The Leiden Atomic and Molecular Database (LAMDA): Current status, recent updates, and future plans

FFS van der Tak, F Lique, A Faure, JH Black… - Atoms, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Leiden Atomic and Molecular Database (LAMDA) collects spectroscopic information
and collisional rate coefficients for molecules, atoms, and ions of astrophysical and …

Synergies between Venus & exoplanetary observations: Venus and its extrasolar siblings

MJ Way, C Ostberg, BJ Foley, C Gillmann… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
Here we examine how our knowledge of present day Venus can inform terrestrial
exoplanetary science and how exoplanetary science can inform our study of Venus. In a …

PCS--A Roadmap for Exoearth Imaging with the ELT

M Kasper, NC Urra, P Pathak, M Bonse… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
The Planetary Camera and Spectrograph (PCS) for the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT)
will be dedicated to detecting and characterising nearby exoplanets with sizes from sub …

MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared imaging spectro-interferometer

B Lopez, S Lagarde, RG Petrov, W Jaffe… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Optical interferometry is at a key development stage. The Very Large Telescope
Interferometer (VLTI) has established a stable, robust infrastructure for long-baseline …

Understanding and mitigating biases when studying inhomogeneous emission spectra with JWST

J Taylor, V Parmentier, PGJ Irwin… - Monthly Notices of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Exoplanet emission spectra are often modelled assuming that the hemisphere observed is
well represented by a horizontally homogenized atmosphere. However, this approximation …

An updated study of potential targets for Ariel

B Edwards, L Mugnai, G Tinetti, E Pascale… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Ariel has been selected as ESA's M4 mission for launch in 2028 and is designed for the
characterization of a large and diverse population of exoplanetary atmospheres to provide …

Planet populations inferred from debris discs-Insights from 178 debris systems in the ISPY, LEECH, and LIStEN planet-hunting surveys

TD Pearce, R Launhardt, R Ostermann… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
We know little about the outermost exoplanets in planetary systems because our detection
methods are insensitive to moderate-mass planets on wide orbits. However, debris discs …

ARES. II. Characterizing the Hot Jupiters WASP-127 b, WASP-79 b, and WASP-62b with the Hubble Space Telescope

N Skaf, MF Bieger, B Edwards… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper presents the atmospheric characterization of three large, gaseous planets: WASP-
127 b, WASP-79 b, and WASP-62 b. We analyzed spectroscopic data obtained with the …

MIRACLES: atmospheric characterization of directly imaged planets and substellar companions at 4–5 μm-I. Photometric analysis of β Pic b, HIP 65426 b, PZ Tel B …

T Stolker, SP Quanz, KO Todorov, J Kühn… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Directly imaged planets and substellar companions are key targets for the
characterization of self-luminous atmospheres. Their photometric appearance at 4–5 μm is …

Confusion in differential piston measurement with the pyramid wavefront sensor

A Bertrou-Cantou, E Gendron, G Rousset… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The pyramid was proven to be a highly sensitive and versatile wave-front sensor
(WFS) and has been selected to be installed on the single conjugate adaptive optics (AO) …