Ground-based detection of an extended helium atmosphere in the Saturn-mass exoplanet WASP-69b

L Nortmann, E Pallé, M Salz, J Sanz-Forcada, E Nagel… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Hot gas giant exoplanets can lose part of their atmosphere due to strong stellar irradiation,
and these losses can affect their physical and chemical evolution. Studies of atmospheric …

A new window into escaping exoplanet atmospheres: 10830 Å line of helium

A Oklopčić, CM Hirata - The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Observational evidence for escaping exoplanet atmospheres has been obtained for a few
exoplanets to date. It comes from strong transit signals detected in the ultraviolet, most …

[HTML][HTML] The search for radio emission from the exoplanetary systems 55 Cancri, υ Andromedae, and τ Boötis using LOFAR beam-formed observations

JD Turner, P Zarka, JM Grießmeier, J Lazio… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. The detection of radio emissions from exoplanets will open up a vibrant new
research field. Observing planetary auroral radio emission is the most promising method to …

Decaying orbit of the hot Jupiter WASP-12b: Confirmation with TESS observations

JD Turner, A Ridden-Harper… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Theory suggests that the orbits of some close-in giant planets should decay due to
tidal interactions with their host stars. To date, WASP-12b is the only hot Jupiter reported to …

Confirmation of WASP-107b's extended helium atmosphere with keck II/NIRSPEC

J Kirk, MK Alam, M López-Morales… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the detection of helium in the extended atmosphere of the sub-Saturn WASP-
107b using high-resolution (R≈ 25,000) near-infrared spectra from Keck II/Near Infrared …

Non-local thermodynamic equilibrium effects determine the upper atmospheric temperature structure of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b

L Fossati, ME Young, D Shulyak, T Koskinen… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Several observational and theoretical results indicate that the atmospheric
temperature of the ultra-hot Jupiter KELT-9b in the main line formation region is a few …

Far-ultraviolet activity levels of F, G, K, and M Dwarf exoplanet host stars

K France, N Arulanantham, L Fossati… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a survey of far-ultraviolet (FUV; 1150–1450 Å) emission line spectra from 71
planet-hosting and 33 non-planet-hosting F, G, K, and M dwarfs with the goals of …

Metastable Helium Absorptions with 3D Hydrodynamics and Self-consistent Photochemistry. I. WASP-69b, Dimensionality, X-Ray and UV Flux Level, Spectral Types …

L Wang, F Dai - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The metastable helium (He*) lines near 10830 Å are ideal probes of atmospheric erosion—a
common phenomenon of close-in exoplanet evolution. A handful of exoplanet observations …

Mass loss from the exoplanet WASP-12b inferred from Spitzer phase curves

TJ Bell, M Zhang, PE Cubillos, L Dang… - Monthly Notices of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The exoplanet WASP-12b is the prototype for the emerging class of ultrahot, Jupiter-mass
exoplanets. Past models have predicted–and near-ultraviolet observations have shown–that …

Metastable Helium Absorptions with 3D Hydrodynamics and Self-consistent Photochemistry. II. WASP-107b, Stellar Wind, Radiation Pressure, and Shear Instability

L Wang, F Dai - The Astrophysical Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents simulations of the metastable helium (He*) observations of WASP-107b,
so far the highest signal-to-noise ratio detection that is confirmed by three different …