EK Cha b: multi-tracer detection of a protoplanet candidate in a gas-rich environment

arXiv:2610.10701 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-10-07 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-10-07

Updated: 2026-10-07

Terminology

• Aperture — 9× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 5× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Aperture Photometry — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Abundance — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Adaptive Optics (AO) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Advances in High-Contrast Imaging — 1× in this paper
• Cooperation — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• The JWST Sub-Jupiters Survey: Direct Imaging Discovery of a Giant Planet and a Debris Disk Around the Young M-dwarf RX J0534.0-0221

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