PRESS RELEASE       INDEX       CV (pdf)         PUBLICATIONS (pdf)

CfA Press Release: Finding Twin Earths: Harder Than We Thought (March 09)

CfA Press Release: 3 Top Young CfA Astronomers Honored (Nov 07)

CfA Press Release 06-25: Astronomers reveal first Alien ID chart (Sept 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   Main-Author

Kaltenegger L., Selsis F., et al., Characterization of Terrestrial Exoplanets and Detection of Biomarkers, Astrobiology in press

Kaltenegger L., Eiroa C., Ribas I., et al. Stellar Aspects of Habitability: Characterizing Target Stars for Terrestrial Planet Finding Missions, Astrobiology in press

Kaltenegger, L & Traub, W., Transits of Earth-Like Planets, ApJ in press

Kaltenegger L., Selsis F., Characterizing Habitable Extrasolar Planets using Spectral Fingerprints, CRAS, in press

Kaltenegger, L., Eiroa, C., Fridlund, M., A Catalogue of Habitable Stars, The Darwin Target star catalogue, AA&S in press

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

Fridlund M., White G. J., Kaltenegger L. et al. A Roadmap for The Detection and Characterization of Terrestrial Exoplanets, et al. Astrobiology in press

Grenfell J.L., Rauer H., Selsis F., Kaltenegger L., et al., Co-Evolution of Atmospheres, Life, and Climate, Astrobiology in press

Dvorak R., Pilat-Lohninger E., Bois E., Freistetter F., Funk B., Eiroa C., Henning T., Herbst T., Kaltenegger L., et al.  Habitability and Orbital DynamicsAstrobiology in press

Brack A., Horneck G., Cockell C. S., Bérces A., Belisheva N. K., Eiroa C., Henning T., Herbst T., Kaltenegger L., et al. Origin and Evolution of Life on Habitable Planets,  Astrobiology in press

Alibert L Y., Brög C., Benz W., Wuchterl G., Grasset O., Morbidelli A., Sotin C., Eiroa C., Henning T. , Herbst T., Kaltenegger L., et al. Origin and Formation of Planetary Systems, Astrobiology in press

Lawson, P., Traub, W., et al. 2006, Navigator Science Plan "Earth-Like Exoplanets: The Science of NASA's Navigator Program", http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/NavigatorScience2006.pdf

Cockell, C., Kaltenegger, L., Raven J., Cryptic photosynthesis  – extrasolar planetary oxygen without a surface biological signature , Astrobiology,  in press

Lammer, H., Bredehöft, J. H., Coustenis, A., Khodachenko, M. L., Kaltenegger, L., et al., What makes a planet habitable?, The Astronomy and Astropyhsics Review, in press

Cockell, C., Herbst, T. Kaltenegger, L.,et al., Darwin – A Mission to Detect, and Search for Life on, Extrasolar Planets, Astrobiology, in press

Lawson, P., Traub, W.,et al. 2006, Navigator Science Plan "Earth-Like Exoplanets: The Science of NASA's Navigator Program", http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/documents/NavigatorScience2006.pdf

Selsis, F, Kaltenegger, L., Paillet, J, Terrestrial exoplanets: diversity, habitability and characterization, Physcia Scripta, 2007

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

 

Book chapters, White papers & Public articleS

Kaltenegger, L. & Selsis, F., Biomarkers set in context, in Extrasolar Planets, Wiley-VCH, eds Dvorak, Textbook Physics, 2007;

Kaltenegger, L., Earth’s evolution and how to detect it on an Earth-analog from space, Mercury Magazine, Feb 2007;

Fridlund, M & Kaltenegger, L., Design and Requirements for Earth-like planet detection, in Extrasolar Planets , Wiley-VCH, Textbook Physics, 2007;

Segura, A. & Kaltenegger, L., Review of Extrasolar Planets and Habitability, Springer, 2008;

Kaltenegger, L., Selsis, F.: ESA White paper: Atmospheric modeling: Setting Biomarkers in contex, 2008arXiv0809.4042