20:23 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13037

20:23 <galois> [arXiv] “Large Interferometer For Exoplanets (LIFE): XIII. The Value of Combining Thermal Emission and Reflected Light for the Characterization of Earth Twins” E. Alei, S. P. Quanz, B. S. Konrad et al. — «Following the recommendations to NASA and ESA, the search for life on exoplanets will be a priority in the next decades. Two direct imaging space mission concepts are being developed: the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) and…»

20:24 <raptop> Also, it's pretty clear that the the first serious "it's aliens" detection will involve pages and pages of "maybe, here's why p < 0.05"

20:49 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14531

20:49 <galois> [arXiv] “Roman FFP Revolution: Two, Three, Many Plutos” Andrew Gould, Jennifer C. Yee, Subo Dong — «Roman microlensing stands at a crossroads between its originally charted path of cataloging a population of cool planets that has subsequently become well-measured down to super-Earths, and the path of free-floating planets (FFPs), which did not exist when Roman was chosen in 2010, but by now promises revolutionary insights into…»

20:49 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13587

20:49 <galois> [arXiv] “The Precursor Small Aperture Telescope (PreSAT) CMB polarimeter” Matthew A. Petroff, Zeeshan Ahmed, James J. Bock et al. — «The search for the polarized imprint of primordial gravitational waves in the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as direct evidence of cosmic inflation requires exquisite sensitivity and control over systematics. The next-generation CMB-S4 project intends to improve upon current-generation…»

20:49 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13673

20:49 <galois> [arXiv] “The EUSO-SPB2 Fluorescence Telescope for the Detection of Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays” James H. Adams Jr., Denis Allard, Phillip Alldredge et al. — «The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) flew on May 13$^{\text{th}}$ and 14$^{\text{th}}$ of 2023. Consisting of two novel optical telescopes, the payload utilized next-generation instrumentation for the observations of extensive…»

20:49 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13854

20:49 <galois> [arXiv] “Overview of the Optical Design of the CMB-S4 Large Aperture Telescopes and Camera Optics” Patricio A. Gallardo, Kathleen Harrington, Roberto Puddu et al. — «CMB-S4, the next-generation CMB observatory, will deploy hundreds of thousands of detectors to enable mapping the millimeter-wavelength sky with unprecedented speed. The large aperture telescopes for CMB-S4 consist of six-meter diameter crossed Dragone designs and…»

20:52 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14298

20:52 <galois> [arXiv] “High-resolution observations of two pores with the integral field unit (IFU) of the GREGOR Infrared Spectrograph (GRIS)” Meetu Verma — «The goal is to compare the intricate details of the magnetic and flow fields around two solar pores, where one is part of an active region and the other is an isolated pore, with a secondary goal of demonstrating the scientific capabilities of the GRIS IFU. Two pores were observed with…»

20:53 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14363

20:53 <galois> [arXiv] “Analysis of Differences between ICME catalogues and Construction of a Unified Catalogue” Anton Shiryaev, Ksenia Kaportseva — «Multiple magnetic and kinetic solar wind plasma parameters are used to detect coronal mass ejections (CMEs) as they travel through the heliosphere. There are various interplanetary CME (ICME) catalogues, but due to differences between their ICME identification criteria they can significantly…»

20:53 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13638

20:53 <galois> [arXiv] “XENONnT WIMP Search: Signal & Background Modeling and Statistical Inference” XENON Collaboration, E. Aprile, J. Aalbers et al. — «The XENONnT experiment searches for weakly-interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter scattering off a xenon nucleus. In particular, XENONnT uses a dual-phase time projection chamber with a 5.9-tonne liquid xenon target, detecting both scintillation and ionization signals to…»

20:53 <raptop> (also, XENONnT? wat?)

20:53 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.14173

20:53 <galois> [arXiv] “Time-Delay Interferometry for ASTROD-GW” Gang Wang — «In the detection of gravitational waves in space, the arm lengths between spacecraft are not equal due to their orbital motion. Consequently, the equal arm length Michelson interferometer used in Earth laboratories is not suitable for space. To achieve the necessary sensitivity for space gravitational wave detectors, laser frequency noise must be suppressed below…»

21:17 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13913 https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13914 https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.13915

21:17 <galois> [arXiv] “The Blue Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (BlueMUSE) on the VLT: characterization of two VPHG prototypes based on dichromated gelatin and photopolymer recording materials” Alexandre Jeanneau, Andrea Bianco, Andrew Clawson et al. — «Volume-phase holographic gratings (VPHGs) are widely used in astronomical spectrographs due to their adaptability and high diffraction efficiency. Most VPHGs in operation use dichromated…»