Research

Research interests

Refereed (or submitted) publications

19. Retrieving wind properties from the ultra-hot dayside of WASP-189b with CRIRES ADS
Lesjak, F. ; Nortmann, L. ; Cont, D. ; Yan, F. ; Reiners, A. ; Piskunov, N. ; Hatzes, A. ; Boldt-Christmas, L. ; Czesla, S. ; Lavail, A. ; Nagel, E. ; Rains, A. D. ; Rengel, M. ; Seemann, U. ; Shulyak, D.,
2024, A&A, in press
18. The overflowing atmosphere of WASP-121 b. High-resolution transmission spectroscopy with VLT/CRIRES+ A&A
S. Czesla, F. Nail, A. Lavail, D. Cont, L. Nortmann, F. Lesjak, M. Rengel, L. Boldt-Christmas, D. Shulyak, U. Seemann, P.C. Schneider, A. Hatzes, O. Kochukhov, N. Piskunov, A. Reiners, D.J. Wilson, F. Yan,
2024, A&A, in press
17. CRIRES+ and ESPRESSO reveal an atmosphere enriched in volatiles relative to refractories on the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b arXiv
Stefan Pelletier, Björn Benneke, Yayaati Chachan, Luc Bazinet, Romain Allart, H. Jens Hoeijmakers, Alexis Lavail, Bibiana Prinoth, Louis-Philippe Coulombe, Joshua D. Lothringer, Vivien Parmentier, Peter Smith, Nicholas Borsato, Brian Thorsbro,
2024, The Astrophysical Journal, in press
16. The variability of Betelgeuse explained by surface convection ADS
Pilate, Q. ; Ariste, A. López ; Lavail, A. ; Mathias, Ph.,
2024, A&A, in press
15. A multi-kiloGauss magnetic field driving the magnetospheric accretion process in EX Lupi ADS
Pouilly, K. ; Audard, M. ; Kóspál, Á. ; Lavail, A.,
2024, A&A, 691, A18
14. Exploring the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-178b. Constraints on atmospheric chemistry and dynamics from a joint retrieval of VLT/CRIRES+ and space photometric data ADS
Cont, D. ; Nortmann, L. ; Yan, F. ; Lesjak, F. ; Czesla, S. ; Lavail, A. ; Reiners, A. ; Piskunov, N. ; Hatzes, A. ; Boldt-Christmas, L. ; Kochukhov, O. ; Marquart, T. ; Nagel, E. ; Rains, A. D. ; Rengel, M. ; Seemann, U. ; Shulyak, D.,
2024, A&A, 688, A206
13. Spectropolarimetric characterisation of exoplanet host stars in preparation of the Ariel mission. Magnetic environment of HD 63433 ADS
Bellotti, S. ; Evensberget, D. ; Vidotto, A. A. ; Lavail, A. ; Lueftinger, T. ; Hussain, G. A. J. ; Morin, J. ; Petit, P. ; Boro Saikia, S. ; Danielski, C. ; Micela, G.,
2024, A&A, 688, A63
12. A conclusive non-detection of magnetic field in the Am star o Peg with high-precision near-infrared spectroscopy ADS
Kochukhov, O. ; Amarsi, A. M. ; Lavail, A. ; Ruh, H. L. ; Hahlin, A. ; Hatzes, A. ; Nagel, E. ; Piskunov, N. ; Pouilly, K. ; Reiners, A. ; Rengel, M. ; Seemann, U. ; Shulyak, D.,
2024, A&A, 689, A36
11. CRIRES+ transmission spectroscopy of WASP-127b. Detection of the resolved signatures of a supersonic equatorial jet and cool poles in a hot planet ADS
Nortmann, L., Lesjak, F., Yan, F., Cont, D., Czesla, S., Lavail, A., Rains, A. D., Nagel, E., Boldt-Christmas, L., Hatzes, A., Reiners, A., Piskunov, N., Kochukhov, O., Heiter, U., Shulyak, D., Renge, M., Seemann, U.,
2024, A&A in press
10. Retrieval of the dayside atmosphere of WASP-43b with CRIRES+ ADS
Lesjak, F., Nortmann, L., Yan, F., Cont, D., Reiners, A., Piskunov, N., Hatzes, A., Boldt-Christmas, L., Czesla, S., Heiter, U., Kochukhov, O., Lavail, A., Nagel, E., Rains, A. D., Rengel, M., Rodler, F., Seemann, U., Shulyak, D.,
2023, A&A, 678, A23
