D. Queloz

Publication List Details

Period

1998 - 2009

Number

251

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...

The Masses and Radii of HD186753B and TYC7096-222-1B: The First M-dwarfs known to Eclipse A-type Stars (2009)

Bentley, S. J., Smalley, B., Maxted, P. F. L., Hellier, C., Wilson, D. M., Anderson, D. R., ...

We present observations of two new single-lined eclipsing binaries, both consisting of an Am star and an M-dwarf, discovered by the Wide Angle Search for Planets transit photometry survey. Using WASP...

WASP-16b: A New Jupiter-Like Planet Transiting a Southern Solar Analog (2009)

Lister, T. A., Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Hebb, L., Smalley, B. S., ...

We report the discovery from WASP-South of a new Jupiter-like extrasolar planet, WASP-16b, which transits its solar analog host star every 3.12 days. Analysis of the transit photometry and radial...

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....

WASP-16b: A New Jupiter-Like Planet Transiting a Southern Solar Analog (2009)

Lister, T A, Anderson, D R, Gillon, Michaël, Hebb, L, Smalley, B S, ...

We report the discovery from WASP-South of a new Jupiter-like extrasolar planet, WASP-16b, which transits its solar analog host star every 3.12 days. Analysis of the transit photometry and radial...

Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs around A-F type stars - VII. Theta Cygni radial velocity variations: planets or stellar phenomenon? (2009)

Desort, M., Galland, F., Udry, S., Montagnier, G., Beust, H., ...

(abridged) In the frame of the search for extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs around early-type main-sequence stars, we present the results obtained on the early F-type star Theta Cygni. Elodie and...

The CORALIE survey for southern extrasolar planets. XVI. Discovery of a planetary system around HD 147018 and of two long period and massive planets orbiting HD 171238 and HD 204313 (2009)

Segransan, D., Udry, S., Mayor, M., Naef, D., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We report the detection of a double planetary system around HD 140718 as well as the discovery of two long period and massive planets orbiting HD 171238 and HD 204313. Those discoveries were made...

WASP-17b: an ultra-low density planet in a probable retrograde orbit (2009)

Anderson, D. R., Hellier, C., Gillon, M., Smalley, B., Hebb, L., ...

We report the discovery of the transiting giant planet WASP-17b, the least-dense planet currently known. It is 1.6 Saturn masses but 1.5-2 Jupiter radii, giving a density of 6-14 per cent that of...

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...

WASP-16b: A new Jupiter-like planet transiting a southern solar analog (2009)

Lister, T. A., Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Hebb, L., Smalley, B. S., ...

We report the discovery from WASP-South of a new Jupiter-like extrasolar planet, WASP-16b, which transits its solar analog host star every 3.12 days. Analysis of the transit photometry and radial...

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...

An orbital period of 0.94days for the hot-Jupiter planet WASP-18b (2009)

Hellier, Coel, Anderson, D R, Cameron, A Collier, Gillon, Michaël, Hebb, L, Maxted, P F L, ...

The `hot Jupiters' that abound in lists of known extrasolar planets are thought to have formed far from their host stars, but migrate inwards through interactions with the proto-planetary disk from...

Planetary transit candidates in COROT-IRa01 field (2009)

Carpano, S., Cabrera, J., Alonso, R., Barge, P., Aigrain, S., ...

Context: CoRoT is a pioneering space mission devoted to the analysis of stellar variability and the photometric detection of extrasolar planets. Aims: We present the list of planetary transit...

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...

Discovery and characterization of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting a solar-type star (2009)

Gillon, Michaël, Anderson, D R, Hellier, C, Maxted, P F L, Pollaco, D, ...

We report the discovery of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting every 3.3610060[SUP]+ 0.0000022 [/SUP][SUB]- 0.0000035 [/SUB] days a mildly metal-poor solar-type star of magnitude...

The 0.5MJ transiting exoplanet WASP-13b (2009)

Skillen, I., Pollacco, D., Collier Cameron, A., Hebb, L., Simpson, E., Bouchy, François, ...

We report the discovery of WASP-13b, a low-mass $ M_{\rm p} = 0.46 ^_~M_J$ transiting exoplanet with an orbital period of 4.35298 $\pm$ 0.00004 days. The transit has a depth of 9 mmag, and although...

A SuperWASP search for additional transiting planets in 24 known systems (2009)

Smith, A. M. S., Hebb, L., Cameron, A. Collier, Anderson, D. R., Lister, T. A., Hellier, C., ...

We present results from a search for additional transiting planets in 24 systems already known to contain a transiting planet. We model the transits due to the known planet in each system and...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XVIII. An Earth-mass planet in the GJ 581 planetary system (2009)

Mayor, M., Bonfils, X., Forveille, T., Delfosse, X., Udry, S., ...

The GJ 581 planetary system was already known to harbour three planets, including two super-Earths planets which straddle its habitable zone. We report here the detection of an additional planet --...

Mass-radius relation of low and very low-mass stars revisited with the VLTI (2009)

Segransan, D., Forveille, T., Queloz, D., Delfosse, X., ...

We measured the radii of 7 low and very low-mass stars using long baseline interferometry with the VLTI interferometer and its VINCI and AMBER near-infrared recombiners. We use these new data,...

The Low Density Transiting Exoplanet WASP-15b (2009)

West, R G, Anderson, D R, Gillon, Michaël, Hebb, L, Hellier, C, Maxted, P F L, ...

We report the discovery of a low-density exoplanet transiting an 11th magnitude star in the Southern hemisphere. WASP-15b, which orbits its host star with a period P = 3.7520656 ± 0.0000028 d, has a...

VLT transit and occultation photometry for the bloated planet CoRoT-1b (2009)

Gillon, M., Barman, T., Hebb, L., Montalban, J., ...

We present VLT eclipse photometry for the giant planet CoRoT-1b. We observed a transit in the R-band filter and an occultation in a narrow filter centered on 2.09 microns. Our analysis of this new...

High resolution spectroscopy for Cepheids distance determination. V. Impact of the cross-correlation method on the p-factor and the gamma-velocities (2009)

Nardetto, N., Gieren, W., Kervella, P., Fouque, P., Storm, J., Pietrzynski, G., ...

The cross correlation method (hereafter CC) is widely used to derive the radial velocity curve of Cepheids when the signal to noise of the spectra is low. However, if it is used with the wrong...

The 0.5M$_J$ transiting exoplanet WASP-13b (2009)

Skillen, I., Pollacco, D., Cameron, A. Collier, Hebb, L., Simpson, E., Bouchy, F., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-13b, a low-mass $ M_p = 0.46 ^{+ 0.06}_{- 0.05} M_J$ transiting exoplanet with an orbital period of $4.35298 \pm 0.00004$ days. The transit has a depth of 9 mmag, and...

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...

Improved parameters for the transiting hot Jupiters WASP-4b and WASP-5b (2009)

Gillon, Michaël, Smalley, B, Hebb, L, Anderson, D R, Hellier, C, ...

The gaseous giant planets WASP-4b and WASP-5b are transiting 12-magnitude solar-type stars in the Southern hemisphere. The aim of the present work is to refine the parameters of these systems using...

Radial velocity follow-up for confirmation and characterization of transiting exoplanets (2009)

Bouchy, F., Moutou, C., Queloz, D.

Radial Velocity follow-up is essential to establish or exclude the planetary nature of a transiting companion as well as to accurately determine its mass. Here we present some elements of an...

The low density transiting exoplanet WASP-15b (2009)

West, R. G., Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Hebb, L., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., ...

We report the discovery of a low-density exoplanet transiting an 11th magnitude star in the Southern hemisphere. WASP-15b, which orbits its host star with a period P=3.7520656+-0.0000028d has a mass...

HD45364, a pair of planets in a 3:2 mean motion resonance (2009)

Correia, A. C. M., Udry, S., Mayor, M., Benz, W., Bouchy, F., ...

Precise radial-velocity measurements with the HARPS spectrograph reveal the presence of two planets orbiting the solar-type star HD45364. The companion masses are 0.187 Mjup and 0.658 Mjup, with...

WASP-10b: a 3M_J, gas-giant planet transiting a late-type K star (2009)

Christian, D. J., Gibson, N. P., Simpson, E. K., Street, R. A., Skillen, I., Pollacco, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-10b, a new transiting extrasolar planet (ESP) discovered by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) Consortium and confirmed using Nordic Optical Telescope FIbre-fed...

WASP-10b: a 3M_J gas-giant planet transiting a late-type K star (2009)

Christian, D. J., Gibson, N. P., Simpson, E. K., Street, R. A., Skillen, I., Pollacco, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-10b, a new transiting extrasolar planet (ESP) discovered by the Wide Angle Search for Planets (WASP) Consortium and confirmed using Nordic Optical Telescope FIbre-fed...

Discovery and characterization of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting a solar-type star (2009)

Gillon, M., Anderson, D. R., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pollaco, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-6b, an inflated sub-Jupiter mass planet transiting every 3.3610060 +0.0000022-0.0000035 days a mildly metal-poor solar-type star of magnitude V=11.9. A combined...

Wasp-7: A Bright Transiting-Exoplanet System in the Southern Hemisphere (2009)

Hellier, Coel, Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Lister, T. A., Maxted, P. F. L., Queloz, D., ...

We report that a Jupiter-mass planet, WASP-7b, transits the V = 9.5 star HD 197286 every 4.95 d. This is the brightest discovery from the WASP-South transit survey so far and is currently the...

