2 papers
astro-ph.EP2009
Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life
J. Kasting, W. Traub, A. Roberge +119
Over 300 extrasolar planets (exoplanets) have been detected orbiting nearby stars. We now hope to conduct a census of all planets around nearby stars and to characterize their atmo…
astro-ph2003
Spectroscopy of the Millennium Outburst and Recent Variability of the Yellow Hypergiant Rho Cassiopeiae
A. Lobel, R. P. Stefanik, G. Torres +3
In the summer and fall of 2000 the yellow hypergiant Rho Cassiopeiae dimmed by more than a visual magnitude, while its effective temperature decreased from \~7000 K to below 4000 K…