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Overview

François Bouchy is affiliated with the University of Geneva in Switzerland. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with significant contributions in subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Instrumentation, Computational Mechanics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, as well as Aerospace Engineering.

Their research focuses on various main topics including 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.

Bouchy has published extensively, with frequent publishing venues including Astronomy and Astrophysics, arXiv (Cornell University), Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, The Astronomical Journal, and Springer Link (Chiba Institute of Technology).

Recent papers authored or co-authored by François Bouchy include:

  • ESPRESSO at VLT, 2020, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Revisited mass-radius relations for exoplanets below 120 M⊕, 2020, Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)
  • Six transiting planets and a chain of Laplace resonances in TOI-178, 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • SPIRou: NIR velocimetry and spectropolarimetry at the CFHT, 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Cosmic dynamics in the era of Extremely Large Telescopes, 2024, OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • S. Udry
  • N. C. Santos
  • M. Lendl
  • Karen A. Collins
  • Jon M. Jenkins

Best Publications

  • Setting New Standards with HARPS

    M. Mayor;F. Pepe;D. Queloz;F. Bouchy

  • Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first Super-Earth with measured radius

    A. Leger;D. Rouan;J. Schneider;P. Barge

  • 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

  • Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission VIII. CoRoT-7b: the first Super-Earth with measured radius

    A. Léger;D. Rouan;J. Schneider;P. Barge

  • 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

  • ELODIE metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters II. A very hot Jupiter transiting the bright K star HD189733

    Francois Bouchy;Stephane Udry;Michel Mayor;Claire Moutou

  • The HARPS search for southern extra-solar planets XXXIV. Occurrence, mass distribution and orbital properties of super-Earths and Neptune-mass planets ?

    M. Mayor;C. Mordasini;D. Segransan;J.-L. Bertaux

  • ELODIE metallicity-biased search for transiting Hot Jupiters. II. A very hot Jupiter transiting the bright K star HD 189733

    F. Bouchy;S. Udry;M. Mayor;C. Moutou

  • Fundamental photon noise limit to radial velocity measurements

    F. Bouchy;F. Pepe;D. Queloz

  • 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

  • WASP-12b: The hottest transiting planet yet discovered

    L. Hebb;A. Collier-Cameron;B. Loeillet;D. Pollacco

  • 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

  • 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

  • Disentangling between stellar activity and planetary signals

    Isabelle Boisse;Isabelle Boisse;François Bouchy;François Bouchy;Guillaume Hébrard;Guillaume Hébrard;Xavier Bonfils;Xavier Bonfils

  • WASP-12b: the hottest transiting extrasolar planet yet discovered

    L. Hebb;A. Collier-Cameron;B. Loeillet;Don Pollacco

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Stéphane Udry
Stéphane Udry University of Geneva
Francesco Pepe
Francesco Pepe University of Geneva
D. Queloz
D. Queloz University of Geneva
C. Lovis
C. Lovis University of Geneva
Nuno C. Santos
Nuno C. Santos University of Porto
Heike Rauer
Heike Rauer Freie Universität Berlin
Guillaume Hébrard
Guillaume Hébrard Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
Frederic Pont
Frederic Pont University of Exeter
Willy Benz
Willy Benz University of Bern
Suzanne Aigrain
Suzanne Aigrain University of Oxford

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