Publications of the Exoplanet Chair

2026

Barragán, O. et al., 2026, Mass estimates of the young TOI-451 transiting planets: Multidimensional Gaussian Process on stellar spectroscopic and photometric signals, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026MNRAS.tmp...75B.

Gan, T. et al., 2026, Revisiting the Atmosphere of HAT-P-70b with CARMENES High-resolution Transmission Spectroscopy, The Astronomical Journal, 171, 89,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026AJ....171...89G.

Peláez-Torres, A. et al., 2026, Tighter constraints on the atmosphere of GJ 436 b from combined high-resolution CARMENES and CRIRES+ observations, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 705, A256,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2026A&A...705A.256P.

2025

Allart, R. et al., 2025, NIRPS detection of delayed atmospheric escape from the warm and misaligned Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-69 b, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 700, A7,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...700A...7A.

Alves, D. R. et al., 2025, NGTS-33b: a young super-Jupiter hosted by a fast-rotating massive hot star, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536, 1538,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025MNRAS.536.1538A.

Bazinet, L. et al., 2025, Quantifying thermal water dissociation in the dayside photosphere of WASP-121 b using NIRPS, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 701, A276,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...701A.276B.

Boldt-Christmas, L. et al., 2025, VLT/CRIRES+ observations of warm Neptune WASP-107 b: Molecular detections and challenges in ground-based transmission spectroscopy of cooler and cloudy exoplanets, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2508.18964,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXiv250818964B.

Bonfanti, A. et al., 2025, Radii, masses, and transit-timing variations of the three-planet system orbiting the naked-eye star TOI-396, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, A90,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...693A..90B.

Bouchy, F. et al., 2025, NIRPS joining HARPS at ESO 3.6 m: On-sky performance and science objectives, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 700, A10,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...700A..10B.

Bower, D. J., Thompson, M. A., Hakim, K., Tian, M. & Sossi, P. A., 2025, Diversity of Low-mass Planet Atmospheres in the C-H-O-N-S-Cl System with Interior Dissolution, Nonideality, and Condensation: Application to TRAPPIST-1e and Sub-Neptunes, The Astrophysical Journal, 995, 59
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae1479

Cont, D. et al., 2025, 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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 698, A31,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...698A..31C.

Cridland, A.J., Lega, E., & Benisty, M. 2025, Gas dynamics around a Jupiter-mass planet: II. Chemical evolution of circumplanetary material, Astronomy & Astrophysics 693, A86,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A%26A...693A..86C/abstract

Denis, A. et al., 2025, Characterization of AF Lep b at high spectral resolution with VLT/HiRISE, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 696, A6,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...696A...6D.

Doyle, L. et al., 2025, Exploring the Neptunian desert: insights from a homogeneous planetary sample, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 539, 3138,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025MNRAS.539.3138D.

Drant, T., Tian, M., Carrasco, N. & Heng, K., 2025, Inferring interior oxygen fugacity of rocky exoplanets from observations: assessing biases by atmospheric chemistry, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 698, A76
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202452285

Fisher, C. E. et al., 2025, JWST NIRSpec finds no clear signs of an atmosphere on TOI-1685 b, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545, 1
https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf2187

Gkouvelis, L., Pozuelos, F. J., Drant, T., Farhat, M., Tian, M. & Akin, C., 2025, Interior redox state effects on the stability of secondary atmospheres and observational manifestations: LP 791-18 d as a case study for outgassing rocky exoplanets, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 699, A378
https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202554192

Gomes da Silva, J. et al., 2025, Blind search for activity-sensitive lines in the near-infrared using HARPS and NIRPS observations of Proxima and Gl 581, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 700, A177,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...700A.177G.

Guo, B. et al., 2025, Elemental abundance pattern and temperature inversion on the dayside of HAT-P-70b observed with CARMENES and PEPSI, arXiv e-prints, arXiv:2512.21470,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXiv251221470G.

