Publications

2023

(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

(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.

2021

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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.

2020

(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.

(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.

(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.

(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. ‌

(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.