Astro2020 Decadal Survey

• Total article:: #70

  #1:: X-rays Studies of the Solar System

  1903.02574:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White paper submitted to Astro2020, the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey

  #2:: Tracing the Origins and Evolution of Small Planets using Their Orbital Obliquities

  1903.04482:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Submitted to the Astro2020 call for science white papers. 7 pages, 2 figures

  #3:: Planet formation: The case for large efforts on the computational side

  1903.04546:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White paper submitted to the Astro2020 decadal survey

  #4:: Identification and characterization of the host stars in planetary microlensing with ELTs

  1903.04559:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 White Paper

  #5:: Near-Earth Supernova Explosions: Evidence, Implications, and Opportunities

  1903.04589:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::11 pages, 2 figures. Astro2020 Science White Paper submitted to the 2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics

  #6:: Astro2020 Science White Paper: High-Resolution Spectroscopic Surveys of Ultracool Dwarf Stars \& Brown Dwarfs

  1903.04664:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::9 pages, submitted to Astro2020 Science White Paper Call

  #7:: Astro2020 Science White Paper: Fundamental Physics with Brown Dwarfs: The Mass-Radius Relation

  1903.04667:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::7 pages, submitted to Astro2020 Science White Paper call

  #8:: Discovery of Cold Brown Dwarfs or Free-Floating Giant Planets Close to the Sun

  1903.04686:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White Paper submitted for Astro2020 Science

  #9:: Protoplanetary Disk Science Enabled by Extremely Large Telescopes

  1903.05077:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #10:: Imaging Giant Protoplanets with the ELTs

  1903.05319:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #11:: The Critical, Strategic Importance of Adaptive Optics-Assisted Ground-Based Telescopes for the Success of Future NASA Exoplanet Direct Imaging Missions

  1903.05468:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::5 pages, 3 figures; Astro2020 Decadal Survey submission; argues for strategic NASA support of ground-based exoplanet direct imaging science programs and tech development. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with \href{/abs/1803.05453}{arXiv:1803.05453}

  #12:: Polarization in Disks

  1903.05478:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #13:: The radio search for technosignatures in the decade 2020-2030

  1903.05544:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::8 pages, 2 figures, science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 decadal survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics

  #14:: Direct Acceleration: Cosmic and Exoplanet Synergies

  1903.05656:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science White Paper for the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #15:: Astro2020 Science White Paper: Toward Finding Earth 2.0: Masses and Orbits of Small Planets with Extreme Radial Velocity Precision

  1903.05665:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science White Paper Submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey (35 co-signers in addition to co-authors)

  #16:: EUV influences on exoplanet atmospheric stability and evolution

  1903.05718:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. 7 pages, 2 figures

  #17:: Opportunities for Astrophysical Science from the Inner and Outer Solar System

  1903.05729:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted for the Astro2020 decadal review, 5 pages + references

  #18:: Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry as a Tool for Understanding the Diversity of Exoplanetary Atmospheres

  1903.05834:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White paper submitted for Astro2020 Decadal Survey. 7 pages, 4 figures

  #19:: Constraining Stellar Photospheres as an Essential Step for Transmission Spectroscopy of Small Exoplanets

  1903.06152:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted in response to the the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's call for community input to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey; 9 pages, 3 figures

  #20:: The Early Evolution of Stars and Exoplanet Systems: Exploring and Exploiting Nearby, Young Stars (an Astro2020 Science White Paper)

  1903.06242:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::9 pages, 1 figure; Astro2020 Science White Paper

  #21:: The Demographics and Atmospheres of Giant Planets with the ELTs

  1903.06299:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White paper for the Astro2020 decadal survey

  #22:: Solar system Deep Time-Surveys of atmospheres, surfaces, and rings

  1903.06321:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::10 pages, 4 figures: submitted for Astro2020 White Paper

  #23:: Searching for Technosignatures: Implications of Detection and Non-Detection

  1903.06550:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with \href{/abs/1801.00052}{arXiv:1801.00052}

