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astro-ph.SR2020★ 133 cited

Stellar chromospheric activity of 1,674 FGK stars from the AMBRE-HARPS sample I. A catalogue of homogeneous chromospheric activity

J. Gomes da Silva, N. C. Santos, V. Adibekyan +9

We present a catalogue of homogeneous determined chromospheric emission (CE), stellar atmospheric parameters and ages for 1,674 FGK main sequence (MS), subgiant, and giant stars. T…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 46 cited

Fundamental physics with Espresso: Towards an accurate wavelength calibration for a precision test of the fine-structure constant

Tobias M. Schmidt, Paolo Molaro, Michael T. Murphy +56

Observations of metal absorption systems in the spectra of distant quasars allow to constrain a possible variation of the fine-structure constant throughout the history of the Univ…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 1 cited

HIRES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT

Alessandro Marconi, Manuel Abreu, Vardan Adibekyan +99

HIRES will be the high-resolution spectrograph of the European Extremely Large Telescope at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. It consists of three fibre-fed spectrographs prov…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 108 cited

ESPRESSO high resolution transmission spectroscopy of WASP-76b

H. M. Tabernero, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, R. Allart +87

Aims. We report on ESPRESSO high-resolution transmission spectroscopic observations of two primary transits of the highly-irradiated, ultra-hot Jupiter-size planet WASP-76b. We inv…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 19 cited

The Gaia-ESO Survey: Oxygen abundance in the Galactic thin and thick disks

Mariagrazia Franchini, Carlo Morossi, Paolo Di Marcantonio +18

We analyze the oxygen abundances of a stellar sample representative of the two major Galactic populations: the thin and thick disks. The aim is to investigate the differences betwe…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 27 cited

Broadband transmission spectroscopy of HD209458b with ESPRESSO: Evidence for Na, TiO, or both

N. C. Santos, E. Cristo, O. Demangeon +42

The detection and characterization of exoplanet atmospheres is currently one of the main drivers pushing the development of new observing facilities. In this context, high-resoluti…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 143 cited

Atmospheric Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and transmission spectroscopy of WASP-121b with ESPRESSO

F. Borsa, R. Allart, N. Casasayas-Barris +41

WASP-121b is one of the most studied Ultra-hot Jupiters: many recent analyses of its atmosphere report interesting features at different wavelength ranges. In this paper we analyze…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 42 cited

The Magellan-TESS Survey I: Survey Description and Mid-Survey Results

Johanna Teske, Sharon Xuesong Wang, Angie Wolfgang +66

revealed that roughly one-third of Sun-like stars host planets orbiting within 100 days and between the size of Earth and Neptune. How do these planets form, what are they…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 63 cited

WASP-127b: A misaligned planet with a partly cloudy atmosphere and tenuous sodium signature seen by ESPRESSO

R. Allart, L. Pino, C. Lovis +45

The study of exoplanet atmospheres is essential to understand the formation, evolution and composition of exoplanets. The transmission spectroscopy technique is playing a significa…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 24 cited

Occurrence rates of small planets from HARPS: Focus on the Galactic context

Dolev Bashi, Shay Zucker, Vardan Adibekyan +4

Context. The stars in the Milky Way thin and thick disks can be distinguished by several properties such as metallicity and kinematics. It is not clear whether the two populations…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 46 cited

K2-111: an old system with two planets in near-resonance

A. Mortier, M. R. Zapatero Osorio, L. Malavolta +64

This paper reports on the detailed characterisation of the K2-111 planetary system with K2, WASP, and ASAS-SN photometry as well as high-resolution spectroscopic data from HARPS-N…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 537 cited

ESPRESSO@VLT -- On-sky performance and first results

F. Pepe, S. Cristiani, R. Rebolo +97

ESPRESSO is the new high-resolution spectrograph of ESO's Very-Large Telescope (VLT). It was designed for ultra-high radial-velocity precision and extreme spectral fidelity with th…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 32 cited

Supernovae and their host galaxies -- VII. The diversity of Type Ia supernova progenitors

A. A. Hakobyan, L. V. Barkhudaryan, A. G. Karapetyan +5

We present an analysis of the light curve (LC) decline rates of 407 normal and peculiar supernovae (SNe) Ia and global parameters of their host galaxies. As previously…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 2 cited

Benchmark stars, benchmark spectrographs: Detailed spectroscopic comparison of ESPRESSO, PEPSI, and HARPS data for Gaia benchmark stars

V. Adibekyan, S. G. Sousa, N. C. Santos +14

Gaia benchmark stars are selected to be calibration stars for different spectroscopic surveys. Very high-quality and homogeneous spectroscopic data for these stars are therefore re…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 62 cited

A precise architecture characterization of the Men planetary system

M. Damasso, A. Sozzetti, C. Lovis +97

The bright star Men was chosen as the first target for a radial velocity follow-up to test the performance of ESPRESSO, the new high-resolution spectrograph at the ESO's Very-L…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 36 cited

Characterization of the K2-38 planetary system. Unraveling one of the densest planets known to date

B. Toledo-Padrón, C. Lovis, A. Suárez Mascareño +90

We characterized the transiting planetary system orbiting the G2V star K2-38 using the new-generation echelle spectrograph ESPRESSO. We carried out a photometric analysis of the av…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 88 cited

The Gaia-ESO survey: the non-universality of the age-chemical-clocks-metallicity relations in the Galactic disc

G. Casali, L. Spina, L. Magrini +36

In the era of large spectroscopic surveys, massive databases of high-quality spectra provide tools to outline a new picture of our Galaxy. In this framework, an important piece of…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 35 cited

Masses for the seven planets in K2-32 and K2-233. Four diverse planets in resonant chain and the first young rocky worlds

J. Lillo-Box, T. A. Lopez, A. Santerne +18

High-precision planetary densities are key to derive robust atmospheric properties for extrasolar planets. Measuring precise masses is the most challenging part, especially in mult…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 118 cited

Revisiting Proxima with ESPRESSO

A. Suárez Mascareño, J. P. Faria, P. Figueira +88

We aim to confirm the presence of Proxima b using independent measurements obtained with the new ESPRESSO spectrograph, and refine the planetary parameters taking advantage of its…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 38 cited

The correlation between photometric variability and radial velocity jitter, based on TESS and HARPS observations

S. Hojjatpanah, M. Oshagh, P. Figueira +9

The current and upcoming high precision photometric surveys such as TESS, CHEOPS, and PLATO will provide the community with thousands of new exoplanet candidates. As a consequence,…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 316 cited

Nightside condensation of iron in an ultra-hot giant exoplanet

David Ehrenreich, Christophe Lovis, Romain Allart +94

Ultra-hot giant exoplanets receive thousands of times Earth's insolation. Their high-temperature atmospheres (>2,000 K) are ideal laboratories for studying extreme planetary climat…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 123 cited

A remnant planetary core in the hot-Neptune desert

David J. Armstrong, Théo A. Lopez, Vardan Adibekyan +91

The interiors of giant planets remain poorly understood. Even for the planets in the Solar System, difficulties in observation lead to large uncertainties in the properties of plan…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 45 cited

Mass determinations of the three mini-Neptunes transiting TOI-125

L. D. Nielsen, D. Gandolfi, D. J. Armstrong +77

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, TESS, is currently carrying out an all-sky search for small planets transiting bright stars. In the first year of the TESS survey, steady…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 72 cited

The Gaia-ESO Survey: a new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters

M. Baratella, V. D'Orazi, G. Carraro +33

Open clusters (OCs) are recognised as excellent tracers of Galactic thin-disc properties. At variance with intermediate-age and old OCs, for which a significant number of studies i…