Dr Pia Cortes Zuleta

Research Fellow in Astrophysics (Extrasolar Planetary Science)

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3683

Email

pcz1@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

Research areas

My research focuses on the detection and characterisation of extrasolar planets. In particular, I study the effects of stellar activity on the detection of low-mass planets with the radial velocity technique. I'm part of the HARPS-N, CHEOPS, and PLATO consortia.

Selected publications

• Open access

  The SPIRou Legacy Survey: detection of a nearby world orbiting in the habitable zone of Gl725B achieved by correcting strong telluric contamination in near-infrared radial velocities with wapiti

  Ould-Elhkim, M., Moutou, C., Donati, J.-F., Cortés-Zuleta, P., Delfosse, X., Artigau, É., Cadieux, C., Charpentier, P., Carmona, A., Boisse, I., Reylé, C., Gaidos, E., Cloutier, R., Hébrard, G., Arnold, L., do Nascimento, Jr., J.-D., Cook, N. J. & Doyon, R., 26 Jan 2026, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 705, 19 p., A234.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Gl 725A b: a potential super-Earth detected with SOPHIE and SPIRou in an M dwarf binary system at 3.5 pc

  Cortes-Zuleta, P., Boisse, I., Ould-Elhkim, M., Wilson, T. G., Larue, P., Carmona, A., Delfosse, X., Donati, J.-F., Forveille, T., Moutou, C., Cameron, A. C., Artigau, E., Acuña, L., Altinier, L., Astudillo-Defru, N., Baruteau, C., Bonfils, X., Cabrit, S., Cadieux, C. & Cook, N. J. & 17 others, Decocq, E., Diaz, R. F., Fouque, P., Gomes da Silva, J., Grankin, K., Grouffal, S., Hara, N., Hebrard, G., Heidari, N., Martins, J. H. C., Martioli, E., Maurice, M., Scigliuto, J., Serrano Bell, J., Sulis, S., Petit, A. C. & Vivien, H. G., Jan 2025, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 693, 18 p., A164.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Characterizing planetary systems with SPIRou: detection of a sub-Neptune in a 6-day period orbit around the M dwarf Gl 410

  Carmona, A., Delfosse, X., Ould-Elhkim, M., Cortés-Zuleta, P., Hara, N. C., Artigau, E., Moutou, C., Petit, A. C., Mignon, L., Donati, J. F., Cook, N. J., Gagné, J., Forveille, T., Diaz, R. F., Martioli, E., Arnold, L., Cadieux, C., Boisse, I., Morin, J. & Petit, P. & 25 others, Fouqué, P., Bonfils, X., Hébrard, G., Acuña, L., do Nascimento, Jr., J.-D., Cloutier, R., Astudillo-Defru, N., Bouchy, F., Bourrier, V., Dalal, S., Deleuil, M., Doyon, R., Dumusque, X., Grouffal, S., Heidari, N., Hoyer, S., Larue, P., Kiefer, F., Santerne, A., Ségransan, D., Serrano Bell, J., Stalport, M., Sulis, S., Udry, S. & Vivien, H. G., 19 Aug 2025, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 700, 30 p., A222.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Mass estimates of the young TOI-451 transiting planets: multidimensional Gaussian Process on stellar spectroscopic and photometric signals

  Barragán, O., Mallorquín, M., Fernández-Fernández, J., Hawthorn, F., Freckelton, A. V., Lafarga, M., Cretignier, M., Eschen, Y. N. E., Gill, S., Béjar, V. J. S., Lodieu, N., Yu, H., Wilson, T. G., Anderson, D., Apergis, I., Battley, M., Bryant, E. M., Cortés-Zuleta, P., Gillen, E. & Jenkins, J. S. & 13 others, Klein, B., McCormac, J., Meech, A., Meier-Valdés, E., Moyano, M., Mortier, A., Murgas, F., Nielsen, L. D., Saha, S., Vines, J. I., West, R., Wheatley, P. J. & Aigrain, S., 1 Feb 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 546, 2, p. stag087 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A decade of solar high-fidelity spectroscopy and precise radial velocities from HARPS-N

  Dumusque, X., Al Moulla, K., Cretignier, M., Buchschacher, N., Segransan, D., Phillips, D. F., Affer, L., Aigrain, S., John, A. A., Bonomo, A. S., Bourrier, V., Buchhave, L. A., Collier Cameron, A., Cegla, H. M., Cortes-Zuleta, P., Cosentino, R., Costes, J., Damasso, M., de Beurs, Z. L. & Ehrenreich, D. & 36 others, Ghedina, A., Gonzales, M., Haywood, R. D., Klein, B., Lakeland, B. S., Langellier, N., Latham, D. W., Leleu, A., Lodi, M., Lopez-Morales, M., Lovis, C., Malavolta, L., Maldonado, J., Mantovan, G., Matinez Fiorenzano, A. F., Micela, G., Milbourne, T., Molinari, E., Mortier, A., Naponiello, L., Nicholson, B. A., O'Sullivan, N. K., Pepe, F., Pinamonti, M., Piotto, G., Rescigno, F., Rice, K., Dimitar, S., Silva, A. M., Sozzetti, A., Stalport, M., Tavella, S., Udry, S., Vanderburg, A., Vissapragada, S. & Watson, C. A., 10 Feb 2026, In: Astronomy & Astrophysics. 706, 22 p., A231.

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