11 papers
The small transiting planet population revealed by ESPRESSO with extreme precision radial velocities
M. J. Hobson, B. Lavie, F. Bouchy +35
Small planets are extremely common in the Galaxy, including planets with masses and radii between those of Earth and Neptune. Characterizing these planets' masses requires ultra-pr…
Estimating the completeness of the QUBRICS Survey with 3501 QSO redshifts from Gaia DR3 spectra
Matteo Porru, Stefano Cristiani, Francesco Guarneri +9
QSOs are essential for investigating the structure and evolution of the Universe. Historically, their identification has been concentrated in the northern hemisphere, primarily due…
The ESPRESSO Redshift Drift Experiment III -- The Third Epoch of QSO J052915.80-435152.0
Andrea Trost, Catarina M. J. Marques, S. Cristiani +25
The Sandage-Loeb test probes cosmic expansion directly by measuring the redshift drift in quasar absorption features in a model-independent way. In this series of papers, we have l…
One H2 molecule per ten million H-atoms reveals sub-pc scale cold overdensities at z~4
P. Noterdaeme, S. Balashev, T. Berg +11
We present the detection and analysis of H2 absorption at z = 4.24 towards the bright quasar J0007-5705, observed with the Very Large Telescope as part of the ESPRESSO QUasar Absor…
E-XQR-30: Evidence for an Increase in the Ionization State of Metal Absorbers from z~6 to z~2
Stephanie Rowlands, R. L. Davies, E. Ryan-Weber +15
We investigate the evolution of the ionization state of metal-enriched gas in and around galaxies near the epoch of reionization using a sample of 488 metal absorption systems at 4…
Unveiling the nature of HE 0107-5240
E. Caffau, M. Steffen, P. Molaro +27
The vast majority of the most iron-poor stars in the Galaxy exhibit a strong carbon enhancement, with C/H ratios only about two orders of magnitude below solar. This unusual chemic…