Future exploration of the outer heliosphere and very local interstellar medium by interstellar probe

PC Brandt, E Provornikova, SD Bale, A Cocoros… - Space science …, 2023 - Springer
A detailed overview of the knowledge gaps in our understanding of the heliospheric
interaction with the largely unexplored Very Local Interstellar Medium (VLISM) are provided …

Wind-driven halo in high-contrast images-I. Analysis of the focal-plane images of SPHERE

F Cantalloube, OJD Farley, J Milli, N Bharmal… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. The wind-driven halo is a feature that is observed in images that were delivered by
the latest generation of ground-based instruments that are equipped with an extreme …

Population-level eccentricity distributions of imaged exoplanets and brown dwarf companions: dynamical evidence for distinct formation channels

BP Bowler, SC Blunt, EL Nielsen - The Astronomical Journal, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The orbital eccentricities of directly imaged exoplanets and brown dwarf companions
provide clues about their formation and dynamical histories. We combine new high-contrast …

Direct discovery of the inner exoplanet in the HD 206893 system-Evidence for deuterium burning in a planetary-mass companion

S Hinkley, S Lacour, GD Marleau, AM Lagrange… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Aims. HD 206893 is a nearby debris disk star that hosts a previously identified brown dwarf
companion with an orbital separation of∼ 10 au. Long-term precise radial velocity (RV) …

Solution to the debris disc mass problem: planetesimals are born small?

AV Krivov, MC Wyatt - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Debris belts on the periphery of planetary systems, encompassing the region occupied by
planetary orbits, are massive analogues of the Solar system's Kuiper belt. They are detected …

Five steps in the evolution from protoplanetary to debris disk

MC Wyatt, O Panić, GM Kennedy, L Matra - Astrophysics and Space …, 2015 - Springer
The protoplanetary disks seen around Herbig Ae stars eventually dissipate leaving just a
tenuous debris disk, comprised of planetesimals and the dust derived from them, as well as …

The dust grain size–stellar luminosity trend in debris discs

N Pawellek, AV Krivov - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The cross-section of material in debris discs is thought to be dominated by the smallest
grains that can still stay in bound orbits despite the repelling action of stellar radiation …

Orbital and dynamical analysis of the system around HR 8799-New astrometric epochs from VLT/SPHERE and LBT/LUCI

A Zurlo, K Goździewski, C Lazzoni, D Mesa… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. HR 8799 is a young planetary system composed of four planets and a double
debris belt. Being the first multi-planetary system discovered with the direct imaging …

Solar system physics for exoplanet research

J Horner, SR Kane, JP Marshall… - Publications of the …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the past three decades, we have witnessed one of the great revolutions in our
understanding of the cosmos—the dawn of the Exoplanet Era. Where once we knew of just …

A HARPS RV search for planets around young nearby stars

A Grandjean, AM Lagrange, M Keppler… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Young nearby stars are good candidates in the search for planets with both radial
velocity (RV) and direct imaging techniques. This, in turn, allows for the computation of the …