Publications
To date, I have contributed to 67 papers.
Please find below a list of my first-author peer-reviewed publications,
a list of my significant contribution peer-reviewed publications, and a list of the others peer-reviewed publications I was involved in.
Statistics about my publications can be found on [NASA ADS]
-- LAST UPDATE MAY 2025 --
First-author publications:
First JWST thermal phase curves of temperate terrestrial exoplanets reveal no thick atmosphere around TRAPPIST-1 b and c
Gillon & Ducrot et al. 2025 Nature Astronomy in revision
Combined analysis of the 12.8 and 15 microns JWST/MIRI eclipse observations of TRAPPIST-1 b
Ducrot, Lagage et al. 2024 Nature Astronomy 9, pages 358–369
TRAPPIST-1: Global results of the Spitzer Exploration Science Program Red Worlds
Ducrot et al. 2020. A & A vol. 640, p. A112
The 0.8-4.5 μm Broadband Transmission Spectra of TRAPPIST-1 Planets
Ducrot et al. 2018. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 156, Issue 5, article id. 218, 16 pp
Significant contribution publications:
Warm Jupiters around M dwarfs are great opportunities for extensive chemical, cloud, and haze characterisation with JWST
Teinturier, Ducrot , Charnay 2024 A & A, Volume 690
Simulating JWST MIRI LRS time series observations
Dyrek, Ducrot et al. 2023, A & A, Volume 683,
No thick carbon dioxide atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 c
Zieba, Kreidberg, Ducrot et al. 2023, Nature Volume 620
Thermal emission from the Earth-sized exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b using JWST
Greene, Bell, Ducrot et al. 2023, Nature, Volume 618
Two temperate super-Earths transiting a nearby late-type M dwarf
Delrez, Murray, Pozuelos, Narita, Ducrot et al. 2022, A & A, Volume 667, id.A59, 31 pp.
Complex Modulation of Rapidly Rotating Young M Dwarfs: AddingPieces to the Puzzle
Günther, Berardo, Ducrot et al. 2022. The Astronomical Journal, Volume 163, Number 4.
Refining the transit timing and photometric analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, radii, densities, dynamics, and ephemerides.
Agol, Dorn, Grimm, Turbet, Ducrot et al. 2021. The Planetary Science Journal, vol. 2, Issue 1, id.1, 38 pp.
Development of the SPECULOOS exoplanet search project
Sebastian, Pedersen, Murray, Ducrot et al. 2020. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 11445, id. 1144521 16 pp. (2020).
SPECULOOS - Ultracool Dwarf Transit Survey, Target List and Strategy
Sebastian, Gillon, Ducrot et al. 2020. A & A, vol. 645, January 2021.
πEarth: a 3.14-day Earth-sizedPlanet fromK2’s Kitchen Served Warm by the SPECULOOS Team
Niraula, de Wit, Rackham, Ducrot et al. 2020. The Astronomical Journal, vol. 160, Issue 4, id.172, 9 pp.
Other co-authored publications:
TOI-6508 b: A massive transiting brown dwarf orbiting a low-mass star
Barkaoui, ..., Ducrot et al. 2025. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 696, id.A44, 15 pp.
JWST sighting of decametre main-belt asteroids and view on meteorite sources
Burdanov, ..., Ducrot et al. 2025. Nature, 638, pages74–78
TOI-2015 b: A sub-Neptune in strong gravitational interaction with an outer non-transiting planet
Barkaoui, ..., Ducrot et al. 2025. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 695, A291
History and Habitability of the LP 890-9 Planetary System
Barnes, ..., Ducrot et al. 2024. The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Issue 1, id.25, 13 pp.
