Sara Seager
Carnegie Institution for Science
Current Projects
- Hydrodynamic Escape From Planetary Atmospheres — 2009 NAI
- Project 1. From Molecular Clouds to Habitable Planetary Systems — 2007 NAI
- Project 1. From Molecular Clouds to Habitable Planetary Systems — 2006 NAI
- Project 1. From Molecular Clouds to Habitable Planetary Systems — 2005 NAI
- From Molecular Clouds to Habitable Planetary Systems — 2004 NAI
- Studies in Planetary Formation and Evolution — 2003 NAI
- Studies in Planetary Formation and Evolution — 2002 NAI
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NAI Project Collaborators
- Project collaborators as reported by the latest NAI Annual Report.
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Publications
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Borucki, W. J., Koch, D. G., Basri, G., Batalha, N., Boss, A., Brown, T. M., … Wu, H. (2011). CHARACTERISTICS OF KEPLER PLANETARY CANDIDATES BASED ON THE FIRST DATA SET. The Astrophysical Journal, 728(2), 117. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/728/2/117
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Borucki, W. J., Koch, D. G., Basri, G., Batalha, N., Brown, T. M., Bryson, S. T., … Still, M. (2011). CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANETARY CANDIDATES OBSERVED BY KEPLER . II. ANALYSIS OF THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF DATA. The Astrophysical Journal, 736(1), 19. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/736/1/19
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Borucki, W. J., Koch, D., Basri, G., Batalha, N., Brown, T., Caldwell, D., … Prsa, A. (2010). Kepler Planet-Detection Mission: Introduction and First Results. Science, 327(5968), 977–980. doi:10.1126/science.1185402
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Cowan, N. B., Agol, E., Meadows, V. S., Robinson, T., Livengood, T. A., Deming, D., … Charbonneau, D. (2009). ALIEN MAPS OF AN OCEAN-BEARING WORLD. The Astrophysical Journal, 700(2), 915–923. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/700/2/915
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Cowan, N. B., Robinson, T., Livengood, T. A., Deming, D., Agol, E., A’Hearn, M. F., … Wellnitz, D. D. (2011). ROTATIONAL VARIABILITY OF EARTH’S POLAR REGIONS: IMPLICATIONS FOR DETECTING SNOWBALL PLANETS. The Astrophysical Journal, 731(1), 76. doi:10.1088/0004-637x/731/1/76
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Howard, A. W., Marcy, G. W., Bryson, S. T., Jenkins, J. M., Rowe, J. F., Batalha, N. M., … MacQueen, P. J. (2012). PLANET OCCURRENCE WITHIN 0.25 AU OF SOLAR-TYPE STARS FROM KEPLER. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 201(2), 15. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/201/2/15
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Robinson, T. D., Meadows, V. S., Crisp, D., Deming, D., A’Hearn, M. F., Charbonneau, D., … Wellnitz, D. D. (2011). Earth as an Extrasolar Planet: Earth Model Validation Using EPOXI Earth Observations. Astrobiology, 11(5), 393–408. doi:10.1089/ast.2011.0642
See Project See Project - Hewagama, T., A’Hearn, M.F., Deming, D., Charbonneau, D., Lisse, C.M., Livengood, T.A., McFadden, L.A., Meadows, V.S., Seager, S., Wellnitz, D.D. & Team, E-E. (2009). The Astronomical Color of Earth from EPOXI Observations. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 40: 404. See Project
