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March 6, 2018 updates JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE Integration and Test Challenges Have Delayed Launch and Threaten to Push Costs Over Cap https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/690413.pdf New Constraints on Gliese 876—Exemplar of Mean-motion Resonance http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa894 Habitable Evaporated Cores and the Occurrence of Panspermia Near the Galactic Center http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaab46 A New Window into Escaping Exoplanet Atmospheres: 10830 Å Line of Helium http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaada9 Haze production rates in super-Earth and mini-Neptune atmosphere experiments https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0397-0 Laboratory Simulations of Haze Formation in the Atmospheres of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes: Particle Color and Size Distribution https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01706 The resilience of Kepler systems to stellar obliquity https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01182 Dynamical analysis of the circumprimary planet in the eccentric binary system HD59686 https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01434 The when and where of water in the history of the universe https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01452 Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. 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A Fully Automated Catalog With Measured Completeness and Reliability Based on Data Release 25 https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.06758 March 5, 2018 updates Three Small Planets Transiting a Hyades Star http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa841 HATS-36b and 24 Other Transiting/Eclipsing Systems from the HATSouth-K2 Campaign 7 Program http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa8e6 K2-155: A Bright Metal-poor M Dwarf with Three Transiting Super-Earths http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaaa6e Exoplanets around Low-mass Stars Unveiled by K2 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa9c1 Long-term Stability of Tightly Packed Multi-planet Systems in Prograde, Coplanar, Circumstellar Orbits within the α Centauri AB System http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa966 Precision Orbit of δ Delphini and Prospects for Astrometric Detection of Exoplanets http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aaac80 Analytical Models of Exoplanetary Atmospheres. 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Non-gray Thermal Structure with Coherent Scattering https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00629 A Universal Break in the Planet-to-Star Mass-Ratio Function of Kepler MKG stars https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00777 Radio Emission from the Exoplanetary System ε Eridani https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.07012 Planet Occurrence: Doppler and Transit Surveys https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.08543 March 2, 2018 updates The Complete Transmission Spectrum of WASP-39b with a Precise Water Constraint http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hvi/uploads/science_paper/file_attachment/309/published_AJ_WASP_39b_paper.pdf Continuous reorientation of synchronous terrestrial planets due to mantle convection https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0071-2 A System of Three Super Earths Transiting the Late K-Dwarf GJ 9827 at 30 pc http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa292/meta Magellan/PFS Radial Velocities of GJ 9827, a late K dwarf at 30 pc with Three Transiting Super-Earths https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.01359 The continued importance of habitability studies https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00215 Habitable Snowballs: Generalizing the Habitable Zone https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00511 Simulating the cloudy atmospheres of HD 209458 b and HD 189733 b with the 3D Met Office Unified Model https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00226 Inferring Planetary Obliquity Using Rotational & Orbital Photometry https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.05152 Cool DZ white dwarfs II: Compositions and evolution of old remnant planetary systems https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.07714 March 1, 2018 updates Dependence of the Onset of the Runaway Greenhouse Effect on the Latitudinal Surface Water Distribution of Earth-Like Planets http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017JE005383/full Occurrence Rates from Direct Imaging Surveys https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10132 KELT: The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope, a Survey for Exoplanets Transiting Bright, Hot Stars https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10158 KMT-2016-BLG-0212: First KMTNet-Only Discovery of a Substellar Companion https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10246 Changes in the metallicity of gas giant planets due to pebble accretion https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10445 The nature of the giant exomoon candidate Kepler-1625 b-i https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.06209 Exoplanet atmospheres with GIANO. 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Water in the transmission spectrum of HD 189733b https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.09569 February 28, 2018 updates Habitable Evaporated Cores and the Occurrence of Panspermia near the Galactic Center https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.06692 About 30% of Sun-like Stars Have Kepler-like Planetary Systems: A Study of their Intrinsic Architecture https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09526 Identifying Young Kepler Planet Host Stars from Keck-HIRES Spectra of Lithium https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09529 Exoplanet Classification and Yield Estimates for Direct Imaging Missions https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09602 Mass determination of the 1:3:5 near-resonant planets transiting GJ 9827 (K2-135) https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09557 Medium-resolution integral-field spectroscopy for high-contrast exoplanet imaging: Molecule maps of the β Pictoris system with SINFONI https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09721 Aldebaran b’s temperate past uncovered in planet search data https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09812 The architecture and formation of the Kepler-30 planetary system https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.04962 Water, Methane Depletion, and High-Altitude Condensates in the Atmosphere of the Warm Super-Neptune WASP-107b https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.08635 H- Opacity and Water Dissociation in the Dayside Atmosphere of the Very Hot Gas Giant WASP-18 b https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02489 EPIC247098361b: a transiting warm Saturn on an eccentric P=11.2 days orbit around a V=9.9 star https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08865 ← Previous 1 … 142 143 144 145 Next →
