Interstellar Updates

 

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August 30, 2022 updates

Overview of The Galileo Project
https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/gp_overview.pdf

The GAPS Programme at TNG – XXXVI. Measurement of the
Rossiter-McLaughlin effect and revising the physical and orbital parameters of the HAT-P-15, HAT-P-17, HAT-P-21, HAT-P-26, HAT-P-29 eccentric planetary systems
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa43742-22/aa43742-22.html

The GAPS Programme at TNG – XXXVII. A precise density measurement of the young ultra-short period planet TOI-1807 b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa43743-22/aa43743-22.html

Estimating the atmospheric properties of 44 M dwarfs from SPIRou spectra
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/mnras/stac2364/6678570

Dyson sphere building: On the design of the GTOC11 problem and summary of the results
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0094576522004532

The Exoplanet Transmission Spectroscopy Imager (ETSI), a new instrument for rapid characterization of exoplanet atmospheres
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12184/2630196/The-Exoplanet-Transmission-Spectroscopy-Imager-ETSI-a-new-instrument-for/10.1117/12.2630196.short

The EXoplanet Climate Infrared TElescope (EXCITE)
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12184/2629373/The-EXoplanet-Climate-Infrared-TElescope-EXCITE/10.1117/12.2629373.short

ELVIS: the exoplanets at LBT with a visible IFS for SHARK-VIS
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12184/2629400/ELVIS–the-exoplanets-at-LBT-with-a-visible-IFS/10.1117/12.2629400.short

Unscented filtering for directly-observed exoplanet orbits
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12180/2629663/Unscented-filtering-for-directly-observed-exoplanet-orbits/10.1117/12.2629663.short

Throughput modeling of the Planet as Exoplanet Analog Spectrograph (PEAS)
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12184/2630282/Throughput-modeling-of-the-Planet-as-Exoplanet-Analog-Spectrograph-PEAS/10.1117/12.2630282.short

The POET mission: a Canadian space telescope for exoplanet astrophysics
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12180/2630055/The-POET-mission–a-Canadian-space-telescope-for-exoplanet/10.1117/12.2630055.short

The Pandora SmallSat: a mission to spectroscopically study exoplanet atmospheres
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12180/2629546/The-Pandora-SmallSat–a-mission-to-spectroscopically-study-exoplanet/10.1117/12.2629546.short

Status update for MAPS, the MMT AO exoPlanet characterization System
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12185/2619434/Status-update-for-MAPS-the-MMT-AO-exoPlanet-characterization-System/10.1117/12.2619434.short

Experimental validation of exoplanet centring strategies for high dispersion coronagraphy
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12185/2629312/Experimental-validation-of-exoplanet-centring-strategies-for-high-dispersion-coronagraphy/10.1117/12.2629312.short

Diffractive interfero coronagraph exoplanet resolver (DICER): detecting and characterizing all Earth-like exoplanets orbiting Sun-like stars within 10 pc
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12180/2629487/Diffractive-interfero-coronagraph-exoplanet-resolver-DICER–detecting-and-characterizing/10.1117/12.2629487.short

MARVEL: extracting high-precision radial velocities of exoplanet hosts
https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/12186/2630748/MARVEL-extracting-high-precision-radial-velocities-of-exoplanet-hosts/10.1117/12.2630748.short

Characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres with SLOPpy
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.13045

Field of View and contrast limitations of stellar interferometers. A quick review
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.13463

Nulling interferometry in space does not require a rotating telescope array
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.13470

Parallel N-body simulations of planetary systems: a direct approach
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.13562

August 29, 2022 Updates

The H2O–CO2 continuum around 3.1, 5.2 and 8.0 μm: New measurements and validation of a previously proposed factor
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103522003141

Validation of TESS exoplanet candidates orbiting solar analogues in the all-sky PLATO input catalogue
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.12276

The In-Flight Noise Performance of the JWST/NIRSpec Detector System
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.12686

3-D selection of 167 sub-stellar companions to nearby stars
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.12720

August 25, 2022 updates

Revising Properties of Planet–Host Binary Systems. I. Methods and Pilot Study https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-4357/ac7be9

Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362908989_Identification_of_carbon_dioxide_in_an_exoplanet_atmosphere

Weighing Exo-Atmospheres: A novel mid-resolution spectral mode for SCALES
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.11209

Transmission spectroscopy of the ultra-hot Jupiter MASCARA-4 b: Disentangling the hydrostatic and exospheric regimes of ultra-hot Jupiters
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.11427

August 23, 2022 updates

Planetary Engineering Ethics: Mechanisms, Issues, and Consequences of Terraforming
https://commons.und.edu/ee-stu/8/

A Solution to the Fermi Paradox Based on Adaptations and Diminishing Returns: On What Super-AIs Are Like and Why We Don’t See Them
https://osf.io/bq438/

First principles of terrestrial life: exemplars for potential extra-terrestrial biology
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12064-022-00373-x

Extraterrestrial Life Signature Detection Microscopy: Search and Analysis of Cells and Organics on Mars and Other Solar System Bodies
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11214-022-00920-4

Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE) – I. Improved exoplanet detection yield estimates for a large mid-infrared space-interferometer mission
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa40366-21/aa40366-21.html

Near-infrared and optical emission of WASP-5 b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa43131-22/aa43131-22.html

K2 and Spitzer phase curves of the rocky ultra-short-period planet K2-141 b hint at a tenuous rock vapor atmosphere
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa42912-21/aa42912-21.html

A mini-chemical scheme with net reactions for 3D general circulation models – I. Thermochemical kinetics
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa42816-21/aa42816-21.html

Euclid-Roman joint microlensing survey: Early mass measurement, free floating planets, and exomoons
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/08/aa40351-21/aa40351-21.html

A Search for Optical Laser Emission from Alpha Centauri AB
https://academic.oup.com/mnras/advance-article/doi/10.1093/mnras/stac2231/6668809

The UV-SCOPE Mission: Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Characterization Of Planets and their Environments
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.09547

VapoRock: Thermodynamics of vaporized silicate melts for modeling volcanic outgassing and magma ocean atmospheres
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.09582

Trapping (sub-)Neptunes similar to TOI-216b at the inner disk rim: Implications for the disk viscosity and the Neptunian desert
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.10257

TOI-1468: A system of two transiting planets, a super-Earth and a mini-Neptune, on opposite sides of the radius valley
https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.10351