  #24:: The trail of water and the delivery of volatiles to habitable planets

  1903.06587:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #25:: Reconstructing Extreme Space Weather from Planet Hosting Stars

  1903.06853:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White Paper submitted to the Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey (Astro2020), 8 pages, 1 figure

  #26:: Characterizing Transiting Exoplanets with JWST Guaranteed Time and ERS Observations

  1903.07152:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Submitted Astro2020 Decadal Survey Science White Paper

  #27:: New Frontiers for Terrestrial-sized to Neptune-sized Exoplanets In the Era of Extremely Large Telescopes

  1903.07556:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 Science White Paper

  #28:: Exploring the composition of icy bodies at the fringes of the Solar System with next generation space telescopes

  1903.07691:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White paper for the Astro2020 decadal survey

  #29:: Engaging Citizen Scientists to Keep Transit Times Fresh and Ensure the Efficient Use of Transiting Exoplanet Characterization Missions

  1903.07716:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White Paper submitted to Astro2020 Science Call, 5 pages, 3 figures, community comments and involvement are welcome!

  #30:: Measurement of the Free-Floating Planet Mass Function with Simultaneous Euclid and WFIRST Microlensing Parallax Observations

  1903.08180:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 White Paper

  #31:: Masses and Distances of Planetary Microlens Systems with High Angular Resolution Imaging

  1903.08185:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::8 pages, 2 figures, Astro2020 decadal submission

  #32:: Wide-Orbit Exoplanet Demographics

  1903.08187:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 Science White paper

  #33:: Astro2020 Science White Paper: Stellar Physics and Galactic Archeology using Asteroseismology in the 2020's

  1903.08188:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::11 pages, 4 figures. White paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #34:: The Scientific Context of WFIRST Microlensing in the 2020s

  1903.08219:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey, 8 pages, 2 figures

  #35:: The Promise of Data Science for the Technosignatures Field

  1903.08381:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted in response to the the U.S. National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine's call for community input to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey; 7 pages, 1 figure

  #36:: Astro2020 Science White Paper: Triggered High-Priority Observations of Dynamic Solar System Phenomena

  1903.08753:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 white paper

  #37:: The Disk Gas Mass and the Far-IR Revolution

  1903.08777:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #38:: "Auxiliary" Science with the WFIRST Microlensing Survey

  1903.08986:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::9 pages, 3 figures, submitted to the Astro2020 Science White Paper call. This white paper draws heavily from Chapter 2.5 of Spergel et al. 2015 (\href{/abs/1503.03757}{arXiv:1503.03757}), which was written by the lead author of this white paper

  #39:: Mapping out the time-evolution of exoplanet processes

  1903.09110:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 white paper

  #40:: Understanding Exoplanet Atmospheres with UV Observations I: NUV and Blue/Optical

  1903.09150:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 white paper

  #41:: Characterizing the Atmospheres of Irradiated Exoplanets at High Spectral Resolution

  1903.09173:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey; 7 pages, 3 figures

  #42:: Detecting Earth-like Biosignatures on Rocky Exoplanets around Nearby Stars with Ground-based Extremely Large Telescopes

  1903.09523:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::9 pages, 3 figures. Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #43:: Ground-Based Radial Velocity as Critical Support for Future NASA Earth-Finding Missions

  1903.10017:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (8 pages, 4 figures)

  #44:: Probing Unseen Planet Populations with Resolved Debris Disk Structures

  1903.10616:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 white paper

  #45:: Understanding Exoplanet Atmospheres with UV Observations II: The Far UV and Atmospheric Escape

  1903.10669:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics (12 pages, 2 figures)

  #46:: High-Energy Photon and Particle Effects onExoplanet Atmospheres and Habitability

  1903.12338:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 Decadal Survey Science White Paper

  #47:: Comparing key compositional indicators in Jupiter with those in extra-solar giant planets

  1904.00054:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as a white paper; thematic areas "Planetary Systems" and "Star and Planet Formation"

  #48:: Stellar Characterization Necessary to Define Holistic Planetary Habitability

