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Report by the ESA-ESO Working Group on Extra-Solar Planets
Authors:
M. Perryman, O. Hainaut, D. Dravins, A. Leger, A. Quirrenbach, H. Rauer, F. Kerber, R. Fosbury, F. Bouchy, F. Favata, M. Fridlund, R. Gilmozzi, A.-M. Lagrange, T. Mazeh, D. Rouan, S. Udry, J. Wambsganss

Various techniques are being used to search for extra-solar planetary signatures, including accurate measurement of radial velocity and positional (astrometric) displacements, gravitational microlensing, and photometric transits.
Planned space experiments promise a considerable increase in the detections and statistical knowledge arising especially from transit and astrometric measurements over the years 2005-15, with some hundreds of terrestrial-type planets expected from transit measurements, and many thousands of Jupiter-mass planets expected from astrometric measurements.
Beyond 2015, very ambitious space (Darwin/TPF) and ground (OWL) experiments are targeting direct detection of nearby Earth-mass planets in the habitable zone and the measurement of their spectral characteristics.
Beyond these, `Life Finder' (aiming to produce confirmatory evidence of the presence of life) and `Earth Imager' (some massive interferometric array providing resolved images of a distant Earth) appear as distant visions.

This report, to ESA and ESO, summarises the direction of exo-planet research that can be expected over the next 10 years or so, identifies the roles of the major facilities of the two organisations in the field, and concludes with some recommendations which may assist development of the field.

The report has been compiled by the Working Group members and experts over the period June-December 2004.

Read more (PDF)

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News Briefing: Scientists Make New Discovery About Planets Outside Our Solar System.
• Michael Turner, head of NSF's Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
• Geoffrey Marcy, University of California, Berkeley
• Paul Butler, Carnegie Institution of Washington
• Eugenio Rivera, Lick Observatory, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Jack Lissauer, NASA Ames Research Center


On Monday, June 13, 2005, 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. at the
National Science Foundation
4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 110
Arlington, VA 22230
(Ballston Metro stop)
- Enter at corner of 9th & Stuart
- Go directly to Room 110 on the left (no need to check in with security)

For directions: http://www.nsf.gov/about/visit/


The denser, red rings near the centre of this disk simulation may be protected areas where planets can start to form around a young star.

Webcast: http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/planetdiscovery.jsp

The live webcast will require the free RealPlayer which is available at real.com.

Audio Link:
Dr. Marcy talks about new theories of planet formation and evolution, and how solar systems evolve over time. He predicts that within our lifetime, we will know if there are other planets like Earth in the universe.




-- Edited by Blobrana at 22:25, 2005-06-29

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