3 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Shedding Light on Large Space-Based Telescopes: Modeling Stray Light due to Primary Mirror Damage from Micrometeoroid Impacts
Megan T. Gialluca, Jonathan W. Arenberg, Chris Stark +5
A large space-based telescope aimed at detecting and characterizing the atmospheres of Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars will require unprecedented contrast and stability.…
astro-ph.EP2025
Earth Analogs in Reflected Light: Insights from Early Spectral Characterization in Unconstrained Orbits
Arnaud Salvador, Tyler D. Robinson
A next generation of space-based observatories aims to detect and characterize potentially Earth-like exoplanets around Sun-like stars using reflected light spectroscopy. However,…
astro-ph.EP2024
Inner Edge Habitable Zone Limits Around Main Sequence Stars: Cloudy Estimates
James D. Windsor, Tyler D. Robinson, Ravi kumar Kopparapu +3
Understanding the limits of rocky planet habitability is one of the key goals of current and future exoplanet characterization efforts. An intrinsic concept of rocky planet habitab…