to the detection of silicate clouds in exoplanet atmospheres, allowing for the first time to probe cloud formation in extreme environment…
The Diversity of Cold Worlds: Age and Characterization of the Exoplanet COCONUTS-2b
Rocio Kiman, Charles A. Beichman, Azul Ruiz Diaz +19
Studying cold brown dwarfs is key to understanding the diverse characteristics of cold giant exoplanets atmospheres. COCONUTS-2, is a wide binary system composed of a T9 brown dwar…
A Deep Search for Exomoons Around WISE 0855 With JWST
Mikayla J. Wilson, Mary Anne Limbach, Andrew J. Skemer +11
JWST is collecting time-series observations of many free-floating planets (FFPs) to study their weather, but these light curves are the ideal datasets to search for exomoons that t…
Diversity of Cold Worlds: Predicted Near- to Mid-infrared Spectral Signatures of a Cold Brown Dwarf with Potential Auroral Heating
Genaro Suárez, Jacqueline K. Faherty, Ben Burningham +12
Recent JWST/NIRSpec observations have revealed strong methane emission at 3.326 microns in the 482 K brown dwarf CWISEP J193518.59154620.3 (W1935). Atmospheric modeling…
Discovery of the Second Y+Y Dwarf Binary System: CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3
Matthew De Furio, Jacqueline Kelly Faherty, Daniella C. Bardalez Gagliuffi +10
We present the discovery of a companion to the Y-dwarf, CWISEP J193518.59-154620.3, the second Y-Y dwarf binary detected to date. Y-dwarfs are the coldest known free-floating objec…