TOI 762 A b and TIC 46432937 b: Two Giant Planets Transiting M-dwarf Stars
Hartman, ..., Ducrot et al. 2024. AJ 168 202
The radiative and dynamical impact of clouds in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter WASP-43 b
Teinturier, ..., Ducrot et al. 2024. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 683, A231
A long-period transiting substellar companion in the super-Jupiters to brown dwarfs mass regime and a prototypical warm-Jupiter detected by TESS
Jones, ..., Ducrot et al. 2024. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 683, A192
Evidence for transit-timing variations of the 11 Myr exoplanet TOI-1227 b
Amenara, ..., Ducrot et al. 2024. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 683, A96
Nightside clouds and disequilibrium chemistry on the hot Jupiter WASP-43b
Bell, ..., Ducrot et al. 2024. Nature Astronomy, volume 8, pages 879–898
An extended low-density atmosphere around the Jupiter-sized planet WASP-193 b
Barkaoui, ..., Ducrot et al. 2024. Nature Astronomy, volume 8, pages 909–919
A 1.55 R_earth habitable-zone planet hosted by TOI-715, an M4 star near the ecliptic South Pole
Dransfield, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 527, Issue 1, pp.35-52.
SO2, silicate clouds, but no CH4 detected in a warm Neptune
Dyrek, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. Nature
Water condensation zones around main sequence stars
Turbet, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 679, id.A126, 36 pp.
A roadmap to the efficient and robust characterization of temperate terrestrial planet atmospheres with JWST
TRAPPIST-1 JWST Community Initiatives, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. in review at Nature Astronomy
An M dwarf accompanied by a close-in giant orbiter with SPECULOOS
Triaud, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 525, Issue 1, pp. L98-L104. Oct 2023
Potential Atmospheric Compositions of TRAPPIST-1 c Constrained by JWST/MIRI Observations at 15 microns
Lincowski, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 955, Issue 1, id.L7, 12 pp.
TOI-2084 b and TOI-4184 b: Two new sub-Neptunes around M dwarf stars
Barkaoui, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. A & A Volume 677, id.A38, 20 pp.
A reflective, metal-rich atmosphere for GJ 1214b from its JWST phase curve
Kempton, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. Nature 620, 67–71. Aug 2023.
A temperate Earth-sized planet with tidal heating transiting an M6 star
Peterson, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. Nature 617, 701–705
A super-Earth and a mini-Neptune near the 2:1 MMR straddling the radius valley around the nearby mid-M dwarf TOI-2096
Pozuelos, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 672, id.A70, 25 pp
Precise near-infrared photometry, accounting for water vapour
Pedersen, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 518, Issue 2, pp.2661-2670
Final Report for SAG 21: The Effect of Stellar Contamination on Space-based Transmission Spectroscopy
Rackham, ..., Ducrot et al. 2023. RAS Techniques and Instruments, Volume 2, Issue 1, January 2023, pp. 148-206
SPECULOOS Northern Observatory: Searching for Red Worlds in the Northern Skies
Burdanov, ..., Ducrot et al. 2022. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 134, Issue 1040, id.105001, 11 pp
TESS discovery of a sub-Neptune orbiting a mid-M dwarf TOI-2136
Tianjun, ..., Ducrot et al. 2022. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 514, Issue 3, August 2022, Pages 4120–4139
A Study of Flares in the Ultra-Cool Regime from SPECULOOS-South
Murray, ..., Ducrot et al. 2022. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 513, Issue 2, June 2022, Pages 2615–2634
TOI-2257 b: A highly eccentric long-period sub-Neptune transiting a nearby M dwarf
Schanche, ..., Ducrot et al. 2021. A @amp A, Volume 657, id.A45, 18 pp.
prose: A Python framework for modular astronomical images processing
Garcia, Timmermans, Pozuelos, Ducrot et al. 2021. Accepted for publication in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
NGTS clusters survey - III. A low-mass eclipsing binary in the Blanco 1 open cluster spanning the fully convective boundary
Smith, ..., Ducrot et al. 2021. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 507, Issue 4
A large sub-Neptune transiting the thick-disk M4 V TOI-2406
Wells, ..., Ducrot et al. 2021. A & A, Volume 653, id.A97, 17 pp.
A Study of Flares in the Ultra-Cool Regime from SPECULOOS-South
Murray, ..., Ducrot et al. 2021. Submitted to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
A transit timing variation observed for the long-period extremely low-density exoplanet HIP 41378 f
Bryant, ..., Ducrot et al. 2021. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 504, Issue 1, pp.L45-L50
Six transiting planets and a chain of Laplace resonances in TOI-178.
