Publications
Publications in scientific journals
- Strong XUV irradiation of the Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting the ultracool dwarf TRAPPIST-1
Wheatley, Peter J.; Louden, Tom; Bourrier, Vincent; Ehrenreich, David; Gillon, Michaël
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, vol. 465, issue 1, pp. L74-L78 (02/2017)
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- First limits on the occurrence rate of short-period planets orbiting brown dwarfs
He, Matthias Y.; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Gillon, Michaël
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 464, Issue 3, p.2687-2697 (01/2017)
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- Water loss from terrestrial planets orbiting ultracool dwarfs: implications for the planets of TRAPPIST-1
Bolmont, E.; Selsis, F.; Owen, J. E.; Ribas, I.; Raymond, S. N.; Leconte, J.; Gillon, M.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 464, Issue 3, p.3728-3741 (01/2017)
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- Probing TRAPPIST-1-like Systems with K2
Demory, Brice-Olivier; Queloz, Didier; Alibert, Yann; Gillen, Ed; Gillon, Michael
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 825, Issue 2, article id. L25, 5 pp. (2016)
Link - A combined transmission spectrum of the Earth-sized exoplanets TRAPPIST-1 b and c
de Wit, Julien; Wakeford, Hannah R.; Gillon, Michaë:l; Lewis, Nikole K.; Valenti, Jeff A.; Demory, Brice-Olivier; Burgasser, Adam J.; Burdanov, Artem; Delrez, Laetitia; Jehin, Emmanuël; Lederer, Susan M.; Queloz, Didier; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Van Grootel, Valérie
Nature, Volume 537, Issue 7618, pp. 69-72 (2016)
Link - Temperate Earth-sized planets transiting a nearby ultracool dwarf star
Gillon, Michaël; Jehin, Emmanuël; Lederer, Susan M.; Delrez, Laetitia; de Wit, Julien; Burdanov, Artem; Van Grootel, Valérie; Burgasser, Adam J.; Triaud, Amaury H. M. J.; Opitom, Cyrielle; Demory, Brice-Olivier; Sahu, Devendra K.; Bardalez Gagliuffi, Daniella; Magain, Pierre; Queloz, Didier
Nature, Volume 533, Issue 7602, pp. 221-224 (2016)
Link - Monitoring Campaign for Luhman 16AB. I. Detection of Resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopic Variability.
Burgasser A. J., Gillon M., Faherty J. K., Radigan J., Triaud A.H. M. J.; Plavchan P., Street R., Jehin E., Delrez L., Opitom C.
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 785, 48.
Link - WISE J072003.20-084651.2: An Old and Active M9.5 + T5 Spectral Binary 6 pc from the Sun.
Burgasser A. J., Gillon M., Melis C., Bowler B. P.; Michelsen E. L., Bardalez G. D., Gelino C. R., Jehin E., Delrez L., Manfroid J., Blake, C. H.
The Astronomical Journal (in press)
Link - Astronomers revisit dwarf stars' promise
Reich E. G.
Nature, Vol 502, 606
Link - Fast-evolving weather for the coolest of our two new substellar neighbours
Gillon M., Triaud A. H. M. J., Jehin E., Delrez L., Opitom C., Magain P., Lendl M., Queloz D.
Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 555, L5
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Conference proceedings
- SPECULOOS, a search for terrestrial planets transiting the nearest coolest stars
Gillon M.
MIT Kavli Institute Conference
Link - SPECULOOS: Search for habitable Planets EClipsing ULtra-cOOl Stars
Gillon M., Jehin E., Delrez L., Magain P., Opitom C., Sohy S.
Protostars and Planets VU, Heidelberg, July 15-20, 2013. Poster #2K66
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File - TRAPPIST-UCDTS: A prototype search for habitable planets transiting ultra-cool stars
Gillon, M.; Jehin, E.; Fumel, A.; Magain, P.; Queloz, D.
Hot Planets and Cool Stars, Garching, Germany, Edited by Roberto Saglia; EPJ Web of Conferences, Volume 47, id.03001, (2013)
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Press Releases
- European Research Council (ERC) is granting the LiSRI members!
Liège Space Research Institute, 24/09/2013
Link - Deux astrophysiciens de l'ULg soutenus par le Conseil Européen de la Recherche afin de détecter des exoplanètes comparables à la Terre
Communiqué de presse ULg, 11/09/2013
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Articles in newspapers
- A la recherche des exoplanètes porteuses de vie. Un entretien avec l'astrophysicienne Valérie Van Grootel
Le Monde, blog passeur de sciences, 3 Avril 2014
Link - A la recherche d'autres mondes
Athena, 295, Novembre 2013 - SPECULOOS, bien plus qu'un simple biscuit
FNRS News, 94, September 2013