{"paper":{"title":"Imaging low-mass planets within the habitable zone of {\\alpha} Centauri","license":"http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","headline":"","cross_cats":["astro-ph.SR"],"primary_cat":"astro-ph.EP","authors_text":"A. Boehle, A. Carlotti, A.-L. Maire, A. Reutlinger, A. Vigan, C. Delacroix, C. Soenke, D. Apai, D. Kampf, D. Mawet, \\'E. Choquet, E. Fuenteseca, E. Huby, E. Pantin, G. Jakob, G. Orban de Xivry, G. Ruane, G. Zins, J. Kolb, J.-P. Kirchbauer, K. Dohlen, K. Wagner, M. Karlsson, M. Kasper, M. N'Diaye, M. Riquelme, M. Sterzik, N. Ageorges, O. Absil, O. Guyon, P. Duhoux, P. Forsberg, P. Kervella, P. Klupar, P. Pathak, R. Arsenault, R. Siebenmorgen, S. Gutruf, S. Leveratto, S. P. Quanz, T. de Zeeuw, U. Kaufl","submitted_at":"2021-02-09T22:32:58Z","abstract_excerpt":"Giant exoplanets on wide orbits have been directly imaged around young stars. If the thermal background in the mid-infrared can be mitigated, then exoplanets with lower masses can also be imaged. Here we present a ground-based mid-infrared observing approach that enables imaging low-mass temperate exoplanets around nearby stars, and in particular within the closest stellar system, Alpha Centauri. Based on 75-80% of the best quality images from 100 hours of cumulative observations, we demonstrate sensitivity to warm sub-Neptune-sized planets throughout much of the habitable zone of Alpha Centau"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"2102.05159","kind":"arxiv","version":2},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"integrity":{"clean":true,"summary":{"advisory":0,"critical":0,"by_detector":{},"informational":0},"endpoint":"/pith/2102.05159/integrity.json","findings":[],"available":true,"detectors_run":[],"snapshot_sha256":"c28c3603d3b5d939e8dc4c7e95fa8dfce3d595e45f758748cecf8e644a296938"},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}