Publications

ESA CHEOPS ADS Library

The ESA CHEOPS ADS library includes refereed papers published since launch that:

• make direct use of data from a mission including from its primary catalogues
• make quantitative predictions of results from a mission
• describe the mission, its instruments, operations, software or calibrations

Selected Highlights

A selection of articles on science and technical aspects of CHEOPS can be found at the individual links below. Papers marked with two asterisks (**) use, or are based on, data obtained in the ESA-run CHEOPS Guest Observers (GO) Programme.

Post-launch Science papers:

• "A stellar occultation by the transneptunian object (50000) Quaoar observed by CHEOPS", Morgado, B. et al (August 2022), accepted for publication in A&A (https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.06204)
• "The stable climate of Kelt 9-b", Jones, K. et al (August 2022) accepted for publication in A&A (https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.04818)
• ** "A detailed analysis of the Gl 486 planetary system", Caballero, J. et al (June 2022) accepted for publication in A&A (https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.09990)
• ** "A CHEOPS search for massive, long period companions to the warm Jupiter K2-139 b", Smith, A. & Szilard, C. (May 2022) accepted for publication in AJ (https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.09355)
• ** "A Mini-Neptune from TESS and CHEOPS around the 120 Myr Old AB Dor member HIP 94235 ", Zhou, G. et al (April 2022) accepted for publication in AJ (https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.11975)
• ** "Rapidly rotating stars and their transiting planets: KELT-17b, KELT-19Ab, and KELT-21b in the CHEOPS and TESS era ", Garai, Z. et al (April 2022) accepted for publication in MNRAS (https://arxiv.org/abs/2204.09077)
• "CHEOPS geometric albedo of the hot Jupiter HD 209458b?", Brandeker, A. et al (Feb 2022) accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics (https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.11516)
• "Investigating the architecture and internal structure of the TOI-561 system planets with CHEOPS, HARPS-N and TESS", Lacedelli, G. et al (Jan 2022) accepted for publication in Monthly Notices (https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.07727)
• "The atmosphere and architecture of WASP-189 b probed by its CHEOPS phased curve": Deline, A. et al. (Jan 2022) accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics (https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.04518)
• "A pair of Sub-Neptunes transiting the bright K-dwarf TOI-1064 characterised with CHEOPS": Wilson, T. et al. (Jan 2022)  accepted for publication in Monthly Notices (https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.03570)
• "3 sigma detection of the tidal deformation of WASP-103b with CHEOPS": Barros, S. et al. (2022) A&A, 657, A52,https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142196)​​​
• ** "TIC 172900988: A Transiting Circumbinary Planet Detected in One Sector of TESS Data": Kostov, V. et al. (2021) AJ 162, 234, https://doi.org/ 10.3847/1538-3881/ac223a)
• "Analysis of early science observations with the characterising exoplanets satellite (CHEOPS) using pycheops": Maxted, P. et al. (Nov 2021) accepted for publication in Monthly Notices (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2111.08828.pdf)
• "Spi-OPS: Spitzer and CHEOPS confirm the near-polar orbit of MASCARA-1 b and reveal a hint of dayside reflection": Hooton, M. et al. (Sept 2021) accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2109.05031.pdf)
• "The changing face of AU Mic b: stellar spots, spin-orbit commensurability, and Transit Timing Variations as seen by CHEOPS and TESS": Szabo, G. et al. (Aug 2021), accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
• "Transit detection of the long-period volatile-rich super-Earth ν2 Lupi d with CHEOPS": Delrez, L. et al. (2021) Nat. Astron., 5, 775 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01381-5
• "Exploiting timing capabilities of the CHEOPS mission with warm-Jupiter planets": Borsato, L. et al. (2021) MNRAS, 506, 3810 (https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1782)
• "The EBLM project -- VIII. First results for M-dwarf mass, radius and effective temperature measurements using CHEOPS light curves": Swayne et al. (2021) MNRAS, 506, 306 (https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1687)
• "CHEOPS precision phase curve of the Super-Earth 55 Cnc e": Morris, B. et al. (2021) A&A, 653, A173 (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140892)
•  ** "A White Dwarf transit search": Morris, B. et al. (2021) A&A, 651, L12  (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140913)
• "A transit survey to search for planets around hot subdwarfs I: methods and performance tests on light curves from Kepler, K2, TESS and CHEOPS", Van Grootel, V. et al. (2021) A, 650, 205 (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202140381)
• "Six transiting planets and a chain of Laplace resonances in TOI-178": Leleu, A. et al. (2021) A&A, 649, 26 (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039767)
• "CHEOPS observations of the HD 108236 planetary system: A fifth planet, improved ephemerides, and planetary radii": Bonfanti et al. (2021) A&A, 646, 157 (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202039608. Detrended lightcurves available from Vizier.
• "The hot dayside and asymmetric transit of WASP-189b seen by CHEOPS": Lendl, M. et al. (2020) A&A, 643, 90 (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038677).  Detrended light curves available from Vizier.

