Apurva Oza

Apurva V. Oza

🏠 Home 📄 Curriculum Vitae 📚 Publications & Conference Proceedings

PUBLICATIONS

  1. 🌋 ☾ A. Lanza & A.V. Oza; 2026. "Volcanic Satellites as Ion Sources in the Magnetospheres of Ultra-Cool and Brown Dwarf Primaries." Astronomy & Astrophysics, in review.
  2. ❄ ☾ C. Mergny, T. Cornet, A. Le Gall et al. incl. A.V. Oza; 2026. "The Physical Nature of Regolith on Icy Moons." Planetary Science Journal, in review.
  3. 🌋 ❄ E. Kleisioti, D. Dirkx, Apurva V. Oza et al. and M.A. Kenworthy; 2026. "Interior-Atmosphere Coupling on TRAPPIST-1 f, g, and h: Cryovolcanic Water Exospheres and Infrared Detectability." Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press.
  4. ☾ 👥 👥 C. Haslebacher et al. incl. A.V. Oza; 2026. "Active moons in our Solar System and beyond – Io, Europa, Enceladus, Triton, and exomoons." Space Science Reviews, in press.
  5. ❄ A.V. Oza, R.E. Johnson, C.A. Schmidt, W.M. Calvin, and Yuk L. Yung; 2026. "Plasma and Thermal Processing Leading to Spatial and Temporal Variability of the Trapped O2 at Europa and Ganymede." Astrobiology (accepted) , Volume 6, Issue 2, id.56, 12 pp.
  6. ❄ ☾ C. Baskevitch et al. incl. A.V. Oza; Nov 2025. "Modeling Jovian Plasma-Europa Interactions: Innovative Atmosphere and Ionosphere Depiction for JUICE Mission Insights". Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics in press.
  7. ☾ E. Bolmont, E. Galantay, S. Blanco-Cuaresma, A.V. Oza, and C. Mordasini; 2025. "Survival of satellites during the migration of a Hot Jupiter." Astronomy & Astrophysics, in press
  8. 🌋 A.V. Oza, A. Gebek, M.M. Westram, A. Tokadjian, A.L. Piro, R. Hu, et al; 2025. "Volcanic Satellites Tidally Venting Na, K, SO2 in Optical & Infrared Light." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 540, Issue 4, pp.4286-4303.
  9. ✸ ☾ A. Unni, A.V. Oza, H.J. Hoeijmakers, J.V. Seidel, T. Sivarani, C.A. Schmidt et al. 2025. "Doppler shifted transient sodium detection by KECK/HIRES." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 540 (1), L48-L53.
  10. 👥 👥 L.A.D Santos, E.D. Lopez, L. Fossati, A.G. Muñoz, S. Kameda, M.K. Alam, et al. incl A.V. Oza; 2025. "Exoplanet Atmospheric Escape Observations with the Habitable Worlds Observatory." Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visionary Science and Transformational Technology, .
  11. 👥 👥 L.C. Quick, A. Roberge, G.T. Mendoza, E.V. Quintana, A.A. Youngblood, A.V. Oza, et al.; 2025. "Cold Ocean Planets: Exoplanet Analogs of Our Solar System’s Icy Moons." Towards the Habitable Worlds Observatory: Visionary Science and Transformational Technology, 2025.
  12. 📕 ❄ ☾ M. Volwerk, K. Stephan, R. Wagner, and A.V. Oza; January 2025. Ganymede Through the Ages (to appear in "Ganymede" Ch. 1.1). Editors: Martin Volwerk, Melissa McGrath, Xianzhe Jia, and Tilman Spohn. Cambridge University Press. http://doi.org/9781108966474. in press.
  13. 📕 ❄ ☾ A. Galli, A. Vorburger, P. Wurz, M. Galand, A.V. Oza, S. Fatemi, C. Plainaki, A. Mura ; January 2025. Interactions Between the Space Environment and Ganymede's Surface (to appear in "Ganymede" Ch.3.3). Editors: Martin Volwerk, Melissa McGrath, Xianzhe Jia, and Tilman Spohn. Cambridge University Press. http://doi.org/9781108966474. in press.