- Howard, A.W., Marcy, G.W., Bryson, S.T., Jenkins, J.M., Rowe, J.F., Batalha, N.M., Borucki, W.J., Koch, D.G., Dunham, E.W., Gautier, T.N., III, Van Cleve, J., Cochran, W.D., Latham, D.W., Lissauer, J.J., Torres, G., Brown, T.M., Gilliland, R.L., Buchhave, L.A., Caldwell, D.A., Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Ciardi, D., Fressin, F., Haas, M.R., Howell, S.B., Kjeldsen, H., Seager, S., Rogers, L., Sasselov, D.D., Steffen, J.H., Basri, G.S., Charbonneau, D., Christiansen, J., Clarke, B., Dupree, A., Fabrycky, D.C., Fischer, D.A., Ford, E.B., Fortney, J.J., Tarter, J., Girouard, F.R., Holman, M.J., Johnson, J.A., Klaus, T.C., MacHalek, P., Moorhead, A.V., Morehead, R.C., Ragozzine, D., Tenenbaum, P., Twicken, J.D., Quinn, S.N., Isaacson, H., Shporer, A., Lucas, P.W., Walkowicz, L.M., Welsh, W.F., Boss, A., Devore, E., Gould, A., Smith, J.C., Morris, R.L., Prsa, A. & Morton, T.D. (2011). Planet Occurrence within 0.25 AU of Solar-type Stars from Kepler. ArXiv e-prints, V. 1103. Vol. 1103. See Project
- Livengood, T.A., A’Hearn, M.F., Deming, D., Charbonneau, D., Hewagama, T., Lisse, C.M., McFadden, L.A., Meadows, V.S., Seager, S., Wellnitz, D.D. & Team, E-E. (2008). EPOXI Empirical Test of Optical Characterization of an Earth-like Planet. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 40: 385. See Project
- Meadows, V.S. & Seager, S. (2010). Terrestrial Planet Atmospheres and Biosignatures. In: Seager, S. (Eds.). Exoplanets. University of Arizona Press. See Project
- Robinson, T., Meadows, V.S., Deming, D., A’Hearn, M.F., Charbonneau, D., Hewagama, T., Lisse, C., Livengood, T., McFadden, L., Seager, S., Wellnitz, D.D. & Team, E.E. (2008). Simulating the Earth as an Extrasolar Planet. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, 40: 386. See Project
- Robinson, T.D., Meadows, V.S., Deming, D., A’Hearn, M.F., Charbonneau, D., Hewagama, T., Lisse, C., Livengood, T., McFadden, L., Seager, S., Wellnitz, D.D. & Team, E.E. (2010). Earth as an Extrasolar Planet: The VPL Earth Model Validated Against EPOXI Observations. American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #41. See Project
- Schwieterman, E., Robinson, T.D., Meadows, V.S., Deming, D., A’Hearn, M., Charbonneau, D., Hewagama, T., Lisse, C., Livengood, T.A., McFadden, L., Seager, S. & Wellnitz, D. (2012). Characterizing Terrestrial Exoplanets: Evaluating Temperature and Albedo Retrieval Methods with Near-IR EPOXI Earth and Mars Spectra. Astrobiology Science Conference. See Project
- Seager, S., Bains, W. & Schrenk, M. (submitted). An Astrophysical view of Earth metabolism. Astrobiology. See Project
- Seager, S., Bains, W. & Schrenk, M. An Astrophysical view of Earth metabolism. Astrobiology, 12: 61-82. See Project
- Shields, A., Meadows, V.S., Robinson, T.D., Crisp, D., Deming, D., A’Hearn, M.F., Charbonneau, D., Livengood, T.A., Seager, S., Barry, R.K., Hearty, T., Hewagama, T., Lisse, C.M., McFadden, L., Wellnitz, D.D. & Team, E.E. (2011). Earth as an Extrasolar Planet: Comparing Polar and Equatorial Views of Modern Day and Snowball Earth. Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. See Project
- Shields, A.L., Meadows, V.S., Robinson, T.D., Deming, L.D., A’Hearn, M.F., Charbonneau, D., Hewagama, T., Lisse, C., Livengood, T., McFadden, L., Seager, S., Welnitz, D.D. & Team, E.E. (2010). Earth as an Extrasolar Planet: Comparing Polar and Equatorial Views. Astrobiology Science Conference 2010. League City, TX. See Project
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