Detalles de publicación
PP 010042
Exoplanet Status Report: Observation, Characterization and Evolution of Exoplanets and Their Host Stars
1 Space Research Institute (IWF), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria
2 Institute for Geophysics and Meteorology (IGAM), University of Graz, Austria
3 Observatoire ParisSite de Meudon LUTH, Paris, France
4 European Science Foundation, Standing Committee for Physical and Engineering Sciences, Strasbourg, France
5 Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble CNRSUJF, Grenoble, France
6 Université de Bordeaux, France
7 Institut for Astronomy (INASAN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
8 Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, INAF, Italy
9 Institute for Astronomy, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
10 Observatoiré de Paris—LESIA, Paris, France
12 ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands
13 ETH Zürich Astrophysics Institute of Astronomy, Zürich, Switzerland
14 Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Tenerife, Spain
15 The Swedish Institute of Space Physics, Kiruna, Sweden
16 Finish Meteorological Institute (FMI), Helsinki, Finland
17 Institute of Radio Astronomy in Kharkov of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Ukraine
18 Space Research Institute (IKI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
19 Solar Geophysical Institute (PGI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Murmansk, Russia
20 Institute for Applied Physics (IAP), Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
21 Onsala Space Observatory Chalmers University of Technology, Onsala, Sweden
22 Universitát Göttingen, Institut für Astrophysik, Göttingen, Germany
23 Institut d’Estudis Espacials de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
24 Astrium Ltd, Stevenage, United Kingdom
25 The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel
26 INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Torino, Torino, Italy
27 Institut für Theoretische Physik und Astrophysik, Universitát zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
After the discovery of more than 400 planets beyond our Solar System, the characterization of
exoplanets as well as their host stars can be considered as one of the fastest growing fields in space science during
the past decade. The characterization of exoplanets can only be carried out in a well coordinated interdiscipli
nary way which connects planetary science, solar/stellar physics and astrophysics. We present a status report on
the characterization of exoplanets and their host stars by reviewing the relevant space and groundbased
projects. One finds that the previous strategy changed from space mission concepts which were designed to
search, find and characterize Earthlike rocky exoplanets to: A statistical study of planetary objects in order to
get information about their abundance, an identification of potential target and finally its analysis. Spectral
analysis of exoplanets is mandatory, particularly to identify biosignatures on Earthlike planets. Direct charac
terization of exoplanets should be done by spectroscopy, both in the visible and in the infrared spectral range.
The way leading to the direct detection and characterization of exoplanets is then paved by several questions,
either concerning the prerequired science or the associated observational strategy.
exoplanets as well as their host stars can be considered as one of the fastest growing fields in space science during
the past decade. The characterization of exoplanets can only be carried out in a well coordinated interdiscipli
nary way which connects planetary science, solar/stellar physics and astrophysics. We present a status report on
the characterization of exoplanets and their host stars by reviewing the relevant space and groundbased
projects. One finds that the previous strategy changed from space mission concepts which were designed to
search, find and characterize Earthlike rocky exoplanets to: A statistical study of planetary objects in order to
get information about their abundance, an identification of potential target and finally its analysis. Spectral
analysis of exoplanets is mandatory, particularly to identify biosignatures on Earthlike planets. Direct charac
terization of exoplanets should be done by spectroscopy, both in the visible and in the infrared spectral range.
The way leading to the direct detection and characterization of exoplanets is then paved by several questions,
either concerning the prerequired science or the associated observational strategy.