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most citedGround-based detection of an extended helium atmosphere in the Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-69b

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25 papers

astro-ph.EP2020★ 9 cited

A search for He I airglow emission from the hot Jupiter tau Boo b

Yapeng Zhang, I. A. G. Snellen, P. Mollière +4

The helium absorption line at 10830 Å, originating from the metastable triplet state 2S, has been suggested as an excellent probe for the extended atmospheres of hot Jupiters a…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 41 cited

A Search for FeH in Hot-Jupiter Atmospheres with High-Dispersion Spectroscopy

Aurora Kesseli, I. A. G. Snellen, F. J. Alonso-Floriano +2

Most of the molecules detected thus far in exoplanet atmospheres, such as water and CO, are present for a large range of pressures and temperatures. In contrast, metal hydrides exi…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 84 cited

A He I upper atmosphere around the warm Neptune GJ 3470b

E. Palle, L. Nortmann, N. Casasayas-Barris +24

High resolution transit spectroscopy has proven to be a reliable technique for the characterization of the chemical composition of exoplanet atmospheres. Taking advantage of the br…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 88 cited

Modelling the He I triplet absorption at 10830 Angstroms in the atmosphere of HD 209458 b

M. Lampón, M. López-Puertas, L. M. Lara +16

HD 209458b is an exoplanet with an upper atmosphere undergoing blow-off escape that has mainly been studied using measurements of the Ly-alpha absorption. Recently, high-resolution…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 64 cited

Is there NaI in the atmosphere of HD 209458b? Effect of the centre-to-limb variation and Rossiter-McLaughlin effect in transmission spectroscopy studies

N. Casasayas-Barris, E. Palle, F. Yan +22

HD 209458b was the first transiting planet discovered, and the first for which an atmosphere, in particular NaI, was detected. With time, it has become one of the most frequently s…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 116 cited

Ionized calcium in the atmospheres of two ultra-hot exoplanets WASP-33b and KELT-9b

F. Yan, N. Casasayas-Barris, K. Molaverdikhani +25

Ultra-hot Jupiters are emerging as a new class of exoplanets. Studying their chemical compositions and temperature structures will improve the understanding of their mass loss rate…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 130 cited

A giant exoplanet orbiting a very low-mass star challenges planet formation models

J. C. Morales, A. J. Mustill, I. Ribas +179

Statistical analyses from exoplanet surveys around low-mass stars indicate that super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets are more frequent than gas giants around such stars, in agreeme…

astro-ph.SR2019★ 20 cited

Stars and brown dwarfs in the sigma Orionis cluster. IV. IDS/INT and OSIRIS/GTC spectroscopy and Gaia DR2 astrometry

J. A. Caballero, A. de Burgos, F. J. Alonso-Floriano +3

Context. Only a few open clusters are as important for the study of stellar and substellar objects, and their formation and evolution, as the young sigma Orionis cluster. However,…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 74 cited

Water vapor detection in the transmission spectra of HD 209458 b with the CARMENES NIR channel

A. Sánchez-López, F. J. Alonso-Floriano, M. López-Puertas +31

Aims: We aim at detecting HO in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter HD 209458 b and perform a multi-band study in the near infrared with CARMENES. Methods: The HO absorption…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 108 cited

He I 10830 Å in the transmission spectrum of HD 209458 b

F. J. Alonso-Floriano, I. A. G. Snellen, S. Czesla +27

Context: Recently, the He I triplet at 10830 Å has been rediscovered as an excellent probe of the extended and possibly evaporating atmospheres of close-in transiting planets. This…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 155 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Two temperate Earth-mass planet candidates around Teegarden's Star

M. Zechmeister, S. Dreizler, I. Ribas +182

Context. Teegarden's Star is the brightest and one of the nearest ultra-cool dwarfs in the solar neighbourhood. For its late spectral type (M7.0V), the star shows relatively little…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 275 cited

Ground-based detection of an extended helium atmosphere in the Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-69b

Lisa Nortmann, Enric Pallé, Michael Salz +25

Hot gas giant exoplanets can lose part of their atmosphere due to strong stellar irradiation, affecting their physical and chemical evolution. Studies of atmospheric escape from ex…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 158 cited