Wasp-7: A Bright Transiting-Exoplanet System in the Southern Hemisphere (2009)

Hellier, Coel, Anderson, D R, Gillon, Michaël, Lister, T A, Maxted, P F L, Queloz, D, ...

We report that a Jupiter-mass planet, WASP-7b, transits the V = 9.5 star HD 197286 every 4.95 d. This is the brightest discovery from the WASP-South transit survey so far and is currently the...

The Masses and Radii of HD186753B and TYC7096-222-1B: The First M-dwarfs known to Eclipse A-type Stars (2009)

Bentley, S. J., Smalley, B., Maxted, P. F. L., Hellier, C., Wilson, D. M., Anderson, D. R., ...

We present observations of two new single-lined eclipsing binaries, both consisting of an Am star and an M-dwarf, discovered by the Wide Angle Search for Planets transit photometry survey. Using WASP...

Ground-based photometry of space-based transit detections: Photometric follow-up of the CoRoT mission (2009)

Deeg, H J, Gillon, Michaël, Shporer, A, Rouan, D, Stecklum, B, Aigrain, S, ...

The motivation, techniques and performance of the ground-based photometric follow-up of transit detections by the CoRoT space mission are presented. Its principal raison d’être arises from the...

Improved parameters for the transiting hot Jupiters WASP-4b and WASP-5b (2008)

Gillon, M., Smalley, B., Hebb, L., Anderson, D. R., Hellier, C., ...

The gaseous giant planets WASP-4b and WASP-5b are transiting 12 magnitude solar-type stars in the Southern hemisphere. The aim of the present work is to refine the parameters of these systems using...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XVII. Super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets in multiple planet systems HD47186 and HD181433 (2008)

Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Lovis, C., Udry, S., Benz, W., Bertaux, J-L, ...

This paper reports on the detection of two new multiple planet systems around solar-like stars HD47186 and HD181433. The first system includes a hot Neptune of 22.78 M_Earth at 4.08-days period and a...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission . VI. CoRoT-Exo-3b: the first secure inhabitant of the brown-dwarf desert (2008)

Deleuil, M, Deeg, H J, Alonso, R, Bouchy, F, Rouan, D, Auvergne, M, ...

Context: The CoRoT space mission routinely provides high-precision photometric measurements of thousands of stars that have been continuously observed for months. Aims: The discovery and...

Stellar activity of planetary host star HD 189733 (2008)

Boisse, I., Moutou, C., Vidal-Madjar, A., Bouchy, F., Pont, F., Hébrard, G., ...

Extra-solar planet search programs require high-precision velocity measurements. They need to study how to disentangle radial-velocity variations due to Doppler motion from the noise induced by...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XVII. Six long-period giant planets around BD -17 0063, HD 20868, HD 73267, HD 131664, HD 145377, HD 153950 (2008)

Moutou, C., Mayor, M., Curto, G. Lo, Udry, S., Bouchy, F., Benz, W., ...

We report the discovery of six new substellar companions of main-sequence stars, detected through multiple Doppler measurements with the instrument HARPS installed on the ESO 3.6m telescope, La...

TW ;Hydrae: evidence of stellar spots instead of a Hot Jupiter (2008)

Huélamo, N, Figueira, P, Bonfils, X, Santos, N C, Pepe, F, Gillon, Michaël, ...

Context: TW Hya is a classical T Tauri star that shows significant radial-velocity variations in the optical regime. These variations have been attributed to a 10 M_Jup planet orbiting the star at...

The sub-Jupiter mass transiting exoplanet WASP-11b (2008)

West, R. G., Cameron, A. Collier, Hebb, L., Joshi, Y. C., Pollacco, D., Simpson, E., ...

We report the discovery of a sub-Jupiter mass exoplanet transiting a magnitude V=11.7 host star 1SWASP J030928.54+304024.7. A simultaneous fit to the transit photometry and radial-velocity...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets: XIV. Gl 176b, a super-Earth rather than a Neptune, and at a different period (2008)

Forveille, T., Bonfils, X., Delfosse, X., Gillon, M., Udry, S., Bouchy, F., ...

A 10.24 days Neptune-mass planet was recently announced to orbit the nearby M2 dwarf Gl 176, based on 28 radial velocities measured with the HRS spectrograph on the Hobby-Heberly Telescope (HET). We...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. V. CoRoT-Exo-4b: stellar and planetary parameters (2008)

Moutou, C, Bruntt, H, Guillot, T, Shporer, A, Guenther, E, Aigrain, S, ...

Aims. The CoRoT satellite has announced its fourth transiting planet (Aigrain et al. 2008, A&A, 488, L43) with space photometry. We describe and analyse complementary observations of this system...

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

Aigrain, S, Collier Cameron, A, 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...

TW Hydrae: evidence of stellar spots instead of a Hot Jupiter (2008)

Huelamo, N., Figueira, P., Bonfils, X., Santos, N. C., Pepe, F., Guillon, M., ...

TW Hydrae shows significant radial-velocity variations in the optical regime. They have been attributed to a 10 Jupiter Mass planet orbiting the star at 0.04 AU. In this work, we have tested whether...

A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182 (2008)

Pont, F, Tamuz, O, Udalski, A, Mazeh, T, Bouchy, F, Melo, C, ...

By re-processing the data of the second season of the OGLE survey for planetary transits and adding new mesurements on the same fields gathered in subsequent years with the OGLE telescope, we have...

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...

Improved parameters for the transiting planet HD 17156b: a high-density giant planet with a very eccentric orbit (2008)

Gillon, Michaël, Mayor, M, Queloz, D, Udry, S, North, P

We report high-precision transit photometry for the recently detected planet HD 17156b. Using these new data with previously published transit photometry and radial velocity measurements, we perform...

Pushing the precision limit of ground-based eclipse photometry (2008)

Gillon, M., Anderson, D. R., Wilson, D. M., Hellier, C., Queloz, D., ...

Until recently, it was considered by many that ground-based photometry could not reach the high cadence sub-mmag regime because of the presence of the atmosphere. Indeed, high frequency atmospheric...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XIII. A planetary system with 3 Super-Earths (4.2, 6.9, & 9.2 Earth masses) (2008)

Mayor, M., Udry, S., Lovis, C., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Benz, W., ...

This paper reports on the detection of a planetary system with three Super-Earths orbiting HD40307. HD40307 is a K2V metal-deficient star at a distance of only 13 parsec, part of the HARPS GTO...

WASP-14b: 7.3 Mj transiting planet in an eccentric orbit (2008)

Joshi, Y. C., Pollacco, D., Cameron, A. Collier, Skillen, I., Simpson, E., Steele, I., ...

We report the discovery of a 7.3 Mjup exoplanet WASP-14b, one of the most massive transiting exoplanets observed to date. The planet orbits the tenth-magnitude F5V star USNO-B1 11118-0262485 with a...

WASP-10b: a 3M_J, gas-giant planet transiting a late-type K star (2008)

Christian, D. J., Gibson, N. P., Simpson, E. K., Street, R. A., Skillen, I., Pollacco, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-10b, a new transiting extrasolar planet (ESP) discovered by the WASP Consortium and confirmed using NOT FIES and SOPHIE radial velocity data. A 3.09 day period, 29...

Misaligned spin-orbit in the XO-3 planetary system? (2008)

Hebrard, G., Bouchy, F., Pont, F., Loeillet, B., Rabus, M., Bonfils, X., ...

The transiting extrasolar planet XO-3b is remarkable, with a high mass and eccentric orbit. The unusual characteristics make it interesting to test whether its orbital plane is parallel to the...

WASP-5b: a dense, very hot Jupiter transiting a 12th-mag Southern-hemisphere star (2008)

Anderson, D R, Gillon, Michaël, Hellier, C, Maxted, P F L, Pepe, F, Queloz, D, ...

We report the discovery of WASP-5b, a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting a 12th-mag G-type star in the Southern hemisphere. The 1.6-d orbital period places WASP-5b in the class of very hot Jupiters and...

Spectroscopic parameters for 451 stars in the HARPS GTO planet search program. Stellar [Fe/H] and the frequency of exo-Neptunes (2008)

Sousa, S. G., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Udry, S., Casagrande, L., Israelian, G., ...

To understand the formation and evolution of solar-type stars in the solar neighborhood, we need to measure their stellar parameters to high accuracy. We present a catalogue of accurate stellar...

WASP-7: The brightest transiting-exoplanet system in the Southern hemisphere (2008)

Hellier, Coel, Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Lister, T. A., Maxted, P. F. L., Queloz, D., ...

We report that a Jupiter-mass planet, WASP-7b, transits the V = 9.5 star HD197286 every 4.95 d. This is the brightest discovery from the WASP-South transit survey and the brightest...

ELODIE metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters V. An intermediate-period Jovian planet orbiting HD45652 (2008)

Santos, N. C., Udry, S., Bouchy, F., Da Silva, R., Loeillet, B., Mayor, M., ...

We present the detection of a 0.47 Jupiter mass planet in a 44-day period eccentric trajectory (e=0.39) orbiting the metal-rich star HD45652. This planet, the seventh giant planet discovered in the...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. II. CoRoT-Exo-2b: a transiting planet around an active G star (2008)

Alonso, R, Auvergne, M, Baglin, A, Ollivier, M, Moutou, C, Rouan, D, ...

Context: The CoRoT mission, a pioneer in exoplanet searches from space, has completed its first 150 days of continuous observations of ~12 000 stars in the galactic plane. An analysis of the raw data...

OGLE-TR-211 - a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up program (2008)

Udalski, A, Pont, F, Naef, D, Melo, C, Bouchy, F, Santos, N C, ...