9. Monitoring the large-scale magnetic field of AD Leo with SPIRou, ESPaDOnS, and Narval. Towards a magnetic polarity reversal? ADS
Bellotti, S., Morin, J., Lehmann, L. T., Folsom, C. P., Hussain, G. A. J., Petit, P., Donati, J. -F., Lavail, A., Carmona, A., Martioli, E., Romano Zaire, B., Alecian, E., Moutou, C., Fouqué, P., Alencar, S., Artigau, E., Boisse, I., Bouchy, F., Cadieux, C., Cloutier, R., Cook, N. J., Delfosse, X., Doyon, R., Hébrard, G., Kochukhov, O., Wade, G. A.,
2023, A&A, 676, A56
8. Determination of small-scale magnetic fields on Sun-like stars in the near-infrared using CRIRES+ ADS
Hahlin, A., Kochukhov, O., Rains, A. D., Lavail, A., Hatzes, A., Piskunov, N., Reiners, A., Seemann, U., Boldt-Christmas, L., Guenther, E. W., Heiter, U., Nortmann, L., Yan, F., Shulyak, D., Smoker, J. V., Rodler, F., Bristow, P., Dorn, R. J., Jung, Y., Marquart, T., Stempels, E.,
2023, A&A, 675, A91
7. CRIRES+ detection of CO emissions lines and temperature inversions on the dayside of WASP-18b and WASP-76b ADS
Yan, F., Nortmann, L., Reiners, A., Piskunov, N., Hatzes, A., Seemann, U., Shulyak, D., Lavail, A., Rains, A. D., Cont, D., Rengel, M., Lesjak, F., Nagel, E., Kochukhov, O., Czesla, S., Boldt-Christmas, L., Heiter, U., Smoker, J. V., Rodler, F., Bristow, P., Dorn, R. J., Jung, Y., Marquart, T., Stempels, E.,
2023, A&A, 672, A107
6. CRIRES+ on sky at the ESO Very Large Telescope. Observing the Universe at infrared wavelengths and high spectral resolution ADS
Dorn, R. J., Bristow, P., Smoker, J. V., Rodler, F., Lavail, A., Accardo, M., van den Ancker, M., Baade, D., Baruffolo, A., Courtney-Barrer, B., Blanco, L., Brucalassi, A., Cumani, C., Follert, R., Haimerl, A., Hatzes, A., Haug, M., Heiter, U., Hinterschuster, R., Hubin, N., Ives, D. J., Jung, Y., Jones, M., Kaeufl, H. -U., Kirchbauer, J. -P., Klein, B., Kochukhov, O., Korhonen, H. H., Köhler, J., Lizon, J. -L., Moins, C., Molina-Conde, I., Marquart, T., Neeser, M., Oliva, E., Pallanca, L., Pasquini, L., Paufique, J., Piskunov, N., Reiners, A., Schneller, D., Schmutzer, R., Seemann, U., Slumstrup, D., Smette, A., Stegmeier, J., Stempels, E., Tordo, S., Valenti, E., Valenzuela, J. J., Vernet, J., Vinther, J., Wehrhahn, A.,
2023, A&A, 671, A24
5. The large-scale magnetic field of the eccentric pre-main-sequence binary system V1878 Ori ADS
Lavail, A., Kochukhov, O., Hussain, G. A. J., Argiroffi, C., Alecian, E., Morin, J., BinaMIcS Collaboration,
2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 497, 632
4. Characterising the surface magnetic fields of T Tauri stars with high-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy ADS
Lavail, A., Kochukhov, O., Hussain, G. A. J.,
2019, A&A, 630, A99
3. A sudden change of the global magnetic field of the active M dwarf AD Leo revealed by full Stokes spectropolarimetric observations ADS PDF
Lavail, A., Kochukhov, O., Wade, G. A.,
2018, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 479, 4836
2. Magnetic fields of intermediate mass T Tauri stars ADS PDF
Lavail, A., Kochukhov, O., Hussain, G. A. J., Alecian, E., Herczeg, G. J., Johns-Krull, C.,
2017, A&A, 608, A77
1. The Global and Small-scale Magnetic Fields of Fully Convective, Rapidly Spinning M Dwarf Pair GJ65 A and B ADS PDF
Kochukhov, Oleg, Lavail, Alexis,
2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 835, L4

