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most citedThe CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: Different roads to radii and masses of the target stars

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astro-ph.EP2026

Correcting stellar contamination in transmission spectroscopy with contemporaneous monitoring: Application to GJ 1214 b

Ò. Porqueras-León, M. Perger, J. C. Morales +19

Transmission spectroscopy has emerged as an essential tool for characterising the atmospheres of transiting exoplanets. However, stellar surface inhomogeneities contaminate transmi…

astro-ph.SR2026

Orbital motion and dynamical mass of the complex periodic variable binary system 2MASS J05082729-2101444

S. Curiel, G. N. Ortiz-León, V. J. S. Béjar +22

We used very long baseline interferometry to constrain the orbit of the binary system 2MASS J05082729-2101444. We observed the system with the VLBA in three epochs at a frequency o…

astro-ph.SR2026

Stellar encounters in the solar neighbourhood and the special case of GJ~710

Eloi Fernandez-Puig, Juan Carlos Morales, Ignasi Ribas +2

We present a comprehensive characterisation of close stellar encounters in the solar vicinity, with a particular focus on placing the predicted fly-by of GJ~710 in context. This st…

astro-ph.EP2026

Mitigating stellar radial velocity jitter using orthogonal activity indices and a time-aware neural network

Jordi Blanco-Pozo, Manuel Perger, Guillem Anglada-Escudé +7

Despite recent advances in the precision of high-resolution spectrographs, the detection of Earth-like exoplanets is still limited by the effects of stellar activity, which introdu…

astro-ph.EP2026

Characterization of two new transiting sub-Neptunes and a terrestrial planet around M-dwarf hosts

E. Poultourtzidis, G. Lacedelli, E. Pallé +49

We report the confirmation of three transiting exoplanets orbiting TOI-1243 (LSPM~J0902+7138), TOI-4529 (G~2--21), and TOI-5388 (Wolf~346) that were initially detected by TESS thro…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs : Understanding the wavelength dependence of radial velocity measurements

S. V. Jeffers, J. R. Barnes, P. Schöfer +22

Context. Current exoplanet surveys are focused on detecting small exoplanets orbiting in the liquid-water habitable zones of their host stars. Despite the recent significant advanc…

astro-ph.EP2025

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Revisiting the GJ 317, GJ 463, and GJ 3512 systems and two newly discovered planets orbiting GJ 9773 and GJ 508.2

J. C. Morales, I. Ribas, S. Reffert +33

Surveys for exoplanets indicate that the occurrence rate of gas giant planets orbiting late-type stars in orbits with periods shorter than 1000 days is lower than in the case of Su…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

The mass of the exo-Venus Gliese 12 b, as revealed by HARPS-N, ESPRESSO, and CARMENES

Daisy A. Turner, Yoshi Nike Emilia Eschen, Felipe Murgas +60

Small temperate planets are prime targets for exoplanet studies due to their possible similarities with the rocky planets in the Solar System. M dwarfs are promising hosts since th…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 7 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Occurrence rates of Earth-like planets around very low-mass stars

A. Kaminski, S. Sabotta, J. Kemmer +24

Aims: Previous estimates of planet occurrence rates in the CARMENES survey indicated increased numbers of planets on short orbits for M dwarfs with masses below 0.34\,M. He…

astro-ph.SR2025

Coronal and chromospheric activity of Teegarden's star

B. Fuhrmeister, J. H. M. M. Schmitt, A. Reienrs +10

Teegarden's star is a late-type M-dwarf planet host, typically showing only rather low levels of activity. In this paper we present an extensive characterisation of this activity a…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 6 cited

KOBE-1: The first planetary system from the KOBE survey. Two planets likely residing in the sub-Neptune mass regime around a late K-dwarf

O. Balsalobre-Ruza, J. Lillo-Box, A. M. Silva +35

K-dwarf stars are promising targets in the exploration of potentially habitable planets. Their properties, falling between G and M dwarfs, provide an optimal trade-off between the…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 6 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. The impact of rotation and magnetic fields on the radial velocity jitter in cool stars