Heng, K., Owen, J. E. & Tian, M., 2025, The Gradient of Mean Molecular Weight across the Radius Valley, The Astrophysical Journal, 994, 28
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae0acc

Kendall, A. et al., 2025, A 43 day transiting Neptune and two 25 day Saturns from TESS, NGTS and ASTEP, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025MNRAS.tmp.2078K.

Lesjak, F. et al., 2025, Retrieving wind properties from the ultra-hot dayside of WASP-189 b with CRIRES+, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, A72,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...693A..72L.

Lesjak, F. et al., 2025, Upper limits on atmospheric abundances of KELT-11b and WASP-69b from a retrieval approach, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 704, A161,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...704A.161L.

Lockley, I. S. et al., 2025, The TOI-1117 multiplanetary system: 3 sub-Neptunes, 1 in both the Neptunian Desert and Radius Valley, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 541, 919,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025MNRAS.541..919L.

Mercier, S. J. et al., 2025, Studying the variability of the He triplet to understand the detection limits of evaporating exoplanet atmospheres, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 700, A8,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...700A...8M.

Nortmann, L. et al., 2025, CRIRES+ transmission spectroscopy of WASP-127 b: Detection of the resolved signatures of a supersonic equatorial jet and cool poles in a hot planet, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, A213,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...693A.213N.

O'Brien, S. M. et al., 2025, NGTS-EB-8: A Double-lined Eclipsing M+M Binary Discovered by Citizen Scientists, The Astronomical Journal, 170, 316,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025AJ....170..316O.

Osborne, H. L. M., Nielsen, L. D., Van Eylen, V., & Barragán, O., 2025, Homogeneous planet masses: I. Reanalysis of archival HARPS radial velocities, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 693, A4,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...693A...4O.

Parc, L. et al., 2025, NIRPS and TESS reveal a peculiar system around the M dwarf TOI-756: A transiting sub-Neptune and a cold eccentric giant, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 702, A138,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...702A.138P.

Pudritz, R.E., Cridland, A.J., Inglis, J., & Alessi M., 2025, Connecting Planetary Composition with Formation: a New Paradigm Emerges. Chapter in Handbook of Exoplanets 2nd Edition,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025arXiv250522724P/abstract

Suárez Mascareño, A. et al., 2025, Diving into the planetary system of Proxima with NIRPS: Breaking the metre per second barrier in the infrared, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 700, A11,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...700A..11S.

Thomas, L., Nielsen, L. D., Acuña-Aguirre, L., & Cridland, A., 2025, Evidence of a gap in the envelope mass fraction of sub-Saturns, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 703, A221,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...703A.221T.

Thomas, L. et al., 2025, TOI-5108 b and TOI 5786 b: Two transiting sub-Saturns detected and characterized with TESS, MaHPS, and SOPHIE, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 694, A143,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025A&A...694A.143T.

Yu, H. et al., 2025, A possible misaligned orbit for the young planet AU Mic c, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 536, 2046,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025MNRAS.536.2046Y.

Zhang, Y., Zhang, N., Tian, M. & Liu, Y., 2025, Solidification and Differentiation of a Mushy Lunar Magma Ocean: 3D Numerical Modeling, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 130, e2024JE008532
https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JE008532

Zhang, E. Y. et al., 2025, TOI-880 is an Aligned, Coplanar, Multiplanet System, The Astronomical Journal, 170, 175,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2025AJ....170..175Z.

2024

Barragán, O. et al., 2024, TOI-837 b is a young Saturn-sized exoplanet with a massive 70 M_⊕ core, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531, 4275,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024MNRAS.531.4275B.

Borsato, N. W. et al., 2024, Small but mighty: High-resolution spectroscopy of ultra-hot Jupiter atmospheres with compact telescopes. Transmission spectrum of KELT-9 b with Wendelstein's FOCES spectrograph, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 683, A98,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...683A..98B.

