Deciphering spectral fingerprints of habitable exoplanets

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 89-102

  Kaltenegger, Lisa ^a   Selsis, Frank ^b   Fridlund, Malcolm ^c   Lammer, Helmut ^d   Beichman, Charles ^e   Danchi, William ^f   Eiroa, Carlos ^g   Henning, Thomas ^h   Herbst, Tom ^h   Léger, Alain ⁱ   Liseau, René ^j   Lunine, Jonathan ^k   Paresce, Francesco ^l   Penny, Alan ^m   Quirrenbach, Andreas ⁿ   Röttgering, Huub ^o   Schneider, Jean ^p   Stam, Daphne ^q   Tinetti, Giovanna ^r   White, Glenn J ^m,s  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^d Austrian Academy of Sciences ^*  (Austria)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^j CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^l INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^m RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITÄT HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^o LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^p OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^q SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^r UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^s OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Biomarkers; Exoplanet search; Habitable planets; Planetary atmospheres

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY;

PLANETS;

EID: 77949905841     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0381     Document Type: Article

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