An Updated Model for Epsilon Eridani b and Prospects for Imaging with the Roman Coronagraph

arXiv:2609.19131 · astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-09-16 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-16

Updated: 2026-10-06

Comments: Submitted to AJ

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Terminology

• Metallicity — 46× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Abundance — 8× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Calibration — 7× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Trace — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Degeneracy — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Bayesian Framework — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Forward Model Matched Filter — 1× in this paper
• Model-Agnostic — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers — 1× in this paper

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• Detecting and Characterizing Companions with a Calibrated Gaia DR2, DR3, and Hipparcos Catalog (G23H)

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