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Gilda E. Ballester is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States. Their primary field of study is Physics and Astronomy, with a particular focus on Astronomy and Astrophysics. Their research spans several related subfields, including Instrumentation, Plant Science, and General Health Professions, as well as Food Science.

The scientific work conducted by Ballester covers a variety of topics, with emphasis on astro and planetary science, stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, astronomy and astrophysical research, and astrophysics and star formation studies. Additionally, research areas include botanical research and applications, Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna, along with botany, ecology, and taxonomy studies.

Ballester has published research in several venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • The Astronomical Journal
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Flora Mediterranea
  • The Planetary Science Journal

Recent published papers by Ballester include:

  • Signatures of strong magnetization and a metal-poor atmosphere for a Neptune-sized exoplanet, 2021, Nature Astronomy
  • The Hubble PanCET Program: A Metal-rich Atmosphere for the Inflated Hot Jupiter HAT-P-41b, 2021, The Astronomical Journal
  • The recent neophyte Opuntia aurantiaca (Cactaceae): distribution and potential invasion in the Iberian Peninsula, 2020, Flora Mediterranea
  • The Enigmatic Abundance of Atomic Hydrogen in Saturn's Upper Atmosphere, 2023, The Planetary Science Journal
  • A Global Perspective with Updated Constraints on the Ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-19b: Atmospheric Properties and Stellar Activity, 2024, The Astronomical Journal

Frequent co-authors collaborating on Ballester's research projects include:

  • T. M. Evans
  • A. García Muñoz
  • David K. Sing
  • Tiffany Kataria
  • Gregory W. Henry

Best Publications

  • An extended upper atmosphere around the extrasolar planet HD209458b

    A. Vidal-Madjar;A. Lecavelier des Etangs;J.-M. Désert;G. E. Ballester

  • A continuum from clear to cloudy hot-Jupiter exoplanets without primordial water depletion

    David K. Sing;Jonathan J. Fortney;Nikolay Nikolov;Hannah R. Wakeford

  • Detection of Oxygen and Carbon in the Hydrodynamically Escaping Atmosphere of the Extrasolar Planet HD 209458b

    A. Vidal-Madjar;J.-M. Désert;A. Lecavelier des Etangs;G. Hébrard

  • Water vapour in the atmosphere of a transiting extrasolar planet

    Giovanna Tinetti;Giovanna Tinetti;Giovanna Tinetti;Alfred Vidal-Madjar;Mao-Chang Liang;Jean-Philippe Beaulieu

  • Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Disk and Jet of HH 30

    Christopher J. Burrows;Christopher J. Burrows;Karl R. Stapelfeldt;Alan M. Watson;John E. Krist

  • THE PERFORMANCE AND CALIBRATION OF WFPC2 ON THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

    Jon A. Holtzman;J. Jeff Hester;Stefano Casertano;John T. Trauger

  • Evaporation of the planet HD189733b observed in HI Lyman-alpha

    A. Lecavelier des Etangs;D. Ehrenreich;A. Vidal-Madjar;G. E. Ballester

  • Evaporation of the planet HD 189733b observed in H I Lyman-α

    A. Lecavelier des Etangs;D. Ehrenreich;A. Vidal-Madjar;G. Ballester

  • WFPC2 studies of the Crab nebula. I. HST and ROSAT imaging of the synchrotron nebula

    J. Jeff Hester;Paul A. Scowen;Ravi Sankrit;Christopher J. Burrows

  • Discovery of gaseous S2 in Io's Pele plume.

    John R. Spencer;Kandis Lea Jessup;Melissa A. McGrath;Gilda E. Ballester

  • An ultrahot gas-giant exoplanet with a stratosphere

    Thomas M. Evans;David K. Sing;Tiffany Kataria;Jayesh Goyal

  • Temperature-Pressure Profile of the hot Jupiter HD 189733b from HST Sodium Observations: Detection of Upper Atmospheric Heating

    Catherine M. Huitson;David K. Sing;Alfred Vidal-Madjar;Gilda E. Ballester

  • Hubble space telescope observations of the SN 1987A triple ring nebula

    Christopher J. Burrows;Christopher J. Burrows;John Krist;J. Jeff Hester;Raghvendra Sahai

  • HST/STIS Optical Transit Transmission Spectra of the hot-Jupiter HD209458b

    David K. Sing;A. Vidal-Madjar;J.-M. Desert;A. Lecavelier des Etangs

  • Temporal variations in the evaporating atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733b

    A. Lecavelier des Etangs;V. Bourrier;P.J. Wheatley;H. Dupuy

  • Observations and Implications of the Star Formation History of the Large Magellanic Cloud

    Jon A. Holtzman;John S. Gallagher;Andrew A. Cole;Jeremy R. Mould

  • An HST optical-to-near-IR transmission spectrum of the hot Jupiter WASP-19b: detection of atmospheric water and likely absence of TiO

    Catherine M. Huitson;David K. Sing;F. Pont;J.J. Fortney

  • HST hot-Jupiter transmission spectral survey: detection of potassium in WASP-31b along with a cloud deck and Rayleigh scattering

    David K. Sing;H.R. Wakeford;A.P. Showman;N. Nikolov

  • Transit spectrophotometry of the exoplanet HD189733b. I. Searching for water but finding haze with HST NICMOS

    David K. Sing;J. M. Desert;A. Lecavelier des Etangs;G. E. Ballester

  • Far-Ultraviolet Imaging of Jupiter's Aurora and the Io “Footprint”

    John T. Clarke;Gilda E. Ballester;John Trauger;Robin Evans

Frequent Co-Authors

John Clarke
John Clarke University of California, Berkeley
David K. Sing
David K. Sing Johns Hopkins University
David Crisp
David Crisp California Institute of Technology
Karl R. Stapelfeldt
Karl R. Stapelfeldt Jet Propulsion Lab
Richard E. Griffiths
Richard E. Griffiths Carnegie Mellon University
Jon A. Holtzman
Jon A. Holtzman New Mexico State University
Jeremy Mould
Jeremy Mould Swinburne University of Technology
Gregory W. Henry
Gregory W. Henry Tennessee State University
Jean-Michel Desert
Jean-Michel Desert University of Amsterdam
David Ehrenreich
David Ehrenreich University of Geneva

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