Publications
2024
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(15) Modirrousta-Galian, D., Spinelli, R. and Jimenez-Escobar, A. (in press) Windows Into Other Worlds: Pitfalls in the physical interpretation of exoplanet atmospheric spectroscopy.
(14) Modirrousta-Galian, D., Korenaga, J., (2024). The diffusion limit of photoevaporation in primordial planetary atmospheres. The Astrophysical Journal, 965, 97.
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2023
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(13) Modirrousta-Galian, D., Korenaga, J., (2023). The three regimes of atmospheric evaporation for super-Earths and sub-Neptunes. The Astrophysical Journal, 943, 11.
2022
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(12) Mugnai, L., Modirrousta-Galian, D., (2022). RAPOC: The Rosseland and Planck opacity converter: A user-friendly and fast opacity program for Python. Experimental Astronomy, doi:10.1007/s10686-022-09869-2.
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2021
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(11) Modirrousta-Galian, D., Maddalena, G., (2021). Of aliens and exoplanets: Why the search for life, probably, requires the search for water. Journal of the British Interplanetary Society 74, 238–242.
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(10) Mugnai, L., Modirrousta-Galian, D., Edwards, B., Changeat, Q., Bouwman, J., Morello, G., Al-Refaie, A., Baeyens, R., Bieger, M., Blain, D., Gressier, A., Guilluy, G., Jaziri, Y., Kiefer, F., Morvan, M., Pluriel, W., Poveda, M., Skaf, N., Whiteford, N., Wright, S., Yip, K., Zingales, T., Charnay, B., Drossart, P., Leconte, J., Venot, O., Waldmann, I. and Beaulieu, J., (2021). ARES.* V. No evidence for molecular absorption in the HST WFC3 spectrum of GJ 1132 b. The Astronomical Journal, 161, 284.
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(9) Benatti, S., Damasso, M., Borsa, F., Locci, D., Pillitteri, I., Desidera, S., Maggio, A., Micela, G., Wolk, S., Claudi, R., Malavolta, L. and Modirrousta-Galian, D., (2021). Constraints on the mass and on the atmospheric composition and evolution of the low-density young planet DS Tucanae A b. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 650, A66.
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(8) Modirrousta-Galian, D., Ito, Y. and Micela, G., (2021). Exploring super-Earth surfaces: Albedo of near-airless magma ocean planets and topography. Icarus, 358, 114175.
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2020
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(7) Guilluy, G., Gressier, A., Wright, S., Santerne, A., Jaziri, A.Y., Edwards, B., Changeat, Q., Modirrousta-Galian, D., Skaf, N., Al-Refaie, A., Baeyens, R., Bieger, M.F., Blain, D., Kiefer, F., Morvan, M., Mugnai, L.V., Pluriel, W., Poveda, M., Zingales, T., Whiteford, N., Yip, K.H., Charnay, B., Leconte, J., Drossart, P., Sozzetti, A., Marcq, E., Tsiaras, A., Venot, O., Waldmann, I. and Beaulieu, J.-P. (2020). ARES IV: Probing the atmospheres of the two warm small planets HD 106315c and HD 3167c with the HST/WFC3 camera. The Astronomical Journal, 161, 19.
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(6) Modirrousta-Galian, D., Stelzer, B., Magaudda, E., Maldonado, J., Güdel, M., Sanz Forcada, J., Edwards, B. and Micela, G., (2020). GJ 357 b. A super-Earth orbiting an extremely inactive host star. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 641, A113.
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(5) Pluriel, W., Whiteford, N., Edwards, B., Changeat, Q., Yip, K., Baeyens, R., Al-Refaie, A., Fabienne Bieger, M., Blain, D., Gressier, A., Guilluy, G., Yassin Jaziri, A., Kiefer, F., Modirrousta-Galian, D., Morvan, M., Mugnai, L., Poveda, M., Skaf, N., Zingales, T., Wright, S., Charnay, B., Drossart, P., Leconte, J., Tsiaras, A., Venot, O., Waldmann, I. and Beaulieu, J., (2020). ARES. III. Unveiling the two faces of KELT-7 b with HST WFC3. The Astronomical Journal, 160, 112.
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(4) Skaf, N., Bieger, M., Edwards, B., Changeat, Q., Morvan, M., Kiefer, F., Blain, D., Zingales, T., Poveda, M., Al-Refaie, A., Baeyens, R., Gressier, A., Guilluy, G., Jaziri, A., Modirrousta-Galian, D., Mugnai, L., Pluriel, W., Whiteford, N., Wright, S., Yip, K., Charnay, B., Leconte, J., Drossart, P., Tsiaras, A., Venot, O., Waldmann, I. and Beaulieu, J., (2020). ARES. II. Characterizing the hot Jupiters WASP-127 b, WASP-79 b, and WASP-62b with the Hubble Space Telescope. The Astronomical Journal, 160, 109.
(3) Edwards, B., Changeat, Q., Baeyens, R., Tsiaras, A., Al-Refaie, A., Taylor, J., Yip, K.H., Bieger, M.F., Blain, D., Gressier, A., Guilluy, G., Jaziri, A.Y., Kiefer, F., Modirrousta-Galian, D., Morvan, M., Mugnai, L.V., Pluriel, W., Poveda, M., Skaf, N., Whiteford, N., Wright, S., Zingales, T., Charnay, B., Drossart, P., Leconte, J., Venot, O., Waldmann, I. and Beaulieu, J.-P. (2020). ARES I: WASP-76 b, a tale of two HST spectra. The Astronomical Journal, 160, 8.
(2) Modirrousta-Galian, D., Locci, D. and Micela, G. (2020). The bimodal distribution in exoplanet radii: considering varying core compositions and H2 envelope’s sizes. The Astrophysical Journal, 891, 158.
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(1) Modirrousta-Galian, D., Locci, D., Tinetti, G. and Micela, G. (2020). Hot super-Earths with hydrogen atmospheres: A model explaining their paradoxical existence. The Astrophysical Journal, 888, 87.