We present results of the photometric campaign for planetary and low-luminosity object transits conducted by the OGLE survey in the 2005 season (Campaign #5). About twenty of the most promising...

WASP-3b: a strongly irradiated transiting gas-giant planet (2008)

Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Collier Cameron, A., Loeillet, B., Stempels, H. C., Bouchy, F., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-3b, the third transiting exoplanet to be discovered by the WASP and SOPHIE collaboration. WASP-3b transits its host star USNO-B1.0 1256−0285133 every 1.846 834 ±...

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...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission II. CoRoT-Exo-2b: A transiting planet around an active G star (2008)

Alonso, R., Auvergne, M., Baglin, A., Ollivier, M., Moutou, C., Rouan, D., ...

Context. The CoRoT mission, a pioneer in exoplanet searches from space, has completed its first 150 days of continuous observations of ~12000 stars in the galactic plane. An analysis of the raw data...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission III. The spectroscopic transit of CoRoT-Exo-2b with SOPHIE and HARPS (2008)

Bouchy, F., Queloz, D., Deleuil, M., Loeillet, B., Hatzes, A. P., Aigrain, S., ...

We report on the spectroscopic transit of the massive hot-Jupiter CoRoT-Exo-2b observed with the high-precision spectrographs SOPHIE and HARPS. By modeling the radial velocity anomaly occurring...

WASP-4b: A 12th Magnitude Transiting Hot Jupiter in the Southern Hemisphere (2008)

Wilson, D M, Gillon, Michaël, Hellier, C, Maxted, P F L, Pepe, F, Queloz, D, ...

We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE...

WASP-4b: a 12th-magnitude transiting hot-Jupiter in the Southern hemisphere (2008)

Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE...

From Espresso to Codex (2008)

Liske, J., Pasquini, L., Bonifacio, P., Bouchy, F., Carswell, R. F., Cristiani, S., ...

CODEX and ESPRESSO are concepts for ultra-stable, high-resolution spectrographs at the E-ELT and VLT, respectively. Both instruments are well motivated by distinct sets of science drivers. However,...

Cosmic dynamics in the era of Extremely Large Telescopes (2008)

Liske, J., Grazian, A., Vanzella, E., Dessauges, M., Viel, M., Pasquini, L., ...

The redshifts of all cosmologically distant sources are expected to experience a small, systematic drift as a function of time due to the evolution of the Universe's expansion rate. A measurement of...

WASP-4b: A 12th magnitude transiting hot Jupiter in the southern hemisphere (2008)

Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE...

Double-blind test program for astrometric planet detection with Gaia (2008)

Casertano, S., Lattanzi, M. G., Sozzetti, A., Spagna, A., Jancart, S., Morbidelli, R., ...

We use detailed simulations of the Gaia observations of synthetic planetary systems and develop and utilize independent software codes in double-blind mode to analyze the data, including statistical...

WASP-5b: a dense, very-hot Jupiter transiting a 12th-mag Southern-hemisphere star (2008)

Anderson, D. R., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-5b, a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting a 12th-mag G-type star in the Southern hemisphere. The 1.6-d orbital period places WASP-5b in the class of very-hot Jupiters and...

WASP-4b: a 12th-magnitude transiting hot-Jupiter in the Southern hemisphere (2008)

Wilson, D. M., Gillon, M., Hellier, C., Maxted, P. F. L., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-4b, a large transiting gas-giant planet with an orbital period of 1.34 days. This is the first planet to be discovered by the SuperWASP-South observatory and CORALIE...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: III. The spectroscopic transit of CoRoT-Exo-2b with SOPHIE and HARPS (2008)

Bouchy, F., Queloz, D., Deleuil, M., Loeillet, B., Hatzes, A., Aigrain, S., ...

We report on the spectroscopic transit of the massive hot-Jupiter CoRoT-Exo-2b observed with the high-precision spectrographs SOPHIE and HARPS. By modeling the radial velocity anomaly occurring...

Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission: II. CoRoT-Exo-2b: A transiting planet around an active G star (2008)

Alonso, R., Auvergne, M., Baglin, A., Ollivier, M., Moutou, C., Rouan, D., ...

Context. The CoRoT mission, a pioneer in exoplanet searches from space, has completed its first 150 days of continuous observations of ~12 000 stars in the galactic plane. An analysis of the raw data...

ESPRI data-reduction strategy and error budget for PRIMA (2008)

Tubbs, R., Elias, N. M., Launhardt, R., Reffert, S., Delplancke, F., Quirrenbach, A., ...

The Exoplanet Search with PRIma (ESPRI) will use the PRIMA dual-feed astrometric capability on the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) to perform astrometric detections of extra-solar planets....

The ESPRI Project: differential delay lines for PRIMA (2008)

Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Henning, Th, Quirrenbach, A., Delplancke, F., Andolfato, L., ...

ESPRI is a project which aims at searching for and characterizing extra-solar planets by dual-beam astrometry with PRIMA@VLTI. Differential Delay Lines (DDL) are fundamental for achieving the...

The ESPRI project: narrow-angle astrometry with VLTI-PRIMA (2008)

Launhardt, R., Henning, T., Queloz, D., Quirrenbach, A., Delplancke, F., Elias, N. M., ...

We describe the ongoing hardware and software developments that shall enable the ESO VLTI to perform narrow-angle differential delay astrometry in K-band with an accuracy of up to 10 muarcsec. The...

The ESPRI project: astrometric exoplanet search with PRIMA (2008)

Launhardt, R., Queloz, D., Henning, Th, Quirrenbach, A., Delplancke, F., Andolfato, L., ...

PRIMA, the instrument for Phase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry at the VLTI, is currently being developed at ESO. PRIMA will implement the dual-feed capability, at first for two UTs...

Preparing the exoplanet search with PRIMA: searching for reference stars and target characterization (2008)

Geisler, R., Setiawan, J., Henning, Th, Queloz, D., Quirrenbach, A., Launhardt, R., ...

The PRIMA (Phase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry) facility at ESO VLTI (Paranal observatory) is expected to be commissioned in mid 2008. The ESPRI (Exoplanet Search with PRIMA)...

The astrometric data reduction software (ADRS) and error budget for PRIMA (2008)

Elias, N. M., Tubbs, R. N., Köhler, R., Reffert, S., Stilz, I., Launhardt, R., ...

The Astrometric Data-Reduction Software (ADRS) processes fringe, delay, environmental, and calibration data for PRIMA narrow-angle astrometry. It is automated software designed to provide...

The CODEX-ESPRESSO experiment: cosmic dynamics, fundamental physics, planets and much more.. (2007)

Cristiani, S., Avila, G., Bonifacio, P., Bouchy, F., Carswell, B., D'Odorico, S., ...

CODEX, a high resolution, super-stable spectrograph to be fed by the E-ELT, the most powerful telescope ever conceived, will for the first time provide the possibility of directly measuring the...

Improved parameters for the transiting planet HD 17156b: a high-density giant planet with a very eccentric orbit (2007)

Gillon, M., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., Udry, S., North, P.

We report high-precision transit photometry for the recently detected planet HD 17156b. Using these new data with previously published transit photometry and radial velocity measurements, we perform...

Characterization of the hot Neptune GJ 436 b with Spitzer and ground-based observations (2007)

Demory, B*-O, Gillon, Michaël, Barman, T, Bonfils, X, Mayor, M, Mazeh, T, ...

We present Spitzer Space Telescope infrared photometry of a secondary eclipse of the hot Neptune GJ 436 b. The observations were obtained using the 8-mum band of the InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC). The...

Testing Planet Formation Models with Gaia $\mu$as Astrometry (2007)

Sozzetti, A., Casertano, S., Lattanzi, M. G., Spagna, A., Morbidelli, R., Pannunzio, R., ...

In this paper, we first summarize the results of a large-scale double-blind tests campaign carried out for the realistic estimation of the Gaia potential in detecting and measuring planetary systems....

OGLE-TR-211 - a new transiting inflated hot Jupiter from the OGLE survey and ESO LP666 spectroscopic follow-up program (2007)

Udalski, A., Pont, F., Naef, D., Melo, C., Bouchy, F., Santos, N. C., ...

We present results of the photometric campaign for planetary and low-luminosity object transits conducted by the OGLE survey in 2005 season (Campaign #5). About twenty most promising candidates...

ELODIE low-mass companions to solar-type stars (2007)

A. J. Penny, P. Artymowicz, S. S. Russell, D. Naef, M. Mayor, ...

Abstract. We present radial-velocity measurements for three solar-type stars (HD 127506, HD 174457 and HD 185414) hosting low-mass companions. The measurements were obtained with the ELODIE echelle...

A Planetary Companion around the Young G6 Dwarf Gliese-Jahreiss 3021 (2007)

Naef Mayor Pepe, D. Naef, M. Mayor, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, N. C. Santos, ...

. We present here a new planetary companion detected with the CORALIE spectrograph mounted on the 1.2-m "Leonard Euler" Swiss Telescope at ESO-La Silla Observatory (Chile). It is the fifth...

Rotation of the Outer Disc from Classical Cepheids (2007)

Pont Queloz Bratschi, F. Pont, D. Queloz, P. Bratschi, M. Mayor

. Radial velocities and distances have been measured for a sample of 48 remote classical cepheids located in the outer disc of the Galaxy (118 0 ! l ! 274 0 ). The distances are determined from BVI...

