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most citedThe Eleventh and Twelfth Data Releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey: Final Data from SDSS-III

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astro-ph.IM2018★ 14 cited

The Breakthrough Listen Search for Intelligent Life: Searching Boyajian's Star for Laser Line Emission

David Lipman, Howard Isaacson, Andrew P. V. Siemion +10

Boyajian' s Star (KIC 8462852) has received significant attention due to its unusual periodic brightness fluctuations detected by the Kepler Spacecraft and subsequent ground based…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 109 cited

The upGREAT dual frequency heterodyne arrays for SOFIA

C. Risacher, R. Güsten, J. Stutzk +30

We present the performance of the upGREAT heterodyne array receivers on the SOFIA telescope after several years of operations. This instrument is a multi-pixel high resolution (R >…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 247 cited

Kepler Data Validation II -- Transit Model Fitting and Multiple-Planet Search

Jie Li, Peter Tenenbaum, Joseph D. Twicken +5

This paper discusses the transit model fitting and multiple-planet search algorithms and performance of the Kepler Science Data Processing Pipeline, developed by the Kepler Science…

astro-ph.IM2018

Science with an ngVLA: SETI Searches for Evidence of Intelligent Life in the Galaxy

Steve Croft, Andrew P. V. Siemion, James M. Cordes +3

Radio SETI experiments aim to test the hypothesis that extraterrestrial civilizations emit detectable signals from communication, propulsion, or other technologies. The unprecedent…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 64 cited

The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Interim Report

B. Scott Gaudi, Sara Seager, Bertrand Mennesson +79

For the first time in human history, technologies have matured sufficiently to enable a mission capable of discovering and characterizing habitable planets like Earth orbiting sunl…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 12 cited

Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: prototype design and testing

Maren Cosens, Jérôme Maire, Shelley A. Wright +12

The Pulsed All-sky Near-infrared Optical Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence (PANOSETI) is an instrument program that aims to search for fast transient signals (nano-second to…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 7 cited

Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: optical and structural design concepts

Jérôme Maire, Shelley A. Wright, Maren Cosens +13

We propose a novel instrument design to greatly expand the current optical and near-infrared SETI search parameter space by monitoring the entire observable sky during all observab…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 24 cited

Panoramic optical and near-infrared SETI instrument: overall specifications and science program

Shelley A. Wright, Paul Horowitz, Jérôme Maire +13

We present overall specifications and science goals for a new optical and near-infrared (350 - 1650 nm) instrument designed to greatly enlarge the current Search for Extraterrestri…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 13 cited

WFIRST Coronagraph Technology Requirements: Status Update and Systems Engineering Approach

Ewan S. Douglas, Ashley K. Carlton, Kerri L. Cahoy +3

The coronagraphic instrument (CGI) on the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will demonstrate technologies and methods for high-contrast direct imaging and spectroscopy…

astro-ph.IM2018★ 23 cited

Automated data processing architecture for the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey

Jason Wang, Marshall Perrin, Dmitry Savransky +49

The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey (GPIES) is a multi-year direct imaging survey of 600 stars to discover and characterize young Jovian exoplanets and their environments. We…