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The Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets
Challenges, 2014 We have now confirmed the existence of > 1800 planets orbiting stars other thanthe Sun; known as extrasolar planets or exoplanets. The different methods for detectingsuch planets are sensitive to different regions of parameter space, and so, we are ...
Ken Rice
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Habitable Zones in Binary Star Systems: A Zoology
Galaxies, 2020 Several concepts have been brought forward to determine where terrestrial planets are likely to remain habitable in multi-stellar environments. Isophote-based habitable zones, for instance, rely on insolation geometry to predict habitability, whereas ...
Siegfried Eggl +2 more
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A Cubesat Payload for Exoplanet Detection
Sensors, 2017 The search for undiscovered planets outside the solar system is a scientific topic that is rapidly spreading into the astrophysical and engineering communities. In this framework, the design of an innovative payload to detect exoplanets from a nano-sized
Marcella Iuzzolino +5 more
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The Astrobiology of Alien Worlds: Known and Unknown Forms of Life
Universe, 2020 Most definitions of life assume that, at a minimum, life is a physical form of matter distinct from its environment at a lower state of entropy than its surroundings, using energy from the environment for internal maintenance and activity, and capable of
Louis N. Irwin, Dirk Schulze-Makuch
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Is there an exoplanet in the Solar system? [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 2016 Abstract We investigate the prospects for the capture of the proposed Planet 9 from other stars in the Sun's birth cluster. Any capture scenario must satisfy three conditions: the encounter must be more distant than ∼150 au to avoid perturbing the Kuiper belt; the other star must have a wide-orbit planet (a ≳ 100 au); the planet must be ...
Mustill, Alexander J., +2 more
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The Habitability of the Galactic Bulge
Life, 2020 We present a new investigation of the habitability of the Milky Way bulge, that expands previous studies on the Galactic Habitable Zone. We discuss existing knowledge on the abundance of planets in the bulge, metallicity and the possible frequency of ...
Amedeo Balbi +2 more
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Habitable exoplanet - a statistical search for life
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space SciencesIntroductionThe identification of habitable exoplanets is an important challenge in modern space science, requiring the combination of planetary and stellar parameters to assess conditions that support life.MethodsUsing a dataset of 5867 exoplanets from ...
Prasenjit Banerjee +1 more
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Laser &Photonics Reviews, EarlyView.Chip‐based frequency combs are usually pumped from telecom wavelengths, far from the visible. This work instead pumps close to the visible with a Ti:sapphire laser ‐ the source behind the original optical frequency combs and now becoming chip‐integrable‐ and lets silicon‐nitride waveguides convert it into efficient, octave‐spanning visible‐to‐infrared ...
Abdullah Alabbadi +5 more
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The Astronomical JournalWe determined atmospheric and evolutionary parameters, along with chemical abundances of C, O, S, Fe, and Ni for 290 solar-type exoplanet-hosting stars using high-resolution HARPS-North and HARPS-South spectra, and radii for 373 exoplanets using ...
Ellen Costa-Almeida +4 more
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