5 papers
The SPACE Program II: No discernible spectral features in the transmission spectrum of the sub-Neptune HD 191939 b observed with HST/WFC3
Cyril Gapp, Lorena Acuña-Aguirre, Reza Ashtari +17
The atmospheres of sub-Neptunes provide a window into their internal structure and history, shedding light on the origin of this common, but enigmatic, class of exoplanets. However…
No TiO detected in the hot Neptune-desert planet LTT-9779 b in reflected light at high spectral resolution
Sophia R. Vaughan, Jayne L. Birkby, Natasha E. Batalha +12
LTT-9779 b is an inhabitant of the hot Neptune desert and one of only a few planets with a measured high albedo. Characterising the atmosphere of this world is the key to understan…
Heat Reveals What Clouds Conceal: Global Carbon & Longitudinally Asymmetric Chemistry on LTT 9779 b
Reza Ashtari, Sean Collins, Jared Splinter +17
LTT-9779 b is an ultra-hot Neptune (Rp ~ 4.7 Re, Mp ~ 29 Me) orbiting its Sun-like host star in just 19 hours, placing it deep within the "hot Neptune desert," where Neptunian plan…
A High Geometric Albedo for LTT9779b Points Towards a Metal-rich Atmosphere and Silicate Clouds
Suman Saha, James S. Jenkins, Vivien Parmentier +7
Aims: In this work, we aim to confirm the high albedo of the benchmark ultrahot Neptune LTT9779b using 20 secondary eclipse measurements of the planet observed with CHEOPS. In addi…
Constraining the Scattered Light properties of LTT 9779 b Using HST/WFC3 UVIS
Michael Radica, Jake Taylor, Hannah R. Wakeford +5
A planet's albedo is a fundamental property that sets its energy budget by dictating the fraction of incident radiation absorbed versus reflected back to space. Generally, optical…