Alain Lecavelier des Etangs Directeur de Recherche CNRS

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L'astrophysique: un métier, une passion A la découverte des planètes extrasolaires (1) A la découverte des planètes extrasolaires (2) HD209458b alias Osiris Beta Pictoris

Selection de publications :

1. Rayleigh scattering by H₂ in the extrasolar planet HD 209458b



Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Vidal-Madjar, A., Désert, J.-M., Sing, D.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 485, 865, 2008
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2. A diagram to determine the evaporation status of extrasolar planets

Lecavelier des Etangs, A.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 461, 1185, 2007
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3. Quand les planetes perdent leur atmosphere.

Lecavelier des Etangs, A.
Pour la Science, 334, 54, 2005
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4. FUSE search for 10⁵-10⁶ K gas in the rich clusters of galaxies Abell 2029 and Abell 3112

Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Gopal-Krishna, Durret, F.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 421, 503, 2004
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5. FUSE observations of the H I interstellar gas of I Zw 18

Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Désert, J.-M., Kunth, D., Vidal-Madjar, A., Callejo, G., Ferlet, R., Hébrard, G., Lebouteiller, V.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 413, 131, 2004
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6. An extended upper atmosphere around the extrasolar planet HD209458b

Vidal-Madjar, A., Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Désert, J.-M., Ballester, G. E., Ferlet, R., Hébrard, G., Mayor, M.
Nature, 422, 143, 2003
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7. Deficiency of molecular hydrogen in the disk of β Pictoris

Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Vidal-Madjar, A., Roberge, A., Feldman, P. D., Deleuil, M., André, M., Blair, W. P., Bouret, J.-C., Désert, J.-M., Ferlet, R., Friedman, S., Hébrard, G., Lemoine, M., Moos, H. W.
Nature, 412, 706, 2001
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8. Photometric stellar variation due to extra-solar comets

Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Vidal-Madjar, A., Ferlet, R.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 343, 916, 1999
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9. Planetary migration and sources of dust in the β Pictoris disk

Lecavelier des Etangs, A.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 337, 501, 1998
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10. Beta Pictoris light variations. I. The planetary hypothesis

Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Vidal-Madjar, A., Burki, G., Lamers, H. J. G. L. M., Ferlet, R., Nitschelm, C., Sevre, F.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 328, 311, 1997
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11. Dust distribution in disks supplied by small bodies: is the Beta Pictoris disk a gigantic multi-cometary tail?

Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Vidal-Madjar, A., Ferlet, R.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 307, 542, 1996
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12. β Pictoris: evidence of light variations.

Lecavelier des Etangs, A., Deleuil, M., Vidal-Madjar, A., Ferlet, R., Nitschelm, C., Nicolet, B., Lagrange-Henri, A. M.
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 299, 557, 1995
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