Interstellar Updates

 

These are items of interest to the interstellar exploration community that we’ve found in our quest for information that will help us advance toward our goals.  If you know of anything we’ve overlooked, or any sources of such information we should monitor, or if you would like to be added to our IRG-updates mailing list and receive these updates in you email every weekday, please send that information to info@irg.space.

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December 24, 2021 updates

Characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres through a model-unbiased spectral survey methodology
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/abs/2022/01/aa40494-21/aa40494-21.html

Why is it So Hot in Here? Exploring Population Trends in Spitzer Thermal Emission Observations of Hot Jupiters Using Planet-specific, Self-consistent Atmospheric Models
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac27b2

The origin of the high metallicity of close-in giant exoplanets II The nature of the sweet spot for accretion
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.12623

December 23, 2021 updates

A rich population of free-floating planets in the Upper Scorpius young stellar association
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01513-x

High-resolution detection of neutral oxygen and non-LTE effects in the atmosphere of KELT-9b
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-021-01544-4

A Mid-infrared Study of Directly Imaged Planetary-mass Companions Using Archival Spitzer/IRAC Images
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac3745

Exploring the Effects of Active Magnetic Drag in a Gener\al Circulation Model of the Ultrahot Jupiter WASP-76b
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac3746

Planet interactions at a young age
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asna.20210097

Analytical Modelling of Exoplanet Transit Specroscopy with Dimensional Analysis and Symbolic Regression
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11600

Semi-Transparent Shear Turbulence in Hot Jupiter Atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.12127

December 22, 2021 updates

LaserSETI Installs 2nd Observatory at Haleakala Observatory
https://www.seti.org/press-release/laserseti-installs-2nd-observatory-haleakala-observatory

The harsh environment where exoplanets live
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asna.20210099

Atmospheric dynamics of temperate sub-Neptunes. Part I: dry dynamics
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11108

The GAPS Programme at TNG. XXXII. The revealing non-detection of metastable HeI in the atmosphere of the hot Jupiter WASP-80b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11179

The Mantis Network I: A standard grid of templates and masks for cross-correlation analyses of ultra-hot Jupiter transmission spectra
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11380

Towards a Classification Scheme for the Rocky Planets based on Equilibrium Thermodynamic Considerations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11404