A. Leger

Publication List Details

Period

1988 - 2009

Number

65

Co-Authors

Transit timing analysis of CoRoT-1b (2009)

Csizmadia, Sz., Renner, S., Barge, P., Agol, E., Aigrain, S., Alonso, R., ...

CoRoT, the pioneer space-based transit search, steadily provides thousands of high-precision light curves with continuous time sampling over periods of up to 5 months. The transits of a planet...

Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life (2009)

Kasting, J., Traub, W., Roberge, A., Leger, A., Schwartz, A., Wooten, A., ...

Over 300 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have been detected orbiting nearby stars. We now hope to conduct a census of all planets around nearby stars and to characterize their atmospheres and...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: VII. The "hot-Jupiter"-type planet CoRoT-5b (2009)

Rauer, H., Queloz, D., Csizmadia, Sz., Deleuil, M., Alonso, R., Aigrain, S., ...

Aims. The CoRoT space mission continues to photometrically monitor about 12 000 stars in its field-of-view for a series of target fields to search for transiting extrasolar planets ever since 2007....

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first Super-Earth with measured radius (2009)

Leger, A., Rouan, D., Schneider, J., Barge, P., Fridlund, M., Samuel, B., ...

We report the discovery of very shallow (DF/F = 3.4 10-4), periodic dips in the light curve of an active V = 11.7 G9V star observed by the CoRoT satellite, which we interpret as due to the presence...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first Super-Earth with measured radius (2009)

Leger, A, Rouan, D, Schneider, J, Barge, P, Fridlund, M, Samuel, B, ...

We report the discovery of very shallow (DF/F = 3.4 10-4), periodic dips in the light curve of an active V = 11.7 G9V star observed by the CoRoT satellite, which we interpret as due to the presence...

The secondary eclipse of CoRoT-1b (2009)

Alonso, R., Alapini, A., Aigrain, S., Auvergne, M., Baglin, A., Barbieri, M., ...

The transiting planet CoRoT-1b is thought to belong to the pM-class of planets, in which the thermal emission dominates in the optical wavelengths. We present a detection of its secondary eclipse in...

Deciphering Spectral Fingerprints of Habitable Extrasolar Planets (2009)

Kaltenegger, L., Selsis, F., Fridlund, M., Lammer, H., Beichman, Ch., Danchi, W., ...

In this paper we discuss how we can read a planets spectrum to assess its habitability and search for the signatures of a biosphere. After a decade rich in giant exoplanet detections, observation...

Noise properties of the CoRoT data: a planet-finding perspective (2009)

Aigrain, S., Pont, F., Fressin, F., Alapini, A., Alonso, R., Auvergne, M., ...

In this short paper, we study the photometric precision of stellar light curves obtained by the CoRoT satellite in its planet finding channel, with a particular emphasis on the timescales...

Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)

Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...

A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...

Using SPICA Space Telescope to characterize Exoplanets (2008)

Goicoechea, J. R., Swinyard, B., Tinetti, G., Nakagawa, T., Enya, K., Tamura, M., ...

We present the 3.5m SPICA space telescope, a proposed Japanese-led JAXA-ESA mission scheduled for launch around 2017. The actively cooled ( 18 um). SPICA is one of the few space missions selected to...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission IV: CoRoT-Exo-4b: A transiting planet in a 9.2 day synchronous orbit (2008)

Aigrain, S., Cameron, A. Collier, Ollivier, M., Pont, F., Jorda, L., Almenara, J. M., ...

CoRoT, the first space-based transit search, provides ultra-high precision light curves with continuous time-sampling over periods, of up to 5 months. This allows the detection of transiting planets...

DARWIN - A Mission to Detect, and Search for Life on, Extrasolar Planets (2008)

Cockell, C. S., Leger, A., Fridlund, M., Herbst, T., Kaltenegger, L., Absil, O., ...

The discovery of extra-solar planets is one of the greatest achievements of modern astronomy. The detection of planets with a wide range of masses demonstrates that extra-solar planets of low mass...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission I - CoRoT-Exo-1b: a low-density short-period planet around a G0V star (2008)

Barge, P., Baglin, A., Auvergne, M., Rauer, H., Leger, A., Schneider, J., ...