  1904.01089:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 Science White Paper, 5pg, 1 fig

  #49:: An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Elements in Astrobiology: From Stars to Planets to Life

  1904.01092:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 Science White Paper, 5pg, 2 fig, 1 table

  #50:: Exocometary Science

  1904.02715:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White Paper submitted to the US National Academy of Sciences Astro2020 Decadal Survey (8 pages, 3 figures)

  #51:: Astro 2020 Science White Paper: Evolved Planetary Systems around White Dwarfs

  1904.04839:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::5 pages, 3 figures Science White Paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #52:: Debris Disk Composition: A Diagnostic Tool for Planet Formation and Migration

  1904.08797:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Science white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #53:: Astro 2020: Astromineralogy of interstellar dust with X-ray spectroscopy

  1904.12790:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 decadal survey science white paper submitted to the National Academy of Sciences

  #54:: Astro2020 Science White Paper: Probing the Structure of Interstellar Dust from Micron to Kpc Scales with X-ray Imaging

  1905.00376:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 decadal survey science white paper submitted to the National Academy of Sciences

  #55:: Directly Imaging Rocky Planets from the Ground

  1905.04275:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::8 pages, 1 figure, Astro2020 Science White Paper

  #56:: The Need for Laboratory Measurements and Ab Initio Studies to Aid Understanding of Exoplanetary Atmospheres

  1905.07064:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Submitted as an Astro2020 Science White Paper

  #57:: WAET: low-cost ground based telescopes for accelerated exoplanet direct imaging

  1907.04897:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Project white paper submitted to the Astro2020 Decadal Survey

  #58:: (Un)conscious Bias in the Astronomical Profession: Universal Recommendations to improve Fairness, Inclusiveness, and Representation

  1907.05261:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::13 pages, 3 figures, White Paper for Astro2020

  #59:: Astro2020 APC White Paper: Durable Agency Support for Exoplanet Catalogs and Archives

  1907.06977:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::8 pages, 1 figure, Astro2020 APC White Paper

  #60:: Technosignatures in the Thermal Infrared

  1907.07829:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Submitted as an Astro2020 white paper

  #61:: Searches for Technosignatures in Astronomy and Astrophysics

  1907.07831:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::White paper submitted to the Astro2020 Dedacal survey process

  #62:: Searches for Technosignatures: The State of the Profession

  1907.07832:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Submitted as an APC white paper to the Astro2020 Decadal process

  #63:: High-Contrast Testbeds for Future Space-Based Direct Imaging Exoplanet Missions

  1907.09508:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 Decadal Survey call for Activities, Projects, or State of the Profession Consideration - APC White Paper. To be published in the Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society (BAAS). 16 pages, 5 figures

  #64:: The Future of Exoplanet Direct Detection

  1907.09561:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 Science White Paper

  #65:: Imaging the Key Stages of Planet Formation

  1907.09564:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::ASTRO2020 Science White Paper

  #66:: Setting the Stage for the Planet Formation Imager

  1907.10663:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 APC White Paper. arXiv admin note: text overlap with \href{/abs/1807.11555}{arXiv:1807.11555}

  #67:: Community Involvement in the WFIRST Exoplanet Microlensing Survey

  1908.00548:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020 APC White Paper

  #68:: The Mid-InfraRed Exo-planet CLimate Explorer MIRECLE: Exploring the Nearest M-Earths Through Ultra-Stable Mid-IR Transit and Phase-Curve Spectroscopy

  1908.02356:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics APC White Paper

  #69:: A Great Successor to the Hubble Space Telescope

  1908.03277:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::11 pages, 9 figures, Astro2020 APC White Paper. Corrected with the proper attribution of Figure 3 to Todd Tripp

  #70:: Linking the Solar System and Extrasolar Planetary Systems with Radar Astronomy: Infrastructure for "Ground Truth" Comparison

  1908.05171:: arXiv page :: PDF
  Comments::9 pages, 3 figures; Astro2020 Activities, Projects, or State of the Profession Consideration white paper