Interstellar Updates

Optimizing photosynthetic light-harvesting under stars: simple and general antenna models
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11120-024-01118-1

Cosmological wormhole: an analytical description
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1402-4896/ad75c8

Ab initio quantum dynamics as a scalable solution to the exoplanet opacity challenge: A case study of CO$_2$ in hydrogen atmosphere
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383864055_Ab_initio_quantum_dynamics_as_a_scalable_solution_to_the_exoplanet_opacity_challenge_A_case_study_of_CO_2_in_hydrogen_atmosphere

Simulated performance of energy-resolving detectors towards exoplanet imaging with the Habitable Worlds Observatory
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05987

Thermal and magnetic evolution of an Earth-like planet with a basal magma ocean
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06031

Volatile-rich Sub-Neptunes as Hydrothermal Worlds: The Case of K2-18 b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06258

Magnetic Fields in a sample of planet-hosting M dwarf stars from Kepler, K2, and TESS observed by APOGEE
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06637

Bulk and atmospheric metallicities as direct probes of sequentially varying accretion mechanisms of gas and solids onto planets
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06670

Slow Rotation for the Super-Puff Planet Kepler-51d
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.06697

Is There a Synchronizing Influence of Planets on Solar and Stellar Cyclic Activity?
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11207-024-02365-0

Machine learning for exoplanet detection in high-contrast spectroscopy – Combining cross-correlation maps and deep learning on medium-resolution integral-field spectra
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa49150-24/aa49150-24.html

Machine learning for exoplanet detection in high-contrast spectroscopy – Revealing exoplanets by leveraging hidden molecular signatures in cross-correlated spectra with convolutional neural networks
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa49149-24/aa49149-24.html

The high-energy environment of the heavy sub-Earth GJ 367 b indicates likely complete evaporation of its atmosphere
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa49351-24/aa49351-24.html

Detection of transiting exoplanets and phase-folding their host star’s light curves from K2 data with 1D-CNN
https://academic.oup.com/jigpal/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jigpal/jzae106/7749850

High-resolution Dayside Spectroscopy of WASP-189 b: Detection of Iron during the GHOST/Gemini South System Verification Run
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad643f

Revisiting WASP-19b’s Orbital Evolution: New TESS Data and Apsidal Precession Analysis
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/2515-5172/ad77a6

Plasma Propulsion for Interstellar Travel
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383847390_Plasma_Propulsion_for_Interstellar_Travel

Biases in Exoplanet Transmission Spectra Introduced by Limb Darkening Parametrization
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383863588_Biases_in_Exoplanet_Transmission_Spectra_Introduced_by_Limb_Darkening_Parametrization

Ab initio quantum dynamics as a scalable solution to the exoplanet opacity challenge: A case study of CO2 in hydrogen atmosphere
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04439

DeepTTV: Deep Learning Prediction of Hidden Exoplanet From Transit Timing Variations
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04557

Advancing Machine Learning for Stellar Activity and Exoplanet Period Rotation
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05482

Formation of Close-in Neptunes Around Low-Mass Stars Through Breaking Resonant Chains
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05748

Unveiling habitable planets: Toy coronagraph tackles the exozodiacal dust challenge
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.05797

An Improbable Pursuit – Introduction to the Current Thinking on Faster-Than-Light (FTL) Travel
https://i4is.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/An-Improbable-Pursuit-Principium46-2408260749comp.pdf

The Cosmic Challenge – Why Quantum Entanglement Won’t Deliver The Ansible
https://i4is.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/The-Cosmic-Challenge-Principium46-2408260749comp-3.pdf

Solo planets may be surprisingly common
https://foogue.com/article/solo-planets-may-be-surprisingly-common

Traversable wormhole with GUP corrected Casimir effect in f(R, Lm) gravity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0003491624001957

Biases in Exoplanet Transmission Spectra Introduced by Limb Darkening Parametrization
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03812

Searching for Additional Planets in TESS Multi-Planet Systems: Testing Empirical Models Based on Kepler Data
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03852

A hybrid approach to generating diatomic line lists for high resolution studies of exoplanets and other hot astronomical objects: Updates to ExoMol MgO, TiO and VO line lists
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03984

Progress report on the BEBOP search for circumbinary planets with radial velocities
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04191

Reliable Detections of Atmospheres on Rocky Exoplanets with Photometric JWST Phase Curves
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.04386

On the age and metallicity of planet-hosting triple star systems
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10509-024-04351-1

ESPRESSO reveals blueshifted neutral iron emission lines on the dayside of WASP-76 b
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa49935-24/aa49935-24.html

Machine learning for exoplanet detection in high-contrast spectroscopy – Combining cross-correlation maps and deep learning on medium-resolution integral-field spectra
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa49150-24/aa49150-24.html

Machine learning for exoplanet detection in high-contrast spectroscopy – Revealing exoplanets by leveraging hidden molecular signatures in cross-correlated spectra with convolutional neural networks
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa49149-24/aa49149-24.html

Von Zeipel-Lidov-Kozai secondary resonances can enhance the excitation of planetary eccentricity
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa50912-24/aa50912-24.html

Towards real-time contrast control for direct exoplanet imaging with adaptive optics
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0030401824007831

The K2-24 planetary system revisited by CHEOPS
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02995

Up, Up, and Away: Winds and Dynamical Structure as a Function of Altitude in the Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-76b
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03124

Mid-order wavefront control for exoplanet imaging: preliminary characterization of the segmented deformable mirror and Zernike wavefront sensor on HiCAT
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03411

Panopticon: a novel deep learning model to detect single transit events with no prior data filtering in PLATO light curves
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03466

Polar Neptunes are Stable to Tides
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03679

Towards a self-consistent evaluation of gas dwarf scenarios for temperate sub-Neptunes
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03683

TOI-3568 b: a super-Neptune in the sub-Jovian desert
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.03704

Gravitational instability in a planet-forming disk
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07877-0

Life on alien planets probably wouldn’t experience day and night—here’s how that may change evolution
https://phys.org/news/2024-09-life-alien-planets-wouldnt-day.html

Exocomet orbital distribution around β Pictoris
https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2024/09/aa44087-22/aa44087-22.html

κ Andromedae b Is a Fast Rotator from KPIC High-resolution Spectroscopy
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ad4ecf

An Earth-Mass Planet and a Brown Dwarf in Orbit Around a White Dwarf
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02157

Orbital Architectures of Planet-Hosting Binaries III. Testing Mutual Inclinations of Stellar and Planetary Orbits in Triple-Star Systems
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02223

The Wanderer: Charting WASP-77A b’s Formation and Migration Using a System-Wide Inventory of Carbon and Oxygen Abundances
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02286

Do anomalously-dense hot Jupiters orbit stealth binary stars?
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02639

Horseshoes and spiral waves: capturing the 3D flow induced by a low-mass planet analytically
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02687

RISTRETTO: reflected-light exoplanet spectroscopy at the diffraction limit of the VLT
https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.02875

Probing Cold-to-Temperate Exoplanetary Atmospheres: The Role of Water Condensation on Surface Identification with JWST
https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.09009