Castro-González, A. et al., 2024, TOI-5005 b: A super-Neptune in the savanna near the ridge, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 691, A233,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...691A.233C.

Cont, D. et al., 2024, Exploring the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-178b. Constraints on atmospheric chemistry and dynamics from a joint retrieval of VLT/CRIRES+ and space photometric data, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 688, A206,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...688A.206C.

Cridland, A.J. 2024, Searching for the grand tack in exoplanetary data. Astronomy & Astrophysics 688, L6,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A%26A...688L...6C/abstract

Czesla, S. et al., 2024, The elusive atmosphere of WASP-12 b. High-resolution transmission spectroscopy with CARMENES, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 683, A67,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...683A..67C.

Czesla, S. et al., 2024, The overflowing atmosphere of WASP-121 b: High-resolution He I λ10833 transmission spectroscopy with VLT/CRIRES+, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 692, A230,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...692A.230C.

Gan, T. et al., 2024, Lithium isotope evidence for a plumeworld ocean in the aftermath of the Marinoan snowball Earth, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121, e2407419121
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2407419121

Guo, B. et al., 2024, Detection of Fe and Ti on the dayside of the ultrahot Jupiter MASCARA-1b with CARMENES, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 687, A103,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...687A.103G.

Hacker, A. et al., 2024, TOI-2374 b and TOI-3071 b: two metal-rich sub-Saturns well within the Neptunian desert, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 532, 1612,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024MNRAS.532.1612H.

Lacedelli, G. et al., 2024, Characterisation of TOI-406 as a showcase of the THIRSTEE program: A two-planet system straddling the M-dwarf density gap, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 692, A238,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A&A...692A.238L.

Lega, E., Benisty, M., Cridland, A.J., Morbidelli, A., Schulik, M., Lambrechts, M. 2024, Gas dynamics around a Jupiter-mass planet: I. Influence of protoplanetary disk properties. Astronomy & Astrophysics 690, A183,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A%26A...690A.183L/abstract

Nabbie, E. et al., 2024, Surviving in the Hot-Neptune Desert: The Discovery of the Ultrahot Neptune TOI-3261b, The Astronomical Journal, 168, 132,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024AJ....168..132N.

Rampinelli, L. et al., 2024, ALMA high-resolution observations unveil planet formation shaping molecular emission in the PDS 70 disk, Astronomy & Astrophysics 689, A65,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024A%26A...689A..65R/abstract

Sozzetti, A. et al., 2024, K2-370 b: a strongly irradiated sub-Neptune transiting a very active solar-type star, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 535, 531,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2024MNRAS.535..531S.

Tian, M. & Heng, K., 2024, Atmospheric chemistry of secondary and hybrid atmospheres of super earths and sub-neptunes, The Astrophysical Journal, 963, 157
https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad1a14

2023

Cridland, A.J, Facchini, S., van Dishoeck E.F., & Benisty, M. 2023, Planet formation in the PDS 70 system. Constraining the atmospheric chemistry of PDS 70b and c., Astronomy & Astrophysics 674, A211,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A%26A...674A.211C/abstract

Hakim, K., Tian, M., Bower, D. J. & Heng, K., 2023, Diverse carbonates in exoplanet oceans promote the carbon cycle, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 942, L20
https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aca90c

Lesjak, F. et al., 2023, Retrieval of the dayside atmosphere of WASP-43b with CRIRES+, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 678, A23,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A&A...678A..23L.

Ribas, I. et al., 2023, The CARMENES search for exoplanets around M dwarfs. Guaranteed time observations Data Release 1 (2016-2020), Astronomy and Astrophysics, 670, A139,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A&A...670A.139R.

Yan, F. et al., 2023, CRIRES+ detection of CO emissions lines and temperature inversions on the dayside of WASP-18b and WASP-76b, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 672, A107,
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023A&A...672A.107Y.