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astro-ph.EP2024
Atmospheric Waves Driving Variability and Cloud Modulation on a Planetary-Mass Object
Michael K. Plummer, Ji Wang, Étienne Artigau +2
Planetary-mass objects and brown dwarfs at the transition (\,K) from relatively red L dwarfs to bluer mid-T dwarfs show enhanced spectrophotometric variabilit…
astro-ph.EP2023
Detecting Biosignatures in Nearby Rocky Exoplanets using High-Contrast Imaging and Medium-Resolution Spectroscopy with Extremely Large Telescope
Huihao Zhang, Ji Wang, Michael K. Plummer
In the upcoming decades, one of the primary objectives in exoplanet science is to search for habitable planets and signs of extraterrestrial life in the universe. Signs of life can…
astro-ph.EP2023
Mapping the Skies of Ultracool Worlds: Detecting Storms and Spots with Extremely Large Telescopes
Michael K. Plummer, Ji Wang
Extremely large telescopes (ELTs) present an unparalleled opportunity to study the magnetism, atmospheric dynamics, and chemistry of very low mass stars (VLMs), brown dwarfs, and e…