H. L. Ruh, M. Zechmeister, A. Reiners +19

Radial velocity (RV) jitter represents an intrinsic limitation on the precision of Doppler searches for exoplanets that can originate from both instrumental and astrophysical sourc…

astro-ph.EP2024

An Earth-sized Planet on the Verge of Tidal Disruption

Fei Dai, Andrew W. Howard, Samuel Halverson +95

TOI-6255~b (GJ 4256) is an Earth-sized planet (1.079 ) with an orbital period of only 5.7 hours. With the newly commissioned Keck Planet Finder (KPF) and CARMEN…

astro-ph.SR2024

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs: Magnesium and silicon abundances of K7-M5.5 stars

H. M. Tabernero, Y. Shan, J. A. Caballero +13

We present the abundances of magnesium (Mg) and silicon (Si) for 314 dwarf stars with spectral types in the interval K7.0-M5.5 (Teff range ~4200-3050 K) observed with the CARMENES…

astro-ph.EP2024

Revisiting the dynamical masses of the transiting planets in the young AU Mic system: Potential AU Mic b inflation at 20 Myr

M. Mallorquín, V. J. S. Béjar, N. Lodieu +26

Understanding planet formation is important in the context of the origin of planetary systems in general and of the Solar System in particular, as well as to predict the likelihood…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 10 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Revisiting the GJ 581 multi-planetary system with new Doppler measurements from CARMENES, HARPS, and HIRES

A. von Stauffenberg, T. Trifonov, A. Quirrenbach +18

GJ 581 is a nearby M dwarf known to host a packed multiple planet system with 2 super-Earths and a Neptune-mass planet. We present new orbital analyses of the system, utilizing rec…

astro-ph.EP2024

Detection of Fe and Ti on the dayside of the ultrahot Jupiter MASCARA-1b with CARMENES

B. Guo, F. Yan, L. Nortmann +20

Ultrahot Jupiters are a type of gaseous exoplanet that orbit extremely close to their host star, resulting in significantly high equilibrium temperatures. In recent years, high-res…

astro-ph.EP2024

Teegarden's Star revisited: A nearby planetary system with at least three planets

S. Dreizler, R. Luque, I. Ribas +26

The two known planets in the planetary system of Teegarden's Star are among the most Earth-like exoplanets currently known. Revisiting this nearby planetary system with two planets…

astro-ph.SR2024

CARMENES input catalog of M dwarfs: VII. New rotation periods for the survey stars and their correlations with stellar activity

Yutong Shan, Daniel Revilla, Sebastian L. Skrzypinski +40

Abridged: We measured photometric and spectroscopic for a large sample of nearby bright M dwarfs with spectral types from M0 to M9, as part of our continual effort to…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 64 cited

A resonant sextuplet of sub-Neptunes transiting the bright star HD 110067

R. Luque, H. P. Osborn, A. Leleu +149

Planets with radii between that of the Earth and Neptune (hereafter referred to as sub-Neptunes) are found in close-in orbits around more than half of all Sun-like stars. Yet, thei…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 15 cited

TOI-1801 b: A temperate mini-Neptune around a young M0.5 dwarf

M. Mallorquín, E. Goffo, E. Pallé +79

We report the discovery, mass, and radius determination of TOI-1801 b, a temperate mini-Neptune around a young M dwarf. TOI-1801 b was observed in TESS sectors 22 and 49, and the a…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 23 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Telluric absorption corrected high S/N optical and near-infrared template spectra of 382 M dwarf stars

E. Nagel, S. Czesla, A. Kaminski +22

Light from celestial objects interacts with the molecules of the Earth's atmosphere, resulting in the production of telluric absorption lines in ground-based spectral data. Correct…

astro-ph.EP2023★ 11 cited

Planetary companions orbiting the M dwarfs GJ 724 and GJ 3988. A CARMENES and IRD collaboration

P. Gorrini, J. Kemmer, S. Dreizler +36

We report the discovery of two exoplanets around the M dwarfs GJ 724 and GJ 3988 using the radial velocity (RV) method. We obtained a total of 153 3.5 m Calar Alto/CARMENES spectra…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 10 cited

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Behaviour of the Paschen lines during flares and quiescence

B. Fuhrmeister, S. Czesla, J. H. M. M. Schmitt +17

The hydrogen Paschen lines are known activity indicators, but studies of them in M~dwarfs during quiescence are as rare as their reports in flare studies. This situation is mostly…