Reports Theses Books Publications

Reports on Extrasolar Planets and Exobiology

• FIRI - a Far-Infrared Interferometer
  Proposal submitted to the European Space Agency as part of "Cosmic Vision 2015-2025
  Full Text
• The Limits of Organic Life in Planetary Systems
  Report by the "Committee on the Origins and Evolution of Life", US National Research Council
  Full Text
• Dynamics of Exozodiacal Clouds
  ExoPlanet Task Force White Paper
  report
• The Dynamics-Based Approach to Studying Terrestrial Exoplanets
  White Paper submitted to the Exoplanet Task Force (AAAC)
  paper
• Role of Dynamical Research in the Detection and Characterization of Exoplanets
  White Paper Submitted to the ExoPlanet Task Force
  paper
• Ground-Based Direct Detection of Exoplanets with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI)
  White paper submitted to the NASA/NSF ExoPlanet Task Force
  paper
• SIM PlanetQuest: The Most Promising Near-Term Technique to Detect, Find Masses, and Determine Three-Dimensional Orbits of Nearby Habitable Planets
  White paper submitted to the NASA/NSF Exoplanet Task Force
  paper
• Terrestrial and Habitable Planet Formation in Binary and Multi-star Systems
  White Paper Submitted to the NASA/NSF ExoPlanet Task Force
  paper
• Ground-based Microlensing Surveys
  White paper submitted to the NASA/NSF Exoplanet Task Force
  paper
• An Extrasolar Planet Census with a Space-based Microlensing Survey
  White Paper Submitted to the NASA/NSF ExoPlanet Task Force
  paper
• Detecting and Characterizing Planetary Systems with Transit Timing
  White paper submitted to the NASA/NSF Exoplanet Task Force
  paper
• Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer (TPF-I)
  Whitepaper for the NASA/NSF Exoplanet Task Force
  paper
• Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer Science Working Group Report
  JPL Publication 07-1
  Report

• Earth-Like Exoplanets: The Science of NASA's Navigator Program
  JPL Publication 06-5
  Report

• The Science Case for the European Extremely Large Telescope: The next step in mankind's quest for the Universe
  Hook, I. M. (Ed.)
  Full text

• Exploration of Neighboring Planetary Systems (ExNPS)
  NASA (August 1996)
  Full Text

• The Space Science Enterprise Strategic Plan: Origins, Evolution, and Destiny of the Cosmos and Life
  NASA (November 1997)
  
• Search for Origins Roadmap
  NASA (April 1997)
  Full Text

• A Spectrograph for the ESO 3.6m for Very High RV Precision
  ESO internal report (Martin Kürster) (Summer 1998)
  

• Origins Science Roadmap
  (NASA)
  November 2002
  Full Text