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....
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 spin-orbit angle of the transiting hot jupiter CoRoT-1b (2009)
Pont, F., Endl, M., Cochran, W. D., Barnes, S. I., Sneden, C., MacQueen, P. J., ...
We measure the angle between the planetary orbit and the stellar rotation axis in the transiting planetary system CoRoT-1, with new HIRES/Keck and FORS/VLT high-accuracy photometry. The data indicate...
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...
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...
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...
Accuracy of stellar parameters of exoplanet-host stars determined from asteroseismology (2009)
Mulet-Marquis, C., Baraffe, I., Aigrain, S., Pont, F.
In the context of the space-based mission CoRoT, devoted to asteroseismology and search for planet transits, we analyse the accuracy of fundamental stellar parameters (mass, radius, luminosity) that...
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...
Spin-orbit misalignment in the HD80606 planetary system (2009)
Pont, F., Hebrard, G., Irwin, J. M., Bouchy, F., Moutou, C., Ehrenreich, D., ...
We recently reported the photometric and spectroscopic detection of the primary transit of the 111-day-period, eccentric extra-solar planet HD80606 b, at Observatoire de Haute-Provence, France...
The secondary eclipse of the transiting exoplanet CoRoT-2b (2009)
Alonso, R., Guillot, T., Mazeh, T., Aigrain, S., Alapini, A., Barge, P., ...
We present a study of the light curve of the transiting exoplanet CoRoT-2b, aimed at detecting the secondary eclipse and measuring its depth. The data were obtained with the CoRoT satellite during...
Bulk composition of the transiting hot Neptune around GJ 436 (2009)
Figueira, P., Pont, F., Mordasini, C., Alibert, Y., Georgy, C., Benz, W.
The hot Neptune orbiting around GJ 436 is a unique example of an intermediate mass planet. Its close-in orbit suggests that the planet has undergone migration and its study is fundamental to...
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...
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...
Noise properties of the CoRoT data. A planet-finding perspective (2009)
Aigrain, S, Pont, F, Fressin, F, Alapini, A, Alonso, R, Auvergne, M, ...
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...
Pont, F., Gilliland, R. L., Knutson, H., Holman, M., Charbonneau, D.
The nearby transiting system GJ 436b offers a unique opportunity to probe the structure and atmosphere of an extra-solar "hot Neptune". In this Letter, we present the main results of observations...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
P. J. Sanz, F. Pont, I. Alfaro, S. Troncho, R. Marín
This paper contains a description of an adaptive tutorial that represents a contribution in the e-learning and e-teaching domains. The knowledge included is oriented towards an introductory course on...
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-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...
Moutou, C, Bruntt, H, Guillot, T, Shporer, A, Günther, E, Aigrain, S, ...
Technical development status of A STEP 400 (2008)
Daban, J, Gouvret, C, Agabi, A, Guillot, T, Fressin, F, Abe, L, ...
Deleuil, M, Deeg, H, Alonso, R, Bouchy, F, Rouan, D, Auvergne, M, ...
Hipparcos Subdwarfs And Globular Clusters: Towards Reliable Absolute Ages (2007)
F. Pont, C. Charbonnel, Y. Lebreton, M. Mayor, C. Turon, D.A. VandenBerg
The distance and age of the key globular cluster M92 are determined with Hipparcos field subdwarfs. [Fe/H] values for subdwarfs we re measured with the Coravel spectrometer. The distance modulus of...
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...
Distance and Age of M92 (2007)
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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...
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...
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...
Gillon, Michaël, Pont, F, Moutou, C, Bouchy, F, Courbin, F, Sohy, Sandrine, ...
A high accuracy photometry algorithm is needed to take full advantage of the potential of the transit method for the characterization of exoplanets, especially in deep crowded fields. It has to...
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...
A fast hybrid algorithm for exoplanetary transit searches (2006)
Cameron, A. Collier, Pollacco, D., Street, R. A., Lister, T. A., West, R. G., Wilson, D. M., ...
We present a fast and efficient hybrid algorithm for selecting exoplanetary candidates from wide-field transit surveys. Our method is based on the widely-used SysRem and Box Least-Squares (BLS)...
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...
PISA: PI Software Architecture for Integrated Satellite Payload Controllers (2006)
Pont, F., Siegwart, R., Akuatse, D., Moulin, O., Vitulli, R.
Multi-Robot Localization Using Relative Observations (2005)
Martinelli, A., Pont, F., Siegwart, R.
In this paper we consider the problem of simultaneously localizing all members of a team of robots. Each robot is equipped with proprioceptive sensors and exteroceptive sensors. The latter provide...
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 STEP: An Antarctica Search for Transiting Extrasolar Planets (2005)
Fressin, F, Guillot, T, Bouchy, F, Erikson, A, Gay, J, Gillon, Michaël, ...
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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)....
Evolution Of The Galactic Disk: Focus On The Solar Neighbourhood (1996)
J. Andersen, B. Nordström, E. H. Olsen, M. Mayor, F. Pont
The solar neighbourhood is the starting point for studies of the structure and evolution of the Galactic disk. Yet, our knowledge of the relative frequencies, distances, ages, chemical abundances,...
Hipparcos Subdwarfs And Globular Clusters: Towards Reliable Absolute Ages
F. Pont, C. Charbonnel, Y. Lebreton, M. Mayor, C. Turon, D.A. VandenBerg
The distance and age of the key globular cluster M92 are determined with Hipparcos field subdwarfs. [Fe/H] values for subdwarfs we re measured with the Coravel spectrometer. The distance modulus of...