Leleu, Alibert, Hara, ..., Ducrot et al. 2021. Accepted for publication in A & A
Global analysis of the TRAPPIST Ultra-Cool Dwarf Transit Survey
Lienhard, Queloz, Gillon, Burdanov, Delrez, Ducrot et al. 2020. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 497, Issue 3, pp.3790-3808
Two Transiting Hot Jupiters from the WASP Survey: WASP-150band WASP-176b
Cooke, Pollacco, Almleaky, ..., Ducrot et al. 2020. The Astronomical Journal, vol. 159, p. 255
Photometry and performance of SPECULOOS-South
Murray, Delrez, Pedersen, Queloz, Gillon, Burdanov, Ducrot et al. 2020. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 495, Issue 2, pp.2446-2457
A Rare Pair of Eclipsing Brown Dwarfs Identified by the SPECULOOS Telescopes
Triaud, Burgasser, Burdanov, ..., Ducrot et al. 2020. The Messenger, vol. 180, p. 37-40
An eclipsing substellar binary in a young triple system discovered by SPECULOOS
Triaud, Burgasser, Burdanov, ..., Ducrot et al. 2020. Nature Astronomy, Volume 4, p. 650-657
WASP-180Ab: Doppler tomography of a hot Jupiter orbiting the primary star in a visual binary
Temple, Anderson, Barkaoui, ..., Ducrot et al. 2019. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 490, Issue 2
Near-resonance in a System of Sub-Neptunes from TESS
Quinn, Becker, Rodriguez, ..., Ducrot et al. 2019. The Astronomical Journal, vol. 158, p. 177
WASP-169, WASP-171, WASP-175, and WASP-182: three hot Jupiters and one bloated sub-Saturn mass planet discovered by WASP-South
Nielsen, Bouchy, Turner, ..., Ducrot et al. 2019. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 489, Issue 2
Ground-based follow-up observations of TRAPPIST-1 transits in the near-infrared
Burdanov, Lederer, Gillon, Delrez, Ducrot et al. 2019. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 487, Issue 2, p.1634-1652
The L 98-59 System: Three Transiting, Terrestrial-size Planets Orbiting a Nearby M Dwarf
Kostov, Schlieder, Barclay, ..., Ducrot et al. 2019. The Astronomical Journal, vol. 158, p. 32,
NGTS-4b: A sub-Neptune transiting in the desert
West, Gillen, Bayliss, ..., Ducrot et al. 2019. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 486, Issue 4
Three hot-Jupiters on the upper edge of the mass–radius distribution: WASP-177, WASP-181, and WASP-183
Turner, Anderson, Barkaoui, ..., Ducrot et al. 2019. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 485, Issue 4
The SPECULOOS Southern Observatory Begins its Hunt for Rocky Planets
Jehin, ..., Ducrot et al. 2018. The Messenger, vol. 174, pp. 2–7,
Activity induced variation in spin-orbit angles as derived from Rossiter–McLaughlin measurements
Oshagh, Triaud, Burdanov, ..., Ducrot et al. 2018. Astronomy & Astrophysics, vol. 619, p. A150,
Plasma source and loss at comet 67P during the Rosetta mission
Heritier, Galand, Henri, ..., Ducrot et al. 2018. A & A Volume 618, October 2018
Unmasking the hidden NGTS-3Ab: a hot Jupiter in an unresolved binary system
Gunther, Queloz, Gillen, ..., Ducrot et al. 2018. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 478, Issue 4, p.4720-4737
Non-detection of Contamination by Stellar Activity in the Spitzer Transit Light Curves of TRAPPIST-1
Morris, Agol, Hebb, Hawley, Gillon, Ducrot et al. 2018. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 863, Issue 2, article id. L32, 5 pp. (2018).
The evanescent wave coronagraph project: setup results and demonstrator preliminary design
Buisset, Lèpine, Thiébault, ..., Ducrot et al. 2018. Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation III, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers(SPIE) Conference Series, vol. 107062P
SPECULOOS: a network of robotic telescopes to hunt for terrestrial planets around the nearest ultracool dwarfs
Delrez, Gillon, Queloz, ..., Ducrot et al. 2018. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 10700, id. 107001I 21 pp. (2018).
Study of a coronagraphic mask using evanescent waves
Buisset, Rabbia, Lepine, Alagao, Ducrot et al. 2017. Optics Express, vol. 25, issue 7, p. 7273