22:36 <raptop> Betterridge's law strikes again: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15153

22:36 <galois> [arXiv] “Can Isotopologues Be Used as Biosignature Gases in Exoplanet Atmospheres?” Ana Glidden, Sara Seager, Janusz J. Petkowski et al. — «Isotopologue ratios are anticipated to be one of the most promising signs of life that can be observed remotely. On Earth, carbon isotopes have been used for decades as evidence of modern and early metabolic processes. In fact, carbon isotopes may be the oldest evidence for life on Earth,…»

22:37 <raptop> erm https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15177

22:37 <galois> [arXiv] “Fermi Resonance and the Quantum Mechanical Basis of Global Warming” Robin Wordsworth, Jacob Seeley, Keith Shine — «Although the scientific principles of anthropogenic climate change are well-established, existing calculations of the warming effect of carbon dioxide rely on spectral absorption databases, which obscures the physical foundations of the climate problem. Here we show how CO2 radiative forcing can be expressed…»

22:45 <raptop> weird planets: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15709

22:45 <galois> [arXiv] “Discovery of two warm mini-Neptunes with contrasting densities orbiting the young K3V star TOI-815” Angelica Psaridi, Hugh Osborn, François Bouchy et al. — «We present the discovery and characterization of two warm mini-Neptunes transiting the K3V star TOI-815 in a K-M binary system. Analysis of the spectra and rotation period reveal it to be a young star with an age of $200^{+400}_{-200}$Myr. TOI-815b has a 11.2-day…»

22:48 <raptop> I'm pretty sure that Principia can't model this https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15797

22:48 <galois> [arXiv] “Long-Term Evolution of the Saturnian System” Matija Ćuk, Maryame El Moutamid, Giacomo Lari et al. — «Here we present the current state of knowledge on the long-term evolution of Saturn's moon system due to tides within Saturn. First we provide some background on tidal evolution, orbital resonances and satellite tides. Then we address in detail some of the present and past orbital resonances between Saturn's moons…»

22:54 <raptop> MIRI?

22:55 <raptop> !acr -add:MIRI Mid-InfraRed Instrument (a camera and spectrograph on JWST)

22:55 <galois> Definition added!

22:55 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16361

22:55 <galois> [arXiv] “MIRI MRS Observations of Beta Pictoris I. The Inner Dust, the Planet, and the Gas” Kadin Worthen, Christine H. Chen, David R. Law et al. — «We present JWST MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrograph (MRS) observations of the $\beta$ Pictoris system. We detect an infrared excess from the central unresolved point source from 5 to 7.5 $\mu$m which is indicative of dust within the inner $\sim$7 au of the system. We perform PSF…»

22:59 <raptop> Moreso in the abstract, but astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16325

22:59 <galois> [arXiv] “Making the unmodulated Pyramid wavefront sensor smart. Closed-loop demonstration of neural network wavefront reconstruction with MagAO-X” Rico Landman, Sebastiaan Haffert, Jared Males et al. — «Almost all current and future high-contrast imaging instruments will use a Pyramid wavefront sensor (PWFS) as a primary or secondary wavefront sensor. The main issue with the PWFS is its nonlinear response to large phase…»

23:03 <raptop> !choose link the possibly field-relevant paper from Avi Loeb|Don't

23:03 <galois> raptop: Your options: link the possibly field-relevant paper from Avi Loeb, Don't. My choice: link the possibly field-relevant paper from Avi Loeb

23:03 <raptop> bah

23:09 <SnoopJ> !or infohazard or cogitohazard

23:09 <galois> SnoopJ: cogitohazard

23:13 <raptop> authorialhazard

23:15 <SnoopJ> harvazard