TY - JOUR
T1 - Finding the needles in the haystacks
T2 - High-fidelity models of the modern and Archean solar system for simulating exoplanet observations
AU - Roberge, Aki
AU - Rizzo, Maxime J.
AU - Lincowski, Andrew P.
AU - Arney, Giada N.
AU - Stark, Christopher C.
AU - Robinson, Tyler D.
AU - Snyder, Gregory F.
AU - Pueyo, Laurent
AU - Zimmerman, Neil T.
AU - Jansen, Tiffany
AU - Nesvold, Erika R.
AU - Meadows, Victoria S.
AU - Turnbull, Margaret C.
N1 - Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge helpful consultations with Ashlee Wilkins, Marc Kuchner, and Michael McElwain. This work was supported by the NASA ROSES Origins of Solar Systems Program under proposal number 09-SSO09-0070. A.R. acknowledges further support from the NASA Goddard Science Innovation Fund. G.A. and T.R. acknowledge support from the Virtual Planetary Laboratory, funded by the NASA Astrobiology Institute under solicitation NNH12ZDA002C and Cooperative Agreement Number NNA13AA93A. T.R. gratefully acknowledges support from NASA through the Sagan Fellowship Program. G.S. appreciates support from a Giacconi Fellowship at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), which is operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc. under NASA contract NAS 5-26555. The results reported herein benefited from collaborations and/or information exchange within NASA’s Nexus for Exoplanet System Science (NExSS) research coordination network, sponsored by NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
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PY - 2017/12
Y1 - 2017/12
N2 - We present two state-of-the-art models of the solar system, one corresponding to the present day and one to the Archean Eon 3.5 billion years ago. Each model contains spatial and spectral information for the star, the planets, and the interplanetary dust, extending to 50 au from the Sun and covering the wavelength range 0.3-2.5 μm. In addition, we created a spectral image cube representative of the astronomical backgrounds that will be seen behind deep observations of extrasolar planetary systems, including galaxies and Milky Way stars. These models are intended as inputs to high-fidelity simulations of direct observations of exoplanetary systems using telescopes equipped with high-contrast capability. They will help improve the realism of observation and instrument parameters that are required inputs to statistical observatory yield calculations, as well as guide development of post-processing algorithms for telescopes capable of directly imaging Earth-like planets.
AB - We present two state-of-the-art models of the solar system, one corresponding to the present day and one to the Archean Eon 3.5 billion years ago. Each model contains spatial and spectral information for the star, the planets, and the interplanetary dust, extending to 50 au from the Sun and covering the wavelength range 0.3-2.5 μm. In addition, we created a spectral image cube representative of the astronomical backgrounds that will be seen behind deep observations of extrasolar planetary systems, including galaxies and Milky Way stars. These models are intended as inputs to high-fidelity simulations of direct observations of exoplanetary systems using telescopes equipped with high-contrast capability. They will help improve the realism of observation and instrument parameters that are required inputs to statistical observatory yield calculations, as well as guide development of post-processing algorithms for telescopes capable of directly imaging Earth-like planets.
KW - Instrumentation: high angular resolution
KW - Planet-disk interactions
KW - Planets and satellites: atmospheres
KW - Techniques: imaging spectroscopy
KW - Zodiacal dust
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U2 - 10.1088/1538-3873/aa8fc4
DO - 10.1088/1538-3873/aa8fc4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85039059072
SN - 0004-6280
VL - 129
JO - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
JF - Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
IS - 982
M1 - 124401
ER -