A Climate-Constrained Bayesian Inverse Method for JWST Rocky Exoplanet Eclipse Spectra: A Case Study of LTT 1445A b

arXiv:2605.14997 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-05-14 · Read on arXiv

Nicholas Wogan, Natasha Batalha, Jegug Ih, Jacob Lustig-Yaeger, Kevin Stevenson

astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-05-14

Comments: Submitted to the AAS Journals

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Bayesian Inference — 3× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• James Webb Space Telescope — 3× in this paper
• Abundance — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Interdisciplinary Consortia for Astrobiology Research — 2× in this paper
• Akaike Information Criterion — 1× in this paper
• General Observers — 1× in this paper
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Trace — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• The 3D Cosmic Shoreline for Nurturing Planetary Atmospheres
• Evidence for an Atmosphere on the Ultra-Short Period super-Earth HD 3167 b
• The Open-Source Photochem Code: A General Chemical and Climate Model for Interpreting (Exo)Planet Observations
• The JWST Rocky Worlds DDT Program reveals GJ 3929b to likely be a bare rock

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