March 6, 2018 updates JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE Integration and Test Challenges Have Delayed Launch and Threaten to Push Costs Over Cap https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/690413.pdf New Constraints on Gliese 876—Exemplar of Mean-motion Resonance http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa894 Habitable Evaporated Cores and the Occurrence of Panspermia Near the Galactic Center http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaab46 A New Window into Escaping Exoplanet Atmospheres: 10830 Å Line of Helium http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2041-8213/aaada9 Haze production rates in super-Earth and mini-Neptune atmosphere experiments https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-018-0397-0 Laboratory Simulations of Haze Formation in the Atmospheres of super-Earths and mini-Neptunes: Particle Color and Size Distribution https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01706 The resilience of Kepler systems to stellar obliquity https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01182 Dynamical analysis of the circumprimary planet in the eccentric binary system HD59686 https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01434 The when and where of water in the history of the universe https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.01452 Planetary Candidates Observed by Kepler. VIII. A Fully Automated Catalog With Measured Completeness and Reliability Based on Data Release 25 https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.06758
March 5, 2018 updates Three Small Planets Transiting a Hyades Star http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa841 HATS-36b and 24 Other Transiting/Eclipsing Systems from the HATSouth-K2 Campaign 7 Program http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa8e6 K2-155: A Bright Metal-poor M Dwarf with Three Transiting Super-Earths http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaaa6e Exoplanets around Low-mass Stars Unveiled by K2 http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa9c1 Long-term Stability of Tightly Packed Multi-planet Systems in Prograde, Coplanar, Circumstellar Orbits within the α Centauri AB System http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa966 Precision Orbit of δ Delphini and Prospects for Astrometric Detection of Exoplanets http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/aaac80 Analytical Models of Exoplanetary Atmospheres. V. Non-gray Thermal Structure with Coherent Scattering https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00629 A Universal Break in the Planet-to-Star Mass-Ratio Function of Kepler MKG stars https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00777 Radio Emission from the Exoplanetary System ε Eridani https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.07012 Planet Occurrence: Doppler and Transit Surveys https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.08543
March 2, 2018 updates The Complete Transmission Spectrum of WASP-39b with a Precise Water Constraint http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hvi/uploads/science_paper/file_attachment/309/published_AJ_WASP_39b_paper.pdf Continuous reorientation of synchronous terrestrial planets due to mantle convection https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-018-0071-2 A System of Three Super Earths Transiting the Late K-Dwarf GJ 9827 at 30 pc http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/aaa292/meta Magellan/PFS Radial Velocities of GJ 9827, a late K dwarf at 30 pc with Three Transiting Super-Earths https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.01359 The continued importance of habitability studies https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00215 Habitable Snowballs: Generalizing the Habitable Zone https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00511 Simulating the cloudy atmospheres of HD 209458 b and HD 189733 b with the 3D Met Office Unified Model https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.00226 Inferring Planetary Obliquity Using Rotational & Orbital Photometry https://arxiv.org/abs/1511.05152 Cool DZ white dwarfs II: Compositions and evolution of old remnant planetary systems https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.07714
March 1, 2018 updates Dependence of the Onset of the Runaway Greenhouse Effect on the Latitudinal Surface Water Distribution of Earth-Like Planets http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2017JE005383/full Occurrence Rates from Direct Imaging Surveys https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10132 KELT: The Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope, a Survey for Exoplanets Transiting Bright, Hot Stars https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10158 KMT-2016-BLG-0212: First KMTNet-Only Discovery of a Substellar Companion https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10246 Changes in the metallicity of gas giant planets due to pebble accretion https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.10445 The nature of the giant exomoon candidate Kepler-1625 b-i https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.06209 Exoplanet atmospheres with GIANO. I. Water in the transmission spectrum of HD 189733b https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.09569
February 28, 2018 updates Habitable Evaporated Cores and the Occurrence of Panspermia near the Galactic Center https://arxiv.org/abs/1711.06692 About 30% of Sun-like Stars Have Kepler-like Planetary Systems: A Study of their Intrinsic Architecture https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09526 Identifying Young Kepler Planet Host Stars from Keck-HIRES Spectra of Lithium https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09529 Exoplanet Classification and Yield Estimates for Direct Imaging Missions https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09602 Mass determination of the 1:3:5 near-resonant planets transiting GJ 9827 (K2-135) https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09557 Medium-resolution integral-field spectroscopy for high-contrast exoplanet imaging: Molecule maps of the β Pictoris system with SINFONI https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09721 Aldebaran b’s temperate past uncovered in planet search data https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.09812 The architecture and formation of the Kepler-30 planetary system https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.04962 Water, Methane Depletion, and High-Altitude Condensates in the Atmosphere of the Warm Super-Neptune WASP-107b https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.08635 H- Opacity and Water Dissociation in the Dayside Atmosphere of the Very Hot Gas Giant WASP-18 b https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.02489 EPIC247098361b: a transiting warm Saturn on an eccentric P=11.2 days orbit around a V=9.9 star https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.08865