Detection of He I Å absorption on HD 189733 b with CARMENES high-resolution transmission spectroscopy

M. Salz, S. Czesla, P. C. Schneider +35

We present three transit observations of HD 189733 b obtained with the high-resolution spectrograph CARMENES at Calar Alto. A strong absorption signal is detected in the near-infra…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 81 cited

Multiple water band detections in the CARMENES near-infrared transmission spectrum of HD 189733 b

F. J. Alonso-Floriano, A. Sánchez-López, I. A. G. Snellen +27

Aims: We explore the capabilities of CARMENES for characterizing hot-Jupiter atmospheres by targeting multiple water bands, in particular, those at 1.15 and 1.4 m. Hubble Space…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 110 cited

CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs IV. New rotation periods from photometric time series

E. Diez Alonso, J. A. Caballero, D. Montes +21

Aims. The main goal of this work is to measure rotation periods of the M-type dwarf stars being observed by the CARMENES exoplanet survey to help distinguish radial-velocity signal…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 74 cited

Calibrating the metallicity of M dwarfs in wide physical binaries with F-, G-, and K- primaries - I: High-resolution spectroscopy with HERMES: stellar parameters, abundances, and kinematics

D. Montes, R. González-Peinado, H. M. Tabernero +7

We investigated almost 500 stars distributed among 193 binary or multiple systems made of late-F, G-, or early-K primaries and late-K or M dwarf companion candidates. For all of th…

astro-ph.SR2018★ 137 cited

CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs: III. Rotation and activity from high-resolution spectroscopic observations

S. V. Jeffers, P. Schoefer, A. Lamert +18

CARMENES is a spectrograph for radial velocity surveys of M dwarfs with the aim of detecting Earth-mass planets orbiting in the habitable zones of their host stars. To ensure an op…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 64 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs - HD 147379b: A nearby Neptune in the temperate zone of an early-M dwarf

A. Reiners, I. Ribas, M. Zechmeister +169

We report on the first star discovered to host a planet detected by radial velocity (RV) observations obtained within the CARMENES survey for exoplanets around M dwarfs. HD 147379…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 253 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: High-resolution optical and near-infrared spectroscopy of 324 survey stars

A. Reiners, M. Zechmeister, J. A. Caballero +170

The CARMENES radial velocity (RV) survey is observing 324 M dwarfs to search for any orbiting planets. In this paper, we present the survey sample by publishing one CARMENES spectr…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 89 cited

Exoplanets around Low-mass Stars Unveiled by K2

Teruyuki Hirano, Fei Dai, Davide Gandolfi +38

We present the detection and follow-up observations of planetary candidates around low-mass stars observed by the K2 mission. Based on light-curve analysis, adaptive-optics imaging…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 107 cited

CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs II. High-resolution imaging with FastCam

M. Cortes-Contreras, V. J. S. Bejar, J. A. Caballero +12

Aims: We search for low-mass companions of M dwarfs and characterize their multiplicity fraction with the purpose of helping in the selection of the most appropriate targets for th…

astro-ph.SR2015

Kinematics of M dwarfs in the CARMENES input catalogue: membership in young moving groups

D. Montes, J. A. Caballero, I. Gallardo +2

We present a detailed study of the kinematics of M dwarfs in the CARMENES (Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Echelle Spec…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 51 cited

Reaching the boundary between stellar kinematic groups and very wide binaries. III. Sixteen new stars and eight new wide systems in the beta Pictoris moving group

F. J. Alonso-Floriano, J. A. Caballero, M. Cortes-Contreras +2

Aims. We look for common proper motion companions to stars of the nearby young beta Pictoris moving group. Methods. First, we compiled a list of 185 beta Pictoris members and candi…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 196 cited

CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs. I. Low-resolution spectroscopy with CAFOS

F. J. Alonso-Floriano, J. C. Morales, J. A. Caballero +9

Context. CARMENES is a stabilised, high-resolution, double-channel spectrograph at the 3.5 m Calar Alto telescope. It is optimally designed for radial-velocity surveys of M dwarfs…