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Nicholas Wogan

@NicholasWogan

Postdoc at NASA Ames. I study the evolution of planet’s atmospheres.

 Seattle, WA
Joined March 2020
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Several coauthors and I wrote a paper about the recent JWST observations of the K2-18b exoplanet: arxiv.org/abs/2401.11082 . Thesis: JWST observations of K2-18b can be explained by a gas-rich mini-Neptune with no habitable surface
JWST observations of K2-18b can be explained by a gas-rich...

JWST observations of K2-18b can be explained by a gas-rich...

JWST recently measured the transmission spectrum of K2-18b, a habitable-zone sub-Neptune exoplanet, detecting CH$_4$ and CO$_2$ in its atmosphere. The discovery paper argued the data are best...

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Real footage of a grad student trying connect her research to the existing literature. – at Falcon Heights, MN
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My first Python conda package: anaconda.org/conda-forge/num… . It's a speedy solve for ordinary differential equations. Much faster than Scipy's solvers. Nearly as fast as the DifferentialEquations.jl @JuliaLanguage solvers.
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To determine P(life|observation) Bayes' theorem says I must apply my prior knowledge about the probability of alien life, P(life). But, I have little prior knowledge about alien life. To determine P(life|observation), is the prior, P(life), required? or can it be avoided? (2/2)
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