Datasets

3. HARPSpol reduced data Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
Lavail, A.
2024, 10.6096/2012
2. CRIRES+ reduced spectroscopic observations of WASP-178 (1.0) [Data set] Zenodo
Lavail, A.
2024, 10.5281/zenodo.11637332
1. CRIRES+ reduced spectroscopic observations of WASP-189 (1.0) [Data set] Zenodo
Lavail, A.
2024, 10.5281/zenodo.12663685

SPIE proceedings

7. ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science goals, project overview and future developmentsADS
Marconi, A. and many co-authors including Lavail, A. somewhere in the middle
2024, SPIE, 13096, 1309613
6. ANDES, the high resolution spectrograph for the ELT: science case, baseline design and path to construction ADS
Marconi, A. and many co-authors including Lavail, A. somewhere in the middle
2022, SPIE, 12184, 1218424
5. CRIRES+ on sky: high spectral resolution at infrared wavelength enabling better science at the ESO VLT ADS
Dorn, R. J., Bristow, P., Smoker, J., Rodler, F., Accardo, M., Baruffolo, A., Cumani, C., Haimerl, A., Hatzes, A., Haug, M., Heiter, U., Hinterschuster, R., Hubin, N., Ives, D., Jones, M., Jung, Y., Kirchbauer, J.-P., Klein, B., Köhler, J., Korhonen, H. H., Lavail, A., Marquart, T., Moins, C., Molina-Conde, I., Oliva, E., Pallanca, L., Pasquini, L., Paufique, J., Piskunov, N., Reiners, A., Schneller, D., Schmutzer, R., Seemann, U., Slumstrup, D., Smette, A., Stegmeier, J., Stempels, E., Tordo, S., Valenti, E., Valenzuela, J. J., Vernet, J.
2022, SPIE, 12184, 121841F
4. Full system test and early preliminary acceptance Europe results for CRIRES+ ADS
Brucalassi, A., Dorn, R. J., Follert, R., Hatzes, A., Bristow, P., Seemann, U., Cumani, C., Eschbaumer, S., Haimerl, A., Haug, M., Heiter, U., Hinterschuster, R., Ives, D. J., Jung, Y., Kerber, F., Klein, B., Lavail, A., Lizon, J. L., Marquart, T., Moins, C., Molina-Conde, I., Oliva, E., Pasquini, L., Paufique, J., Piskunov, N., Stegmeier, J., Stempels, E., Tordo, S., Valenti, E., Anwand-Heerwart, H., Hauptner, K., Jeep, P., Marvin, C., Reiners, A., Rhode, P., Schmidt, C., Umlauf, T.
2018, SPIE, 10702, 1070239
3. A unique infrared spectropolarimetric unit for CRIRES+ ADS
Piskunov, N., Stempels, E., Lavail, A., Escuti, M., Snik, F., Dolgopolov, A., Rozel, M., Durandet, C., Hatzes, A., Bristow, P., Brucalassi, A., Cumani, C., Dorn, R. J., Haimerl, A., Heiter, U., Hinterschuster, R., Follert, R., Ives, D., Jung, Y., Kerber, F., Klein, B., Lizon, J.-L., Marquart, T., Molina-Conde, I., Pasquini, L., Paufique, J., Oliva, E., Reiners, A., Seemann, U., Stegmeier, J., Tordo, S., Valenti, E.
2018, SPIE, 10702, 1070234
2. Characterizing the cross dispersion reflection gratings of CRIRES+ ADS
Follert, R., Taubert, D., Hollandt, J., Monte, C., Oliva, E., Seemann, U., Löwinger, T., Anwand-Heerwart, H., Schmidt, C., Dorn, R. J., Bristow, P., Hatzes, A., Reiners, A., Piskunov, N., Heiter, U., Stempels, E., Marquart, T., Lavail, A., Cumani, C., Grunhut, J., Haimerl, A., Hinterschuster, R., Ives, D. J., Jung, Y., Kerber, F., Klein, B., Lizon, J. L., Molina-Conde, I., Nicholson, B., Origlia, L., Pasquini, L., Paufique, J., Stegmeier, J., Tordo, S.
2016, SPIE, 9912, 99122B
1. The "+" for CRIRES: enabling better science at infrared wavelength and high spectral resolution at the ESO VLT ADS
Dorn, R. J., Follert, R., Bristow, P., Cumani, C., Eschbaumer, S., Grunhut, J., Haimerl, A., Hatzes, A., Heiter, U., Hinterschuster, R., Ives, D. J., Jung, Y., Kerber, F., Klein, B., Lavail, A., Lizon, J. L., Löwinger, T., Molina-Conde, I., Nicholson, B., Marquart, T., Oliva, E., Origlia, L., Pasquini, L., Paufique, J., Piskunov, N., Reiners, A., Seemann, U., Stegmeier, J., Stempels, E., Tordo, S.
2016, SPIE, 9908, 99080I

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