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Overview

C. Lovis is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland and focuses their research primarily in the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their scholarly work covers a wide range of subfields, including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Spectroscopy.

Their research topics encompass several areas within astronomy and astrophysical sciences. These include stellar, planetary, and galactic studies; astronomy and astrophysical research; astro and planetary science; astrophysics and star formation studies; astronomical observations and instrumentation; gamma-ray bursts and supernovae; and solar and space plasma dynamics.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • ESPRESSO at VLT, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Six transiting planets and a chain of Laplace resonances in TOI-178, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Hot Exoplanet Atmospheres Resolved with Transit Spectroscopy (HEARTS), 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Neutral Iron Emission Lines from the Dayside of KELT-9b: The GAPS Program with HARPS-N at TNG XX, 2020, The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Cosmic dynamics in the era of Extremely Large Telescopes, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Lovis frequently collaborates with a number of researchers, including:

  • N. C. Santos
  • S. Udry
  • S. G. Sousa
  • D. Ehrenreich
  • F. Pepe

Their extensive body of work has been published in several prominent scientific venues. These include:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology)
  • The Astronomical Journal

Best Publications

  • A super-Earth transiting a nearby low-mass star

    David Charbonneau;Zachory Kaczmarczyk Berta;Jonathan M Irwin;Christopher J. Burke

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XVII. Super-Earth and Neptune-mass planets in multiple planet systems HD 47 186 and HD 181 433

    François Bouchy;M. Mayor;C. Lovis;S. Udry

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XI. Super-Earths (5 & 8 M_Earth) in a 3-planet system

    S. Udry;X. Bonfils;X. Delfosse;T. Forveille

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XXXI. The M-dwarf sample

    Xavier Bonfils;X. Delfosse;Stéphane Udry;T. Forveille

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XI. Super-Earths (5 and 8 M{⊕}) in a 3-planet system

    S. Udry;X. Bonfils;X. Delfosse;T. Forveille

  • Harps-N: the new planet hunter at TNG

    Rosario Cosentino;Christophe Lovis;Francesco Pepe;Andrew Collier Cameron

  • An Earth-mass planet orbiting α Centauri B

    Xavier Dumusque;Francesco Alfonso Pepe;Christophe Lovis;Damien Segransan

  • The CoRoT-7 planetary system: two orbiting super-Earths

    D. Queloz;F. Bouchy;F. Bouchy;C. Moutou;A. Hatzes

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets: XVIII. An Earth-mass planet in the GJ 581 planetary system

    Michel Mayor;X. Bonfils;X. Bonfils;T. Forveille;X. Delfosse

  • Planets and stellar activity: hide and seek in the CoRoT-7 system

    R. D. Haywood;A. Collier Cameron;D. Queloz;S. C. C. Barros

  • An extrasolar planetary system with three Neptune-mass planets

    Christophe Lovis;Michel Mayor;Francesco Pepe;Yann Alibert

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. XIII. A planetary system with 3 Super-Earths (4.2, 6.9, & 9.2 Earth masses)

    M. Mayor;S. Udry;C. Lovis;F. Pepe

  • The HARPS search for Earth-like planets in the habitable zone: I -- Very low-mass planets around HD20794, HD85512 and HD192310

    F. Pepe;C. Lovis;D. Ségransan;W. Benz

  • A new list of thorium and argon spectral lines in the visible

    Christophe Lovis;F. Pepe

  • Planets around evolved intermediate-mass stars - I. Two substellar companions in the open clusters NGC 2423 and NGC 4349

    C. Lovis;M. Mayor

  • Planetary detection limits taking into account stellar noise - I. Observational strategies to reduce stellar oscillation and granulation effects

    X. Dumusque;X. Dumusque;S. Udry;C. Lovis;N. C. Santos

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets - XIII. A planetary system with 3 super-Earths (4.2, 6.9, and 9.2 M)

    M. Mayor;S. Udry;C. Lovis;F. Pepe

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets. X. A m sin i = 11 Mearth planet around the nearby spotted M dwarf GJ 674

    X. Bonfils;M. Mayor;X. Delfosse;T. Forveille

  • A temperate rocky super-Earth transiting a nearby cool star

    Jason A. Dittmann;Jonathan M. Irwin;David Charbonneau;Xavier Bonfils;Xavier Bonfils

  • Spectrally resolved detection of sodium in the atmosphere of HD189733b with the HARPS spectrograph

    A. Wyttenbach;D. Ehrenreich;C. Lovis;S. Udry

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphane Udry
Stéphane Udry University of Geneva
Francesco Pepe
Francesco Pepe University of Geneva
François Bouchy
François Bouchy University of Geneva
D. Queloz
D. Queloz University of Geneva
Nuno C. Santos
Nuno C. Santos University of Porto
Willy Benz
Willy Benz University of Bern
Sérgio G. Sousa
Sérgio G. Sousa University of Porto
T. Forveille
T. Forveille Grenoble Alpes University
X. Delfosse
X. Delfosse Joseph Fourier University
Giuseppina Micela
Giuseppina Micela National Institute for Astrophysics

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