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20242026
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9 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

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…

astro-ph.EP2025

A second planetesimal collision in the Fomalhaut system

Paul Kalas, Jason J. Wang, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer +7

The nearby star Fomalhaut is orbited by a compact source, Fomalhaut b, which has previously been interpreted as either a dust-enshrouded exoplanet or a dust cloud generated by the…

astro-ph.EP2025

Resolving the terrestrial planet-forming region of HD 172555 with ALMA: I. Post-impact dust distribution

Zoe Roumeliotis, Luca MatrÃ, Grant M. Kennedy +5

Giant impacts between planetary embryos are a natural step in the terrestrial planet formation process and are expected to create disks of warm debris in the terrestrial regions of…

astro-ph.EP2025

ALMA Reveals an Eccentricity Gradient in the Fomalhaut Debris Disk

Joshua B. Lovell, Elliot M. Lynch, Jay Chittidi +6

We present evidence of a negative eccentricity gradient in the debris disk of the nearby A-type main sequence star, Fomalhaut. Fitting to the high-resolution, archival ALMA 1.32 mm…

astro-ph.EP2025

High Resolution ALMA Data of the Fomalhaut Debris Disk Confirms Apsidal Width Variation

Jay S. Chittidi, Meredith A. MacGregor, Joshua Bennett Lovell +11

We present long-baseline observations of the Fomalhaut outer debris disk at 223 GHz (1.3 mm) from ALMA Cycle 5, which we use along with archival short-baseline observations to prod…

astro-ph.EP2025

The HOSTS Survey: Suspected variable dust emission and constraints on companions around θ Boo

G. Garreau, D. Defrère, S. Ertel +23

During the HOSTS survey by the LBTI, an excess emission from the main sequence star θ Boo (F7V spectral type, 14.5pc distance) was observed. This excess indicates the presence of…