  14. 📕 ❄ ☾ L. Roth, C. Plainaki, A.V. Oza, A. Vorburger, R.E. Johnson, P.M. Molyneux, K.D. Retherford, F. Leblanc, S. Massetti, A. Mura, P. Wurz; January 2025 Ganymede's Tenuous Atmosphere (to appear in "Ganymede" Ch.3.4). Editors: Martin Volwerk, Melissa McGrath, Xianzhe Jia, and Tilman Spohn. Cambridge University Press. http://doi.org/9781108966474. in press.
  15. 🌋 A. Bello-Arufe, M. Damiano, K.A. Bennett, R. Hu, L. Welbanks, R.J. MacDonald, D.Z. Seligman, D.K. Sing, A. Tokadjian, A.V. Oza, and J. Yang; 2025. "Evidence for a volcanic atmosphere on the sub-Earth L 98-59 b." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 980 (2), L26.
  16. ★ A. Unni, T. Sivarani, J. Goyal, Y.C. Joshi, A.V. Oza, R.K. Banyal; November 2024, ``Low-resolution transit spectroscopy of three hot Jupiters using the 2 m Himalayan Chandra Telescope." Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 535 (1), 1123-1135 https://academic.oup.com/mnras/article/535/1/1123/7829286.
  17. 🌋 Patel, J. et al. incl A.V.Oza; October 2024 ``JWST reveals a rapid and strong day side variability of 55 Cancri e." Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 690 10.48550/arXiv.2407.12898.
    18.
  18. ✸ ☾ Apurva V. Oza et al. 2024; September 2024 ``Redshifted Sodium Transient near Exoplanet Transit" Astrophysical Journal Letters, 973 L53 10.3847/2041-8213/ad6b29.
  19. Flagg et al. incl A.V.Oza.; June 2024 ``Debris Disks Can Contaminate Mid-infrared Exoplanet Spectra: Evidence for a Circumstellar Debris Disk around Exoplanet Host WASP-39." The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 969, Issue 1, id.L19, 7 pp., 10.3847/2041-8213/ad4649.
  20. 🌋 R. Hu et al. incl A.V.Oza.; May 2024 ``A Secondary Atmosphere on the Rocky Exoplanet 55 Cnc e." Nature, Volume 630, Issue 8017, p.609-612. 10.1038/s41586-024-07432-x.
  21. ★★ ☾ Moritz Meyer zu Westram, Apurva V. Oza, and André Galli; March 2024. "Exomoon Phase Curves: Toroidal Exosphere Simulations of Exo-Ios Orbiting 8 Exoplanets in Alkali Spectroscopy." Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 129, e2023JE007935.
  22. ❄ ☾ Apurva V. Oza and Robert E. Johnson; March 2024 "Common Origin of Trapped Volatiles in Oxidized Icy Moons and Comets." Icarus, Volume 411, 115944.
  23. D. Powell et al. incl A.V.Oza.; January 2024 ``Sulphur Dioxide in the Mid-Infrared Transmission Spectrum of WASP-39b." Nature, Volume 626, Issue 8001, p.979-983. 10.1038/s41586-024-07040-9.
  24. 👥 👥 Cesario, Lorenzo et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2024. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): XIV. Finding terrestrial protoplanets in the galactic neighborhood Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 692, id.A172, 18 pp.
  25. 👥 👥 E. Alei et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2024. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): XIII. The value of combining thermal emission and reflected light for the characterization of Earth twins Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 689, id.A245, 25 pp.
  26. 👥 👥 Angerhausen, Daniel et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2024. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): XII. The Detectability of Capstone Biosignatures in the Mid-Infrared -- Sniffing Exoplanetary Laughing Gas and Methylated Halogens The Astronomical Journal, Volume 167, Issue 3, id.128, 25 pp.
  27. ★★ L. Affolter, C. Mordasini, A.V. Oza et al. 2023. Planetary evolution with atmospheric photoevaporation. II. Fitting the slope of the radius valley by combining boil-off and XUV-driven escape. Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 676, id.A119, 20 pp.
  28. 🌋 ★ E. Meier-Valdés, et al. incl A.V.Oza. ``Investigating the visible phase curve variability of 55 Cnc e." Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023, 677, A112.
    29.
  29. ❄ ☾ F. Leblanc, L. Roth, J.Y. Chaufray, et al. incl A.V. Oza. ``Ganymede's Atmosphere as Constrained by HST/STIS Observations." 2023, Icarus, Volume 399, 115557.
