Eva-Maria Ahrer
I am a PhD student in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at the University of Warwick, supervised by Prof Peter Wheatley.Link opens in a new window I am currently working on low and high resolution transmission spectroscopy data of exoplanet atmospheres e.g. as obtained with the EFOSC2 instrument at the New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla, Chile. In particular, I am looking at features in the atmospheres of hot Jupiters such as sodium absorption or Rayleigh scattering in the optical wavelength range.
I am also involved in the efforts of the JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science (ERS) team, in particular in the analysis of NIRCam data and in the development of the Eureka! pipelineLink opens in a new window.
Other research interests include stellar activity induced variations in stellar radial velocity (RV) data and their effects on accurate estimation of exoplanet characteristics. This also includes Bayesian model comparison with the nested sampling algorithm PolyChord. This follows my work during my research based Masters degree at the University of Cambridge under supervision of Prof Didier Queloz and Dr Vinesh Maguire-Rajpaul.
Publications
As first author:
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LRG-BEASTS: Evidence for clouds in the transmission spectrum of HATS-46 bLink opens in a new window, E. Ahrer et al., 2023, MNRAS, 521, 5636
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Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCamLink opens in a new window, E. Ahrer et al., 2023, Nature, 614, 7949, 653
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LRG-BEASTS: sodium absorption and Rayleigh scattering in the atmosphere of WASP-94A b using NTT/EFOSC2Link opens in a new window, E. Ahrer et al., 2022, MNRAS, 510, 4857
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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XLV. Two Neptune mass planets orbiting HD 13808: a study of stellar activity modelling's impact on planet detectionLink opens in a new window, E. Ahrer et al., 2021, MNRAS, 503, 1248
As co-author:
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Detection of carbon monoxide's 4.6 micron fundamental band structure in WASP-39b's atmosphere with JWST NIRSpec G395HLink opens in a new window, D. Grant et al., 2023, ApJL, in press
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High atmospheric metal enrichment for a Saturn-mass planetLink opens in a new window, J. L. Bean et al., 2023, Nature, in press
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A broadband thermal emission spectrum of the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-18bLink opens in a new window, L.-P. Coulombe et al., 2023, under review
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Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRISSLink opens in a new window, A. Feinstein et al., 2023, Nature, 614, 7949, 670
- Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395HLink opens in a new window, L. Alderson et al., 2023, Nature, 614, 7949, 664
- Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISMLink opens in a new window, Z. Rustamkulov et al., 2023, Nature, 614, 7949, 659
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Direct Evidence of Photochemistry in an Exoplanet AtmosphereLink opens in a new window, Tsai et al., 2022, Nature, in press
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Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphereLink opens in a new window, The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team et al., 2023, Nature, 614, 7949, 649
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Eureka!: An End-to-End Pipeline for JWST Time-Series ObservationsLink opens in a new window, T. Bell et al., 2022, JOSS, 7(79), 4503
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The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XLVI: 12 super-Earths around the solar type stars HD39194, HD93385, HD96700, HD154088, and HD189567Link opens in a new window, N. Unger et al., 2021, A&A, 654, A104
Other
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Redefining Astronomy Summer Camps in the Age of the Pandemic: a Break from the IAYC's 50-Year HistoryLink opens in a new window, E. Ahrer, M. Archipley, H. S. Dalgleish & D. Mortimer, CAP2021 conference proceedings
- Reaching Diverse Groups in Long-Term Astronomy Public Engagement EffortsLink opens in a new window, M. Archipley, H. S. Dalgleish, E. Ahrer & D. Mortimer, 2021, ASP2020 conference proceedings, 531, 47
Conferences/Meetings/Workshops
- UK Exoplanet Community Meeting, University of Edinburgh, highlighted talk, 12 - 14 September 2022
- Exoplanets IV Conference, Las Vegas, posters, available on Zenodo, 1 - 6 May 2022
- JWST ERS Simulated Data Challenge #1, MPIA Heidelberg, 21 - 23 March 2022
- ESO ATMO 2021: Atmospheres, Atmospheres! Do I look like I care about atmospheres?, virtual, talkLink opens in a new window, 23 - 27 August 2021
- National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) 2021, University of Bath, virtual, talk, 19 - 23 July 2021
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JWST ERS Pre-Launch Data Hackathon, virtual, 21 - 25 June 2021
- IAU CAP 2021, virtual, talkLink opens in a new window, 24 - 27 May 2021
- UK Exoplanet Community Meeting, University of Birmingham, virtual, talkLink opens in a new window, 22 April 2021
- STScI Symposium: Towards the Comprehensive Characterization of Exoplanets - Science at the Interface of Multiple Measurement Techniques, virtual, poster, 19 - 23 April 2021
- Solar-stellar connection summer school, virtual, posterLink opens in a new window, 14 - 18 September 2020
- Exoplanets III Conference, virtual, posterLink opens in a new window, 27 - 31 July 2020
- Sagan Summer School 2020 on Extreme Precision Radial Velocity, virtual, posterLink opens in a new window, 20 - 24 July 2020
- UK Exoplanet Community Meeting, Imperial College London, poster, 15 - 17 April 2019
Seminar talks
- TMT (Thirty Minute Talk), ESO Santiago, 14 February 2023
- Early-Career Researcher Astrophysics Seminar, University of Oxford, 18 January 2023
- Astroseminar, University of Exeter, 11 January 2023
- Exoplanet Seminars, Observatoire de Geneve, 1 April 2022
- eIAYC seminar series, International Workshop for Astronomy (IWA), 22 July 2021
- Exoplanet Pizza Lunch, Centre for Astrophysics (CfA) | Harvard & Smithsonian, 23 March 2021
- Planet Formation Group Seminar, University of Heidelberg, Zentrum für Astronomie (ZAH), 15 July 2020
Teaching, Observing, Outreach and Other
- I was part of the Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the National Astronomy Meeting (NAM)Link opens in a new window taking place at the University of Warwick in July 2022, where I was also the lead organiser of the parallel session "Exoplanet Atmospheres in the 2020s and beyondLink opens in a new window".
- As the PI of an ESO observing proposal I have been awarded with 10 nights of observing with the NTT/EFOSC2 in July-September 2023, another 10 nights in January and February 2023, as well as 10 more nights in May, June and August 2022 and 4 nights in February 2021.
- I have been a committee member of the Equitea Link opens in a new windowseminar series from November 2020 - January 2023.
- I was part of the Global Organization Committee (GOC) of the Exoplanets III online conferenceLink opens in a new window in July 2020.
- I have been acting as a laboratory demonstrator in the 2nd year undergraduate physics laboratory course since October 2019.
- I have been part of the organising and teaching team for the International Astronomical Youth Camp (IAYC, iayc.orgLink opens in a new window) since February 2017 and have been the treasurer and board member of the parent-body organisation "International Workshop for Astronomy e.V." since April 2021.