The rotational velocity of low-mass stars in the Pleiades cluster (2007)

Queloz Allain Mermilliod, D. Queloz, S. Allain, J. Bouvier, M. Mayor

. We present new v sin i measurements for 235 low-mass stars in the Pleiades. The differential rotational broadening has been resolved for all the stars in our sample. These results, combined with...

The Mass Function Below the Substellar Limit (2007)

Mayor Udry Queloz, M. Mayor, S. Udry, D. Queloz

. During the last 13 years, the radial velocity monitoring of about 570 G and K dwarfs of the solar vicinity has permitted an almost complete census of the spectroscopic binaries. These detections,...

Discovery of a very large magnetic field in the Ap star HD 47103 (2007)

Babel North And, P. North, D. Queloz

. In the course of a systematic survey of surface magnetic fields of cool Ap stars with correlation procedures, we have discovered a 17.5 kG field in the 9th magnitude Ap SrEu star HD 47103. This...

S. Udry, M. Mayor and D. Queloz (2007)

Observatoire De Gen, S. Udry, M. Mayor, D. Queloz, Observatoire De Gen`eve, Ch. Des Maillettes, ...

. 20 years of CORAVEL photoelectric radial-velocity measurements associated with the high precision achieved by the ELODIE spectrograph on a fair time span allow us to propose a new list of...

Mass Function and Orbital Distributions of Substellar Companions (2007)

Mayor Queloz, M. Mayor, D. Queloz, S. Udry

. The number of substellar companions (m 2 sini ! 0:075 M fi ) now discovered already permits a first determination of the mass function below the hydrogen-burning limit. The shape of the mass...

HD196885, a close binary star with a 3.7-year planet (2007)

Correia, A. C. M., Udry, S., Mayor, M., Eggenberger, A., Naef, D., ...

We report the presence of a planet orbiting HD196885_A, with an orbital period of 1349 days. This star was previously suggested to host a 386-day planet, but we cannot confirm its existence. We also...

Extrasolar Planets: from Individual Detections to Statistical Properties (2007)

S. Udry, M. Mayor, D. Queloz

Abstract. Ten new planet candidates are announced as part of our ELODIE and CORALIE planet search programs in both hemispheres. Most of them present properties common to the known extrasolar planets....

Aa 379, 279--287 (2001) (2007)

Doi Eso Astronomy, D. Queloz, G. W. Henry, J. P. Sivan, S. L. Baliunas, ...

The G0V star HD 166435 has been observed by the fiber-fed spectrograph ELODIE as one of the targets in the large extra-solar planet survey that we are conducting at the Observatory of Haute-Provence....

WASP-3b: a strongly-irradiated transiting gas-giant planet (2007)

Pollacco, D., Skillen, I., Cameron, A. Collier, Loeillet, B., Stempels, H. C., Bouchy, F., ...

We report the discovery of WASP-3b, the third transiting exoplanet to be discovered by the WASP and SOPHIE collaboration. WASP-3b transits its host star USNO-B1.0 1256-0285133 every...

A transiting planet among 23 new near-threshold candidates from the OGLE survey - OGLE-TR-182 (2007)

Pont, F., Tamuz, O., Udalski, A., Mazeh, T., Bouchy, F., Melo, C., ...

By re-processing the data of the second season of the OGLE survey for planetary transits and adding new mesurements on the same fields gathered in subsequent years with the OGLE telescope, we have...

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XV. Discovery of two eccentric planets orbiting HD4113 and HD156846 (2007)

Tamuz, O., Ségransan, D., Udry, S., Mayor, M., Eggenberger, A., Naef, D., ...

We report the detection of two very eccentric planets orbiting HD4113 and HD156846 with the CORALIE Echelle spectrograph mounted on the 1.2-m Euler Swiss telescope at La Silla. The first planet,...

HAT-P-5b: A Jupiter-like hot Jupiter Transiting a Bright Star (2007)

Bakos, G. A., Shporer, A., Pal, A., Torres, G., Kovacs, Geza, Latham, D. W., ...

We report the discovery of a planet transiting a moderately bright (V = 12.00) G star, with an orbital period of 2.788491 +/-0.000025 days. From the transit light curve we determine that the radius...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. X. A m sin i = 11 M_â planet around the nearby spotted M dwarf GJ 674 (2007)

Bonfils, X, Mayor, M, Delfosse, X, Forveille, T, Gillon, Michaël, Perrier, C, ...

Context: How planet properties depend on stellar mass is a key diagnostic of planetary formation mechanisms. Aims: This motivates planet searches around stars that are significantly more massive or...

Detection of transits of the nearby hot Neptune GJ 436 b (2007)

Gillon, Michaël, Pont, F, Demory, B*-O, Mallmann, F, Mayor, M, Mazeh, T, ...

This Letter reports on the photometric detection of transits of the Neptune-mass planet orbiting the nearby M-dwarf star GJ 436. It is by far the closest, smallest, and least massive transiting...

Accurate Spitzer infrared radius measurement for the hot Neptune GJ 436b (2007)

Gillon, Michaël, Demory, B*-O, Barman, T, Bonfils, X, Mazeh, T, Pont, F, ...

We present Spitzer Space Telescope infrared photometry of a primary transit of the hot Neptune GJ 436b. The observations were obtained using the 8 mum band of the InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC). The...

Characterization of the hot Neptune GJ 436b with Spitzer and ground-based observations (2007)

Gillon, M., Barman, T., Bonfils, X., Mayor, M., Mazeh, T., ...

We present Spitzer Space Telescope infrared photometry of a secondary eclipse of the hot Neptune GJ436b. The observations were obtained using the 8-micron band of the InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC)....

Accurate Spitzer infrared radius measurement for the hot Neptune GJ 436b (2007)

Gillon, M., Barman, T., Bonfils, X., Mazeh, T., Pont, F., ...

We present Spitzer Space Telescope infrared photometry of a primary transit of the hot Neptune GJ 436b. The observations were obtained using the 8 microns band of the InfraRed Array Camera (IRAC)....

Hubble Space Telescope times-series photometry of the planetary transit of HD189733: no moon, no rings, starspots (2007)

Pont, F., Gilliland, R. L., Moutou, C., Bouchy, F., Brown, T. M., Charbonneau, D., ...

We monitored three transits of the giant gas planet around the nearby K dwarf HD 189733 with the ACS camera on the Hubble Space Telescope. The resulting very-high accuracy lightcurve (signal-to-noise...

Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters IV. Intermediate period planets orbiting the stars HD43691 and HD132406 (2007)

Da Silva, R., Udry, S., Bouchy, F., Moutou, C., Mayor, M., ...

We report here the discovery of two planet candidates as a result of our planet-search programme biased in favour of high-metallicity stars, using the ELODIE spectrograph at the Observatoire de Haute...

Refined parameters and spectroscopic transit of the super-massive planet HD147506b (2007)

Loeillet, B., Shporer, A., Bouchy, F., Pont, F., Mazeh, T., Beuzit, J. L., ...

In this paper, we report a refined determination of the orbital parameters and the detection of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect of the recently discovered transiting exoplanet HD147506b (HAT-P-2b)....

Efficient identification of exoplanetary transit candidates from SuperWASP light curves (2007)

Cameron, A. Collier, Wilson, D. M., West, R. G., Hebb, L., Aigrain, S., ...

Transiting extrasolar planets constitute only a small fraction of the range of stellar systems found to display periodic, shallow dimmings in wide-field surveys employing small-aperture camera...

First Results from SuperWASP (2007)

Street, R A, Collier Cameron, A, Maxted, P, Bouchy, F, Hébrard, G, Fleenor, M, ...

We present a summary of the first results from the SuperWASP survey, including the detection of two new transiting exoplanets. We summarize our candidate selection procedure and the process by which...

Detection of transits of the nearby hot Neptune GJ 436 b (2007)

Gillon, M., Pont, F., Mallmann, F., Mayor, M., Mazeh, T., ...

This Letter reports on the photometric detection of transits of the Neptune-mass planet orbiting the nearby M-dwarf star GJ 436. It is by far the closest, smallest and least massive transiting planet...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XI. Super-Earths (5 & 8 M_Earth) in a 3-planet system (2007)

Udry, S., Bonfils, X., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Mayor, M., Perrier, C., ...

This Letter reports on the detection of two super-Earth planets in the Gl581 system, already known to harbour a hot Neptune. One of the planets has a mass of 5 M_Earth and resides at the ``warm''...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. X. A m sin i = 11 Mearth planet around the nearby spotted M dwarf GJ 674 (2007)

Bonfils, X., Mayor, M., Delfosse, X., Forveille, T., Gillon, M., Perrier, C., ...

Context: How planet properties depend on stellar mass is a key diagnostic of planetary formation mechanisms. Aims: This motivates planet searches around stars which are significantly more massive or...

The "666" collaboration on OGLE transits. I. Accurate radius of the planets OGLE-TR-10b and OGLE-TR-56b with VLT deconvolution photometry (2007)

Pont, F, Moutou, C, Gillon, Michaël, Udalski, A, Bouchy, F, Fernandes, J M, ...

Transiting planets are essential to study the structure and evolution of extra-solar planets. For that purpose, it is important to measure precisely the radius of these planets. Here we report new...

An extrasolar planetary system with three Neptune-mass planets (2007)

Lovis, C., Mayor, M., Pepe, F., Alibert, Y., Benz, W., Bouchy, F., ...

Over the past two years, the search for low-mass extrasolar planets has led to the detection of seven so-called 'hot Neptunes' or 'super-Earths' around Sun-like stars. These planets have masses 5-20...

