Constraining exoplanet population parameters with Kepler and simulation-based inference

arXiv:2609.37960 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-09-29 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.GA, astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-09-29

Updated: 2026-09-29

Terminology

• Simulation-based Inference — 6× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Population Synthesis — 4× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Metallicity — 3× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Simulation-Based Inference (SBI) — 2× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• Accuracy — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Core — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• Assessment of PLATO Science Performance

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