Transiting exoplanet atmospheres in the era of JWST

EMR Kempton, HA Knutson - Reviews in Mineralogy …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The field of exoplanet atmospheric characterization has recently made considerable
advances with the advent of high-resolution spectroscopy from large ground-based …

A roadmap for the atmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets with JWST

Nature Astronomy, 2024 - nature.com
Ultracool dwarf stars are abundant, long-lived and uniquely suited to enable the
atmospheric study of transiting terrestrial companions with the JWST. Among them, the most …

[HTML][HTML] The 2024 release of the ExoMol database: molecular line lists for exoplanet and other hot atmospheres

J Tennyson, SN Yurchenko, J Zhang… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2024 - Elsevier
The ExoMol database (www. exomol. com) provides molecular data for spectroscopic
studies of hot atmospheres. These data are widely used to model atmospheres of …

Multiple Clues for Dayside Aerosols and Temperature Gradients in WASP-69 b from a Panchromatic JWST Emission Spectrum

E Schlawin, S Mukherjee, K Ohno, TJ Bell… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
WASP-69 b is a hot, inflated, Saturn-mass planet (0.26 M Jup) with a zero-albedo
equilibrium temperature of 963 K. Here, we report the JWST 2–12 μm emission spectrum of …

Possible Hycean conditions in the sub-Neptune TOI-270 d

M Holmberg, N Madhusudhan - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2024 - aanda.org
The JWST has ushered in a new era in atmospheric characterisations of temperate low-
mass exoplanets with recent detections of carbon-bearing molecules in the candidate …

Near-infrared transmission spectroscopy of HAT-P-18 b with NIRISS: Disentangling planetary and stellar features in the era of JWST

M Fournier-Tondreau, RJ MacDonald… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The JWST Early Release Observations (ERO) included a NIRISS/SOSS (0.6–
2.8 μ m) transit of the∼ 850 K Saturn-mass exoplanet HAT-P-18 b. Initial analysis of these …

A benchmark JWST near-infrared spectrum for the exoplanet WASP-39 b

AL Carter, EM May, N Espinoza, L Welbanks… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Observing exoplanets through transmission spectroscopy supplies detailed information
about their atmospheric composition, physics and chemistry. Before the James Webb Space …

Confirmation of an He I evaporating atmosphere around the 650-Myr-old sub-Neptune HD 235088 b (TOI-1430 b) with CARMENES

J Orell-Miquel, M Lampón, M López-Puertas… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
HD 235088 (TOI-1430) is a young star known to host a sub-Neptune-sized planet candidate.
We validated the planetary nature of HD 235088 b with multiband photometry, refined its …

Transmission Spectroscopy of the Habitable Zone Exoplanet LHS 1140 b with JWST/NIRISS

C Cadieux, R Doyon, RJ MacDonald… - The Astrophysical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
LHS 1140 b is the second-closest temperate transiting planet to Earth with an equilibrium
temperature low enough to support surface liquid water. At 1.730±0.025 R⊕, LHS 1140 b …

JWST/NIRISS and HST: Exploring the improved ability to characterize exoplanet atmospheres in the JWST era

C Fisher, J Taylor, V Parmentier… - Monthly Notices of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
ABSTRACT The Hubble Space Telescope has been a pioneering instrument for studying
the atmospheres of exoplanets, specifically its WFC3 and STIS instruments. With the launch …