WASP-1b and WASP-2b: two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE (2007)

Cameron, A Collier, Bouchy, F, Hébrard, G, Maxted, P, Pollacco, D, Pont, F, ...

We have detected low-amplitude radial-velocity variations in two stars, USNO-B1.0 1219-0005465 (GSC 02265-00107 = WASP-1) and USNO-B1.0 0964-0543604 (GSC 00522-01199 = WASP-2). Both stars were...

WASP-1b and WASP-2b: two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE (2007)

Collier Cameron, A., Bouchy, F., Hebrard, G., Maxted, P., Pollacco, D., Pont, F., ...

We have detected low-amplitude radial-velocity variations in two stars, USNO-B1.0 1219-0005465 (GSC 02265-00107 = WASP-1 ) and USNO-B1.0 0964-0543604 (GSC 00522-01199 = WASP-2 ). Both stars were...

A new Neptune-mass planet orbiting HD 219828 (2007)

Melo, C., Santos, N. C., Gieren, W., Pietrzynski, G., Ruiz, M. T., Sousa, S. G., ...

Two years ago a new benchmark for the planetary survey was set with the discoveries of three extrasolar planets with masses below 20$M_\oplus$. In particular, the serendipitous discovery of the...

The transiting planet OGLE-TR-132b revisited with new spectroscopy and deconvolution photometry (2007)

Gillon, M., Pont, F., Moutou, C., Santos, N. C., Bouchy, F., Hartman, J. D., ...

OGLE-TR-132b transits a very metal-rich F dwarf about 2000 pc from the Sun, in the Galactic disc towards Carina. It orbits very close to its host star (a = 0.03 AU) and has an equilibrium temperature...

The transiting planet OGLE-TR-132b revisited with new spectroscopy and deconvolution photometry (2007)

Gillon, M., Pont, F., Moutou, C., Santos, N. C., Bouchy, F., Hartman, J. D., ...

OGLE-TR-132b transits a very metal-rich F dwarf about 2000 pc from the Sun, in the Galactic disc towards Carina. It orbits very close to its host star (a = 0.03 AU) and has an equilibrium temperature...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. IX. mu Ara, a system with four planets (2007)

Pepe, F., Correia, A. C. M., Mayor, M., Tamuz, O., Benz, W., ...

The mu Ara planetary system is rather complex: It contains two already known planets, mu Ara b with P=640 days and mu Ara c with P=9.64 days, and a third companion on a wide but still poorly defined...

The CoRoT exoplanet programme: exploring the gas-giant/terrestrial planet transition (2007)

Aigrain, S., Barge, P., Deleuil, M., Fressin, F., Moutou, C., Queloz, D., ...

CoRoT, which was launched successfully on the 27th of December 2006, is the first space mission to have the search for planetary transits at the heart of its science programme. It is expected to be...

Towards high-precision astrometry: diferential delay lines for PRIMA@VLTI (2007)

Launhardt, R., Henning, Th, Queloz, D., Quirrenbach, A.

Deriving orbital parameters and masses of extrasolar planets by means of measuring the variation of the host star positions requires an astrometric accuracy of 10 microarcsec. To achieve this goal, a...

WASP-1b and WASP-2b: Two new transiting exoplanets detected with SuperWASP and SOPHIE (2006)

Cameron, A. Collier, Bouchy, F., Hebrard, G., Maxted, P., Pollacco, D., Pont, F., ...

We have detected low-amplitude radial-velocity variations in two stars, USNO-B1.0 1219-0005465 (GSC 02265-00107 = WASP-1) and USNO-B1.0 0964-0543604 (GSC 00522-01199 = WASP-2). Both stars were...

On the Age of Stars Harboring Transiting Planets (2006)

Melo, C., Santos, N. C., Pont, F., Guillot, T., Israelian, G., Mayor, M., ...

Results of photometric surveys have brought to light the existence of a population of giant planets orbiting their host stars even closer than the hot Jupiters (HJ), with orbital periods below 3...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. IX. mu Ara, a system with four planets (2006)

Pepe, F., Correia, A. C. M., Mayor, M., Tamuz, O., Benz, W., ...

The mu Ara planetary system is rather complex: It contains two already known planets, mu Ara b with P=640 days and mu Ara c with P=9.64 days, and a third companion on a wide but still poorly defined...

Chemical abundances for the transiting planet host stars OGLE-TR-10, 56, 111, 113, 132 and TrES-1. Abundances in different galactic populations (2006)

Santos, N. C., Ecuvillon, A., Israelian, G., Mayor, M., Melo, C., Queloz, D., ...

We used the UVES spectrograph (VLT-UT2 telescope) to obtain high-resolution spectra of 6 stars hosting transiting planets, namely for OGLE-TR-10, 56, 111, 113, 132 and TrES-1. The spectra are now...

High resolution spectroscopy of stars with transiting planets. The cases of OGLE-TR-10, 56, 111, 113, and TrES-1 (2006)

Santos, N. C, Pont, F., Melo, C., Israelian, G., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., ...

Context: During the past years photometric surveys, later complemented by follow-up radial-velocity measurements, have revealed the presence of several new extra-solar transiting planets, in very...

Refined parameters of the planet orbiting HD 189733 (2006)

Bakos, G. A., Knutson, H., Pont, F., Moutou, C., Charbonneau, D., Shporer, A., ...

We report on the BVRI multi-band follow-up photometry of the transiting extrasolar planet HD 189733b. We revise the transit parameters and find planetary radius RP = 1.154+/- 0.032RJ and inclination...

The HARPS survey for southern extra-solar planets II. A 14 Earth-masses exoplanet around mu Arae (2006)

Santos, N. C., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Udry, S., ...

In this letter we present the discovery of a very light planetary companion to the star mu Ara (HD160691). The planet orbits its host once every 9.5days, and induces a sinusoidal radial velocity...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets I. HD330075 b: a new 'hot Jupiter' (2006)

Pepe, F., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., Benz, W., Bonfils, X., Bouchy, F., ...

We report on the first extra-solar planet discovered with the brand new HARPS instrument. The planet is a typical 'hot Jupiter' with m2sini = 0.62 MJup and an orbital period of 3.39 days, but from...

The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets III. Three planetary candidates detected with ELODIE (2006)

Naef, D., Mayor, M., Beuzit, J. L., Perrier, C., Queloz, D., Sivan, J. P., ...

We present our ELODIE radial-velocity measurements of HD 74156 and 14 Her (HD 145675). These stars exhibit low-amplitude radial-velocity variations induced by the presence of low-mass companions. The...

A Massive Planet to the Young Disc Star HD 81040 (2006)

Sozzetti, A., Udry, S., Zucker, S., Torres, G., Beuzit, J. L., Latham, D. W., ...

We report the discovery of a massive planetary companion orbiting the young disc star HD 81040. Based on five years of precise radial-velocity measurements with the HIRES and ELODIE spectrographs, we...

Refined parameters of the planet orbiting HD 189733 (2006)

Bakos, G. A., Knutson, H., Pont, F., Moutou, C., Charbonneau, D., Shporer, A., ...

We report on the BVRI multi-band follow-up photometry of the transiting extrasolar planet HD 189733b. We revise the transit parameters and find planetary radius RP = 1.154+/- 0.032RJ and inclination...

Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters I. Two Hot Jupiters orbiting the slightly evolved stars HD118203 and HD149143 (2006)

Da Silva, R., Udry, S., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Moutou, C., Pont, F., ...

We report the discovery of a new planet candidate orbiting the subgiant star HD118203 with a period of P=6.1335 days. The best Keplerian solution yields an eccentricity e=0.31 and a minimum mass...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets V. A 14 Earth-masses planet orbiting HD 4308 (2006)

Udry, S., Mayor, M., Benz, W., Bouchy, F., Lovis, C., ...

We present here the discovery and characterisation of a very light planet around HD4308. The planet orbits its star in 15.56 days. The circular radial-velocity variation presents a tiny...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. III. Three Saturn-mass planets around HD 93083, HD 101930 and HD 102117 (2006)

Lovis, C., Mayor, M., Bouchy, F., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., ...

We report on the detection of three Saturn-mass planets discovered with the HARPS instrument. HD 93083 shows radial-velocity (RV) variations best explained by the presence of a companion of 0.37...

High resolution spectroscopy of stars with transiting planets. The cases of OGLE-TR-10, 56, 111, 113, and TrES-1 (2006)

Santos, N. C, Pont, F., Melo, C., Israelian, G., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., ...

Context: During the past years photometric surveys, later complemented by follow-up radial-velocity measurements, have revealed the presence of several new extra-solar transiting planets, in very...

Radius and mass of a transiting M dwarf near the hydrogen-burning limit OGLE-TR-123 (2006)

Pont, F., Moutou, C., Bouchy, F., Behrend, R., Mayor, M., Udry, S., ...

The system OGLE-TR-123, detected by the OGLE planetary transit survey in Carina, was shown by subsequent spectroscopic follow-up to be an eclipsing binary with a very low mass companion ( ). Neither...

A Massive Planet to the Young Disc Star HD 81040 (2006)

Sozzetti, A., Udry, S., Zucker, S., Torres, G., Beuzit, J. L., Latham, D. W., ...

We report the discovery of a massive planetary companion orbiting the young disc star HD 81040. Based on five years of precise radial-velocity measurements with the HIRES and ELODIE spectrographs, we...

Search for exospheric signatures from the atmosphere of HD209458b (2006)

Iro, N., Mayor, M., Moutou, C., Coutenis, A., Queloz, D.

