13 papers
The TASSIE Program. II: Three Close-In Companions Orbiting Sun-Like Stars
T. Plunkett, E. Thygesen, A. A. Cole +16
We present three southern transiting giant planet candidates alerted by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission and investigated at the University of Tasmania Gree…
Discovery of an Inflated Hot Neptune and Its Formation from Jovian Mass Loss
Grant C. Weldon, Samuel W. Yee, Bradley M. S. Hansen +17
The production of Neptune-like planets with orbital periods of 3--6 days is challenging for conventional models of high-eccentricity migration. We present the discovery and charact…
ASTEP confirmation of a pair of long-period Jupiter-sized planets with extremely low densities transiting TOI-791
Georgina Dransfield, Antoine C. Petit, Amaury H. M. J. Triaud +45
Gas giant planets with periods orbiting Sun-like stars are a relatively uncommon outcome of planetary formation, and key questions about the nature and form…
TOI-159 b: an eccentric hot-Jupiter planet around a young, pulsating Doradus star
G. Mantovan, A. Llancaqueo Albornoz, A. Psaridi +16
Fast-rotating hot stars are challenging targets for exoplanet searches due to rotational broadening and stellar variability. Moreover, hot stars often exhibit pulsations, an additi…
JWST unveils a high mean molecular weight atmosphere for mini-Neptune TOI-1130b: Evidence for formation beyond the water ice line
Saugata Barat, Tyler Fairnington, Shelby Courreges +21
We present the combined JWST/NIRSpec G395H and NIRISS SOSS transmission spectrum of a warm mini-Neptune, TOI-1130b (3.66 R, 19.8 M, K). It is…
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…