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.,
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.
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.
Kaltenegger, L.; Eiroa, C.; Stankov, A.;
Fridlund, M., Target star catalogue for
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
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
Required stellar rejection for the
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
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;
Kaltenegger, L., Selsis, F.: ESA White paper: Atmospheric modeling: Setting Biomarkers
in contex, 2008arXiv0809.4042