Detailed characterization of an extrasolar planet's atmosphere provides the best hope for
distinguishing the makeup of its outer layers, and the only hope for understanding the …

PLATO 2.0 has recently been selected for ESA's M3 launch opportunity (2022/24). Providing
accurate key planet parameters (radius, mass, density and age) in statistical numbers, it …

What kind of environment may exist on terrestrial planets around other stars? In spite of the
lack of direct observations, it may not be premature to speculate on exoplanetary climates …

The near-infrared transmission spectrum of the warm sub-Neptune exoplanet GJ 1214 b has
been observed to be flat and featureless, implying a high metallicity atmosphere with …

Close-in super-Earths, with radii R≈ 2–5 R⊕ and orbital periods P< 100 d, orbit more than
half, and perhaps nearly all, Sun-like stars in the Universe. We use this omnipresent …

Planets larger than Earth and smaller than Neptune are some of the most numerous in the
galaxy, but observational efforts to understand this population have proved challenging …

One of the most profound questions about the newly discovered class of low-density super-
Earths is whether these exoplanets are predominately H 2-dominated mini-Neptunes or …

We perform modeling investigations to aid in understanding the atmospheres and
composition of small planets of∼ 2–4 Earth radii, which are now known to be common in our …

ABSTRACT GJ 1214b is the most studied sub-Neptune exoplanet to date. Recent
measurements have shown its near-infrared transmission spectrum to be flat, pointing to a …

Recent observations of the super-Earth GJ 1214b show that it has a relatively featureless
transmission spectrum. One suggestion is that these observations indicate that the planet's …