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astro-ph.EP2017★ 71 cited

Simulated JWST/NIRISS Transit Spectroscopy of Anticipated TESS Planets Compared to Select Discoveries from Space-Based and Ground-Based Surveys

Dana R. Louie, Drake Deming, Loic Albert +3

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will embark in 2018 on a 2-year wide-field survey mission, discovering over a thousand terrestrial, super-Earth and sub-Neptune-siz…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 2 cited

The Science Case for an Extended Spitzer Mission

Jennifer C. Yee, Giovanni G. Fazio, Robert Benjamin +45

Although the final observations of the Spitzer Warm Mission are currently scheduled for March 2019, it can continue operations through the end of the decade with no loss of photome…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 75 cited

A Statistical Comparative Planetology Approach to the Hunt for Habitable Exoplanets and Life Beyond the Solar System

Jacob L. Bean, Dorian S. Abbot, Eliza M. -R. Kempton

The search for habitable exoplanets and life beyond the Solar System is one of the most compelling scientific opportunities of our time. Nevertheless, the high cost of building fac…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 64 cited

An Observational Diagnostic for Distinguishing Between Clouds and Haze in Hot Exoplanet Atmospheres

Eliza M. -R. Kempton, Jacob L. Bean, Vivien Parmentier

The nature of aerosols in hot exoplanet atmospheres is one of the primary vexing questions facing the exoplanet field. The complex chemistry, multiple formation pathways, and lack…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 6 cited

Quantifying the Impact of Spectral Coverage on the Retrieval of Molecular Abundances from Exoplanet Transmission Spectra

John W. Chapman, Robert T. Zellem, Michael R. Line +14

Using forward models for representative exoplanet atmospheres and a radiometric instrument model, we have generated synthetic observational data to explore how well the major C- an…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 33 cited

Community targets for JWST's early release science program: evaluation of WASP-63b

Brian M. Kilpatrick, Patricio E. Cubillos, Kevin B. Stevenson +21

We present observations of WASP-63b by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) as part of "A Preparatory Program to Identify the Single Best Transiting Exoplanet for JWST Early Release Sc…