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Acronyms
1D | one-dimensional |
2D | two-dimensional |
3D | three-dimensional |
AAS | American Astronomical Society |
AGU | American Geophysical Union |
ALMA | Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array |
AO | adaptive optics |
APLC | apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph |
ARIEL | Atmospheric Remote-Sensing Infrared Exoplanet Large-Survey |
AU | astronomical unit |
CARMENES | Calar Alto High-Resolution Search for M Dwarfs with Exoearths with Near-Infrared and Optical Échelle Spectrographs |
CASE | Contribution to ARIEL Spectroscopy of Exoplanets |
CCD | charge coupled device |
CFAO | Center for Adaptive Optics |
CHEOPS | Characterising Exoplanet Satellite |
CoRoT | Convection, Rotation, and Planetary Transits |
COS | Cosmic Origins Spectrograph |
CUTE | Colorado Ultraviolet Transit Experiment |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DST | Decadal Survey Testbed |
ELT | Extremely Large Telescope |
EMCCD | electron multiplying charge coupled device |
EOS | equations of state |
EPRV | extremely precise radial velocity |
ERS | Early Release Science |
ERS | European remote sensing satellite |
ESA | European Space Agency |
ESPRESSO | Échelle Spectrograph for Rocky Exoplanet- and Stable Spectroscopic Observations |
EUV | extreme ultraviolet |
ExAO | extreme adaptive optics |
ExEP | Exoplanet Exploration Program |
Exo-C | Exoplanet Direct Imaging: Coronagraph |
Exo-S | Exoplanet Direct Imaging: Starshade |
ExoPAG | Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group |
FFP | free-floating planet |
FGS | fine guidance sensor |
FIES | Fiber-Fed Échelle Spectrograph |
FIR | far infrared |
FOV | field of view |
FUV | far ultraviolet |
GALEX | Galaxy Evolution Explorer |
G-CLEF | Giant Magellan Telescope-Consortium Large Earth Finder |
GCM | general circulation model |
GMT | Giant Magellan Telescope |
GMTNIRS | Giant Magellan Telescope Near-Infrared Spectrograph |
GPI | Gemini Planet Imager |
GSMT | giant segmented mirror telescope |
Gyr | billion years |
HabEx | Habitable Exoplanet Imaging Mission |
HARPS | High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher |
HARPS-N | High Accuracy Radial Velocity Planet Searcher-North |
HD | hydrogen deuteride |
HDS | high-dispersion spectroscopy |
HIRIS | High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer |
HITRAN | high-resolution transmission |
HOSTS | Hunt for Observable Signatures of Terrestrial Systems |
HROS | High-Resolution Optical Spectrometer |
HST | Hubble Space Telescope |
HZ | habitable zone |
IFS | Integral Field Spectrograph |
IFU | Integral Field Unit |
IR | infrared |
IR-APD | infrared avalanche photodiodes |
IRDIS | Infra-Red Dual-Beam Imager and Spectrograph |
IWA | inner working angle |
JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
JWST | James Webb Space Telescope |
KELT-FUN | Kilodegree Extremely Little Telescope Follow-Up Network |
KGMT-FUN | Korean Giant Magellan Telescope Follow-Up Network |
KMTNet | Korean Microlensing Telescope Network |
L2 | Lagrange 2 point |
LBT | Large Binocular Telescope |
LBTI | Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer |
LCOGT | Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope |
LRS | Low Resolution Spectrometer |
LSST | Large Synoptic Survey Telescope |
LTE | local thermodynamic equilibrium |
LUVOIR | Large UV/Optical/IR Surveyor |
ME | mass—Earth |
MJ | mass—Jupiter |
MP | mass—planet |
METIS | Mid-Infrared E-ELT Imager and Spectrograph |
MHD | magnetohydrodynamics |
MIR | mid-infrared |
MIRI | Mid-Infrared Instrument |
MKID | microwave kinetic inductance detector |
MOA | Microlensing Observations in Astrophysics |
MRI | magnetorotational instability |
MRS | Medium Resolution Spectroscopy |
MS | main sequence |
Myr | million years |
NAI | NASA Astrobiology Institute |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NExSS | Nexus for Exoplanet Systems Science |
ngVLA | Next Generation Very Large Array |
NICMOS | Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer |
NIR | near infrared |
NIRES | Near-Infrared Échelle Spectrometer |
NN-EXPLORE | NASA-NSF Exoplanet Observational Research |
NOAO | National Optical Astronomy Observatory |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
NUV | near ultraviolet |
OGLE | Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment |
OST | Origins Space Telescope |
OWA | Outer Working Angle |
PI | principal investigator |
PLATO | Planetary Transits and Oscillations of Stars |
PM | phase modulation |
PRIME | Prime focus Infrared Microlensing Experiment |
PSF | point spread function |
QE | quantum efficiency |
R* | radius—star |
Re | radius—Earth |
Rp | radius—planet |
R&D | research and development |
RMS | root-mean-square |
RT | radiative transfer |
RV | radial velocity |
SAG | Study Analysis Group |
SCDA | Segmented Coronagraph Design and Analysis |
SDT | science definition team |
SED | spectral energy distribution |
SHW2018 | Sexual Harassment of Women (National Academies 2018 report) |
SIM | Space Interferometry Mission |
SNR | signal-to-noise ratio |
SPARCS | Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat |
SPECULOOS | Search for Habitable Planets Eclipsing Ultra-Cool Stars |
SPHERE | Spectro-Polarimetric High-Contrast Exoplanet Research |
SSB | Space Studies Board |
STDT | Science and Technology Definition Team |
STEM | science, technology, engineering, and mathematics |
STIS | Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph |
STScI | Space Telescope Science Institute |
TDEM | Technology Demonstration for Exoplanet Missions |
TESS | Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite |
TMT | Thirty Meter Telescope |
TPF-C | Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph |
TPF-I | Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer |
TRAPPIST | Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope |
TRL | technology readiness level |
TTV | transit timing variation |
URM | underrepresented minority group |
vc | vortex coronagraph |
Vis | visible |
VLT | Very Large Telescope |
VLTI | Very Large Telescope Interferometer |
WISE | Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer |
WFIRST | Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope |
WFIRST-CGI | Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope-Coronagraph Instrument |
WIETR | WFIRST Independent External Technical/Management/Cost Review |
XRP | Exoplanets Research Programs |
XUV | extreme ultraviolet |