Search Results - "Waldmann, I P"
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TauREx 3: A Fast, Dynamic, and Extendable Framework for Retrievals
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-08-2021)“…Abstract TauREx 3 is the next generation of the TauREx exoplanet atmospheric retrieval framework for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is a complete rewrite with a…”
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Toward a More Complex Description of Chemical Profiles in Exoplanet Retrievals: A Two-layer Parameterization
Published in The Astrophysical journal (20-11-2019)“…State of the art spectral retrieval models of exoplanet atmospheres assume constant chemical profiles with altitude. This assumption is justified by the…”
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TAU-REX I: A NEXT GENERATION RETRIEVAL CODE FOR EXOPLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2015)“…ABSTRACT Spectroscopy of exoplanetary atmospheres has become a well established method for the characterization of extrasolar planets. We here present a novel…”
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Impact of Planetary Mass Uncertainties on Exoplanet Atmospheric Retrievals
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2020)“…In current models used to interpret exoplanet atmospheric observations, the planetary mass is treated as a prior and is measured/estimated independently with…”
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DETECTION OF AN ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE SUPER-EARTH 55 CANCRI E
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2016)“…ABSTRACT We report the analysis of two new spectroscopic observations in the near-infrared of the super-Earth 55 Cancri e, obtained with the WFC3 camera on…”
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OF COCKTAIL PARTIES AND EXOPLANETS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-03-2012)“…The characterization of ever smaller and fainter extrasolar planets requires an intricate understanding of one's data and the analysis techniques used…”
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A NEW APPROACH TO ANALYZING HST SPATIAL SCANS: THE TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM OF HD 209458 b
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-12-2016)“…ABSTRACT The Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope is currently one of the most widely used instruments for observing exoplanetary atmospheres,…”
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EXPLORING BIASES OF ATMOSPHERIC RETRIEVALS IN SIMULATED JWST TRANSMISSION SPECTRA OF HOT JUPITERS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (10-12-2016)“…ABSTRACT With a scheduled launch in 2018 October, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is expected to revolutionize the field of atmospheric characterization…”
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A Comparison of Chemical Models of Exoplanet Atmospheres Enabled by TauREx 3.1
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-06-2022)“…Abstract Thermochemical equilibrium is one of the most commonly used assumptions in current exoplanet retrievals. As science operations with the James Webb…”
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Line-profile tomography of exoplanet transits – II. A gas-giant planet transiting a rapidly rotating A5 star
Published in Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (01-09-2010)“…Most of our knowledge of extrasolar planets rests on precise radial-velocity measurements, either for direct detection or for confirmation of the planetary…”
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Is the Atmosphere of the Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121 b Variable?
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-02-2024)“…Abstract We present a comprehensive analysis of the Hubble Space Telescope observations of the atmosphere of WASP-121 b, an ultra-hot Jupiter. After reducing…”
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Ground-based Near-infrared Emission Spectroscopy of HD 189733b
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2012)“…We investigate the K- and L-band dayside emission of the hot-Jupiter HD 189733b with three nights of secondary eclipse data obtained with the SpeX instrument…”
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DREAMING OF ATMOSPHERES
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2016)“…ABSTRACT Here, we introduce the RobERt (Robotic Exoplanet Recognition) algorithm for the classification of exoplanetary emission spectra. Spectral retrieval of…”
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An Exploration of Model Degeneracies with a Unified Phase Curve Retrieval Analysis: The Light and Dark Sides of WASP-43 b
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2021)“…Abstract The analysis of exoplanetary atmospheres often relies upon the observation of transit or eclipse events. While very powerful, these snapshots provide…”
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ON SIGNALS FAINT AND SPARSE: THE ACICA ALGORITHM FOR BLIND DE-TRENDING OF EXOPLANETARY TRANSITS WITH LOW SIGNAL-TO-NOISE
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2014)“…Independent component analysis (ICA) has recently been shown to be a promising new path in data analysis and de-trending of exoplanetary time series signals…”
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Five Key Exoplanet Questions Answered via the Analysis of 25 Hot-Jupiter Atmospheres in Eclipse
Published in The Astrophysical journal. Supplement series (01-05-2022)“…Abstract Population studies of exoplanets are key to unlocking their statistical properties. So far, the inferred properties have been mostly limited to…”
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REPEATABILITY OF SPITZER/IRAC EXOPLANETARY ECLIPSES WITH INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2016)“…ABSTRACT The research of effective and reliable detrending methods for Spitzer data is of paramount importance for the characterization of exoplanetary…”
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REVISITING SPITZER TRANSIT OBSERVATIONS WITH INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS: NEW RESULTS FOR THE GJ 436 SYSTEM
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-04-2015)“…ABSTRACT We analyzed four Spitzer/IRAC observations at 3.6 and 4.5 m of the primary transit of the exoplanet GJ 436b, by using blind source separation…”
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A NEW LOOK AT SPITZER PRIMARY TRANSIT OBSERVATIONS OF THE EXOPLANET HD 189733b
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-05-2014)“…Blind source separation techniques are used to reanalyze two exoplanetary transit light curves of the exoplanet HD 189733b recorded with the IR camera IRAC on…”
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Identifiable Acetylene Features Predicted for Young Earth-like Exoplanets with Reducing Atmospheres Undergoing Heavy Bombardment
Published in The Astrophysical journal (01-01-2020)“…The chemical environments of young planets are assumed to be largely influenced by the impacts of bodies lingering on unstable trajectories after the…”
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