mission Overview Papers:

• ​"The CHEOPS mission": Benz et al. (2021), Exp Ast, 51, 109 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-020-09679-4)
• "CHEOPS: CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite": Benz, W., Ehrenreich, D. and Isaak, K.G., article in the "Handbook of Exoplanets", Springer, Eds. Deeg, H. and Belmonte, J-A. (2017, Living reference)
• "CHEOPS: A Transit Photometry Mission for ESA's Small Mission Programme": Broeg et al, Web of Conferences 47, 03003 (2013)

Trilogy on the ON-ground performances of CHEOPS:

• "Expected performance of the CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS): I: Photometric performances from ground-based calibration", Deline, A., Queloz, D.,  Chazelas, B. et al. (2020) A&A, 635,  A22
• "Expected performance of the CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS): II: The CHEOPS simulator", Futyan. D., Fortier, A., Beck. M., et al.  (2020) A&A, 635, A23
• "Expected performance of the CHaracterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS): III: Data reduction pipeline: architecture and simulated performances", Hoyer, S., Guterman, P., Demangeon, O., Sousa, S. et al. (2020) A&A, 635, A24

pre-launch Papers on scientific aspects of the mission: 

• "Asteroseismic potential of CHEOPS": Moya, A. et al. A&A, 620, 203 (December 2018))
• "Comparison of the power-2 limb-darkening law from the STAGGER-grid to Kepler light curves of transiting exoplanets":Maxted, P.F.L  A&A, 416, 39 (April 2018)
• "Exoplanet characterization by multi-observatory transit photometry with TESS and CHEOPS":  Gaidos, E., Kitzmann, D., Heng, K. MNRAS. 468.3 418G (July 2017)
• "CHEOPS performance for Exomoons: the detectability of Exomoons by using optimal decision algorithm": Simon, A. et al,  PASP, 127, 956 (2015)

Papers on engineering/technical aspects of the mission: 

SPIE

• "CHEOPS: the ESA mission for exoplanets characterization": Rando, N. et al , Proc. SPIE 10698 Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, infrared and Millieter Waves, 106980K (6 July 2018)
• "From a demonstration model to the flight model: AIV procedures and results for CHEOPS telescope": Bergomi, M. et al, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 1069854 (8 August 2018);
• "ESA CHEOPS Mission: development status": Rando, N. et al, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990429 (29 July 2016)
• "CHEOPS: summary status of the instrument development": Beck, T. et al, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 99042A (July 29, 2016)
• "On-board target acquisition for CHEOPS": Loeschel, P. et al, Proc. SPIE 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV, 99132W (26 July 2016)
• "Aligning the demonstration model of CHEOPS": Bergomi, M. et al, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990439 (29 July 2016)
• "The performance of the CHEOPS on-ground calibration system": Chazelas, B. et al, Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990438 (July 29, 2016)
• "Dimensional stability testing in thermal vacuum of the CHEOPS optical telescope assembly": Klop, W.A. and Verlaan, A.L., Proc. SPIE 9904, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2016: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 990437 (July 29, 2016)
• "CHEOPS: a space telescope for ultra-high precision photometry of exoplanet transits ": Fortier, A. et al, Proc. SPIE 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 91432J (August 2, 2014)
• AIV procedure for a CHEOPS demonstration model":Bergomi, M. et al, Proc. SPIE 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 91435B (August 28, 2014)
• "Shaping the PSF to nearly top-hat profile: CHEOPS laboratory results": Magrin, D. et al, Proc. SPIE 9143, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2014: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 91434L (2 August 2014)

Other Conferences:

• "The CHEOPS (characterising exoplanet satellite) mission: telescope optical design, development status and main technical and programmatic progress": Beck, T. et al, Proceedings Volume 10562, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2016; 1056218 (2017)
• "The CHEOPS calibration bench": Wildi, F. et al, Proceedings Volume 10562, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2016; 105623H (2017)
• "The testing and characterization of the CHEOPS CCDs": Deline, A., et al, Proceedings Volume 10562, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2016; 105624E (2017)
• "CHEOPS: a space telescope for ultra-high precision photometry of explanet transits": Cessa, V., et al, Proceedings Volume 10563, International Conference on Space Optics — ICSO 2014; 105631L (2017)
• "CHEOPS Platform thermal architecture": Melendo, I., and Peyrou-Lauga, R., ICES202 (2016): Satellite, Payload, and Instrument Thermal Control
• "CHEOPS: a space telescope for ultra-high precision photometry of explanet transits
• Cessa, V. et al, (2014) International Conferences on Space Optics