Observations at the VLT with UVES in 2002 during 6 transits give access to spectral regions where signatures from the atmosphere of HD209458b may appear. We observe ON- and OFF- transit spectra and...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets (2006)

Udry, S., Mayor, M., Benz, W., Bertaux, Jean-Loup, Bouchy, B., Lovis, C., ...

We present here the discovery and characterisation of a very light planet around HD 4308. The planet orbits its star in 15.56 days. The circular radial-velocity variation presents a tiny...

High resolution spectroscopy of stars with transiting planets. The cases of OGLE-TR-10, 56, 111, 113, and TrES-1 (2006)

Santos, N. C, Pont, F., Melo, C., Israelian, G., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., ...

Context: During the past years photometric surveys, later complemented by follow-up radial-velocity measurements, have revealed the presence of several new extra-solar transiting planets, in very...

Refined parameters of the planet orbiting HD 189733 (2006)

Bakos, G. A., Knutson, H., Pont, F., Moutou, C., Charbonneau, D., Shporer, A., ...

We report on the BVRI multi-band follow-up photometry of the transiting extrasolar planet HD 189733b. We revise the transit parameters and find planetary radius RP = 1.154+/- 0.032RJ and inclination...

High resolution spectroscopy of stars with transiting planets. The cases of OGLE-TR-10, 56, 111, 113, and TrES-1 (2006)

Santos, N. C, Pont, F., Melo, C., Israelian, G., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., ...

Context: During the past years photometric surveys, later complemented by follow-up radial-velocity measurements, have revealed the presence of several new extra-solar transiting planets, in very...

Refined parameters of the planet orbiting HD 189733 (2006)

Bakos, G. A., Knutson, H., Pont, F., Moutou, C., Charbonneau, D., Shporer, A., ...

We report on the BVRI multi-band follow-up photometry of the transiting extrasolar planet HD 189733b. We revise the transit parameters and find planetary radius RP = 1.154+/- 0.032RJ and inclination...

A Massive Planet to the Young Disc Star HD 81040 (2006)

Sozzetti, A., Udry, S., Zucker, S., Torres, G., Beuzit, J. L., Latham, D. W., ...

We report the discovery of a massive planetary companion orbiting the young disc star HD 81040. Based on five years of precise radial-velocity measurements with the HIRES and ELODIE spectrographs, we...

A planet-sized transiting star around OGLE-TR-122 - Accurate mass and radius near the Hydrogen-burning limit (2005)

Pont, F., Melo, C. H. F., Bouchy, F., Udry, S., Queloz, D., Mayor, M., ...

We report the discovery and characterisation of OGLE-TR-122b, the smallest main-sequence star to date with a direct radius determination. OGLE-TR-122b transits around its solar-type primary every...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina (2005)

Pont, F., Bouchy, F., Melo, C., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

We present the results of our high-resolution spectroscopic follow-up of 42 planetary transit candidates in Carina from the OGLE survey. This follow-up has already allowed the discovery of three new...

A Massive Planet to the Young Disc Star HD 81040 (2005)

Sozzetti, A., Udry, S., Zucker, S., Torres, G., Beuzit, J. L., Latham, D. W., ...

We report the discovery of a massive planetary companion orbiting the young disc star HD 81040. Based on five years of precise radial-velocity measurements with the HIRES and ELODIE spectrographs, we...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge (2005)

Melo, C., Pont, F., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Udry, S., Queloz, D., ...

Two years ago, the OGLE-III survey (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) announced the detection of 54 short period multi-transiting objects in the Galactic bulge (Udalski et al., 2002a, 2002b)....

The CORALIE survey for southern extrasolar planets XIV. HD 142022 b: a long-period planetary companion in a wide binary (2005)

Eggenberger, A., Mayor, M., Naef, D., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., ...

We report precise Doppler measurements of HD 142022 obtained during the past six years with the CORALIE echelle spectrograph at La Silla Observatory together with a few additional observations made...

Two new \"very hot Jupiters\" among the OGLE transiting candidates (2005)

Bouchy, F., Pont, F., Santos, N. C., Melo, C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

As a result of a radial velocity follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina, we report the discovery of two new transiting planets with very short orbital periods: OGLE-TR-113 with...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets V. A 14 Earth-masses planet orbiting HD 4308 (2005)

Udry, S., Mayor, M., Benz, W., Bouchy, F., Lovis, C., ...

We present here the discovery and characterisation of a very light planet around HD4308. The planet orbits its star in 15.56 days. The circular radial-velocity variation presents a tiny...

Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters I. Two Hot Jupiters orbiting the slightly evolved stars HD118203 and HD149143 (2005)

Da Silva, R., Udry, S., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Moutou, C., Pont, F., ...

We report the discovery of a new planet candidate orbiting the subgiant star HD118203 with a period of P=6.1335 days. The best Keplerian solution yields an eccentricity e=0.31 and a minimum mass...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. VI. A Neptune-mass planet around the nearby M dwarf Gl 581 (2005)

Bonfils, X., Forveille, T., Delfosse, X., Udry, S., Mayor, M., Perrier, C., ...

We report the discovery of a Neptune-mass planet around Gl 581 (M3V, M = 0.31 Msol), based on precise Doppler measurements with the HARPS spectrograph at La Silla Observatory. The radial velocities...

Extrasolar planets and brown dwarfs around A-F type stars. I. Performances of radial velocity measurements, first analyses of variations (2005)

Galland, F., Lagrange, A. M., Udry, S., Chelli, A., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

We present the performances of a radial velocity measurement method that we developed for A-F type stars. These perfomances are evaluated through an extensive set of simulations, together with actual...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. III. Three Saturn-mass planets around HD 93083, HD 101930 and HD 102117 (2005)

Lovis, C., Mayor, M., Bouchy, F., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., ...

We report on the detection of three Saturn-mass planets discovered with the HARPS instrument. HD 93083 shows radial-velocity (RV) variations best explained by the presence of a companion of 0.37...

A planet-sized transiting star around OGLE-TR-122 - Accurate mass and radius near the Hydrogen-burning limit (2005)

Pont, F., Melo, C. H. F., Bouchy, F., Udry, S., Queloz, D., Mayor, M., ...

We report the discovery and characterisation of OGLE-TR-122b, the smallest main-sequence star to date with a direct radius determination. OGLE-TR-122b transits around its solar-type primary every...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina (2005)

Pont, F., Bouchy, F., Melo, C., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

We present the results of our high-resolution spectroscopic follow-up of 42 planetary transit candidates in Carina from the OGLE survey. This follow-up has already allowed the discovery of three new...

Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters I. Two Hot Jupiters orbiting the slightly evolved stars HD118203 and HD149143 (2005)

Da Silva, R., Udry, S., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Moutou, C., Pont, F., ...

We report the discovery of a new planet candidate orbiting the subgiant star HD118203 with a period of P=6.1335 days. The best Keplerian solution yields an eccentricity e=0.31 and a minimum mass...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets V. A 14 Earth-masses planet orbiting HD 4308 (2005)

Udry, S., Mayor, M., Benz, W., Bouchy, F., Lovis, C., ...

We present here the discovery and characterisation of a very light planet around HD4308. The planet orbits its star in 15.56 days. The circular radial-velocity variation presents a tiny...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. III. Three Saturn-mass planets around HD 93083, HD 101930 and HD 102117 (2005)

Lovis, C., Mayor, M., Bouchy, F., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., ...

We report on the detection of three Saturn-mass planets discovered with the HARPS instrument. HD 93083 shows radial-velocity (RV) variations best explained by the presence of a companion of 0.37...

Characterization of OGLE transiting exoplanets (2005)

Bouchy, F., Pont, F., Moutou, C., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., Melo, C., ...

Until 2003, only one transiting exoplanet was known, the famous HD209458b, first detected by radial velocity surveys. Then in quick succession, seven transiting planets were discovered among the...

A planet-sized transiting star around OGLE-TR-122 - Accurate mass and radius near the Hydrogen-burning limit (2005)

Pont, F., Melo, C. H. F., Bouchy, F., Udry, S., Queloz, D., Mayor, M., ...

We report the discovery and characterisation of OGLE-TR-122b, the smallest main-sequence star to date with a direct radius determination. OGLE-TR-122b transits around its solar-type primary every...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina (2005)

Pont, F., Bouchy, F., Melo, C., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

We present the results of our high-resolution spectroscopic follow-up of 42 planetary transit candidates in Carina from the OGLE survey. This follow-up has already allowed the discovery of three new...

Elodie metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters I. Two Hot Jupiters orbiting the slightly evolved stars HD118203 and HD149143 (2005)

Da Silva, R., Udry, S., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Moutou, C., Pont, F., ...

We report the discovery of a new planet candidate orbiting the subgiant star HD118203 with a period of P=6.1335 days. The best Keplerian solution yields an eccentricity e=0.31 and a minimum mass...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets V. A 14 Earth-masses planet orbiting HD 4308 (2005)

Udry, S., Mayor, M., Benz, W., Bouchy, F., Lovis, C., ...

We present here the discovery and characterisation of a very light planet around HD4308. The planet orbits its star in 15.56 days. The circular radial-velocity variation presents a tiny...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. III. Three Saturn-mass planets around HD 93083, HD 101930 and HD 102117 (2005)

Lovis, C., Mayor, M., Bouchy, F., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., ...

We report on the detection of three Saturn-mass planets discovered with the HARPS instrument. HD 93083 shows radial-velocity (RV) variations best explained by the presence of a companion of 0.37...

