Natasha Latouf

This Barbie is officially Dr. Natasha Latouf, Ph.D. Astrobiologist 💕

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Today is a day of hope. Bashar Assad has left Syria. It’s hard to know what’s next, but for now, we can revel in newfound freedom 🇸🇾

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Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on exoEarths (BARBIE) \RNum{3}: Introducing the KEN We deploy a newly-generated set of geometric albedo spectral grids to examine the detectability of methane (CH4) in the reflected-light spectrum of an Earth-like exoplanet at visible and near-infrared...

Have you been wondering when you’ll get the finale of BARBIE? Lament no further! BARBIE3: Introducing the KEN is on arXiv now - check it out! We introduce a new grid set, the KEN, and investigate CH4 and H2O detectability. Any questions? Reach out to me!

arxiv.org/abs/2411.15089

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Curious about how I found these results? Of course you are, it's fascinating, so go check out my paper! Contact me with any questions, comments, or suggestions. Thanks Barbies! 🩷

We find that H2O can be detected down to 0.74 micron with moderate-SNR data at the upper end of presumed historical values, and H2O can be detected at 0.9 micron with low-SNR data.

Grid-Based Atmospheric Retrievals for Reflected-Light Spectra of... Techniques to retrieve the atmospheric properties of exoplanets via direct observation of their reflected light have often been limited in scope due to computational constraints imposed by the...

Using a grid of 1.4 million pre-computed geometric albedo spectra, calculated by Nick Susemiehl (also on arXiv today!! arxiv.org/abs/2308.00057), we study how SNR and varying abundance can impact the detectability of H2O on exoEarths

Bayesian Analysis for Remote Biosignature Identification on... Detecting H2O in exoplanet atmospheres is the first step on the path to determining planet habitability. Coronagraphic design currently limits the observing strategy used to detect H2O, requiring...

IT'S PAPER DAY!! #BARBIE  is accepted for publication and up on arXiv (arxiv.org/abs/2308.00648). Let's dive in, shall we?