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CfA Press Release 06-25: Astronomers reveal first Alien ID chart (Thursday, Sept 14., 2006)

Images for each modeled Epoch in Earth’s evolution (jpg format, artist credit: CfA, D.Aguilar)

Epoch 0, 3.9 Ga ago; Epoch 1, 3.5 Ga ago; Epoch 2, 2.5 Ga ago; Epoch 3, 2.0 Ga ago; Epoch 4, 0.8 Ga ago; Epoch 5, 0.3 Ga ago

 

PUBLICATIONS

Kaltenegger, L; Jucks, K.; Traub, W., Spectral Evolution of an Earth-like Planet, ApJ TBP,  (also http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609398)

High Resolution Figs. Changing biomarkers: IR(jpg) VIS(jpg)

Kaltenegger, L.; Fridlund, M.,Interferometric Space Missions for the Search for Terrestrial Exoplanets: Requirements on the Rejection Ratio, Astrophysics and Space Science 2006 (accepted) http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0606762, http://www.springerlink.com/content/e41952u9g82913gv/

Kaltenegger, L; Jucks, K.; Traub, W., Atmospheric Biomarkers and their Evolution over Geological Timescales, Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science & Techniques. Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium #200, Edited by C. Aime and F. Vakili. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006., pp.259-264 http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0512053

Kaltenegger, L.; Fridlund, M, Characteristics of proposed 3 and 4 telescope configurations for Darwin and TPF-I, Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science & Techniques. Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium #200, Edited by C. Aime and F. Vakili. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006., pp.255-258 http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0606733

Kaltenegger, L.; Eiroa, C.; Stankov, A.; Fridlund, M., Target star catalogue for Darwin: Nearby Habitable Star Systems, Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science & Techniques. Proceedings of the IAU Colloquium #200, Edited by C. Aime and F. Vakili. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006., pp.89-92 http://adsabs.harvard.edu

Kaltenegger, L.; Fridlund, M., The Darwin mission: Search for extra-solar planets, Advances in Space Research, Volume 36, Issue 6, p. 1114-1122, 2005 http://adsabs.harvard.edu

Kaltenegger, L. Search for extraterrestrial planets: The DARWIN mission. Target stars and array architectures, PhD thesis, Karl-Franzens University Graz, 2004 http://xxx.lanl.gov/abs/astro-ph/0504497

Kaltenegger, L.; Karlsson, A.: Requirements on the stellar rejection for the Darwin mission, SPIE 5491, 2004 http://adsabs.harvard.edu

Kaltenegger, L.; Fridlund, M.; Absil, O., Details on DARWIN and the Search for Extrasolar Planets, Scientific Frontiers in Research on Extrasolar Planets, ASP Conference Series, Vol 294, 2003

Kaltenegger, Lisa et al., Characterisation of disks around YSOs with GENIE, ESA SP-539, 2003 http://adsabs.harvard.edu

Kaltenegger, Lisa; Karlsson, Anders; Fridlund, Malcolm; Absil, Oliver, Overview of the DARWIN mission, ESA SP-539, ISBN 92-9092-849-2, 2003, p. 459 – 464 http://adsabs.harvard.edu

Kaltenegger, L.; Karlsson, A.; Hanslmeier, A. , DARWIN: a nulling space interferometer, ESA SP-518, Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, ISBN 92-9092-828-X, 2002, p. 519 – 520

Kaltenegger, L.; Fridlund, M.; Kasting, J.,Review on habitability and biomarkers, ESA SP-514, Noordwijk: ESA Publications Division, ISBN 92-9092-824-7, 2002, p. 277 - 282

Kaltenegger, L.; Karlsson, A.; Neger, T, Configurations of a nulling space interferometer for the search for extrasolar planets, 34th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, 2002 Houston, USA., p.1889

Kaltenegger, L. Application of optical traps in medicine and biology’, Master thesis Univ. of Technology Graz, 2001

Kaltenegger, L, Extrasolar Planet Search: Formation and Detection Methods’, Master thesis Karl-Franzens Univ 1999

Kaltenegger, L; Karlsson, A., Configurations of a Nulling Space Interferometer with stellar rejection over a limited bandwidth, 4th Annual ROE Workshop, Royal Observatory, 2001, p.21

Kaltenegger, L.,What does it take for a Moon to Support Life? ,Exploration and Utilisation of the Moon. ESA SP-462, 2000. ISBN: 92-9092-689-2., p.199

Kaltenegger, L.; Rebolo, R.; Rosa-Zapatero, M., PSF Technique Applied for Extrasolar Planet Search at Young, Nearby Stars, ASP 212. 2000, p.331

Kaltenegger, L., Neger Theo: Optical Tweezers: Application of optical traps in medicine and biology, General assembly of the Austrian Physics Association 2001

 

Internal ESA reports: Main-author: The DARWIN target star list; The GENIE/DARWIN target star list; Multiple planetary signals; Biomarkers in the IR; Biomarkers in the visible; Characteristics of the closest DARWIN target stars; Habitable Zone around different stars; IR spectra and deducable information; Required stellar rejection for the DARWIN mission; Required wavelength band in the IR, characteristaion of different proposed DARWIN concepts

Co-Author

Eiroa, C.; Fridlund, M.; Kaltenegger, L. , The DARWIN target list: observational properties of the G-type stars, ESA SP-539, ISBN 92-9092-849-2, 2003, p. 403 - 407

den Hartog, Roland; Absil, O.; Kaltenegger, L.; Gondoin, P.; Wilhelm, R.; Fridlund, M., Could GENIE detect hot Jupiters?, ESA SP-539, ISBN 92-9092-849-2, 2003, p. 399 - 402

Absil, O.; Kaltenegger, L.; Eiroa, C.; den Hartog, R.; Gondoin, P.; Wilhelm, R.; Fridlund, M., Can GENIE characterize debris disks around nearby stars?, ESA SP-539, 2003, p. 323 - 328

Absil, O.; den Hartog, R.; Erd, C.; Gondoin, P.; Kaltenegger, L.; Fridlund, M.; Rando, N.; Wilhelm, R , GENIEsim: the GENIE simulation software, ESA SP-539, 2003, p. 317 - 321

Gondoin, P.; Absil, O.; den Hartog, R.; Kaltenegger, L.; et a; The Ground-based European Nulling Interferometry Experiment (DARWIN-GENIE), ESA SP-539, 2003, p. 121 - 131

Karlsson, A.; Kaltenegger, L., The technology of DARWIN, ESA SP-539, 2003, p. 41 - 46

Absil, Olivier; Karlsson, Anders; Kaltenegger, Lisa, Inherent modulation: a fast chopping method for nulling interferometry, Interferometry in Space. SPIE4852, pp. 431-442 (2003).

Fridlund, Malcolm; Kaltenegger, Lisa, ESA's search for extra-solar terrestrial planets: mission update of the Darwin project, ESA SP-518, ISBN92-9092-828-X, 2002, p.359–364

Internal ESA reports Co-author: Assessment reports on different proposed DARWIN configuration

 

To be published

Main-author (in prep):

The DARWIN target star catalogue (with C. Eiroa, A. Stankov, M. Friedlund) 2006 (submitted)

DARWIN targets EGP host stars ( with H. Lammer, Frank Selsis) 2007

Physical characteristics of extrasolar planets (with Selsis F., Jucks, K.) 2007