Advances in optical/infrared interferometry

F Eisenhauer, JD Monnier… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
After decades of fast-paced technical advances, optical/infrared (O/IR) interferometry has
seen a revolution in recent years:▪ The GRAVITY instrument at the Very Large Telescope …

Stellar and substellar companions from Gaia EDR3-Proper-motion anomaly and resolved common proper-motion pairs

P Kervella, F Arenou, F Thévenin - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The multiplicity fraction of stars, down to the substellar regime, is a parameter of
fundamental importance for stellar formation, evolution, and planetology. The census of …

Direct imaging and astrometric detection of a gas giant planet orbiting an accelerating star

T Currie, GM Brandt, TD Brandt, B Lacy, A Burrows… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Direct imaging of gas giant exoplanets provides information on their atmospheres and the
architectures of planetary systems. However, few planets have been detected in blind …

3D selection of 167 substellar companions to nearby stars

F Feng, RP Butler, SS Vogt, MS Clement… - The Astrophysical …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We analyze 5108 AFGKM stars with at least five high-precision radial velocity points, as well
as Gaia and Hipparcos astrometric data, utilizing a novel pipeline developed in previous …

Direct confirmation of the radial-velocity planet β Pictoris c

M Nowak, S Lacour, AM Lagrange, P Rubini… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Context. Methods used to detect giant exoplanets can be broadly divided into two
categories: indirect and direct. Indirect methods are more sensitive to planets with a small …

Science with a small two-band UV-photometry mission II: Observations of stars and stellar systems

J Krtička, J Benáček, J Budaj, D Korčáková, A Pál… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
We outline the impact of a small two-band UV-photometry satellite mission on the field of
stellar physics, magnetospheres of stars, binaries, stellar clusters, interstellar matter, and …

The mass of β Pictoris c from β Pictoris b orbital motion

S Lacour, JJ Wang, L Rodet, M Nowak… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Aims. We aim to demonstrate that the presence and mass of an exoplanet can now be
effectively derived from the astrometry of another exoplanet. Methods. We combined …

Molecules with ALMA at planet-forming scales (MAPS). VII. Substellar O/H and C/H and superstellar C/O in planet-feeding gas

AD Bosman, F Alarcón, EA Bergin… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The elemental composition of the gas and dust in a protoplanetary disk influences the
compositions of the planets that form in it. We use the Molecules with ALMA at Planet …

Rotation periods, inclinations, and obliquities of cool stars hosting directly imaged substellar companions: spin–orbit misalignments are common

BP Bowler, QH Tran, Z Zhang, M Morgan… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The orientation between a star's spin axis and a planet's orbital plane provides valuable
information about the system's formation and dynamical history. For non-transiting planets at …

Improved dynamical masses for six brown dwarf companions using Hipparcos and Gaia EDR3

GM Brandt, TJ Dupuy, Y Li, M Chen… - The Astronomical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present comprehensive orbital analyses and dynamical masses for the substellar
companions Gl 229 B, Gl 758 B, HD 13724 B, HD 19467 B, HD 33632 Ab, and HD 72946 B …