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pith:2026:572XD3AIIO3YZEGTT65ORORUVD

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A preliminary exploration of the effects of baseline length for the LIFE space mission

Adrian M. Glauser, Andrea Fortier, Felix A. Dannert, Jens Kammerer, Jonah T. Hansen, Lia Sartori, Philipp Huber, Romain Laugier, Sascha P. Quanz, Thomas Birbacher

The LIFE space mission can achieve comparable habitable exoplanet yields using shorter nulling baselines of 25-80 meters or discrete sets.

arxiv:2605.06648 v2 · 2026-05-07 · astro-ph.IM · astro-ph.EP

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C1strongest claim

We find that indeed, LIFE could utilise a considerably shorter range of baselines, such as 25-80m, or even discrete baselines without much (<10%) loss of performance.

C2weakest assumption

The LIFEsim simulator and revised planet occurrence statistics accurately capture real mission performance and exoplanet demographics; if either is biased, the reported <10% loss figure may not hold.

C3one line summary

LIFE mission simulations show that baselines of 25-80 m or even discrete values can achieve planet yield and fringe tracking with less than 10% performance loss compared to wider ranges.

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First computed	2026-06-08T01:05:11.672605Z
Builder	pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1
Signature	Pith Ed25519 (`pith-v1-2026-05`) · public key
Schema	pith-number/v1.0

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eff571ec0843b78c90d39fbae8ba34a8c1bfefd06274bd1ffb8b7cacc999a7aa

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arxiv: 2605.06648 · arxiv_version: 2605.06648v2 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2605.06648 · pith_short_12: 572XD3AIIO3Y · pith_short_16: 572XD3AIIO3YZEGT · pith_short_8: 572XD3AI

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