Papers and reports

2026

1. The EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE): a balloon-borne mission to measure spectroscopic phase curves of transiting hot Jupiters

   Rehm, T. D. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Review of Scientific Instruments 97, 074504

2. Use of a lateral shearing plate interferometer for verifying diffraction-limited performance of a near-infrared spectrometer

   Bernard, L. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 138, 075004

3. A public dataset of Ariel simulated observations for developing exoplanetary atmosphere data-reduction pipelines

   Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   RAS Techniques and Instruments 5, rzag036 · first author

4. ExoClock project IV: a homogeneous catalogue of 620 updated exoplanet ephemerides

   Kokori, A. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 283, 5

2025

1. Exploring synergies between Twinkle and Ariel: a pilot study

   Bocchieri, A., Booth, L., Mugnai, L. V.

   Experimental Astronomy 60, 19

2. De-jittering Ariel: an optimised algorithm

   Bocchieri, A., Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 59, 31 · second author

3. Modeling phase variations introduced by extreme broadband dichroics for astronomical photometry

   Thurairethinam, V. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 11, 014003

4. ExoSim 2: the new exoplanet observation simulator applied to the Ariel space mission

   Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 59, 9 · first author

2024

1. HD 110067 c has an aligned orbit: measuring the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect inside a resonant multi-planet system with ESPRESSO

   Zak, J. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Astronomy and Astrophysics 687, L2

2. Comparing transit spectroscopy pipelines at the catalogue level: evidence for systematic differences

   Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 531, 35 · first author

3. ARES VI: viability of one-dimensional retrieval models for transmission spectroscopy characterisation of exo-atmospheres in the era of JWST and Ariel

   Jaziri, A. Y. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Astronomy and Astrophysics 684, A25

2023

1. Detecting molecules in Ariel low-resolution transmission spectra

   Bocchieri, A., Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 56, 605 · second author

2. ExoRad 2.0: the generic point-source radiometric model

   Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Journal of Open Source Software 8, 5348 · first author

3. RAPOC: the Rosseland and Planck opacity converter

   Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 55, 521 · first author

4. ExoClock project III: 450 new exoplanet ephemerides from ground and space observations

   Kokori, A. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 265, 4

2022

1. A survey of exoplanet phase curves with Ariel

   Charnay, B. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 53, 417

2. Observability of temperate exoplanets with Ariel

   Encrenaz, T. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 53, 375

3. ExoClock project: an open platform for monitoring the ephemerides of Ariel targets with contributions from the public

   Kokori, A. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 53, 547

4. High-precision photometry with Ariel

   Szabó, G. M. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 53, 607

5. ExoClock project II: a large-scale integrated study with 180 updated exoplanet ephemerides

   Kokori, A. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 258, 40

2021

1. Alfnoor: assessing the information content of Ariel's low-resolution spectra with planetary population studies

   Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astronomical Journal 162, 288 · first author

2. ARES V: no evidence for molecular absorption in the HST WFC3 spectrum of GJ 1132 b

   Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astronomical Journal 161, 284 · first author

2020

1. ArielRad: the Ariel radiometric model

   Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   Experimental Astronomy 50, 303 · first author

2. ARES IV: probing the atmospheres of the two warm small planets HD 106315c and HD 3167c with the HST/WFC3 camera

   Guilluy, G. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astronomical Journal 161, 19

3. ARES III: unveiling the two faces of KELT-7 b with HST WFC3

   Pluriel, W. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astronomical Journal 160, 112

4. ARES II: characterising the hot Jupiters WASP-127 b, WASP-79 b and WASP-62 b with the Hubble Space Telescope

   Skaf, N. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astronomical Journal 160, 109

5. Alfnoor: a retrieval simulation of the Ariel target list

   Changeat, Q., Al-Refaie, A., Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astronomical Journal 160, 80

6. ARES I: WASP-76 b, a tale of two HST spectra

   Edwards, B. … Mugnai, L. V. et al.

   The Astronomical Journal 160, 8

2019

1. An Updated Study of Potential Targets for Ariel

   Edwards, B., Mugnai, L. et al.

   The Astronomical Journal 157, 242 · second author