A planet-sized transiting star around OGLE-TR-122 - Accurate mass and radius near the Hydrogen-burning limit (2005)

Pont, F., Melo, C. H. F., Bouchy, F., Udry, S., Queloz, D., Mayor, M., ...

We report the discovery and characterisation of OGLE-TR-122b, the smallest main-sequence star to date with a direct radius determination. OGLE-TR-122b transits around its solar-type primary every...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina (2005)

Pont, F., Bouchy, F., Melo, C., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

We present the results of our high-resolution spectroscopic follow-up of 42 planetary transit candidates in Carina from the OGLE survey. This follow-up has already allowed the discovery of three new...

Comparative blind test of five planetary transit detection algorithms on realistic synthetic light curves (2005)

Moutou, C., Pont, F.(Observatoire De Genève, Sauverny, Switzerland), Barge, P., Aigrain, S., Auvergne, M., Blouin, D., ...

Because photometric surveys of exoplanet transits are very promising sources of future discoveries, many algorithms are being developed to detect transit signals in stellar light curves. This paper...

Towards high-precision ground-based astrometry: Differential delay lines for PRIMA@VLTI (2005)

Launhardt, R., Henning, Th., Queloz, D., Quirrenbach, A., Bakker, E. J., Baumeister, H., ...

Deriving unambiguously the orbital parameters and masses of extrasolar planets requires at least 2-dimensional information on either the positions or motions of the planet directly (currently out of...

Choosing suitable target, reference and calibration stars for the PRIMA astrometric planet search (2005)

Reffert, S., Launhardt, R., Hekker, S., Henning, Th., Queloz, D., Quirrenbach, A., ...

ESO's PRIMA (Phase-Referenced Imaging and Micro-arcsecond Astrometry) facility at the VLT Interferometer on Cerro Paranal in Chile is expected to be fully operational in only a few years from now....

algorithms on realistic synthetic light curves (2005)

C. Moutou, F. Pont, P. Barge, S. Aigrain, M. Auvergne, D. Blouin, ...

Comparative blind test of five planetary transit detection

A pair of planets around HD 202206 or a circumbinary planet? (2004)

Correia, A. C. M., Udry, S., Mayor, M., Laskar, J., Naef, D., Pepe, F., ...

Long-term precise Doppler measurements with the CORALIE spectrograph reveal the presence of a second planet orbiting the solar-type star HD202206. The radial-velocity combined fit yields companion...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge (2004)

Bouchy, Francois, Pont, F., Melo, C., Santos, N.C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

Two years ago, the OGLE-III survey (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) announced the detection of 54 short period multi-transiting objects in the Galactic bulge (Udalski et al., 2002a, 2002b)....

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge (2004)

Bouchy, Francois, Pont, F., Melo, C., Santos, N.C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

Two years ago, the OGLE-III survey (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) announced the detection of 54 short period multi-transiting objects in the Galactic bulge (Udalski et al., 2002a, 2002b)....

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge (2004)

Bouchy, Francois, Pont, F., Melo, C., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

Two years ago, the OGLE-III survey (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) announced the detection of 54 short period multi-transiting objects in the Galactic bulge (Udalski et al., 2002a, 2002b)....

The Visual Orbit and Evolutionary State of 12 Bootes (2004)

Boden, A., Creech-Eakman, M., Queloz, D.

Herein we report the determination of the 12 Boo visual orbit from near-infrared, long-baseline interferometric measurements taken with the Palomar Testbed Interferometer (PTI). We further add...

The ELODIE Planet Search: Synthetic View of the Survey and its Global Detection Threshold (2004)

Naef, D., Mayor, M., Beuzit, J. L., Perrier, C., Queloz, D., Sivan, J. P., ...

In this paper, we give a synthetic view of the ELODIE Planet Search Survey: a short description of our instrument and the surveyed sample as well as a brief review of our detections. Moreover, we...

The HARPS survey for southern extra-solar planets II. A 14 Earth-masses exoplanet around mu Arae (2004)

Santos, N. C., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Udry, S., ...

In this letter we present the discovery of a very light planetary companion to the star mu Ara (HD160691). The planet orbits its host once every 9.5days, and induces a sinusoidal radial velocity...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets I. HD330075 b: a new 'hot Jupiter' (2004)

Pepe, F., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., Benz, W., Bonfils, X., Bouchy, F., ...

We report on the first extra-solar planet discovered with the brand new HARPS instrument. The planet is a typical 'hot Jupiter' with m2sini = 0.62 MJup and an orbital period of 3.39 days, but from...

Two new "very hot Jupiters" among the OGLE transiting candidates (2004)

Bouchy, F., Pont, F., Santos, N. C., Melo, C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

As a result of a radial velocity follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina, we report the discovery of two new transiting planets with very short orbital periods: OGLE-TR-113 with...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge (2004)

Melo, C., Pont, F., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Udry, S., Queloz, D., ...

Two years ago, the OGLE-III survey (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) announced the detection of 54 short period multi-transiting objects in the Galactic bulge (Udalski et al., 2002a, 2002b)....

Two new \"very hot Jupiters\" among the OGLE transiting candidates (2004)

Bouchy, F., Pont, F., Santos, N. C., Melo, C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

As a result of a radial velocity follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina, we report the discovery of two new transiting planets with very short orbital periods: OGLE-TR-113 with...

The HARPS survey for southern extra-solar planets II. A 14 Earth-masses exoplanet around mu Arae (2004)

Santos, N. C., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Udry, S., ...

In this letter we present the discovery of a very light planetary companion to the star mu Ara (HD160691). The planet orbits its host once every 9.5days, and induces a sinusoidal radial velocity...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets I. HD330075 b: a new 'hot Jupiter' (2004)

Pepe, F., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., Benz, W., Bonfils, X., Bouchy, F., ...

We report on the first extra-solar planet discovered with the brand new HARPS instrument. The planet is a typical 'hot Jupiter' with m2sini = 0.62 MJup and an orbital period of 3.39 days, but from...

The HARPS survey for southern extra-solar planets II. A 14 Earth-masses exoplanet around mu Arae (2004)

Santos, N. C., Bouchy, F., Mayor, M., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Udry, S., ...

In this letter we present the discovery of a very light planetary companion to the star mu Ara (HD160691). The planet orbits its host once every 9.5days, and induces a sinusoidal radial velocity...

The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets I. HD330075 b: a new 'hot Jupiter' (2004)

Pepe, F., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., Benz, W., Bonfils, X., Bouchy, F., ...

We report on the first extra-solar planet discovered with the brand new HARPS instrument. The planet is a typical 'hot Jupiter' with m2sini = 0.62 MJup and an orbital period of 3.39 days, but from...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge (2004)

Melo, C., Pont, F., Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Udry, S., Queloz, D., ...

Two years ago, the OGLE-III survey (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) announced the detection of 54 short period multi-transiting objects in the Galactic bulge (Udalski et al., 2002a, 2002b)....

Two new \"very hot Jupiters\" among the OGLE transiting candidates (2004)

Bouchy, F., Pont, F., Santos, N. C., Melo, C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

As a result of a radial velocity follow-up of OGLE planetary transit candidates in Carina, we report the discovery of two new transiting planets with very short orbital periods: OGLE-TR-113 with...

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge (2004)

Bouchy, Francois, Pont, F., Melo, C., Santos, N.C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

Two years ago, the OGLE-III survey (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) announced the detection of 54 short period multi-transiting objects in the Galactic bulge (Udalski et al., 2002a, 2002b)....

Doppler follow-up of OGLE transiting companions in the Galactic bulge (2004)

Bouchy, Francois, Pont, F., Melo, C., Santos, N.C., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

Two years ago, the OGLE-III survey (Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment) announced the detection of 54 short period multi-transiting objects in the Galactic bulge (Udalski et al., 2002a, 2002b)....

Search For Exospheric Signatures From Transiting Planets (2003)

Iro, N., Coustenis, A., Moutou, C., Lajous, N., Mayor, M., Queloz, D.

We searched for spectral signatures from the exosphere of HD209458 in the UV and the near-IR with UVES and ISAAC at the VLT. We looked in particular for the helium absorption feature at 10 830 \AA...

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets. XII. Orbital solutions for 16 extra-solar planets discovered with CORALIE (2003)

Mayor, M., Udry, S., Naef, D., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., ...

This paper summarizes the information gathered for 16 still unpublished exoplanet candidates discovered with the CORALIE echelle spectrograph mounted on the Euler Swiss telescope at La Silla...

The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets III. Three planetary candidates detected with ELODIE (2003)

Naef, D., Mayor, M., Beuzit, J. L., Perrier, C., Queloz, D., Sivan, J. P., ...

We present our ELODIE radial-velocity measurements of HD 74156 and 14 Her (HD 145675). These stars exhibit low-amplitude radial-velocity variations induced by the presence of low-mass companions. The...

VINCI / VLTI observations of Main Sequence stars (2003)

Kervella, P., Thevenin, F., Morel, P., Provost, J., Berthomieu, G., Segransan, D., ...

Main Sequence (MS) stars are by far the most numerous class in the Universe. They are often somewhat neglected as they are relatively quiet objects (but exceptions exist), though they bear testimony...

The ELODIE survey for northern extra--solar planets I. 6 new extra--solar planet candidates (2003)

Perrier, C., Sivan, J. P., Naef, D., Beuzit, J. L., Mayor, M., Queloz, D., ...

