系外行星表征与生命搜寻
地球与行星天体物理
2009-11-17 v1
摘要
已有超过300颗系外行星被探测到绕邻近恒星运行。我们现在希望对邻近恒星周围的所有行星进行普查，并通过光谱学表征它们的大气和表面。位于恒星宜居带内的岩石行星具有最高优先级，因为这些行星有可能孕育生命。我们的科学目标是发现并表征所有邻近系外行星；这要求我们在可见光和红外波段测量每颗行星的质量、轨道和光谱特征。实现这一目标的技术如今已经具备。在未来十年内，我们或许能够回答关于其他行星系统演化和本质的长期问题，并寻找线索以确定我们银河系邻域中是否存在其他生命。
引用
@article{arxiv.0911.2936,
title = {Exoplanet Characterization and the Search for Life},
author = {J. Kasting and W. Traub and A. Roberge and A. Leger and A. Schwartz and A. Wooten and A. Vosteen and A. Lo and A. Brack and A. Tanner and A. Coustenis and B. Lane and B. Oppenheimer and B. Mennesson and B. Lopez and C. Grillmair and C. Beichman and C. Cockell and C. Hanot and C. McCarthy and C. Stark and C. Marois and C. Aime and D. Angerhausen and D. Montes and D. Wilner and D. Defrere and D. Mourard and D. Lin and E. Kite and E. Chassefiere and F. Malbet and F. Tian and F. Westall and G. Illingworth and G. Vasisht and G. Serabyn and G. Marcy and G. Bryden and G. White and G. Laughlin and G. Torres and H. Hammel and H. Ferguson and H. Shibai and H. Rottgering and J. Surdej and J. Wiseman and J. Ge and J. Bally and J. Krist and J. Monnier and J. Trauger and J. Horner and J. Catanzarite and J. Harrington and J. Nishikawa and K. Stapelfeldt and K. von Braun and K. Biazzo and K. Carpenter and K. Balasubramanian and L. Kaltenegger and M. Postman and M. Spaans and M. Turnbull and M. Levine and M. Burchell and M. Ealey and M. Kuchner and M. Marley and M. Dominik and M. Mountain and M. Kenworthy and M. Muterspaugh and M. Shao and M. Zhao and M. Tamura and N. Kasdin and N. Haghighipour and N. Kiang and N. Elias and N. Woolf and N. Mason and O. Absil and O. Guyon and O. Lay and P. Borde and P. Fouque and P. Kalas and P. Lowrance and P. Plavchan and P. Hinz and P. Kervella and P. Chen and R. Akeson and R. Soummer and R. Waters and R. Barry and R. Kendrick and R. Brown and R. Vanderbei and R. Woodruff and R. Danner and R. Allen and R. Polidan and S. Seager and S. MacPhee and S. Hosseini and S. Metchev and S. Kafka and S. Ridgway and S. Rinehart and S. Unwin and S. Shaklan and T. ten Brummelaar and T. Mazeh and V. Meadows and W. Weiss and W. Danchi and W. Ip and Y. Rabbia},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.2936},
year = {2009}
}
备注
7 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Astro2010 Decadal Review