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Detailed cool star flare morphology with CHEOPS and TESS (2024)
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Bruno, G., Pagano, I., Scandariato, G., Florén, H.-G., Brandeker, A., Olofsson, G., …Wilson, T. G. (2024). Detailed cool star flare morphology with CHEOPS and TESS. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686, Article A239. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348951

Context. White-light stellar flares are proxies for some of the most energetic types of flares, but their triggering mechanism is still poorly understood. As they are associated with strong X and ultraviolet emission, their study is particularly rele... Read More about Detailed cool star flare morphology with CHEOPS and TESS.

Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59 (2024)
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Maxted, P. F. L., Miller, N. J., Sebastian, D., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Martin, D. V., & Duck, A. (2024). Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4577-4583. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1434

EBLM J0608$-$59/TOI-1338/BEBOP-1 is a 12$^{\rm th}$-magnitude, F9 V star in an eclipsing binary with a much fainter M dwarf companion on a wide, eccentric orbit (P = 14.6 d). The binary is orbited by two circumbinary planets: one transiting on a 95-d... Read More about Fundamental effective temperature measurements for eclipsing binary stars – V. The circumbinary planet system EBLM J0608–59.

BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts (2024)
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Freckelton, A. V., Sebastian, D., Mortier, A., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Maxted, P. F. L., Acuña, L., …Willett, E. (2024). BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 531(4), 4085-4098. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae1405

Planets orbiting binary systems are relatively unexplored compared to those around single stars. Detections of circumbinary planets and planetary systems offer a first detailed view into our understanding of circumbinary planet formation and dynamica... Read More about BEBOP V. Homogeneous stellar analysis of potential circumbinary planet hosts.

Seven new triply eclipsing triple star systems (2024)
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Rappaport, S. A., Borkovits, T., Mitnyan, T., Gagliano, R., Eisner, N., Jacobs, T., …Vanderburg, A. (2024). Seven new triply eclipsing triple star systems. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 686(A27), https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202449273

Aims. We have identified nearly a hundred close triply eclipsing hierarchical triple star systems from data taken with the space telescope TESS. These systems are noteworthy in that we can potentially determine their dynamical and astrophysical param... Read More about Seven new triply eclipsing triple star systems.

An extended low-density atmosphere around the Jupiter-sized planet WASP-193 b (2024)
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Barkaoui, K., Pozuelos, F. J., Hellier, C., Smalley, B., Nielsen, L. D., Niraula, P., …West, R. G. (in press). An extended low-density atmosphere around the Jupiter-sized planet WASP-193 b. Nature Astronomy, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02259-y

Gas giants transiting bright nearby stars provide crucial insights into planetary system formation and evolution mechanisms. Most of these planets show certain average characteristics, serving as benchmarks for our understanding of planetary systems.... Read More about An extended low-density atmosphere around the Jupiter-sized planet WASP-193 b.

The tidal deformation and atmosphere of WASP-12 b from its phase curve (2024)
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Akinsanmi, B., Barros, S. C. C., Lendl, M., Carone, L., Cubillos, P. E., Bekkelien, A., …Walton, N. A. (2024). The tidal deformation and atmosphere of WASP-12 b from its phase curve. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 685, Article A63. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348502

Context. Ultra-hot Jupiters present a unique opportunity to understand the physics and chemistry of planets, their atmospheres, and interiors at extreme conditions. WASP-12 b stands out as an archetype of this class of exoplanets, with a close-in orb... Read More about The tidal deformation and atmosphere of WASP-12 b from its phase curve.

Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815 (2024)
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Psaridi, A., Osborn, H., Bouchy, F., Lendl, M., Parc, L., Billot, N., …West, R. G. (2024). Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 685, Article A5. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202348678

We present the discovery and characterization of two warm mini-Neptunes transiting the K-V star TOI-815 in a K-M binary system. Analysis of its spectra and rotation period reveal the star to be young, with an age of 200(-200)(+400) Myr. TOI-815b has... Read More about Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815.

The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit (2024)
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Davis, Y. T., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Freckelton, A. V., Mortier, A., Brahm, R., Sebastian, D., …Udry, S. (2024). The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae842

In the hunt for Earth-like exoplanets it is crucial to have reliable host star parameters, as they have a direct impact on the accuracy and precision of the inferred parameters for any discovered exoplanet. For stars with masses between 0.35 and 0.5... Read More about The EBLM Project XII. An eccentric, long-period eclipsing binary with a companion near the hydrogen-burning limit.

The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres. (2024)
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Sebastian, D., Triaud, A. H. M. J., Brogi, M., Baycroft, T. A., Standing, M. R., Maxted, P. F. L., …Nielsen, M. B. (2024). The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 530(3), 2572–2589. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stae459

High-contrast eclipsing binaries with low mass M-dwarf secondaries are precise benchmark stars to build empirical mass-radius relationships for fully convective low-mass ($\rm M_{\star } < 0.35\, M_{\odot }$) dwarf stars. The contributed light... Read More about The EBLM project – XIII. The absolute dynamical masses of the circumbinary planet host TOI-1338/BEBOP-1, and applications to the study of exoplanet atmospheres..

Magnetic origin of the discrepancy between stellar limb-darkening models and observations (2024)
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Kostogryz, N. M., Shapiro, A. I., Witzke, V., Cameron, R. H., Gizon, L., Krivova, N. A., …Valenti, J. (2024). Magnetic origin of the discrepancy between stellar limb-darkening models and observations. Nature Astronomy, 8(7), 929-937. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02252-5

Stars appear darker at their limbs than at their disk centres because at the limb we are viewing the higher and cooler layers of stellar photospheres. Yet, limb darkening derived from state-of-the-art stellar atmosphere models systematically fails to... Read More about Magnetic origin of the discrepancy between stellar limb-darkening models and observations.