Research
Research interests
- Magnetism of cool stars
- High-resolution near-infrared spectroscopy
- High-resolution optical spectropolarimetry and Zeeman-Doppler imaging
- Characterisation of exoplanetary atmospheres
- Instrumentation: CRIRES and ANDES
Refereed publications
- [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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 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, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 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
- 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
- Lavail, A., Kochukhov, O., Hussain, G. A. J., Alecian, E., Herczeg, G. J., Johns-Krull, C.,
- 2017, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 608, A77
- [1] - The Global and Small-scale Magnetic Fields of Fully Convective, Rapidly Spinning M Dwarf Pair GJ65 A and B ADS
- Kochukhov, Oleg, Lavail, Alexis,
- 2017, The Astrophysical Journal, 835, L4
SPIE proceedings
- [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
Observing experience
- CRIRES+ at the Very Large Telescope (Chile)
- ESPaDOnS at the CFHT (Hawaii)
- GIANO-B at TNG (La Palma)
- FIES at NOT (La Palma)