Transiting exoplanet atmospheres in the era of JWST

EMR Kempton, HA Knutson - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The field of exoplanet atmospheric characterization has recently made considerable
advances with the advent of high-resolution spectroscopy from large ground-based …

Carbon-bearing molecules in a possible Hycean atmosphere

N Madhusudhan, S Sarkar… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The search for habitable environments and biomarkers in exoplanetary atmospheres is the
holy grail of exoplanet science. The detection of atmospheric signatures of habitable Earth …

Possible Hycean conditions in the sub-Neptune TOI-270 d

M Holmberg, N Madhusudhan - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024 - aanda.org
The JWST has ushered in a new era in atmospheric characterisations of temperate low-
mass exoplanets with recent detections of carbon-bearing molecules in the candidate …

Clouds and Clarity: Revisiting Atmospheric Feature Trends in Neptune-size Exoplanets

J Brande, IJM Crossfield, L Kreidberg… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the last decade, precise exoplanet transmission spectroscopy has revealed the
atmospheres of dozens of exoplanets, driven largely by observatories like the Hubble Space …

[HTML][HTML] Water Absorption in the Transmission Spectrum of the Water World Candidate GJ 9827 d

PA Roy, B Benneke, C Piaulet… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent work on the characterization of small exoplanets has allowed us to accumulate
growing evidence that sub-Neptunes with radii greater than∼ 2.5 R⊕ often host H 2/He …

High-resolution Elemental Abundance Measurements of Cool JWST Planet Hosts Using AutoSpecFit: An Application to the Sub-Neptune K2-18b's Host M Dwarf

N Hejazi, IJM Crossfield, D Souto… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an in-depth, high-resolution spectroscopic analysis of the M dwarf K2-18, which
hosts a sub-Neptune exoplanet in its habitable zone. We show our technique to accurately …

Non-LTE spectroscopy of the tetradecad region of methane recorded in a hypersonic flow

E Dudás, B Vispoel, RR Gamache, M Rey, VG Tyuterev… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Laboratory spectroscopic data is essential for the modeling of hot exoplanet atmospheres,
since molecules such as methane, a major component of hot-Jupiter-type exoplanet …

High-resolution Spectroscopic Reconnaissance of a Temperate Sub-Neptune

SHC Cabot, N Madhusudhan… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
The study of temperate sub-Neptunes is the new frontier in exoplanetary science. A major
development in the past year has been the first detection of carbon-bearing molecules in the …

The GAPS Programme at TNG-LV. Multiple molecular species in the atmosphere of HAT-P-11 b and review of the HAT-P-11 planetary system

M Basilicata, P Giacobbe, AS Bonomo… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. The atmospheric characterisation of hot and warm Neptune-size exoplanets is
challenging mainly due to their relatively small radius and atmospheric scale height, which …

Revisiting radial velocity measurements of the K2-18 system with the line-by-line framework

M Radica, É Artigau, D Lafreniére… - Monthly Notices of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The cross-correlation function and template matching techniques have dominated the world
of precision radial velocities for many years. Recently, a new technique, named line-by-line …