Context. The pioneer space mission for photometric planet searches, CoRoT, steadily monitors about 12,000 stars in each of its fields of view; it is able to detect transit candidates early in the...

Could we identify hot Ocean-Planets with CoRoT, Kepler and Doppler velocimetry? (2007)

Selsis, F., Chazelas, B., Borde, P., Ollivier, M., Brachet, F., Decaudin, M., ...

Planets less massive than about 10 MEarth are expected to have no massive H-He atmosphere and a cometary composition (50% rocks, 50% water, by mass) provided they formed beyond the snowline of...

A New Family of Planets ? \"Ocean Planets\" (2007)

Leger, A., Selsis, F., Sotin, C., Guillot, T., Despois, D., Mawet, D., ...

A new family of planets is considered which is between rochy terrestrial planets and gaseous giant ones: \"Ocean-Planets\". We present the possible formation, composition and internal models of these...

Could we identify hot Ocean-Planets with CoRoT, Kepler and Doppler velocimetry? (2007)

Selsis, F., Chazelas, B., Borde, P., Ollivier, M., Brachet, F., Decaudin, M., ...

Planets less massive than about 10 MEarth are expected to have no massive H-He atmosphere and a cometary composition (50% rocks, 50% water, by mass) provided they formed beyond the snowline of...

Double protection passive pour les equipages de l'helicoptere d'attaque "Tigre" : Concept et etude experimentale (Design and Experimental Study of the Passive Double Hearing Protection for the Crew of the Attack Helicopter "Tiger") (2006)

Baudou, J., Reynaud, G., Poussin, G., Leger, A.

Les coques des ecouteurs du casque Topowl ont deja fait l'objet d'une etude visant a optimiser leur protection auditive dans les stricts budgets de masse et de volume impartis. La presente demarche...

Rationale for the use of color information on Eddington (2005)

Bordé, P., Leger, A., Rouan, D., Cameron, A. C.

For the Eddington mission, the intrinsic stellar variability can be a major source of noise in the detection of extrasolar planets by the transit method. We derive that most detections of terrestrial...

Exoplanet detection capability of the COROT space mission (2005)

Bordé, P., Rouan, D., Leger, A.

COROT will be the first high precision photometric satellite to be launched with the aim of detecting exoplanets by the transit method. In this paper, we present the simulations we have carried out...

Report by the ESA-ESO Working Group on Extra-Solar Planets (2005)

Perryman, M., Hainaut, O., Dravins, D., Leger, A., Quirrenbach, A., Rauer, H., ...

Various techniques are being used to search for extra-solar planetary signatures, including accurate measurement of radial velocity and positional (astrometric) displacements, gravitational...

A New Family of Planets ? \"Ocean Planets\" (2004)

Leger, A., Selsis, F., Sotin, C., Guillot, T., Despois, D., Mawet, D., ...

A new family of planets is considered which is between rochy terrestrial planets and gaseous giant ones: \"Ocean-Planets\". We present the possible formation, composition and internal models of these...

A New Family of Planets ? "Ocean Planets" (2003)

Leger, A., Selsis, F., Sotin, C., Guillot, T., Despois, D., Lammer, H., ...

A new family of planets is considered which is between rochy terrestrial planets and gaseous giant ones: "Ocean-Planets". We present the possible formation, composition and internal models of these...

Exoplanet detection capability of the COROT space mission (2003)

Borde, P., Rouan, D., Leger, A.

COROT will be the first high precision photometric satellite to be launched with the aim of detecting exoplanets by the transit method. In this paper, we present the simulations we have carried out...

Rationale for the use of color information on Eddington (2003)

Borde, P., Leger, A., Rouan, D., Cameron, A. C.

For the Eddington mission, the intrinsic stellar variability can be a major source of noise in the detection of extrasolar planets by the transit method. We derive that most detections of terrestrial...

Rationale for the use of color information on Eddington (2003)

Bordé, P., Leger, A., Rouan, D., Cameron, A. C.

For the Eddington mission, the intrinsic stellar variability can be a major source of noise in the detection of extrasolar planets by the transit method. We derive that most detections of terrestrial...

Exoplanet detection capability of the COROT space mission (2003)

Bordé, P., Rouan, D., Leger, A.

COROT will be the first high precision photometric satellite to be launched with the aim of detecting exoplanets by the transit method. In this paper, we present the simulations we have carried out...