Precise radial-velocity observations at Haute-Provence Observatory (OHP, France) with the ELODIE echelle spectrograph have been undertaken since 1994. In addition to several discoveries described...

The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets II. A Jovian planet on a long-period orbit around GJ 777 A (2003)

Naef, D., Mayor, M., Korzennik, S. G., Queloz, D., Udry, S., Nisenson, P., ...

We present radial-velocity measurements obtained with the ELODIE and AFOE spectrographs for GJ 777 A (HD 190360), a metal-rich ([Fe/H]=0.25) nearby (d=15.9 pc) star in a stellar binary system. A...

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets XI. The return of the giant planet orbiting HD192263 (2003)

Santos, N. C., Udry, S., Mayor, M., Naef, D., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., ...

The presence of a planet around the K dwarf HD192263 was recently called into question by the detection of a periodic photometric signal with the same period as the one observed in radial velocity....

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets. X. A Hot Jupiter orbiting HD73256 (2003)

Udry, S., Mayor, M., Clausen, J. V., Freyhammer, L. M., Helt, B. E., Lovis, C., ...

Recent radial-velocity measurements obtained with the CORALIE spectrograph on the 1.2-m Euler Swiss telescope at La Silla unveil the presence of a new Jovian-mass Hot Jupiter around HD 73256. The...

The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets III. Three planetary candidates detected with ELODIE (2003)

Naef, D., Mayor, M., Beuzit, J. L., Perrier, C., Queloz, D., Sivan, J. P., ...

We present our ELODIE radial-velocity measurements of HD 74156 and 14 Her (HD 145675). These stars exhibit low-amplitude radial-velocity variations induced by the presence of low-mass companions. The...

The ELODIE survey for northern extra-solar planets III. Three planetary candidates detected with ELODIE (2003)

Naef, D., Mayor, M., Beuzit, J. L., Perrier, C., Queloz, D., Sivan, J. P., ...

We present our ELODIE radial-velocity measurements of HD 74156 and 14 Her (HD 145675). These stars exhibit low-amplitude radial-velocity variations induced by the presence of low-mass companions. The...

Evidence of a sub-stellar companion around HD 47536 (2003)

Setiawan, J., Hatzes, A. P., Pasquini, L., Naef, D., Da Silva, L., ...

We report evidence of a low-mass companion around the K1III giant star HD 47536. This star belongs to our sample of 83 subgiant and giant stars studied for their radial velocity variations using the...

First radius measurements of very low mass stars with the VLTI (2002)

Segransan, D., Kervella, P., Forveille, T., Queloz, D.

e present 4 very low mass stars radii measured with the VLTI using the 2.2 microns VINCI test instrument. The observations were carried out during the commissioning of the 104-meter-baseline with two...

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets IX. A 1.3-day period brown dwarf disguised as a planet (2002)

Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Naef, D., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Udry, S., ...

In this article we present the case of HD 41004 AB, a system composed of a K0V star and a 3.7-magnitude fainter M-dwarf companion separated by only 0.5 arcsec. An analysis of CORALIE radial-velocity...

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets VII. Two short-period Saturnian companions to HD108147 and HD168746 (2002)

Pepe, F., Mayor, M., Galland, F., Naef, D., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., ...

We present the discovery of two Saturn-mass companions to HD108147 and HD168746. Both belong to the lightest ever discovered planets. The minimum mass of the companion to HD168746 is of only 0.77 the...

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets VIII. The very low-mass companions of HD141937, HD162020, HD168443, HD202206: brown dwarfs or superplanets? (2002)

Udry, S., Mayor, M., Naef, D., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., ...

Doppler CORALIE measurements of the solar-type stars HD141937, HD162020, HD168443 and HD202206 show Keplerian radial-velocity variations revealing the presence of 4 new companions with minimum masses...

A Planet Candidate in the Stellar Triple System HD178911 (2001)

Zucker, S., Naef, D., Latham, D. W., Mayor, M., Mazeh, T., Beuzit, J. L., ...

We report the detection of a low-mass companion orbiting the solar-type star HD178911B, the distant component of the stellar triple system HD178911. The variability of HD178911B was first detected...

No planet for HD 166435 (2001)

Queloz, D., Henry, G. W., Sivan, J. P., Baliunas, S. L., Beuzit, J. L., ...

The G0V star HD166435 has been observed by the fiber-fed spectrograph ELODIE as one of the targets in the large extra-solar planet survey that we are conducting at the Observatory of Haute-Provence....

The CORALIE survey for southern extrasolar planets V: 3 new extrasolar planets (2001)

Naef, D., Mayor, M., Pepe, F., Queloz, D., Santos, N. C., Udry, S., ...

We report the detection of 3 new planetary companions orbiting the solar-type stars GJ 3021, HD 52265 and HD 169830 using radial-velocity measurements taken with the CORALIE echelle spectrograph. All...

HD 80606 b, a planet on an extremely elongated orbit (2001)

Naef, D., Latham, D. W., Mayor, M., Mazeh, T., Beuzit, J. L., Drukier, G., ...

We report the detection of a planetary companion orbiting the solar-type star HD 80606, the brighter component of a wide binary with a projected separation of about 2000 AU. Using high-signal...

Bisector analysis as a diagnostic of intrinsic radial-velocity variations (2001)

Santos, N. C., Mayor, M., Naef, D., Queloz, D., Udry, S.

In this contribution we present the results of the application of the bisector of the cross-correlation function as a diagnostic of activity-related radial-velocity variations. The results show that...

Detection of a spectroscopic transit by the planet orbiting the star HD209458 (2000)

Queloz, D., Eggenberger, A., Mayor, M., Perrier, C., Beuzit, J. L., Naef, D., ...

We report the first detection of a planetary transit by spectroscopic measurements. We have detected the distortion of the stellar line profiles during a planetary transit. With the ELODIE...

The Spectroscopic Orbit of the Planetary Companion Transiting HD209458 (2000)

Mazeh, T., Naef, D., Torres, G., Latham, D. W., Mayor, M., ...

We report a spectroscopic orbit with period P = 3.52433 +/- 0.00027 days for the planetary companion that transits the solar-type star HD209458. For the metallicity, mass, and radius of the star we...

Exploring the Brown-Dwarf desert with Hipparcos (2000)

J. L. Halbwachs, F. Arenou, M. Mayor, S. Udry, D. Queloz

The orbital elements of 11 spectroscopic binaries with brown dwarf candidates (M2 sin i between 0.01 and 0.08 M⊙) are combined with the Hipparcos observations in order to derive astrometric orbits.

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets I. A planet orbiting the star Gliese 86 (2000)

D. Queloz, M. Mayor, L. Weber, M. Burnet, B. Confino, D. Naef

. A 4 M J planet with a 15.8 day orbital period has been detected from very precise radial velocity measurements with the CORALIE echelle spectrograph. A second remote and more massive companion has...

Detection of a spectroscopic transit by the planet orbiting the star HD209458 (2000)

D. Queloz, A. Eggenberger, M. Mayor, C. Perrier, D. Naef

. We report the first detection of a planetary transit by spectroscopic measurements. We have detected the distortion of the stellar line profiles during a planetary transit. With the ELODIE...

Exploring the brown dwarf desert with Hipparcos (2000)

J. L. Halbwachs, F. Arenou, M. Mayor, S. Udry, D. Queloz

. The orbital elements of 11 spectroscopic binaries with brown dwarf candidates (M 2 sin i between 0.01 and 0.08 M # ) are combined with the Hipparcos observations in order to derive astrometric...

The CORALIE survey for southern extra-solar planets II. The short-period planetary companions to HD 75289 and HD 130322 (2000)

Udry Mayor Naef, S. Udry, M. Mayor, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, ...

. Doppler measurements from the highresolution CORALIE spectrometer of the stars HD 75289 and HD 130322 reveal 2 new extra-solar giant planets. They are the second and third planetary candidates...

The Visual Orbit and Evolutionary State of 12 Bootes (1999)

Boden, A. F., Creech-Eakman, M. J., Queloz, D.

We report on the determination of the visual orbit of the double-lined spectroscopic binary system 12 Bootes with data obtained by the Palomar Testbed Interferometer in 1998 and 1999. 12 Boo is a...

A planet orbiting the star Gliese 86 (1999)

Queloz, D., Mayor, M., Weber, L., Blecha, A., Burnet, M., Confino, B., ...

A 4MJ planet with a 15.8day orbital period has been detected from very precise radial velocity measurements with the CORALIE echelle spectrograph. A second remote and more massive companion has also...

The CORALIE survey for Southern extra-solar planets III. A giant planet in orbit around HD 192263 (1999)

Santos Mayor Naef, N. C. Santos, M. Mayor, D. Naef, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, ...

. A new extra-solar planet has been discovered in the context of the CORALIE survey at La Silla Observatory. This new planetary candidate orbits the star HD 192263 in an almost circular orbit at a...

AND ASTROPHYSICS Exploring the brown dwarf desert with Hipparcos ⋆ (1999)

J. L. Halbwachs, F. Arenou, M. Mayor, S. Udry, D. Queloz

Abstract. The orbital elements of 11 spectroscopic binaries with brown dwarf candidates (M2 sin i between 0.01 and 0.08 M⊙) are combined with the Hipparcos observations in order to derive...

The rotational velocity of low-mass stars in the Pleiades (1998)

Queloz, D., Allain, S ., Bouvier, J., Mayor, M.

We present new vsini measurements for 235 low-mass stars in the Pleiades. The differential rotational broadening has been resolved for all the stars in our sample. These results, combined with...