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most citedDiscovery of a planetary-mass companion within the gap of the transition disk around PDS 70

700 citations · 2.6k across the 19 of their papers we have counts for

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19 papers

astro-ph.EP2025★ 7 cited

The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE). V. Complete observations, data reduction and analysis, detection performances, and final results

A. Chomez, P. Delorme, A. -M. Lagrange +117

During the past decade, state-of-the-art planet-finder instruments like SPHERE@VLT, coupling coronagraphic devices and extreme adaptive optics systems, unveiled, thanks to large su…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 63 cited

The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE)- I Sample definition and target characterization

S. Desidera, G. Chauvin, M. Bonavita +105

Large surveys with new-generation high-contrast imaging instruments are needed to derive the frequency and properties of exoplanet populations with separations from 5 to 300…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 70 cited

The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE) -- II. Observations, Data reduction and analysis Detection performances and early-results

M. Langlois, R. Gratton, A. -M. Lagrange +118

Over the past decades, direct imaging has confirmed the existence of substellar companions (exoplanets or brown dwarfs) on wide orbits (>10 au) from their host stars. To understand…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 230 cited

The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE). III. The demographics of young giant exoplanets below 300 au with SPHERE

A. Vigan, C. Fontanive, M. Meyer +108

The SHINE project is a 500-star survey performed with SPHERE on the VLT for the purpose of directly detecting new substellar companions and understanding their formation and early…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 15 cited

Searching for the near infrared counterpart of Proxima c using multi-epoch high contrast SPHERE data at VLT

R. Gratton, A. Zurlo, H. Le Coroller +43

Proxima Centauri is known to host an earth-like planet in its habitable zone; very recently a second candidate planet was proposed based on radial velocities. At quadrature, the ex…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 21 cited

RefPlanets: Search for reflected light from extra-solar planets with SPHERE/ZIMPOL

S. Hunziker, H. M. Schmid, D. Mouillet +55

RefPlanets is a guaranteed time observation (GTO) programme that uses the Zurich IMaging POLarimeter (ZIMPOL) of SPHERE/VLT for a blind search for exoplanets in wavelengths from 60…