  30. 🌋 ★ Mayank Narang, Apurva V. Oza, et al.; June, 2023. uGMRT observations of the hot-Saturn WASP-69b: Radio-Loud Exoplanet-Exomoon Survey II (RLEES II) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 522, Issue 2, pp.1662-1668
  31. 🌋 ★Mayank Narang, Apurva V. Oza, Kaustubh Hakim, Manoj Puravankara, Ravinder Banyal, and Daniel P Thorngren. ``Radio-Loud Exoplanet-Exomoon Survey (RLEES): GMRT Search for Electron Cyclotron Maser Emission." 2022, The Astronomical Journal.
    32.
  32. 👥 👥 Matsuo, Taro et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2023. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). XI. Phase-space synthesis decomposition for planet detection and characterization Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 678, id.A97, 13 pp.
  33. 👥 👥 Carrión-González, Óscar et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2023. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). X. Detectability of currently known exoplanets and synergies with future IR/O/UV reflected-starlight imaging missions Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 678, id.A96, 20 pp.
  34. 👥 👥 Konrad, B. S. et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2023. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). IX. Assessing the impact of clouds on atmospheric retrievals at mid-infrared wavelengths with a Venus-twin exoplanet Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 673, id.A94, 29 pp.
  35. ★ Shane Carberry-Mogan, O.J. Tucker, R.E. Johnson, L. Roth, J.Alday, A. Vorburger, P. Wurz, A. Galli, H.T.Smith, B.Marchand, and Apurva V. Oza; 2022. "Callisto's Atmosphere: First Evidence for H2 and Constraints on H2O", Journal of Geophysical Research .
  36. ❄ Marc Hesse, Jacob S. Jordan, Steven D. Vance, and Apurva V. Oza . Downward Oxidant Transport Through Europa's Ice Shell by Density-Driven Brine Percolation. 2022, Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 49, Issue 5, article id. e95416.
  37. ❄ T. Bertrand, E. Lellouch, B.J. Holler et al. incl. A.V. Oza . Volatile Transport Modeling on Triton With New Observational Constraints. 2022, Icarus, Volume 373, article id. 114764.
  38. 👥 👥 D. Angerhausen et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2022. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): VIII. Where is the phosphine? Observing exoplanetary PH3 with a space-based MIR nulling interferometer Astrobiology Vol. 23, No. 2
  39. 👥 👥 Hansen, Jonah T. et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2023. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). VII. Practical implementation of a five-telescope kernel-nulling beam combiner with a discussion on instrumental uncertainties and redundancy benefits Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 670, id.A57, 14 pp.
  40. 👥 👥 Kammerer, Jens et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2022. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). VI. Detecting rocky exoplanets in the habitable zones of Sun-like stars Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 668, id.A52, 19 pp.
  41. 👥 👥 E. Alei et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2022. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). V. Diagnostic potential of a mid-infrared space interferometer for studying Earth analogs Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 665, id.A106, 29 pp.
  42. 👥 👥 J.T. Hansen et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2022. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). IV. Ideal kernel-nulling array architectures for a space-based mid-infrared nulling interferometer Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 664, id.A52, 13 pp.
  43. 👥 👥 B.S. Konrad et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2022. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). III. Spectral resolution, wavelength range, and sensitivity requirements based on atmospheric retrieval analyses of an exo-Earth Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 664, id.A23, 32 pp.
  44. 👥 👥 F.A. Dannert et al. and LIFE Collaboration incl A.V. Oza ; 2022. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). II. Signal simulation, signal extraction, and fundamental exoplanet parameters from single-epoch observations Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 664, id.A22, 21 pp.
  45. 👥 👥 S.P. Quanz et al. incl A.V. Oza ; 2022. Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE). I. Improved exoplanet detection yield estimates for a large mid-infrared space-interferometer mission Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 664, id.A21, 22 pp.
  46. 🌋 ★ N. Jäggi et al. incl. A.V. Oza. Evolution of Mercury's Earliest Atmosphere. 2021, The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 2, Issue 6, id.230, 18 pp.
  47. 🌋 S. Charnoz et al. incl. A.V. Oza. Tidal pull of the Earth strips the proto-Moon of its volatiles. 2021, Icarus, Volume 364, 114451.
  48. H. Jens Hoeijmakers et al. incl. A.V. Oza . Hot Exoplanet Atmospheres Resolved with Transit Spectroscopy (HEARTS). IV. A spectral inventory of atoms and molecules in the high-resolution transmission spectrum of WASP-121 b. 2020, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 641, id.A123, 26 pp
  49. ★★ Andrea Gebek & Apurva V. Oza. Alkaline Exospheres of Exoplanet Systems: Evaporative Transmission Spectra. 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 497, Issue 4, Pages 5271–5291.