A New Family of Planets ? \"Ocean Planets\" (2003)

Leger, A., Selsis, F., Sotin, C., Guillot, T., Despois, D., Mawet, D., ...

A new family of planets is considered which is between rochy terrestrial planets and gaseous giant ones: \"Ocean-Planets\". We present the possible formation, composition and internal models of these...

Rationale for the use of color information on Eddington (2003)

Bordé, P., Leger, A., Rouan, D., Cameron, A. C.

For the Eddington mission, the intrinsic stellar variability can be a major source of noise in the detection of extrasolar planets by the transit method. We derive that most detections of terrestrial...

Exoplanet detection capability of the COROT space mission (2003)

Bordé, P., Rouan, D., Leger, A.

COROT will be the first high precision photometric satellite to be launched with the aim of detecting exoplanets by the transit method. In this paper, we present the simulations we have carried out...

An Ontology-Based Mediation Architecture for E-Commerce Applications (2003)

O. Corcho, A. Gomez-perez, A. Leger, C. Rey, F. Toumani

As part of the MKBEEM project, we present an ontology based mediation framework for electronic commerce applications. The framework is based on a mediator/wrapper approach that supports an integrated...

Physiopathology and Pathology of Spinal Injuries in Aerospace Medicine (Second Edition) (2002)

Delahaye, R. P., Auffret, R., Doury, P., Kleitz, C., Leger, A.

Contents: The Significance of Spinal Disorders in Aerospace Medicine; Anatomy of the Spine; Biomechanics of the Spine; Spinal Stresses in Flight; Traumatic Lesions of the Spine in Aviation Medicine;...

Computing Concept Covers: A Preliminary Report (2002)

M. S. Hacid, A. Leger, C. Rey, F. Toumani

Motivated by a novel application of description logics in the area of electronic commerce, this paper investigates a new instance of the problem of rewriting concepts using terminologies, namely the...

The aromatic infrared bands as seen by ISO-SWS: probing the PAH model (2001)

Verstraete, L., Pech, C., Moutou, Claire, Sellgren, K., Wright, C. M., Giard, M., ...

We discuss the Aromatic Infrared Band (AIB) profiles observed by ISO-SWS towards a number of bright interstellar regions where dense molecular gas is illuminated by stellar radiation. Our sample...

New PAH mode at 16.4 microns (1999)

Moutou, C., Verstraete, L., Leger, A., Sellgren, K., Schmidt, W.

The detection of a new 16.4 micron emission feature in the ISO-SWS spectra of NGC 7023, M17, and the Orion Bar is reported. Previous laboratory experiments measured a mode near this wavelength in...

Upper limit on C60 and C60+ features in the ISO-SWS spectrum of the reflection nebula NGC 7023 (1999)

Moutou, C., Sellgren, K., Verstraete, L., Leger, A.

We present here the 7.0-8.7 micron spectrum of the bright reflection nebula NGC 7023. Our observations are made with the Short Wavelength Spectrometer (SWS) on the European satellite Infrared Space...

UPPER LIMITS ON THE $C_{60}$ AND $C^{+}_{60}$ ABUNDANCES IN THE INTERSTELLAR MEDIUM (1999)

Sellgren, K., Moutou, C., Verstraete, L., Leger, A.

Author Institution: Astronomy Department, Ohio State University; Observatoire de Haute Provenece, F-04870 St Michel l'Observatoire; Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Universit\'{e} Paris Sud

Detection of myocarditis during the first year after discovery of a dilated cardiomyopathy by endomyocardial biopsy and gallium-67 myocardial scintigraphy: prospective multicentre French study of 91 patients (1988)

BOUHOUR, J. B., HELIAS, J., DE LAJARTRE, A. Y., PETITIER, H., KOMAJDA, M., LEGER, A., ...

The purpose of this study was to assess the frequency of inflammatory lesions in the myocardium of subjects with dilated cardiomyopathy and to determine if there was any correlation between the...

Immunological studies of autoimmune thyroid disorders: abnormalities in the inducer T cell subset and proliferative responses to autologous and allogeneic stimulation.

Fournier, C, Chen, H, Leger, A, Charreire, J

Various immunological parameters were investigated in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis (HT) and Graves' disease (GD). The total T cell numbers were significantly decreased in both diseases...