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most citedSpectrum radial velocity analyser (SERVAL). High-precision radial velocities and two alternative spectral indicators

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80 papers

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.EP2026

Spinning out of focus: The challenge of rotational line broadening in exoplanet reflection spectroscopy

T. O. Winterhalder, K. Molaverdikhani, D. Cont +17

Detecting light reflected off the dayside of an exoplanet in high-resolution spectroscopic data has proved to be a notoriously difficult endeavour. Despite several attempts, the fa…

astro-ph.SR2026

Characterisation of all known multiple stellar systems within 10 pc

J. González-Payo, J. A. Caballero, C. Cifuentes +2

The study of stellar multiplicity offers important constraints on the structure of the Galaxy as well as stellar and planet formation and evolution. Focusing on the most immediate…

astro-ph.SR2026

The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. A homogeneous catalogue of projected rotational velocities accounting for limb-darkening

R. Varas, G. Morello, M. Zechmeister +18

Stellar rotation is closely linked to both age and magnetic activity. Through gyrochronology, it provides a means to estimate stellar ages and trace the evolution of planetary syst…

astro-ph.EP2026★ 1 cited

Constraining an exoplanets magnetic field using star-planet interactions

D. Revilla, P. J. Amado, R. Luque +17

Theory predicts that a planet with a sufficiently strong magnetic field orbiting close to its host star could induce star-planet magnetic interactions. This is potentially observab…

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★ 1 cited

Revisiting the atmosphere of HAT-P-70b with CARMENES high-resolution transmission spectroscopy

Tianjun Gan, Jaume Orell-Miquel, Fei Yan +19

Owing to hot and inflated envelopes that facilitate atmospheric studies, ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) have attracted much attention. Significant progress has been achieved, from enlar…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 5 cited

Tighter constraints on the atmosphere of GJ 436 b from combined high-resolution CARMENES and CRIRES observations

A. Peláez-Torres, A. Sánchez-López, L. Nortmann +23

We aim to study the atmospheric properties of the warm Neptune GJ 436 b by combining a set of five transit events observed with the CARMENES spectrograph with one transit from CRIR…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

Upper limits on atmospheric abundances of KELT-11b and WASP-69b from a retrieval approach

F. Lesjak, L. Nortmann, D. Cont +18

WASP-69b and KELT-11b are two low-density hot Jupiters, which are expected to show strong atmospheric features in their transmission spectra. Such features offer valuable insights…

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

Improving radial velocity precision with CARMENES-PLUS:An upgrade of the near-infrared spectrograph cooling system

R. Varas, R. Calvo-Ortega, P. J. Amado +25

CARMENES is a dual-channel high-resolution spectrograph at the 3.5 m Calar Alto telescope designed to detect low-mass planets around late-type dwarfs by measuring their radial velo…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 1 cited

Discovery of a transiting hot water-world candidate orbiting Ross 176 with TESS and CARMENES

S. Geraldía-González, J. Orell-Miquel, E. Pallé +30

The case of Ross 176 is a late K-type star that hosts a promising water-world candidate planet. The star has a radius of =0.5690.020 and a mass of …

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★ 8 cited

Retrieving day- and nightside atmospheric properties of the ultra-hot Jupiter TOI-2109b. Detection of Fe and CO emission lines and evidence for inefficient heat transport

D. Cont, L. Nortmann, F. Lesjak +32

The ultra-hot Jupiter (UHJ) TOI-2109b marks the lower edge of the equilibrium temperature gap between 3500 K and 4500 K, an unexplored thermal regime that separates KELT-9b, the ho…

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

CARMENES as an Instrument for Exoplanet Research

José A. Caballero, Walter Seifert, Andreas Quirrenbach +3

CARMENES stands for Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-infrared and optical Échelle Spectrographs. CARMENES took six years from a concept to th…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 27 cited

Connection between planetary He I 10830 Å absorption and extreme-ultraviolet emission of planet-host stars

J. Sanz-Forcada, M. López-Puertas, M. Lampón +13

Context. The detection of the He I 10830 A triplet in exoplanet atmospheres has opened a new window for probing planetary properties, including atmospheric escape. Unlike Lyman alp…

astro-ph.SR2024

CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs IX. Multiplicity from close spectroscopic binaries to ultra-wide systems

C. Cifuentes, J. A. Caballero, J. González-Payo +12

Multiplicity studies greatly benefit from focusing on M dwarfs because they are often paired in a variety of configurations with both stellar and substellar objects, including exop…

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★ 5 cited

Searching for star-planet interactions in GJ 486 at radio wavelengths with the uGMRT

L. Peña-Moñino, M. Pérez-Torres, D. Kansabanik +14

We search for radio emission from star-planet interactions in the M-dwarf system GJ~486, which hosts an Earth-like planet. We observed the GJ~486 system with the upgraded Giant Met…

astro-ph.SR2024

CARMENES input catalogue of M dwarfs VIII. Kinematics in the solar neighbourhood

M. Cortés-Contreras, J. A. Caballero, D. Montes +15

Aims. Our goals are to characterise the kinematic properties and to identify young and old stars among the M dwarfs of the CARMENES input catalogue. Methods. We compiled the spectr…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 7 cited

Hints of auroral and magnetospheric polarized radio emission from the scallop-shell star 2MASS J050827292101444

Simranpreet Kaur, Daniele Viganò, Víctor J. S. Béjar +18

Scallop-shell stars, a recently discovered class of young M dwarfs, show complex optical light curves that are characterized by periodic dips as well as other features that are sta…