  50. ☾A.V. Oza, R.E. Johnson, E. Lellouch, C.Schmidt, N.Schneider, C.Huang, D.Gamborino, A.Gebek, A.Wyttenbach, B.-O. Demory, C.Mordasini, P. Saxena, D.Dubois, A.Moullet, and N.Thomas. Sodium and Potassium Signatures of Volcanic Satellites Orbiting Close-in Gas Giant Exoplanets. 2019, The Astrophysical Journal, 885(2), 168.
  51. ❄ ☾ R.E. Johnson, A.V. Oza, F.Leblanc, C.Schmidt, T.A. Nordheim, and T.A. Cassidy. The Origin and Fate of O2 in Europa's Ice: An Atmospheric Perspective. 2019, Space Science Reviews, 215(1), 20.
  52. ❄ ☾ A.V. Oza, F. Leblanc, R.E. Johnson, C. Schmidt, L. Leclercq, T.A. Cassidy, and J.Y. Chaufray. Dusk-Over Dawn O2 Asymmetry in Europa`s Near-Surface Atmosphere. 2019, Planetary and Space Science, 167, 23-32.
  53. 🌋 ★ D.J. Bower, D. Kitzmann, A. Wolf et al. and A.V. Oza Linking the Evolution of Terrestrial Interiors and an Early Outgassed Atmosphere to Astrophysical Observations. 2019, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 631, A103.
    54.
  54. J. Stone, A. Skemer, P. Hinz, et al. incl. A.V. Oza The LEECH Exoplanet Imaging Survey: Limits on Planet Occurrence Rates Under Conservative Assumptions. 2018, The Astronomical Journal, 156 (6), 286.
  55. ❄ ☾ A.V. Oza, R.E. Johnson, and F. Leblanc. Dusk/dawn atmospheric asymmetries on tidally-locked satellites: O2 at Europa. 2018, Icarus, Volume 305, p.50-55.
  56. F. Leblanc, A.V. Oza, L. Leclercq, C. Schmidt, T.A. Cassidy, R. Modolo, J.Y. Chaufray, and R.E. Johnson. On the Orbital Variability of Ganymede’s Atmosphere. 2017, Icarus 293, 185-198.
  57. A.Skemer, C. Morley, N. Zimmerman, et al. incl. A.V. Oza. The LEECH Exoplanet Imaging Survey: Characterization of the Coldest Directly Imaged Exoplanet, GJ 504 b, and Evidence for Superstellar Metallicity. 2016, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 817, Issue 2, article id. 166, 10 pp.
  58. R. E. Johnson, A.V. Oza, L. A. Young, A. N. Volkov, and C. Schmidt. Volatile Loss and Classification of Kuiper Belt Objects. 2015, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 809, Issue 1, article id. 43, 9 pp.
  59. A.-L Maire, A. Skemer, P.M. Hinz, et al. incl. A.V.Oza. The LEECH Exoplanet Imaging Survey. Further constraints on the planet architecture of the HR 8799 system. 2015, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 576, id.A133, 10 pp.
  60. Edward L. Wright, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Christopher R. Gelino, Sergio Fajardo-Acosta, Gregory Mace, Peter R. Eisenhardt, Daniel Stern, Ian S. McLean, M. F. Skrutskie, Apurva V. Oza, M. J. Nelson, Michael C. Cushing, I. Neil Reid, Michele Fumagalli, Adam J. Burgasser. The First AllWISE Proper Motion Discovery: WISEA J070720.50+170532.7. 2014, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 147, Issue 3, article id. 61, 8.
  61. P. Petit, F. Ligniéres, G.A. Wade, M. Aurière, D. Alina, T. Böhm, A.V. Oza. Weak magnetic fields of intermediate-mass stars. 2011, Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.332, Issue 9/10, p.943.
  62. P. Petit, F. Ligniéres, M. Aurière, G.A. Wade, D. Alina, J. Ballot, T. Böhm, L. Jouve, A.V. Oza, F. Paletou, S. Théado. Detection of a weak surface magnetic field on Sirius A: are all tepid stars magnetic? 2011, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 532, id.L13.