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Science-Driven Performance Requirements for UV Coronagraph Design: Implications for O Detection in Earth-like Atmospheres
Amber V. Young, Giada Arney, Shawn Domagal-Goldman +6
Detecting biosignatures on Earth-like exoplanets from the Proterozoic era requires instrumentation capable of probing near-ultraviolet (NUV) spectral features, particularly ozone (…
Ultraviolet Reflected-Light Spectroscopy of Modern Earth Analogs with Starshade Observations
Zahra Ahmed, Stuart Shaklan, Mario Damiano +3
Characterizing rocky, habitable zone planets in reflected light is a key science objective for future direct imaging missions, and the ultraviolet (UV) is uniquely suited for suppo…
Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a future NASA flagship mission concept identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for large space missions. HWO sh…
The SPACE Program II: No discernible spectral features in the transmission spectrum of the sub-Neptune HD 191939 b observed with HST/WFC3
Cyril Gapp, Lorena Acuña-Aguirre, Reza Ashtari +17
The atmospheres of sub-Neptunes provide a window into their internal structure and history, shedding light on the origin of this common, but enigmatic, class of exoplanets. However…
The Impact of Planetary Phase Functions on Exo-Earth Detectability with EXOSIMS
Searra Foote, Tyler D. Robinson, Rhonda Morgan +3
The under-development NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) aims to provide breakthroughs in exoplanet science, yet the most effective approaches to modeling the detection and ch…
Retrieving the Red Edge on Earth-like Planets with Heterogeneous Clouds and Surfaces
Zachary Burr, Mario Damiano, Vincent Kofman +2
The detection and characterization of potentially habitable exoplanets is one of the chief goals of astrophysics for the coming decades. Imaging in reflected light is well suited f…
Direct imaging characterization of cool gaseous planets
Michiel Min, Jo Barstow, Laura C. Mayorga +19
Cool gas giant exoplanets, particularly those with properties similar to those of Jupiter and Saturn, remain poorly characterized due to current observational limitations. This whi…
Methane on the temperate exo-Saturn TOI-199b
Aaron Bello-Arufe, Renyu Hu, Mantas Zilinskas +10
Temperate ( K) gas giants represent an unexplored frontier in exoplanet atmospheric spectroscopy. Orbiting a G-type star every days, the Saturn-mass exopl…
Volcanic Satellites Tidally Venting Na, K, SO2 in Optical & Infrared Light
Apurva V. Oza, Andrea Gebek, Moritz Meyer zu Westram +19
Recent infrared spectroscopy from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has spurred analyses of common volcanic gases such as carbon dioxide (CO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), alongside…
A water-rich interior in the temperate sub-Neptune K2-18 b revealed by JWST
Renyu Hu, Aaron Bello-Arufe, Armen Tokadjian +7
Temperate sub-Neptunes are compelling targets for detecting liquid-water oceans beyond the Solar System. If water-rich and lacking massive hydrogen-helium envelopes, these planets…
Effects of planetary mass uncertainties on the interpretation of the reflectance spectra of Earth-like exoplanets
Mario Damiano, Zachary Burr, Renyu Hu +2
Atmospheric characterization of Earth-like exoplanets through reflected light spectroscopy is a key goal for upcoming direct imaging missions. A critical challenge in this endeavor…
Evidence for a volcanic atmosphere on the sub-Earth L98-59b
Aaron Bello-Arufe, Mario Damiano, Katherine A. Bennett +8
Assessing the prevalence of atmospheres on rocky planets around M-dwarf stars is a top priority of exoplanet science. High-energy activity from M-dwarfs can destroy the atmospheres…
The Detectability of CH/CO/CO and NO Biosignatures through Reflection Spectroscopy of Terrestrial Exoplanets
Armen Tokadjian, Renyu Hu, Mario Damiano
The chemical makeup of Earth's atmosphere during the Archean (4 Ga-2.5 Ga) and Proterozoic eon (2.5 Ga-0.5 Ga) contrast considerably with the present-day: the Archean was rich in c…
A Benchmark JWST Near-Infrared Spectrum for the Exoplanet WASP-39b
A. L. Carter, E. M. May, N. Espinoza +77
Observing exoplanets through transmission spectroscopy supplies detailed information on their atmospheric composition, physics, and chemistry. Prior to JWST, these observations wer…
A secondary atmosphere on the rocky exoplanet 55 Cancri e
Renyu Hu, Aaron Bello-Arufe, Michael Zhang +14
Characterizing rocky exoplanets is a central endeavor of astronomy, and yet the search for atmospheres on rocky exoplanets has hitherto resulted in either tight upper limits on the…
LHS 1140 b is a potentially habitable water world
Mario Damiano, Aaron Bello-Arufe, Jeehyun Yang +1
LHS 1140 b is a small planet orbiting in the habitable zone of its M4.5V dwarf host. Recent mass and radius constraints have indicated that it has either a thick H-rich atmosph…
Reflected spectroscopy of small exoplanets III: probing the UV band to measure biosignature gasses
Mario Damiano, Renyu Hu, Bertrand Mennesson
Direct-imaging observations of terrestrial exoplanets will enable their atmospheric characterization and habitability assessment. Considering the Earth, the key atmospheric signatu…
The transmission spectrum of the potentially rocky planet L 98-59 c
Thomas Barclay, Kyle B. Sheppard, Natasha Latouf +32
We present observations of the 1.35+/-0.07 Earth-radius planet L 98-59 c, collected using Wide Field Camera 3 on the Hubble Space Telescope. L 98-59 is a nearby (10.6 pc), bright (…
Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRCam
Eva-Maria Ahrer, Kevin B. Stevenson, Megan Mansfield +96
Measuring the metallicity and carbon-to-oxygen (C/O) ratio in exoplanet atmospheres is a fundamental step towards constraining the dominant chemical processes at work and, if in eq…
Early Release Science of the Exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec G395H
Lili Alderson, Hannah R. Wakeford, Munazza K. Alam +89
Measuring the abundances of carbon and oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres is considered a crucial avenue for unlocking the formation and evolution of exoplanetary systems. Access to a…
A transmission spectrum of the sub-Earth planet L98-59~b in 1.1-1.7 m
Mario Damiano, Renyu Hu, Thomas Barclay +20
With the increasing number of planets discovered by TESS, the atmospheric characterization of small exoplanets is accelerating. L98-59 is a M-dwarf hosting a multi-planet system, a…
Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere
The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team, Eva-Maria Ahrer, Lili Alderson +129
Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a key chemical species that is found in a wide range of planetary atmospheres. In the context of exoplanets, CO2 is an indicator of the metal enrichment (i.…
Reflected spectroscopy of small exoplanets II: characterization of terrestrial exoplanets
Mario Damiano, Renyu Hu
A space telescope capable of high-contrast imaging has been recognized as the avenue toward finding terrestrial planets around nearby Sun-like stars and characterizing their potent…
Reflected spectroscopy of small exoplanets I: determining the atmospheric composition of sub-Neptunes planets
Mario Damiano, Renyu Hu
Direct imaging of widely separated exoplanets from space will obtain their reflected light spectra and measure their atmospheric properties, and small and temperate planets will be…